Bus Stop

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

From world leaders to pop culture icons, and international supermodels, Richard Avedon’s influence helped create the blueprint for our image-driven world. His photographs didn’t just reflect culture, they shaped it.

AVEDON traces the life and legacy of an artist who used photography to reinvent the world around him. Drawing on unprecedented access to his personal archives—never-before-seen stills, intimate behind-the-lens footage and new interviews with his closest collaborators—the film explores how his singular eye both reflected and reshaped the visual language of the 20th century, and why even the most iconic image is only half the story.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Ron Howard and actor and model Lauren Hutton

AVEDON

Aero Theatre

In the movie *Big*, Tom Hanks made a wish and became a man-child. In *Obsession*, Bear makes a wish and gets a psychotic girlfriend. The ultimate cautionary tale about seeing the world with rose-colored glasses, *Obsession *marks yet another blockbuster in the Blumhouse canon. Written, directed, and edited by the perversely clever Curry Barker, and apparently inspired by an episode of *The Simpsons*, *Obsession *is not only genuinely shocking and funny and best served in a cinema packed with horror fans, it’s also a trenchantly observant look at romance, sex, and basic human interaction—or lack thereof—among Gen Zers.

2026. USA. Written and directed by Curry Barker. With Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston, Megan Lawless, Cooper Tomlinson. DCP courtesy Focus Features. 109 min.

**$10 Hammer members | $20 general admission **
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*MoMA Contenders 2026* is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This film program is organized by Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, Sean Egan, Senior Producer, Film Exhibitions and Projects, and Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
 
The Hammer Museum's presentation is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Obsession

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Nothing equals THE BIRDS for sheer terror when Alfred Hitchcock unleashes his foul friends in one of his most shocking and memorable masterpieces. As beautiful blonde Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), she is inexplicably attacked by a seagull. Suddenly thousands of birds are flocking into town, preying on schoolchildren and residents in a terrifying series of attacks. Soon Mitch and Melanie are fighting for their lives against a deadly force that can’t be explained and can’t be stopped in one of Hollywood’s most horrific films of nature gone berserk.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

THE BIRDS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Small-time mobster Nicky (John Cassavetes) is holed up in a fleabag motel after finding out the boss he stole money from has put a hit out on him. Terrified and with nowhere to run, he calls on Mikey (Peter Falk), his oldest friend and the one person he thinks can save him. But does Mikey actually want to help Nicky this time, or is he merely leading him to his doom? 

Inspired by real-life figures from filmmaker Elaine May’s own childhood and anchored by electrifying performances from its stars—alongside supporting players Ned Beatty, Joyce Van Patten and Carol Grace—MIKEY AND NICKY is a harrowing portrait of male friendship turned tragic and a masterpiece of American cinema.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Muscle Distribution

COUNTRY: USA

MIKEY AND NICKY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When two Paris nightclub jazz players (Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier) meet two vacationing American beauties (Joanne Woodward and Diahann Carroll), their passion for music is suddenly challenged by their desire for love.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Program begins with a live recording of the Greg Proops Film Club podcast. Feature starts at 7:30pm. 65th Anniversary ‘The Greg Proops Film Club’

The Greg Proops Film Club Presents PARIS BLUES

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Colt Seavers is a battle-scarred stuntman fresh off an almost career-ending accident. When his ex, Jody, requests him specifically for a new film she’s directing, Colt returns to set to find the movie’s leading man missing and production in peril. Ensnared in an increasingly wild conspiracy, he must solve the mystery to save Jody’s film and get one last shot with her. What could possibly go right?

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

‘David Leitch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE FALL GUY

Los Feliz Theatre

World War Z

Double Harness / Peter Ibbetson

Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

New Beverly Cinema

These Long Shadows + Natchez

Now Instant Image Hall

Join PRS for the ground breaking queer cinema buddy comedy, By Hook or By Crook. Followed by a Q&A with written and director Silas Howard.

By Hook or By Crook (2001) Screening & Q&A

Trash-Mex co-presents the LA premiere of the new restoration of a long completely lost Mexican animated space opera!

ROY DEL ESPACIO (1983) — LA Premiere! co-presented by Trash-Mex!

Philosophical Research Society

From unconventional friendships to shared obsessions, these shorts explore the unexpected but fascinating ways people connect. Each story offers a glimpse into a community, a relationship, or a world where shared experience is what brings people together.

- *Lucrecia and the Witches* – Dir. Eduardo Lecuona

- *Stalin Boys* – Dir.(s) Ora DeKornfeld, Bianca Giaever

- *He&#8217;s Out There* – Dir(s). Kurt Andrew Schneider & Sam Davis

- *The Long Con* – Dir. Aitch Alberto

- *Meat* – Dir. Adolfo Margulis

Click [here](https://glaff2026.eventive.org/schedule/6abfec57c8262f378263b0ff) for more information and to purchase tickets.

[**GLAFF**](https://glaff2026.eventive.org/schedule/schedule) (GuadaLAjara Film Festival) has been running since 2010 as a boutique platform dedicated to Latin American, Latinx, and BIPOC filmmakers. We discover, support, and uplift new voices while showcasing established talent from the U.S. and Latin America. As a non-profit, we’re committed to giving back to the community.

This year we’re celebrating the 16th edition of the festival. On **Friday, November 6**, GLAFF takes over the historic **Vidiots** for an extraordinary full-day lineup anchored by our **Centerpiece Gala screening of *****14th***** and an in-person conversation with director Ava DuVernay**, alongside an afternoon shorts block exploring unexpected community connections and a late-night feature presentation of James Gray’s *Paper Tiger*.

GuadaLAjara Film Festival – Shorts Block 2: IN GOOD COMPANY

**Cinematographers**: Michael Cambio Hernandez & Clifford Charles

**Composer**: Jason Moran

**Editor**:  Spencer Averick

**Producers**: Spencer Averick, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes, Tammy Garnes

**The screening will be followed by a conversation with director and producer Ava DuVernay.******

Look closely at the constitutional crises dominating headlines today and a pattern emerges, hardwired into 160 years of history. 14th exposes an unfinished battle to define America, now taking on drastic new dimensions.

Click [here](https://glaff2026.eventive.org/schedule/6abfc47a75241ad761c0ec62) for more information and to purchase tickets.

