### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian with English subtitles.*

A playboy journalist is caught between the allure of elite society and the comfort of his domestic girlfriend. He embarks on various affairs with a rich heiress and a beautiful film star; eventually debating whether a simpler life is what he needs.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: Italy/France

LA DOLCE VITA

Aero Theatre

A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation

Frankenstein

Robert Grainer, an average man living in extraordinary times, worked as a day laborer in the American West at the beginning of the 20th century. Battered by the death of his family, he struggles to adjust to this new environment.

Train Dreams

Egyptian Theatre

In person: **Brother Mouth**, **Nicholas Buckwalter**, **Danae Gosset**, **Conner Griffith**, **Craig Melville**, **Lost Noise**, and **Najeeb Tarazi**. Followed by a courtyard after-party with a DJ set by **Eno**.

The Flux Screening Series brings the creative community together for a night of outstanding short films and music videos, featuring wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances. 

Our spring program: the weird, the wonderful, the unexpected. 

We're thrilled to premiere *I'm Glad I Know That Now, Thank You*, the new animated series from British cartoonist **Chris (Simpsons artist)**. Yes, that's his name. We also welcome **Najeeb Tarazi** back to the Hammer with a comedic new short, *The Influencers*, which hits close to home for any Angeleno. And for anyone who's endured a long-haul flight, *Neck Pillow* is a deliriously funny music video collaboration between NYC-based **Brother Mouth** and Australian director **Craig Melville**. 

Since 2021, **Danae Gosset** and her team at Pencil Studio have collaborated with the **Mac Miller** estate, crafting hand-made animated works set to Miller's music, from visualizers to full music videos. Their latest, for **Rush Hour**, features 2,200+ frames painted entirely by hand and composited digitally. It's a stunner. 

Video artist **Conner Griffith**, a featured artist at the first Flux Festival, joins us tonight with his hypnotic new music visual for *A Sense of Getting Closer* by London-based electronic musician **Max Cooper**. 

**Nicholas Buckwalter** and **Itsuki Yoshizawa**'s video for **Maya Ongaku**'s *Maybe Psychic*, shot on 16mm in the coastal town of Ōiso, Japan, explores the psychic force we possess as children, and gradually lose. 

On the other side of the world, in Salvador, the capital of Bahia and the heart of Afro-Brazilian culture, visual artist **Luma Nascimento** and digital artist **Zamba** used generative AI tools to tell an Afrocentric story with multiple references to Bahian popular culture for the band **Afrocidade**'s *Orìkí*. The project was made with the participation of **Iyalorixá Edelzuita de Oxaguian**, a revered 81-year-old Candomblé priestess. Released in late January 2025, it stands as an early example of generative AI used in service of ancestral storytelling. 

The spring lineup spans comedy, dance, drama, animation, and music videos for **A$AP Rocky**, **Lesram**, **Harry Styles**, **Tamara Flores**, and more. 

Joining us in person: **Brother Mouth**, **Nicholas Buckwalter**, **Danae Gosset**, **Conner Griffith**, **Craig Melville**, **Lost Noise**, and **Najeeb Tarazi**. Followed by a courtyard after-party with a DJ set by **Eno**.

Flux, Spring 2026

Hammer Museum

“What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” edited by Udo Kittelmann, is a sweeping odyssey into the depths of human experience, unfolding through film and video. Marking the first major presentation of works from the Julia Stoschek Foundation in the U.S., this audiovisual poem experiments with time-based media by placing contemporary video works in dialogue with silent films and early cinema classics. For the first time, a large-scale exhibition bridges these two universes, creating an unprecedented encounter across more than a century of visual storytelling.

Bringing one of the world’s leading collections of time-based art to a city defined by moving images sparks a rare conversation across disciplines. It dissolves the boundaries between visual art and cinema, museum and theater, white cube and black box. In doing so, it traces the evolution of visual storytelling over the past century, highlighting both the universality of human concerns and the shifting perspectives that shape their representation.

“What a Wonderful World” presents a wide range of groundbreaking works by artists such as Marina Abramović, Cyprien Gaillard, Arthur Jafa, or Lu Yang, alongside cinematic milestones by Luis Buñuel, Walt Disney, Alice Guy-Blaché, Winsor McCay, and Georges Méliès. Together, these works form a panoramic and layered portrait of humanity and history across 120 years: altogether ironic, sincere, critical and compassionate.

“What a Wonderful World” will unfold as an explorative journey, a cinematic mystery tour, a soul-stirring experience. It invites visitors to confront the secrets and fragilities of humanity while holding up a mirror to the state of the world today.