[**GLAFF**](https://glaff2026.eventive.org/schedule/schedule) (GuadaLAjara Film Festival) has been running since 2010 as a boutique platform dedicated to Latin American, Latinx, and BIPOC filmmakers. We discover, support, and uplift new voices while showcasing established talent from the U.S. and Latin America. As a non-profit, we’re committed to giving back to the community.

This year we’re celebrating the 16th edition of the festival. On **Friday, November 6**, GLAFF takes over the historic **Vidiots** for an extraordinary full-day lineup anchored by our **Centerpiece Gala screening of *****14th***** and an in-person conversation with director Ava DuVernay**, alongside an afternoon shorts block exploring unexpected community connections and a late-night feature presentation of James Gray’s *Paper Tiger*.

GuadaLAjara Film Festival – CENTERPIECE GALA: 14th

**Screenwriter**: James Gray
**Producers**: Rodrigo Teixeira, Anthony Katagas, Raffaella Leone, Gary Farkas, Carlo Salem, Andrea Bucko, James Gray, Andrea Leone, Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, Marco Perego

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense crime thriller, set in 1986 New York, a naïve engineer, Irwin (Miles Teller) accepts a seemingly lucrative business proposition from his brother, Gary (Adam Driver), a former cop. But when Irwin witnesses something he wasn’t meant to see at the Gowanus Canal, the brothers find themselves pulled into a dangerous confrontation with the newly emerging Russian mafia. As the threat of violence escalates, Irwin’s wife Hester (Scarlett Johansson) sounds the alarm, Irwin desperately tries to protect his family, and Gary is forced to make an impossible choice to save those he loves.

*En este thriller criminal intenso y emocional de James Gray, ambientado en 1986, Nueva York, un ingeniero de buena fe, Irwin (Miles Teller), acepta una propuesta de negocios aparentemente lucrativa de su hermano Gary (Adam Driver), un expolicía. Pero cuando Irwin presencia algo que no debía ver en el canal Gowanus, los hermanos se ven arrastrados a un peligroso enfrentamiento con la mafia rusa. A medida que la amenaza de violencia aumenta, Hester (Scarlett Johansson), esposa de Irwin, da la voz de alarma, Irwin intenta proteger a su familia y Gary se ve obligado a tomar una decisión imposible para salvar a quienes ama.*

Click [here](https://glaff2026.eventive.org/schedule/6ad6319df9d9cfca0b8a6e72) for more information and to purchase tickets.

[**GLAFF**](https://glaff2026.eventive.org/schedule/schedule) (GuadaLAjara Film Festival) has been running since 2010 as a boutique platform dedicated to Latin American, Latinx, and BIPOC filmmakers. We discover, support, and uplift new voices while showcasing established talent from the U.S. and Latin America. As a non-profit, we’re committed to giving back to the community.

This year we’re celebrating the 16th edition of the festival. On **Friday, November 6**, GLAFF takes over the historic **Vidiots** for an extraordinary full-day lineup anchored by our **Centerpiece Gala screening of *****14th***** and an in-person conversation with director Ava DuVernay**, alongside an afternoon shorts block exploring unexpected community connections and a late-night feature presentation of James Gray’s *Paper Tiger*.

GuadaLAjara Film Festival – Paper Tiger

Vidiots

Beau Geste

Dirty Harry/Escape From Alcatraz

Ken Russell's The Devils 35mm

Vista Theatre

## This screening has SOLD OUT via pre-sale.

In the film, a pizza delivery person (Greg Diaz) dies while on the job, leaving three orders unfulfilled. Mourning him, a young woman (Rosie Wilt) spends a lost weekend donning and doffing multiple sullen personas—a pierrot, an ill-fated grunge star, a Chanel-suited First Lady. As she explores grief through cosplay, the spectre of the driver returns to finish his work. Those awaiting their orders—a handful of loners spangled across California’s San Gabriel Valley—receive their pizzas, and perhaps, an encounter with the beyond.

MORBID WEEKEND weds contemplative duration and passages of experimental abstraction with ghost story spookiness and sly humor. The film explores the roles we play at work, in our creative practices, and when we think no one else is around. It features music by one of LA’s best bands, 2070, and a driving minimalist score by Brian Sullivan (Mouthus, United Waters). Luca Cioci’s stunning photography captures the soft blue evenings of LA’s other valley—a mountain-hugged expanse east of Hollywood and inland from the coast. The film’s cast boasts a mix of LA-based filmmakers, musicians, writers, designers, and craftspeople, as well as canine and feline celebrities.

**dir. Chris Shields, 2026**
*United States, digital projection*
68 min

**FRIDAY, 11/6 · 7:30 DOORS · 8:00 SCREENING · Cast & crew in attendance! Q&A led by filmmaker Devon Green.**

## $12 general admission.

***Basic*** *&* ***Microcinephile*** members, please log-in to your account at checkout for your discounts to apply*.* Don't have a membership? Get one *[here](https://shop.whammyanalog.com/pages/get-a-membership)*.

*****Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

*sold out* MORBID WEEKEND (2026) West Coast Premiere!

WHAMMY!

The Haunted Mansion

Rossellini Through His Own Eyes (Rossellini visto da Rossellini)

Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In HOW TO ROB A BANK, a crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs – and their most ambitious heist yet.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Amazon MGM Studios

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker David Leitch. Moderated by screenwriter Jon Spaihts. Advance Screening ‘David Leitch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

HOW TO ROB A BANK

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Searching for gold in wilds of central Mexico, two downtrodden men (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) convince an old, grizzled prospector, played by Walter Huston, filmmaker John Huston’s father, to join in the search despite the threat of bandits, the elements, greed and disaster.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham&#8217;s criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

It’s a love story *“about a guy with seven sisters; with four blonde crazy brothers coming after him; about getting in tune and finding your music.” (Paul Thomas Anderson)* Intended as a small movie between epics MAGNOLIA and THERE WILL BE BLOOD, the big feelings contained in this little picture belie its original intent. Turning in the first “best performance of his career,” Adam Sandler is a maladapted man who copes with his loneliness by calling phone sex lines, ultimately leading to extortion, before meeting and falling in love with Lena (Emily Watson) and embarking on a wild plot to amass a million frequent-flyer miles by exploiting a pudding promo loophole. An absurdist romance, a dizzying, manic blur, deliberately disjointed… something a lot, like, love. Co-starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, and featuring a fittingly batty score by Jon Brion.  

**Screening in 35mm! **

Punch-Drunk Love

Two out-of-work actors &#8212; the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail &#8212; spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday &#8220;by mistake&#8221; at the country house of Withnail&#8217;s flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

Withnail & I

A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.

Hardcore

Brain Dead Studios

*Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum*

Just as every memorable dinner harmonizes textures and flavors to create something more than the sum of its parts — of the type that feels like “a kind of love affair” — so too does Danish director Gabriel Axel’s *Babette’s Feast*. A dash of piety, a splash of romance, a hint of heartache, a touch of splendor, and generous portions of human frailty and desire all come together in Axel’s framing, Henning Kristiansen’s cinematography and the delicate performances of its outstanding cast to make you fall in love with the movies and dining, all over again. We’re pleased to present this Academy Award-winning classic of the culinary screen to mark the fifth anniversary of Lulu at the Hammer Museum.

*Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.*

Director: Gabriel Axel. Screenwriter: Gabriel Axel, Annemarie Aaes. With: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel.

Babette’s Feast

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Ken Russell’s adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novel follows two sisters living in a 1920s mining town in the midlands of England, who embark on relationships that entwine passion, sensuality and recklessness. Whilst on holiday with their partners, the relationships head in divergent directions. Starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: UK

WOMEN IN LOVE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically. Starring William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban and Charles Haid.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

ALTERED STATES

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“A Private Collection,” 1973, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 14 Mins, Tamasa Distribution, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A witty and eye-opening tour through Borowczyk’s own collection of vintage erotica. “A Private Collection” marks the turning-point between Borowczyk’s career as a highly-regarded animator and surrealist filmmaker, and his subsequent career in the sexploitation field.

Restored in 4K in 2026 by Friends of Walerian Borowczyk at Fixafilm laboratory, from a 35mm internegative and the original 35mm negative. Funding provided by Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej.

FORMAT: DCP

**IMMORAL TALES, 1974, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 126 Mins, AGFA, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

The first explicitly erotic feature from the notorious director of THE BEAST, IMMORAL TALES presents a veritable calvacade of depravity in four stories. Structured in reverse chronological order as if to suggest the same issues recur constantly throughout human civilization, whether involving notorious historical figures like Lucrezia Borgia and Erzsébet Báthory, or present-day teenagers, IMMORAL TALES would transform Walerian Borowczyk’s image from brilliant but obscure avant-garde artist to one of Europe’s most confrontational filmmakers when it came to trampling on sexual taboos.

FORMAT: DCP

Co-presented with the Polish Cultural Institute New York ‘The Immoral Tales of Walerian Borowczyk’

"A Private Collection" / IMMORAL TALES

Remember the Titans

What’s Up, Doc?

Flash Gordon

1989 • This is the film that helped kick off Disney’s modern animation run, and you can feel the confidence in the music and the storytelling. It won two Oscars, one for the score and one for “Under the Sea,” and the songs still play like hits because they were built like Broadway numbers. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

The Little Mermaid

1941 • Introduction by Author Harlan Lebo • Nominated for nine Academy Awards and winner for its screenplay, this is one film that’s worth seeing on a big screen.   • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Citizen Kane

Old Town Music Hall

Ten years after his passing, celebrate Leonard Cohen through an intimate early portrait and a rarely screened legendary live performance!

LADIES & GENTLEMEN, MR. LEONARD COHEN ('65) +  LIVE AT ISLE OF WIGHT 1970

Commemorating 10 years since Cohen's passing w/ the U.S. theatrical premiere of long lost 1972 concert footage & rare childhood home movies

LEONARD COHEN: THE 'BIRD ON A WIRE' CONCERTS + Home Movies — U.S. Premiere!

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producers**: Yoshio Sasaki, Toshio Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Matsuo Toshimitsu

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of *Spirited Away*, and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, comes a dazzling aerial adventure set in and above the scenic port towns of the Mediterranean. *Porco Rosso* follows the titular former fighter pilot turned bounty hunter as he pursues bands of sky pirates across the Adriatic Sea. After a mysterious curse leaves him with the face of a pig, Rosso embraces a life of relative obscurity. When an American hotshot pilot named Curtis threatens to take him down, Rosso is forced to join forces with his former flame, the sultry lounge singer Gina, and an aspiring aerospace engineer, Fio, for one final battle. Miyazaki&#8217;s mid-career tour de force retains Studio Ghibli’s signature whimsy while simultaneously offering a sobering meditation on anti-fascism and the traumas of war.

Porco Rosso (English Dubbed)

**Screenwriter**: Nunnally Johnson from the novel by John Steinbeck

**Producer**: Darryl F Zanuck

**Vidiots** and the **Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society** are celebrating **100 Years of Route 66** with a special screening of John Ford&#8217;s classic Steinbeck adaptation *The Grapes of Wrath*.

We follow the Joad family, led by eldest son, Tom Joad (played by Henry Fonda) and matriarch, Ma Joad (played by Jane Darwell, who won an Academy Award for her performance) as they make the arduous journey from Oklahoma to California, seeking greater opportunities during the Great Depression. Along the way, they face discrimination, police brutality, and the trickle-down effects of corporate greed, ultimately leading Ma and Tom towards a new understanding of the American dream and workers&#8217; rights. This anticapitalist masterpiece is one of the most celebrated literary adaptations of the 20th century &#8211; don’t miss it!

The [**Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society**](http://www.eaglerockhistory.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, researching, and sharing the history of the Eagle Rock Valley and its local landmarks. Established in 1961, the society protects a rich archive of historical images, regional stories, and old local newspapers to ensure the area&#8217;s heritage remains accessible to researchers, students, and residents.

**Historic Route 66** is more than just a paved highway—it represents a vital part of the American experience through its association with migration, commerce, and recreation. As one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System, it was officially established on November 11, 1926. The highway, which became one of the most iconic roadways in the country, stretches from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles.

Route 66 served as a critical path for many migrating West, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. It supported the local economies of the communities it passed through, and in the 1950s, became a popular route for vacationers heading to the West Coast. It was also a major artery for transcontinental commerce. As businesses along the route flourished, communities rallied to preserve its legacy when it began to be bypassed by the growing Interstate Highway System in the 1960s and 1970s.

Eagle Rock’s celebration of Route 66 begins on October 19, 2026, with on Presentation by the Historical Society on Route 66 in Eagle Rock.  The celebration continues on  the second weekend of November 2026, with a community festival  hosted by the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce featuring  live music, food, a vintage car show, and a film festival presented by Vidiots Foundation.