What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem

Julia Stoschek Foundation at the Variety Arts Theater

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Korean with English subtitles. *

Donghwa (Ha Seongguk) is a fledgling poet in his thirties. He rejects material aspirations and seeks to lead a life dedicated to truth and beauty. On a lazy afternoon, he drives his girlfriend, Junhee (Kang Soyi), back to her parents’ home outside Seoul. In the driveway, they run into her father (Kwon Haehyo), who is strangely interested in Donghwa’s dinged up old car. He takes it for a spin around the block, then invites Donghwa to stay and meet the family: him, his wife (Cho Yunhee), who also writes poetry, and Junhee’s reclusive sister (Park Miso), who practices the gayageum, a traditional string instrument. They end up wiling away the day together, visiting a temple by the river, climbing the hill near the house, watching the sunset, and, sure enough, imbibing drinks. Egged on by Junhee’s dad, Donghwa gets progressively more drunk as the day advances. Finally, he makes a fool of himself at dinner. Then everything begins to unravel for the poet: his relationship, his art, his revolutionary ideals.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: South Korea

WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this sharp, irreverent comedy, a disgraced fashion designer with a dangerously low credit score, Margarita (Anna Baryshnikov) enters a reality show with a six-figure cash prize to save her babushka’s West Hollywood apartment. But as the competition intensifies, slick producer Nicol (Camila Mendes) pushes her to spin her family’s struggle into spectacle, forcing Margarita to decide whether to play along or take control of her own narrative, one unhinged look at a time.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: UTOPIA

COUNTRY: USA

IDIOTKA

Los Feliz Theatre

Lolita

New Beverly Cinema

East of Borneo joins Now Instant to celebrate the publication of *All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace*.

The evening will feature a screening of Charmaine Poh’s *in the shadow of the cosmic*, followed by a discussion with Daniela Lieja Quintanar, Talia Heiman, and Kira Xonorika.

The publication *All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace* (2026) accompanies the research, exhibition, screening, and performance program presented at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) from September 12, 2024 &#8211; February 23, 2025 as part of the Getty&#8217;s PST ART: *Art & Science Collide*. Rooted in indigenous belief systems and feminist, queer, and decolonial thought, *All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace* addressed one of the most pressing issues of our time—the impact of artificial intelligence—by exploring ancestral alternatives for its future. Edited by Daniela Lieja Quintanar with Talia Heiman, the publication includes text contributions by Nora Al-Badri, Minne Atairu, Back to Back Theatre, Stephanie Dinkins, Annie Dorsen, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Interspecifics, Kite with Scott Benesiinaabandan and Jason Edward Lewis, Charmaine Poh, João Ribas, Sarah Rosalena, and Kira Xonorika, and documentation of performances and screenings by Arca, Nao Bustamante, rafa esparza, MUXX, and Manthia Diawara.

The publication marks the culmination of a multi-year research, exhibition, performance, and publication project. João Ribas, Steven D. Lavine Executive Director of REDCAT and Vice President for Cultural Partnerships was director of the project. The exhibition was curated by Daniela Lieja Quintanar with Talia Heiman. The performance program was organized by Edgar Miramontes, Katy Dammers, Daniela Lieja Quintanar, and Talia Heiman. The publication was made possible with the guidance of Adriana Widdoes and the East of Borneo team. The book design is by Ella Gold.

***Please note: seating for the *screening of Charmaine Poh’s *in the shadow of the cosmic*, followed by a discussion with Daniela Lieja Quintanar, Talia Heiman, and Kira Xonorika *is limited. Doors open thirty minutes prior to the listed showtime. Your RSVP does not guarantee you a seat. Seating is first-come, first-served.***

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

Now Instant Image Hall

Every 1st Thursday of the month we’ll be hosting a music open mic night for kids and teens.


Our intention is to create a supportive and joyful space where young people can come together, share their love of music, practice performing regularly, make mistakes, try again & grow!

All performers must be under 18 & guardians must be present.

5pm - 7pm

No cover charge

Please email info@scribblecommunity.com with any questions.




Glow Big: Youth Open Mic

North Star Sessions is a free showcase that strives to be a safe and inclusive place for artists and music lovers in the LA music scene. We will highlight the work of 3 musicians, and have an open mic draw between sets.

8pm

North Star Sessions

Scribble

**Screenwriter**: Frank Cottrell Boyce

**Producer**: Andrew Eaton

Be there for the first explosion of Punk Rock in Michael Winterbottom&#8217;s deliriously entertaining retelling of a musical revolution and the man that broadcast it across the world. The hilarious Steve Coogan plays Tony Wilson, a Manchester news reporter in the mid-1970s, looking to make his mark. After taking in a concert from the seminal punk band the Sex Pistols, he becomes a one-man crusade to televise and spread the anarchic sound of Manchester&#8217;s punk scene. While not entirely based on truth, this electric showcase of punk &#8220;history&#8221; is built on legends, myths, and a dose of reality, but brings an era of riotous rebellion into focus.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Need more Punk cinema? Embrace anarchy with these deep cuts!

*Breaking Glass, The Great Rock n&#8217; Roll Swindle, Suburbia*

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

24 Hour Party People

Vidiots

The Birds

Celine and Julie Go Boating

Vista Theatre

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Nollywood in Hollywood is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting Nigerian cinema on the world stage. Its mission is to bring the best of Nollywood to Hollywood by connecting filmmakers, industry professionals, film lovers and the global diaspora through storytelling.