The Grapes of Wrath

**Screenwriter**: Ajon Singh

**Producers**: Robert Pattinson,  Brighton McCloskey,  Lars Knudsen,  Ari Aster, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones,  Fred Berger,  William Iannaccone

Lance Oppenheim is having a MONTH! Join us in the microcinema for his outrageous drama of fame, pressure, and predators as Robert Pattinson gives an uncanny performance as *Dateline* correspondent Chris Hansen. In 2006, *To Catch a Predator* host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

Primetime

**Screenwriters**: Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol

**Producers**: Richard Abramson, Robert Shapiro, Paul Reubens

**Vidiots** and the **Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society** are celebrating **100 Years of Route 66** with a special screening of ***Pee-Wee&#8217;s Big Adventure***!

Hop on your bike and get ready for the most joyously wacky road trip of all time! For forty years, we&#8217;ve joined Pee-wee on his cross-country quest for his stolen bike. We&#8217;ve danced to &#8220;Tequila,&#8221; hitched a ride with Large Marge, and discovered that — **gasp* — *the Alamo has no basement. It&#8217;s a trip that some of us have taken countless times, but it never fails to delight with its perfect mix of imagination and glee, tempered with just the right amount of off-kilter, alt-comedy edge.

The [**Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society**](http://www.eaglerockhistory.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, researching, and sharing the history of the Eagle Rock Valley and its local landmarks. Established in 1961, the society protects a rich archive of historical images, regional stories, and old local newspapers to ensure the area&#8217;s heritage remains accessible to researchers, students, and residents.

**Historic Route 66** is more than just a paved highway—it represents a vital part of the American experience through its association with migration, commerce, and recreation. As one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System, it was officially established on November 11, 1926. The highway, which became one of the most iconic roadways in the country, stretches from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles.

Route 66 served as a critical path for many migrating West, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. It supported the local economies of the communities it passed through, and in the 1950s, became a popular route for vacationers heading to the West Coast. It was also a major artery for transcontinental commerce. As businesses along the route flourished, communities rallied to preserve its legacy when it began to be bypassed by the growing Interstate Highway System in the 1960s and 1970s.

Eagle Rock’s celebration of Route 66 begins on October 19, 2026, with on Presentation by the Historical Society on Route 66 in Eagle Rock.  The celebration continues on  the second weekend of November 2026, with a community festival  hosted by the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce featuring  live music, food, a vintage car show, and a film festival presented by Vidiots Foundation.

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

**Screenwriter**: J. Davis

**Producers**: John Hermann, Bert Kern, Douglas Matejka, Mark Myers, Leonora Pitts, Rick Rosenthal, Samuel Henry Miller

With cast and/or crew at every screening! Post-screening conversations moderated by **Paul F. Tompkins** on November 5th, **Jay Duplass** on November 7th and **Patton Oswalt** on November 8th!

Join us in the microcinema for a refreshing dark comedy that will give you life &#8211; J. Davis&#8217; acerbically hilarious *I Hate Myself and Want to Die*. Jacob is an unrealized artist, freshly dumped, who’s come home to the desert to quietly end his life. The problem is, nothing goes according to plan. His mom needs a ride to the drugstore, his cousin needs a shoulder to cry on, and his best friend just wants to get high. Over a crazy night of parties, fistfights and car chases, Jacob rethinks his life and— maybe—his death.

I Hate Myself and Want to Die

**Screenwriter**: Alex Cox

**Producers**: Peter McCarthy, Jonathan Wacks

A down-and-out young punk (Emilio Estevez) gets a job working with a seasoned repo man (Harry Dean Stanton), but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted &#8217;64 Chevy. Musically adorned with a killer punk soundtrack, this offbeat and absurd slice of 80s East LA is one ride you won&#8217;t forget.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Celebrate 100 Years of Harry Dean Stanton with some of these gems from his section:

*Two Lane Blacktop, Straight Time, Red Dawn*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Repo Man

Desert Gold

Dark Star

The Misfits in 4K

L’amore in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When Mona Friedman is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role—even if it means waging war against the show’s domineering director.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: A24

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with actor Paul Giamatti Advance Screening

THE DEBUT

Kind-hearted Mija (Yun Jung-hee) is tasked with raising her troubled teenage grandson, Jong-wook, while her daughter works in far-off Busan. In denial that her abilities as a caregiver are threatened by the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Mija begins to study poetry writing at the local cultural center. At first she finds inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, but then, when Jong-wook is mired in a shocking scandal, Mija taps into newfound depths of disappointment and pain.

Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Screenplay at Cannes, Lee Chang-dong's POETRY is a “tour de force” that presents an “extraordinary vision of human empathy” (The New York Times). Presented in a new 4K restoration.

Poetry

BURNING is the searing examination of an alienated young man, Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a frustrated introvert whose already difficult life is complicated by the appearance of two people in his orbit: first, Haemi (newcomer Jong-seo Jun), a spirited woman who offers the romantic possibility, and then, Ben (Steven Yeun), a wealthy and sophisticated young man she returns from a trip with. However, when Jongsu learns of Ben’s mysterious hobby and Haemi suddenly disappears, his confusion and obsessions begin to mount, culminating in a stunning finale.

Burning

Yongho (Sul Kyung-gu) stares down an oncoming train as twenty years of his life flash before his eyes. Proceeding to move backward in time, Lee’ Chang-dong's acclaimed second directorial feature rewinds the protagonist's loss of humanity - from his fraught, self-hating middle age through his callow teens. The moments in between these events, as seen through the lens of Yongho’s oppressive struggles, mirror South Korea’s traumatic political history during the late 20th century.

An official selection of the Directors' Fortnight selection in Cannes and winner of the Special Prize of the Jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, PEPPERMINT CANDY is a powerful work of Korean New Wave cinema that elegizes a generation of marginalized people with “quiet, heartbreaking power” (The New York Times). Presented in a new 4K restoration.

Peppermint Candy

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The British expedition saw Mount Everest as a conquest; Himalayan climber Tenzing Norgay saw its summit as a spiritual calling. TENZING tells the true story of the unsung hero who reached the top alongside Edmund Hillary, revealing the courage, resilience & cultural identity behind the historic feat.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Apple Original Films

COUNTRY: UK/Australia/USA

TENZING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the director’s homeland, the art-house smash *WR* is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Yugoslavia

Cinematic Void Presents W.R.: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM

Onslaught / One Spoon of Chocolate

**Screenwriters**: Alex Huston Fischer,  Eleanor Wilson

**Producers**: Ed Sinclair,  Tom Carver,  Olivia Colman,  Justin Lothrop,  Brent Stiefel, Brad Zimmerman,  David Michôd,  Andrea Cornwell,  Oliver Kassman, Tim Headington,  Lia Buman,  Ryan Heller,  Michael Bloom

An audacious comedic fable about sex, marriage, and the absurdities of social convention, *Wicker* tells the wholly original love story of an ostracized fisherwoman (Colman) who commissions a husband to be made by the local basketmaker (Dinklage). When her wicker husband (Skarsgård) proves more spectacular than she ever imagined, his soulful spirit and unique prowess awaken something inside her, setting off a wave of jealousy, fascination, and upheaval that threatens the very fabric of village life.

Wicker

**Screenwriter**: Ken Russell from the stage play by John Whiting and the novel *The Devils of Loudon* by Aldous Huxley

**Producers**: Ken Russell, Robert H. Solo

Ken Russell&#8217;s lavishly deranged and gloriously sacrilegious masterpiece comes to Vidiots in a beautiful new restoration on glorious 35mm celluloid! One of the most controversial films of all time, Ken Russell&#8217;s outrageous masterpiece can finally be seen in ALL its glory, with the complete cut finally restored after 55 years of censorship. A film that is as fundamentally important in its political lessons as it is funny, romantic, and jaw-droppingly beautiful, it is a one-of-a-kind cinematic spectacle meant to be experienced on the big screen. In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun’s witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ With exquisite set design from Derek Jarman, unbelievable performances from Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave (and everyone else in the cast), some of the most audacious footage in cinema history, and a message it&#8217;s necessary for every generation to hear, you need to drop everything and prepare yourself for the phenomenon!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Can&#8217;t get enough Ken Russell? Neither can we! Visit his director&#8217;s shelf for these outrageous gems and more!

*Listzomania, Women in Love, Crimes of Passion*

The Devils on 35mm

Paper Tiger 35mm

Director **Lee Chang-dong** in person

Winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, *Possible Love* marks the long-awaited return of Lee Chang-dong (*Burning*, *Poetry*), whose infrequent releases make each new film a major—and always ravishing—cinematic event. The precarious existence of a laid-off factory worker and his wife is upended when an affluent documentary filmmaker chooses them as the subjects of her latest project. Featuring an extraordinary ensemble led by Jeon Do-yeon, winner of the Cannes Best Actress prize for *Secret Sunshine*, the film unfolds as a haunting, slow-burning examination of class disparity, lingering trauma, and the elusive quest for human connection. Probing the mysteries of human behavior, Lee exposes the quiet hypocrisies and unspoken desires that shape how we perceive—and exploit—one another.

2026. South Korea. Written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. With Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong, Zo In-sung. DCP courtesy Netflix. In Korean; English subtitles. 164 min. 

**$10 Hammer members | $20 general admission **
Current members, check your email for your link to buy tickets, or contact [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu).

**Enhance your movie experience as a member!** Hammer Members receive priority seating and half-off Contenders tickets—plus discounts at the museum store and Lulu restaurant. [Become a member today.](/support/membership)

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*MoMA Contenders 2026* is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This film program is organized by Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, Sean Egan, Senior Producer, Film Exhibitions and Projects, and Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
 
The Hammer Museum's presentation is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Possible Love

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Lil Ant sees the world and his father the way all children should — full of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief. IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME is a breathtaking father-son story about imagination, family, and the grace we extend to the people we love.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rich Spirit

COUNTRY: USA

IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mandarin with English subtitles.*

Nineteen-year-old Songlian, a promising student whose family has been destroyed by her father’s death, is forced to abandon her studies and marry into wealth, becoming the fourth and newest concubine of the aging, unseen Master Chen. Inside his walled estate, she discovers a household ruled by a merciless ritual: each night, red lanterns are lit outside the chambers of whichever wife the master chooses to visit, granting her privilege and status while the others are cast into cold irrelevance. Songlian is drawn into the orbit of her rivals, each shaped by years of fighting for the same scraps of attention. Determined at first to rise above the games, Songlian is gradually worn down by isolation and humiliation until she strikes back, trading secrets and favors to secure her place in Master Chen’s hierarchy. As petty cruelty turns even more dire, Songlian is forced to confront what these desperate measures will cost her soul. Newly restored, the film stands as one of the defining works of Fifth Generation Chinese cinema and international film of the 1990s.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: China/Hong Kong

New 4K Restoration 35th Anniversary Limited Engagement

RAISE THE RED LANTERN

Daisy Miller

**TAPE Los Angeles** is excited to present new films by Los Angeles artist **Mike Stoltz** - Join us for a FREE screening of a selection of new single-channel film work freshly finished in 2026! This includes Pinktoned, the single-channel version of its expanded cinema companion piece that was on view at the Hammer Museum for Made in LA 2025. All films were shot on 16mm and this screening will include 16mm projection.

Mike Stoltz is a Los Angeles-based moving image artist who makes films, installations, and objects that examine how human beings move through and exist within the constructed landscape. His film experiments and works are microscopic deep dives into buzzing natural phenomena inherent in the creation, projection and viewing of the moving image.

*Blue Nile/Cosmogram #2*

collaboration with Adee Roberson

(2026, 16mm to HD, 2:45)

*Testament*

(2026, 16mm, sound, 5:45)

*Pinktoned*

(2026, 16mm to HD, 11:00)

*Artificial Horizons Test*

(2026, 16mm, silent, 5:45)

TRT: 27 minutes

Stoltz's 16mm films and videos have screened internationally at venues such as Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, The Hammer Museum, Media City Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Courtisane, Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), Light Field, International Film Festival Rotterdam, REDCAT,and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

**TUESDAY, 11/17 · 7:30 DOORS · 8:00 SCREENING**

## This is a totally FREE! Use the ticket link to RSVP to reserve a seat.

*Presented by* *[T.A.P.E.](https://tapeanalog.org/)* *- a Los Angeles based 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to facilitating support for analog media through free digitizing, education, hands-on training, equipment rentals and volunteer opportunities. Teach, archive, preserve, exhibit.*

*****Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

ARTIFICIAL HORIZONS TEST - new films by Mike Stoltz, pres. by TAPE (FREE!)