Each year, the organization hosts curated screenings at American Cinematheque venues and at the Norris Theatre at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, creating opportunities for collaboration, cultural exchange and global recognition.

Founded in 2018 by Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan, Nollywood in Hollywood promotes Nigerian cinema through cultural exchange and international collaboration. Presented in collaboration with the USC School of Cinematic Arts, American Cinematheque and O2A Media, the showcase convenes filmmakers, industry professionals and audiences for screenings, discussions and networking. Catch [WHEN NIGERIA HAPPENS](https://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=72995) and [TO ADAEGO WITH LOVE](https://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=73025) at USC on March 7th!

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

STITCHES is a glamorous romantic drama blending the sophisticated fashion world of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA with the high-society opulence of CRAZY RICH ASIANS, set against the vibrant backdrop of Lagos, Nigeria. It follows the journey of a talented ghetto-raised fashion designer who finds unexpected love that is above her social status, navigating class divides and family expectations.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Bluepictures Cinema

COUNTRY: Nigeria

Nollywood in Hollywood Opening Night! Co-presented by O2A Media and the USC School of Cinematic Arts

STITCHES

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

A mysterious orb capable of granting three wishes positions a struggling musical band within reach of their dreams at a terrifying cost.

SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK (2026)(NR)(Fri 3/6) 8pm INNER WAVE BAND album drop

Gardena Cinema

Adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel and directed by Lewis Milestone who also co-wrote, *Arch of Triumph* finds the City of Lights shrouded in noirish fog and shadow. It’s 1938 and Paris has become the tenuous home for refugees on the run from the Nazis and French immigration to avoid deportation. Among them is Charles Boyer’s doctor who haunts the city’s cafes and recognizes a shared trauma in Ingrid Bergman’s desperate émigré. A tragic romance, *Arch of Triumph* does double duty dramatizing the cruelty of both fascism and an immigration system that would render people stateless by denying them safe haven.

Director: Lewis Milestone. Screenwriters: Lewis Milestone, Harry Brown. With: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton. 

*35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with National Telefilm Associates, Inc., and Richard Rosenfeld; funding by AFI/NEA; special thanks to Richard Dayton for his significant contributions in restoring this film.*

In this ultra low-budget B-film produced by Czech émigré Rudolph Monter, Friedrich Torberg plays a Czech concert pianist jailed and tortured by the Nazis for playing “The Moldau,” a symbol of the Czech resistance to their occupation. Escaping his captors and surviving a harrowing journey, he ends up alone on a Caribbean island where his trauma overwhelms him as he longs for his missing wife — dying unbeknownst to him on another part of the island. Imbued with expressionist shadows and told through a series of interwoven flashbacks, *Voice in the Wind* powerfully expresses the disorientation and despair of European refugees in the wake of fascist violence.

DCP. Director: Arthur Ripley. Screenwriter: Friedrich Torberg. With: Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg. 

*Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation.* Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation.

*—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm*

Arch of Triumph / Voice in the Wind

Join us for an evening of poetry featuring Hanna Pachman, Jon Clark, Rachel Carroll, Shay Domingo, Sina Ahmadkhani, Derek Talbott, Parker Love Bowling, and Lilah Juergens.

This reading will also include a fundraiser with tons of prizes to benefit Heavy Manners Library!

An Evening of Poetry (3/6)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. Bank sub-manager Jimmy McCoy finds her a job in the bank only to be cast aside as she hooks up with the bank’s president. When he complains of not seeing her she says: “I’m working so hard I have to go to bed early every night.”

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $6.84 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

BABY FACE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French and English with English subtitles.*

Somewhere in Southeast Asia, in a little lost village on a wide and turbulent river, a European man clings to his pipe dreams out of love for his daughter. A story of passion, loss and madness. Adapted from the novel by Joseph Conrad.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Icarus Films

COUNTRY: France/Belgium

15th Anniversary ‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

LA FOLIE ALMAYER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his bus, observing the city and overhearing fragments of conversation; he writes poetry; he walks his dog; he goes to the same bar to drink a beer; he goes home to his wife Laura.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Amazon Studios

COUNTRY: USA/Germany/France

PATERSON

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian and English with English subtitles.*

A retired professor and art lover leads a solitary life in his abode in Rome. Countess Bianca Brumonti insists on renting a floor of his mansion. He agrees in exchange for a unique painting that he wants for his collection. The arrival of the countess’ eccentric family turns his quiet life upside down. Silvana Mangano and Helmut Berger star alongside Burt Lancaster in the roles of Bianca and her young lover – central characters in this family possessing rather unusual moral values. In the film, the professor succumbs to the charms of Konrad Huebel, despite his vulgar nature. A strange relationship – based on desire and domination – comes to exist between them. For some, this fictitious couple is a metaphor for the relationship that was formed between Luchino Visconti and Helmut Berger.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: Italy/France

CONVERSATION PIECE

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! / Motorpsycho

True Romance

Now Instant and Art21 present *Realms of the Real*, with select animations by Candice Lin screening alongside the documentary.