The Getaway in 35mm

Four strangers' paths cross by chance, leading to complex emotional entanglements that challenge their existing relationships and force them to confront uncomfortable truths about love and commitment.

*Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in partnership with the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA.*

*Archive Talks* pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened.

This screening will be preceded by a book signing of *Banton of Paramount: Haute Couture in Hollywood’s Golden Age* with author Howard Gutner beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby.

*Special thanks to our community partner: [Art Deco Society of Los Angeles](https://artdecola.org/)*

The playboy and thief Gaston (Herbert Marshall) meets the expert pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) on the Riviera, and they, of course, fall in love. In Paris, Gaston gets a job as the personal secretary to a wealthy heiress to a perfume company, Mariette (Kay Francis), hiring Lily as the maid, so they can rob her blind. Unfortunately, while cleaning up the corruption on her company’s board, he also falls in love with her. No director was better at exposing the false morality of the bourgeoisie when pursuing sexual desire. Here, Ernst Lubitsch sets up a faux marriage, then turns the relationship into a ménage à trois, which he provocatively suggests may be the best way to keep a sexual relationship interesting and stable. Lubitsch’s direction of actors is almost Pirandellian, with the actors speaking their emotional lines in a virtual monotone, thus creating parodies of romantic love.

On display in this luscious pre-Code comedic romance is the creative genius of Travis Banton, one of Hollywood’s most important costume designers, whose collaborators included Lubitsch, Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg. A conversation on Banton’s influence and evocative style, with author Howard Gutner and Professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis, will precede the screening.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch. Screenwriter: Samson Raphaelson. With: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles.

*Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from the 35mm nitrate studio print and a 35mm acetate dupe negative. Laboratory services by Fotokem, Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Library of Congress, George Willeman, British Film Institute, Universal Pictures.*

Archive Talks: Trouble in Paradise

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“The Greatest Love Of All Time,” 1977, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 10 Mins, Tamasa Distribution, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A portrait of Serbia’s erotic surrealist painter Popovic Ljuba, with Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser on the sound track.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE MARGIN, 1976, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 88 Mins, Janus Films, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.

FORMAT: DCP

Co-presented with the Polish Cultural Institute New York 4K Restoration of THE MARGIN ‘The Immoral Tales of Walerian Borowczyk’

"The Greatest Love of All Time" / THE MARGIN

Deliverance / Zardoz

**Screenwriter**: Juzo Itami

**Producers**: Seigo Hosogoe, Juzo Itami, Yasushi Tamaoki

We&#8217;re serving up the ultimate cinematic feast, Juzo Itami&#8217;s delectable &#8220;ramen western,&#8221; just in time for feasting season!  After the death of her husband, the widow of the proprietor of a noodle shop must rely on a cabal of gastronomes to help her find the perfect recipe. Deliciously funny, sexy and surreal, this hilarious satire satisfies down to the soul. Get ready to devour this treasure of Japanese and culinary cinema in its new 4K restoration on our big delicious screen! And come hungry, our concessions stand will have delicious ramen to slurp during the film!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Hungry for more foodie movies?  Check out these bangers from our video rental collection!

*Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, Like Water for Chocolate, The Trip***

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions, Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Tampopo

Point Blank/The Split

50th Anniversary of Carrie with Sissy Spacek

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventorentrepreneur” who exerts an enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Bleecker Street

COUNTRY: USA

MUSK

### THE CELL (2000)

Our friends in AFTER are hosting a special screening of the 2000s classic *THE CELL*, accompanied by the band in person and music videos.

### About the Film

Expert child psychotherapist Jennifer Lopez goes inside a mad serial killer&#8217;s mind to find out where he&#8217;s keeping his irl victims. Beautiful set-pieces in a surrealist dreamscape that draws from the art of Damien Hirst et al. It&#8217;s *Silence of the Lambs* on shrooms.

AFTER presents THE CELL (2000)

When her husband passes away in an automobile accident, Shin-ae relocates down south to her late husband’s hometown of Miryang. Despite her efforts to settle down, in this unfamiliar and much too normal place, she finds that she can’t quite fit in. Helping her out is Kim Jong-chan, a good-intentioned but bothersome bachelor, who owns a car repair shop. Life plods on. However, fate takes a vicious turn when Shin-ae loses her son in the most horrific way a mother could imagine. She turns to Christianity to relieve the pain in her heart, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Secret Sunshine

Gardena Cinema is the oldest and only vintage single-screen stand-alone movie cinema in Southwest Los Angeles.

Monthly short film festival. Watch and vote. Audience award to the best short film each month. Annual championship in DECEMBER.

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 11/19) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

Olivia Wilde out-Albees Edward Albee (and out-LaButes Neil LaBute) in this viciously funny four-hander about a couple who inadvertently spice up their marriage when they invite over their swinging neighbors for a casual dinner party. Deftly adapted by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones from the popular Spanish movie *Sentimental*, *The Invite* confirms Wilde as an uncommonly, if unsurprisingly, gifted director of actors, each of whom plays their parts to perfection: the put-upon neurotic wife (Wilde, paying homage to Diane Keaton), the half-hearted husband (Seth Rogan), the Tantric seeker (Ed Norton), and the free-spirited bohemian (Penelope Cruz). 

2026. USA. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Screenplay by Will McCormack, Rashida Jones. With Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen. DCP courtesy A24. 107 min. 

**$10 Hammer members | $20 general admission **
Current members, check your email for your link to buy tickets, or contact [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu).

**Enhance your movie experience as a member!** Hammer Members receive priority seating and half-off Contenders tickets—plus discounts at the museum store and Lulu restaurant. [Become a member today.](/support/membership)

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*MoMA Contenders 2026* is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This film program is organized by Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, Sean Egan, Senior Producer, Film Exhibitions and Projects, and Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
 
The Hammer Museum's presentation is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

The Invite

The singular Elia Suleiman's acclaimed debut—a wildly inventive, absurdly hilarious, and deeply poignant portrait of Palestinian life.