***Please note: seating is limited. Doors open thirty minutes prior to the listed showtime. Your RSVP does not guarantee you a seat. Seating is first-come, first-served.***

Candice Lin: Animations & Realms of the Real

Now Instant presents *Realms of the Real* with Candice Lin in collaboration with Art21.

The film&#8217;s presentation will be followed by a conversation with Lin and Art21 curator Jurrell Lewis.

***Please note: seating is limited. Doors open thirty minutes prior to the listed showtime. Your RSVP does not guarantee you a seat. Seating is first-come, first-served.***

Candice Lin: Realms of the Real

Join us for an evening of experimental short films and the premiere of Sandy Honig’s silent film “The Weird Guy”.

The Weird Guy & His Friends: An Evening of Short Films with Sandy Honig

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriters**: Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr., Raquel Villavicencio, Mike De Leon

**Producers**: Simon C. Ongpin, Charo Santos-Concio

Vidiots and community partners [A Bunch of Savages](https://www.abunchofsavages.com/about) remember the life and legacy of filmmaker **Mike de Leon** with an ultra-rare screening of his sinister masterpiece *Kisapmata*.

Considered one of the greatest Filipino films of all time, this psychological true-crime horror from Mike de Leon is an unnerving masterpiece from one of the greats of Filipino cinema. When Newlyweds Mila and Dadong are coerced into moving back in with her family, all the secrets that have been stifled for years begin to come to light, ending in an explosive climax. Eternally shocking, and increasingly rare, don&#8217;t miss your only chance to see this masterpiece on the big screen!

**A Bunch of Savages** is a creative collective in Los Angeles, California. We are unapologetically Filipino-American with a knack for premium multifaceted storytelling in the arts. Toss your KPIs out the window because we have one bonafide intention &#8211; To do cool sh*t that matters. If anyone asks, we’re a collective of dreamers, filmmakers, writers, and creatives with a commitment to empowering the next generation of artists. Our name comes from a phrase used to describe the Filipinos in 1899 by then Gov. Theodore Roosevelt.

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

Kisapmata (In the Wink of an Eye)

**Screenwriters**: Matt Johnson,  Jay McCarrol

**Producers**: Matt Greyson,  Matthew Miller

The microcinema is heading back to the year 2008 for the funniest Canadian lo-fi indie buddy time travel comedy of the year! When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Laugh out loud funny, inventive, and magnificently DIY, you&#8217;ll never stop thanking the Canadian government for supporting independent film!

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

**Screenwriters**: Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest

**Producer**: Karen Murphy

Join us in celebration of the life, laughs, and legacy of the incredible Catherine O&#8217;Hara with a special screening of one of the funniest movies of all time, *Waiting for Guffman*, with a special introduction by Founding Member and *Guffman* uberfan **Mary Elizabeth Ellis**!

*&#8220;I&#8217;m trying that less is more kind of acting.&#8221;* Take center stage with the Blaine community players as they prepare for the town&#8217;s sesquicentennial celebration and a stage musical that they&#8217;re all praying will take them to Broadway. Before *Schitt&#8217;s Creek*, before *Best in Show*, this beyond hilarious group of gifted improvers and comedians gathered to bring us one of the funniest movies ever made and ushered in the era of the mockumentary. Featuring brilliant improvised performances, endlessly quotable lines, ludicrous musical numbers, and more laughs per minute than 1,000 Tik-Toks, *Waiting for Guffman* is the kind of film that never gets old and only gets better when watched with a crowd. So, don&#8217;t be a bastard person, quit biting your pillow, and stop in to get a Coke and laugh your ass off, because it&#8217;s the day of the show y&#8217;all!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Need more mockumentaries? Try out these deep cuts from our rental collection!

*Man Bites Dog, Fear of A Black Hat, Smile *(1975)**

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

Waiting for Guffman

**Producer**: Darcy McKinnon

Editor **Pablo Proenza** in conversation after the Wednesday screening!

Join us in the microcinema for Suzannah Herbert&#8217;s brilliant documentary *Natchez, *an entertaining and eye-opening film about reckoning with the ghosts of the past. This beautifully composed and expertly balanced film captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Join the eccentric residents of Natchez in their grand mansions where they present a glimpse into an idyllic whitewashed history, and the Black tour guides and homeowners that seek to bring to light the atrocities that plagued the exquisite town for centuries, and the covert and overt racism that persists today. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.

Natchez

**Screenwriters**: Weird Al Yankovic,  Jay Levey

**Producers**: John W. Hyde,  Gene Kirkwood

Grab the remote and turn the channel to *UHF*, the one film to properly showcase the idiotic brilliance of Weird Al, and one of the strangest comedies of the 1980s (which is saying a lot for the 80s!) When his uncle hands George Newman (Weird Al) the keys to his flailing UHF (look it up youngsters!) station, George starts to nix the reruns and start making ridiculous and subversive content that finally brings in an audience. But a rival TV executive isn&#8217;t taking the success well and vows to bring down Newman and all his new programming. It&#8217;s goofy, it&#8217;s stupid, it&#8217;s beyond hilarious, it&#8217;s everything you would expect from a Weird Al movie and so much more!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

1989 was a crazy year for film! Check out these 1989 bangers from our video rental collection!

*Teen Witch, Heathers, Weekend at Bernie&#8217;s*

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

Django Unchained

Wicked Wicked/Peeping Tom

The Wicker Man

Lightstruck presents Ulrike Ottinger’s *TAIGA: A Journey to Northern Mongolia*. 501 minutes, English subtitles. 12 noon start time, with two breaks. The film will conclude at approximately 10pm.

Snacks, coffee and tea will be provided, as well as some dinner at the evening break, for a suggested donation.

Digital restoration courtesy of Arsenal with thanks to Carsten Zimmer, Reinhild Feldhaus, and especially Ulrike Ottinger.

∆

“Taiga is an experience that causes us to think about why we live as we do, what it is to be human, and what is important in life.” (Roger Ebert)

Lightstruck is extremely excited to present a truly epic cinematic experience, as we screen Ulrike Ottinger’s nearly 8.5-hour, immersive documentary *Taiga* (1992) in a special all-day screening.

Known for her meticulously crafted experimental narrative films infusing political radicalism with a rich, surrealist opulence, German artist Ulrike Ottinger has also produced a singular body of memorable nonfiction work, though perhaps none so monumental – and mesmerizingly beautiful – as *Taiga*.

During an extended period spent in Northern Mongolia through multiple seasons, Ottinger approached ethnography in a radically different way, rejecting authoritative narrativizing or presumptuous didacticism. The extended length of the film reflects Ottinger’s larger impulse and approach in this project: to spend time – unadulterated, attentive time – with the Northern Mongolians she had befriended, and to enable their own distinctive approach to time and space in everyday life dictate the scale and pace of the film.

Over ten parts and 38 chapters, we see a seance, two weddings, preparation of foods, wrestling contests, music performances, storytelling sessions, and countless other events large and small, yet all equally defining the overall year-to-year and day-to-day experiences of nomadic life in the Darkhad Valley of Northern Mongolia. The film succeeds so brilliantly in part because of the unapologetically and earnestly fascinated gaze with which Ottinger documents what she sees, and the clear love for and engagement with people that the filmmaking reflects.

“I tried to explain my wish, which was to record a way of life that no longer exists in the place where I’ve come from, in order to show the document to the people back home, who are very interested in the nomadic ways. At first this puzzled them, but then they thought, Yes, indeed, we too would be interested to know how your people live…” (Ulrike Ottinger)

Lightstruck: Ulrike Ottinger’s TAIGA (1991/92)

Lightstruck is thrilled to invite you to celebrate the origins of the experimental film community in a 16mm matinee program to complement the big Hollywood to-do later in the day – one show a twisted funhouse mirror vision of the other (but which is which??)

A luminous cinema icon unto himself, Jonas Mekas pioneered a distinctive form of hyper-present 16mm diaristic filmmaking, capturing the resolutely anecdotal with engaging, earthly poetry. But he was also inarguably one of the leading lights of the avant-garde, determined to foment and connect a global independent film community that he saw as utterly crucial to the potential, power, and humanity of the medium.

His feature *Birth of a Nation* radically appropriates a title inextricably linked to cinema history (yet tainted by its own corrupt vision), instead repositioning the phrase to describe and celebrate the myriad brilliant constellations of Mekas’s beloved film community. Utilizing his characteristic handheld camera, quick cutting, and an unparalleled eye for the touchingly mundane, Mekas creates a vital moving image album of filmmakers and assorted film friends that reveals these myths and legends of the avant-garde in all their anecdotal mortality.

Vastly more than a guessing game of who’s who in experimental film (there’s Will Hindle!), the film represents an incredibly rich emotional bridge between the vitality of these people at their moments of capture, and the assembly of this footage by Mekas into a collective portrait at a time (1996) when many were already gone, and their original contexts resolutely in the past. Seeing the film another 30 years further on, it packs an unexpected emotional wallop, as we are welcomed with inviting arms into the throng of a living, breathing community that – at least in its unique idiom and fragile temporality – has essentially disappeared. And yet, thanks to film itself, it still lives and breathes, and our local/global experimental film community is in part an ongoing tribute to the hundreds of folks in this film, who made independent movies and watched them together in independent spaces, just like us.

“We are the invisible, but essential nation of cinema. We are Cinema.” (Jonas Mekas)

PROGRAM: *Birth of a Nation* (1996) by Jonas Mekas. 16mm, bw & color, sound, 80 minutes.

Program by Zena Grey and Mark Toscano. Notes by Mark Toscano. 16mm print from Film-makers’ Cooperative (which was co-founded by Jonas Mekas).