Elia Suleiman's CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE (1996) — co-presented by Mizna

**Screenwriter:** Greg Mottola

**Producers:** Nancy Tenenbaum, Steven Soderbergh

*The Daytrippers*, directed by late-aughts comedy mainstay Greg Mottola (*Superbad*, *Adventureland*), follows one crazy day in the life of the dysfunctional Malone family as they embark on a frenzied odyssey through New York City. When eldest daughter Eliza (Hope Davis) finds a love letter addressed to her husband (Stanley Tucci), the whole family—including Eliza’s younger sister Jo (an effortlessly cool Parker Posey in the most dazzling pair of red leg warmers), mother Rita (comedy legend Anne Meara), father Jim (Pat McNamara), and Jo’s fiancé Carl (a baby-faced Liev Schreiber)—squeezes into a station wagon trekking from Long Island to the city in search of answers. The group stumbles and bickers through encounters with distinctly New York oddballs, artists, and elitists but no one is prepared for when their sleuthing leads to a devastating revelation. Anchored by standout performances from Posey, Davis, and Meara, Greg Mottola&#8217;s family road-trip from hell is a hilarious, clever, and surprisingly poignant indie gem.

The Daytrippers

Rolling Thunder

Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Cameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese, returned to New York to play a single show at Carnegie Hall. This is the movie.

Directed and shot on 35mm and 16mm by Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER), the crew includes filmmaker and actor Benny Safdie (THE SMASHING MACHINE) and music producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Grammy winner for albums with Vampire Weekend and Adele).

GQ praised Cameron Winter’s show at Carnegie Hall as “staggeringly good,” and Nick Cave said he has a “a glorious, emotive voice with brilliant, blistering words, a racked and wondrous thing.” Winter’s solo album *Heavy Metal* was named one of the best of the year by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Paste and Mojo and Geese’s last record *Getting Killed* was named the best album of 2025 by The New Yorker, NME and Stereogum.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films and Criterion

COUNTRY: USA

CAMERON WINTER AT CARNEGIE HALL

*Michel Gondry, USA, 2004, 35mm, 108 min. *

Everyone has an ex they’d rather forget; now, you can. For Joel (Jim Carrey), the culmination of his on-again, off-again relationship with Clementine (Kate Winslet) is the erasure of him from her memory. Thanks to a breakthrough procedure from Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), he too can wipe the experience from his mind, but his heart is a different matter. As he courses through the years of make-ups and break-ups, though the memories fade, the love remains, but for how long? A visionary experiment in love from the minds of writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek swap in and out while a mural painted in a dried out pool reveals some sort of inkling of truth. Altman, true American surrealist!

3 Women

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Natural Born Killers

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Rosalie,” 1966, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 15 Mins, Friends of Walerian Borowcyzk, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Of all his films, Borowczyk’s favorite was “Rosalie.” Based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, Borowczyk relates the plight of a servant girl who killed and buried her child in the garden. Featuring a profoundly touching performance by Ligia Borowczyk, once again Borowczyk uses animated objects to relate (horrific) action indirectly. An over-exposed, chiaroscuro image gives the proceedings an ethereal quality halfway between one of Beckett’s monologues and David Lynch’s ERASERHEAD.

FORMAT: DCP

**BLANCHE, 1971, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 94 Mins, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

FORMAT: DCP

"Rosalie" / BLANCHE

Ocean’s Eleven

Zodiac

Towards where to breathe + Towards Tenderness

**Screenwriters**: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

**Producers**: Tony DeRosa-Grund, Tracey E. Edmonds, Marc Platt, Chuck Grimes

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome back writer/directors **Deborah Kaplan **and** Harry Elfont** and one of our favorite Pussycats **Rachael Leigh Cook **for a special screening of their meow-sical delight ***Josie and the Pussycats***! Plus, ultra-millennial DJ sets from **DJ Vick Jagger** before and after the screening!

Second Screening Added Friday, November 20th &#8211; Screening Only, No Guests or DJs

Put on your kitty ears and get ready to rock out with the Pussycats in this smart, sassy, and salient satire. When Josie, Melody, and Val are given an opportunity to hit it big with their small-town girl band, they think all their dreams have come true &#8211; until they realize they&#8217;re just pawns in a game to control the youth of America. With great songs, clever consumerist critique, the epitome of Y2K fashion, and two super-villains played by Alan Cumming and Parker Posey, you&#8217;ll want to grab your friends and join us for all the meow-sical fun!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love a girl group? Take home these rockin&#8217; gems on physical media!

*Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Breaking Glass, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Josie and the Pussycats

**Screenwriters**: David Lynch, Barry Gifford

**Producers**: Steve Golin, Michael Kuhn, Sigurjon Sighvatsson

Ill-fated lovers Sailor and Lula (Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern) hit the road to escape a hit man and end up in an absurdly nightmarish landscape in David Lynch&#8217;s dark romantic fairy tale that earned the Palme d&#8217;Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990.  A violent, erotic, and comedic take on the road movie, this high-octane adventure features an incredible cast, distinctly Lynchian iconography, and (as always) a score by the legendary Angelo Badalamenti. Based on the outrageously enjoyable novel by Barry Gifford.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Harry Dean and Lynch collaborations tonight!

*Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Inland Empire, Twin Peaks: The Return*

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Wild at Heart

**Producers**: Liani Greaves,  Anne De Mare

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. For four hours, this extraordinary group – many of whom had not seen each other in fifty years – reminisced, critiqued, argued, laughed and drank while wrestling with their place in a rapidly shifting cultural landscape. 

Shot on 16mm film, newly restored and now directed by Greaves’ son David, this landmark film is at once a self-exploration and an inquiry into the heart of the critical mass of energy called the Harlem Renaissance. William Greaves’ intent was not only to document these artists and intellectuals as they spoke about their lives and work but also to plumb the meaning of the extraordinary creative period in which they lived to help us better understand how culture has been passed on from one generation to another and the role that the artist plays in keeping it alive.

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

**Screenwriter**: William Gibson

**Producer**: Don Carmody

We know you can&#8217;t get Keanu out of your head, even when he&#8217;s storing all your data inside his own brain! In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant&#8217;s safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life. A super fun sci-fi thrill ride with a killer cast that includes Ice-T, Dolph Lundgren, and Takeshi Kitano, and an increasingly prescient message &#8211; *Johnny Mnemonic* is one hell of a mind-trip!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home Keanu tonight on glorious physical media!