Lightstruck: Jonas Mekas’s BIRTH OF A NATION (1996)

2220 Arts + Archives

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A teenager with a death wish and a 79-year-old high on life find love in Hal Ashby’s cult black comedy. Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) keeps staging elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother (Vivian Pickles), but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death, Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric to the core, Maude lives exactly as she pleases, with avid collecting and nude modeling among her many pursuits. To the disgust of Harold’s relatives and the befuddlement of Harold’s shrink, Harold falls in love with her. As lilting Cat Stevens tunes play on the soundtrack, Maude teaches Harold a valuable lesson about making the most of his time on earth.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

HAROLD AND MAUDE

“Like Van Gogh, Fleischer Studios, Robert Crumb, YELLOW SUBMARINE and the abstract-thought section of Pixar’s INSIDE OUT smooshed into a great lysergic cake.” – The Guardian

A superlative animated musical discovery! Touching on a wide range of styles from 1920s Art Deco to 1960s Psychedelia and 1970s Roxy Music-style decadence, BUBBLE BATH is a hypercolored yet relatable Eastern European avant-garde opera about dating problems. This irresistible experience charts the romance between medical student Anikó (a more curvaceous post-modern Betty Boop) and shop window decorator / stoned hippie alleycat Zsolt: both unsure of their attraction to each other, the choices they’ve made and what life has in store for them.

Bubble Bath

&#8220;Rude in the way the truth is rude &#8212; only funnier. The movie seduces with its humor, all the while presenting a realized vision of a harsh, absurd world.&#8221;

— Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Reese Witherspoon as potty-mouthed white trash Vanessa Lutz is among her most underrated roles. In this modern take on Little Red Riding Hood, Kiefer Sutherland plays the not subtly named Bob Wolverton, a serial killer who meets his match in Vanessa, a fifteen year old on her way to her grandmother’s after her parents are both arrested. Bob picks her up hitchhiking, gains her trust and then reveals himself &#8211; but Vanessa is sharp and quick, shooting him and leaving him for dead. Trouble is, he doesn’t die, and instead she finds herself on trial. Can this bad behaving juvenile delinquent win against a well-respected school counselor? You better believe she won’t go down without a fight! Written and directed by Matthew Bright, best known as the screenwriter for FORBIDDEN ZONE, FREEWAY is impressive and often hilarious with a great support cast including Brooke Shields, Amanda Plummer and Dan Hedaya. (Cristina Cacciopo)

Freeway

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

This incomparable story of crime and redemption from the French master Robert Bresson follows Michel, a young pickpocket who spends his days working the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As his compulsive pursuit of the thrill of stealing grows, however, so does his fear that his luck is about to run out. A cornerstone of the career of this most economical and profoundly spiritual of filmmakers, PICKPOCKET is an elegantly crafted, tautly choreographed study of humanity in all its mischief and grace, the work of a director at the height of his powers.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

PICKPOCKET

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART I, 1944, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 103 Mins, Janus Films, Soviet Union**

*In Russian with English subtitles.*

FORMAT: 35mm

**IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART II, 1956, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 88 Mins, Janus Films, Soviet Union**

*In Russian with English subtitles.*

FORMAT: 35mm

Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, IVAN THE TERRIBLE charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detected the portrait in the second film, with its summary executions and secret police, and promptly banned it.

IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART I & PART II

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

The Maiku Hama Trilogy kicks things off in *akushon* black-and-white with THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE, set among the immigrant communities of a multi-cultural Yokohama. When Maiku accidentally saves a Taiwanese immigrant named Yang during a mahjong parlour brawl, he becomes embroiled in a tale of two brothers at the heart of an underground pan-Asian mafia on the brink of war.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration The Maiku Hama Trilogy: Part 1 ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE

Forbidden Letters

Suzuki's dreamlike and hypnotic meditation on fascination, fixation, and memory!

Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY:  ZIGEUNERWEISEN (1980)

Vidiots invites you to don your red carpet best and join us for a big-screen viewing of Hollywood’s most glamorous and award-winning night. Behold the iconic fashion, see the musical acts, cry at the acceptance speeches, and cheer as your favorites win big. We’ll have fun raffles during commercial breaks, cheeky bingo, and lots of photo ops on our pink carpet, hosted by drag performer **Anya Body**. Join us for an unforgettable time and share the magic of movie-making’s biggest night with your fellow Vidiots. Black tie attire encouraged, not required.

Doors will open/ Pink Carpet will begin at **2:00pm** with the Televised Pre-Show on the big screen!

The awards show will begin at **4:00pm**

Submit your ballots before **4:05pm** to be eligible for prizes!

This evening is a fundraiser for the Vidiots Foundation and ticket prices are suggested donations – no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

All paid tickets will come with reserved seating, free tickets will be first-come first-served.

###### This event is not sponsored by or affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Vidiots Presents: That Awards Show

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Project Hail Mary - 70mm Early Access

*THE BIBLE AS CECIL B. DEMILLE NEVER FILMED IT!*

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The stories of Adam and Eve, David and Bathsheba, and Sampson and Delilah are given a subversively erotic twist in this bawdy softcore epic from acclaimed Boys in the Sand filmmaker Wakefield Poole.

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Featuring a memorable comedic performance from The Devil in Miss Jones star Georgina Spelvin as Bathsheba, Wakefield Poole’s Bible! is a loving tribute to the women of the Good Book and to Old Hollywood silent cinema. 2K restoration.

(Muscle Distribution)

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**dir. Wakefield Poole, 1973***United States, digital projection*83 min, 1.33:1

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Due to the nature of the material, this screening is ages 18+ only.

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## Sunday, 3/157:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING$10 general admission, $9 for Whammy! members

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*Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*

Wakefield Poole's Bible! (1973)

WHAMMY!

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Set in 1994, a record producer, Boogalow (Vladek Sheybal) seduces young folksinger duo Bibi (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Alphie (George Gilmour) into becoming part of his stable of musical stars kept in line with sex and drugs.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/West Germany

Introduction by actor and fitness instructor Angie Shriner ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents THE APPLE

Venus in Furs / Succubus

**Screenwriters**: Meera Menon,  Paul Gleason

**Producers**: Erica Fishman,  Joe Camerota,  Luke Patton,  Meera Menon,  Paul Gleason

Join us in the microcinema for a tasty new zom com from Meera Menon. Set in the not-so-distant future, a young podcaster, Vinita (Kiran Deol), struggles to maintain her dwindling audience amidst the zombie apocalypse. To make matters worse, the zombies are beginning to mutate and become more powerful. So, when her ex-boyfriend shows up with an orphaned baby, it becomes all that much more important that Vinita and her family do what it takes to survive.

Didn’t Die

**Screenwriter**: Lucrecia Martel

**Producers**: Vânia Catani,  Benjamín Doménech,  Santiago Gallelli

Join us for Lucrecia Martel&#8217;s brilliant and meditative examination of colonialism and existentialism; a bleakly funny and oft surreal historical drama. Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit. Beautiful, ponderous, and philosophical, Martel challenges the viewer, but rewards them with a subdued and nuanced trance of historical cinema.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more cinematic triumphs from the great Lucrecia Martel

*The Headless Woman, The Holy Girl, La Cienaga*

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

Zama

In memoriam of actor, writer, and filmmaker **Tom Noonan**, whose striking and unmistakable presence—at once gentle, sharply observant, and quietly disarming—left an indelible mark on American independent cinema and theatre, The Philosophical Research Society's 7th House and 2220 Arts present **WHAT HAPPENED WAS…**, his 1994 directorial debut.

A towering performer and creator of rare sensitivity and precision, Noonan brought a deeply human attentiveness to every role and project, masterfully moving between vulnerability, humor, and unease. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Screenwriting Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, his arresting two-hander is a darkly humorous portrait of dating dread. Featuring powerhouse performances by Noonan and Karen Sillas as two lonely hearts spending a claustrophobic Friday night together in an imposing apartment, the film exposes with startling clarity the fragile ways people struggle to connect. As the evening unravels, unsettling secrets and eccentricities are laid bare, and polite conversation gives way to something stranger, sadder, and more revealing.

Perhaps more resonant than ever in our age of strange and strained romantic connection, WHAT HAPPENED WAS… is presented in a pristine 4K restoration courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories, newly created from the original 35mm negative.

7th House: Tom Noonan's What Happened Was...

Heroin Skateboards presents Mutate Or Die

MUTATE OR DIE SCREENING

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Season 2, Episode 2, “Coma,” Dir. David Lynch, 46 Mins**

Agent Cooper learns that his former partner has escaped from a mental institution.

FORMAT: DCP

**Season 2, Episode 3, “The Man Behind The Glass,” Dir. Lesli Linka Glatter, 47 Mins**

Donna finds a diary that belonged to Laura Palmer.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS, 1990, Paramount, USA**

A crime drama mixed with healthy doses of the surreal, this series is about FBI Agent Dale Cooper, who travels to the small logging town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of seemingly innocent high schooler Laura Palmer. Almost nothing is as it seems, however, and the show’s sometimes eerie visuals, oddball characters and wild dream sequences drive the point home.

“Coma” and “The Man Behind The Glass” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 2 & 3

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

There’s only one thing keeping aspiring executive Tim (Paul Rudd) from corporate success. He must find the perfect guest to bring to his boss’s monthly dinner party, where the winner of the evening is the one who arrives with the biggest buffoon. Luckily, Tim meets Barry (Steve Carell), a guy who re-creates famous works of art with stuffed mice. When the duo show up to dine, the lunacy kicks into high gear. It’s a hilarious feast about two unlikely friends and one outrageous dinner!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Kelly Goodner and Jim Hemphill St. Patrick’s Day Screening!

DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

A Woman in Flames / Belle de Jour

**Screenwriter**: Lina Wertmüller

**Producer**: Arrigo Colombo, Lina Wertmüller

The first film to garner an Oscar nomination for a woman director, Lina Wertmüller&#8217;s masterful and provocative concentration camp sex comedy (yes, you read that right) is one of the director&#8217;s greatest works; magnificently weaving audaciousness and true human pathos into a masterpiece of world cinema. Wertmüller regular &#8211; the incredibly facile Giancarlo Giannini &#8211; plays Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as &#8220;Pasqualino Seven Beauties,&#8221; a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost. After a series of terrible choices and a stint in Mussolini&#8217;s army, he is eventually sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer, played by Shirley Stoler (*The Honeymoon Killers*). Controversial from the jump, and funnier than any film about Nazis has a right to be &#8211; with absurdity at every corner along with staggering human truths &#8211; and stunning production design by Enrico Job, it&#8217;s the perfect time to rediscover this treasure of Italian cinema from one of the world&#8217;s greatest overlooked directors.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Need more Lina? We&#8217;ve got a whole Lina Wertmüller director&#8217;s section with all of her most provocative films!