*River&#8217;s Edge, Bill and Ted&#8217;s Excellent Adventure, My Own Private Idaho*

Johnny Mnemonic on 35mm

**Screenwriters**: Samuel Abrahams,  Miranda Campbell Bowling

**Producers**: Stewart Le Maréchal,  Anna Mohr-Pietsch

Join us in the microcinema for this magnificently absurd mockumentary with eye-popping imagery and a deliciously off-kilter performance by Sian Clifford. Deluded aristocrat Lady Isabella (Sian Clifford) hires struggling director Sam (Laurie Kynaston) to document life at her imposing country estate, Ravenhyde Hall. When he discovers that the promise of a Netflix commission was a lie, and that Isabella only wants him there to film her taking part in a ridiculously low-stakes regional talent show held at the Hall, he’s ready to quit—until he realizes the narcissistic Lady is, quite literally, turning invisible. 

Seeing a chance to revive his faltering career, Sam keeps filming under the guise of helping Isabella prepare for her big performance. Supporting her also means reluctantly stepping in front of the camera himself, becoming Isabella’s unlikely muse and revealing a vulnerability he’d rather hide. 

Though from different worlds, they form an unexpected bond, but when Sam uncovers the tragic reason Isabella hasn’t left Ravenhyde Hall in years, he questions whether his film exploits her trauma. As the talent show approaches and Isabella’s invisibility spreads, can they both confront their fears before she disappears completely?

Lady

Straw Dogs (1971)

Dazed and Confused

Wendell & Wild

Stromboli in 35mm

The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.

Chicken Run

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

The Gleaners and I

In post-apocalyptic France, a butcher is murdering some juicy humans and selling off their meats. Our hero has a pretty squishy face in a movie that&#8217;s surprisingly quite the romp considering its subject matter. How did Jeunet and Caro get their films so yellow?

Delicatessen

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

*Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment*

Premiering on NBC on October 17, 1966, *Hollywood Squares* became one of the most popular game shows in television history, with over 4,000 episodes of the original network incarnation produced through 1981. The longevity of the simple tic-tac-toe game was driven in large part by the show’s charismatic, quick-witted host, Peter Marshall. A talented actor and nightclub comedian, Marshall breezily tackled the daunting task of corralling the series’ boisterous, rotating stable of nine celebrities, setting up punchlines and volleying retorts with equal aplomb. 

While high-wattage superstars such as Vincent Price and Sammy Davis Jr. often guested, the literal center of *Hollywood Squares’ *towering, neon-lit set featured an icon like no other — actor and comedian Paul Lynde. Beloved by audiences of all stripes, Lynde routinely brought down the house with bawdy ad-libs and double entendres — delivered impeccably with a knowing wink. Painfully closeted in his personal life to protect his showbiz career, Lynde turned conventional wisdom of the day upside down, boldly introducing the masses to an undeniably empowered, queer-coded persona previously unseen on television. 

Join us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the premiere of *Hollywood Squares* and the birth centennials of Peter Marshall and Paul Lynde. Two preserved episodes will be screened, complete with original commercials, as well as an extended clip reel showcasing a galaxy of guest stars, risque retorts and the genius of Paul Lynde.

*Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.*

*With original commercials! *

Celebrity guests include Cliff Arquette (a.k.a. Charlie Weaver), Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Gypsy Rose Lee, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Greg Morris, Jan Murray, Gig Young. 

DCP. NBC. Production: A Merrill Heater/Bob Quigley production. Director: Jerome Shaw. Host: Peter Marshall. 

*Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from an original 2 in. videoreel. Engineering services by CBS Media Exchange. **
*

*With original commercials! *

Celebrity guests include Pearl Bailey, Ernest Borgnine, Dick Enberg, Paul Lynde, Ricardo Montalbán, Karen Valentine and more. 

DCP. NBC. Production: A Merrill Heater/Bob Quigley production. Producer: Jay Redack. Editorial staff: Harry Friedman, Gary Johnson, Harold Schneider, Rick Kellard. Director: Jerome Shaw. Host: Peter Marshall. 

*Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 1/2 in. open reel videotape off-air recording. Engineering services by DC Video. *

Curated from a range of archival resources, this extended clip reel features a tribute to Peter Marshall, a compilation of Paul Lynde zingers, a roll call of celebrity guests, including stars Ruta Lee, Rich Little and Jo Anne Worley, guest spots ranging from soul star Chaka Khan to ’70s icon Burt Reynolds, bloopers, promos and more. 

DCP. *Special thanks to Laurie Marshall, Jim Pierson, Randy Yantek.*

60th Anniversary Screening: Hollywood Squares

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

The American Cinematheque and Minorities in Film are teaming up for the Make News Make Noise Showcase, featuring seven horror, thriller and suspense shorts from filmmakers around the world, all curated around this year’s theme: “Fight or Flight.”

Minorities in Film (MiFILM) is a collective of social entrepreneurs dedicated to increasing equity and inclusion for BIPOC and People with Disabilities in film.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“THE REBIRTH”** Dir. Connie Shi

**“THE FOOL”** Dir. Adjahni Dèsirè

**“SLASHR”** Dir. Amir Moini

**“the monster i made” **Dir. Julisa Marcel

**“HIGH & DRY”** Dir. Jenn Santos

**“CUT ME IF YOU CAN”** Dir. Nicolas Polixene and Sylvain Loubet

**“SPILLED MILK”** Dir. Jared Leaf

Q&A with filmmakers Co-presented by Minorities in Film

Minorities in Film Presents The Make News Make Noise Showcase

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

A beautiful Polish girl traveling around Europe in search of her lover suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: WFDiF

COUNTRY: Poland

Bus Stop

2:30 PM

AVEDON

7:00 PM

Obsession

7:30 PM

THE BIRDS

1:00 PM

MIKEY AND NICKY

4:00 PM

The Greg Proops Film Club Presents PARIS BLUES

7:00 PM

THE FALL GUY

10:00 PM

World War Z

2:00 PM

Double Harness

Peter Ibbetson

6:30 PM

Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

11:59 PM

These Long Shadows + Natchez

6:30 PM

By Hook or By Crook (2001) Screening & Q&A

7:30 PM

ROY DEL ESPACIO (1983) — LA Premiere! co-presented by Trash-Mex!

7:30 PM

GuadaLAjara Film Festival – Shorts Block 2: IN GOOD COMPANY

3:30 PM

GuadaLAjara Film Festival – CENTERPIECE GALA: 14th

6:30 PM

GuadaLAjara Film Festival – Paper Tiger

9:00 PM

Beau Geste

Dirty Harry/Escape From Alcatraz

8:00 PM

Ken Russell's The Devils 35mm

11:00 PM

*sold out* MORBID WEEKEND

8:00 PM

sold out MORBID WEEKEND