*The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, Summer Night*

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

Seven Beauties

Leprechaun 3

Movie theater chain established in 1938 showcasing the latest independent, foreign & art films.

This unique series is hosted by filmmaker Stanley Sheff, who worked closely with Welles as a collaborator, editor, and un-credited co-director on his unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show. Sheff will share stories from their professional collaboration and personal friendship, giving audiences a rare first-hand glimpse into the private world of Orson Welles.Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm and film at 8pm.

Tonight's show: THE MAGNIFICNET AMBERSONS The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a rich upper-class family, but she instead marries dull and steady Wilbur Minafer. Their only child, George, grows up a spoiled brat. Years later, Eugene comes back, now a mature widower and a successful automobile maker. After Wilbur dies, Eugene again asks Isabel to marry him, and she is receptive. But George resents the attentions paid to his mother, and he and his whacko aunt Fanny manage to sabotage the romance. A series of disasters befall the Ambersons and George, and he gets his come-uppance in the end.

MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

Fine Arts Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

REELING, the striking debut feature by Yana Alliata, is a lyrical and emotionally charged exploration of memory, trauma, and belonging set against the idyllic family property on Oahu’s windward side. After a life-altering accident, Ryan returns to his family’s homestead for a birthday luau, attempting to reconnect with old friends and relatives who now feel like strangers. As the pig roasts slowly in the imu pit and the atmosphere turns festive, buried tensions simmer beneath the surface. Amid laughter, music and the glow of torches, Ryan finds himself increasingly unmoored—until a fragmented memory resurfaces, revealing the moment when everything in his life changed. REELING is executive produced by the singular Werner Herzog.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Future of Film is Female

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Yana Alliata ‘Women Wednesday 2026’

REELING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

PUDDYSTICKS follows anxious videogame designer Liz and her therapeutic odyssey into a secret society of adults who play like they are little kids. Led by the alluring Sylvester Cromwell, the society compels each member to reveal their most shameful memory, with the promise of psychological healing through childlike play. But when Liz finally gains the courage to share her own darkest trauma, her world turns upside down and she must find her own way to free herself of her past.

Megan Seely’s debut feature is a joyously twisted dark comedy produced by Oscar-winner Alex Coco (ANORA), starring Dan Bakkedahl (VEEP), Mamoudou Athie (KINDS OF KINDNESS, THE DRAMA), Danny Deferrari (SHIVA BABY) and writer/director Megan Seely.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Future of Film is Female

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Megan Seely ‘Women Wednesday 2026’

PUDDYSTICKS

**Screenwriter**: Michel Franco

**Producers**: Michel Franco,  Alexander Rodnyansky,  Eréndira Núñez Larios

Join us in the microcinema for Michel Franco&#8217;s shocking new tense and sensual provocation starring Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández. A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he crosses the US-Mexico border and lands a starring role in the local ballet company, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together as well as her comfortable and privileged existence. Sexy, timely, and sobering, this disquieting gem will take you on a ride of emotions from lust to disgust with an ending that will haunt you for days.

Dreams

His Kind of Woman

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 2/19) 7:30pm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Nigerian Pidgin, Yoruba, and English with English subtitles.*

The UK’s Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards and recipient of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes, Akinola Davies Jr.’s MY FATHER’S SHADOW is a poetic, tender portrait of father-son bonds. Framed by the political landscape of 1993 Lagos, the film follows a father and his two young sons as they journey into and around the vibrantly rendered Nigerian metropolis, quietly reckoning with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. Brothers and collaborators Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies bring us a groundbreaking feature debut – centering an award-winning performance by Sopé Dìrísù (SLOW HORSES, GANGS OF LONDON) – that reveals the profound depths of what families leave unspoken.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: UK/Nigeria

MY FATHER'S SHADOW

Fellini’s Casanova

Los Angeles on the cusp of the 2028 Summer Olympics: a series of devastating livestock viruses have wiped out meat and poultry production across the nation, leaving genetically-modified cockroaches the most viable alternative. Meanwhile, a cockroach infestation of biblical proportions overwhelms the city, triggering a rash of eminent domain abuses. Two young grifters dream up their next big score in a paranoid landscape perpetually reshaped by the collapse between legitimized and illegitimate forms of celebration and theft.

Tycoon

Bring a project you've been working on or try one of ours!

Presented by Sunday Scaries Art Club.

6-8pm

FREE! Some materials provided. First come, first serve.

Art Night at Scribble

**Screenwriters**: Thomas Lee Wright,  Barry Michael Cooper

**Producers**: George Jackson,  David McHenry

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome the legendary multi-hyphenate **Mario Van Peebles** for a special screening of his directorial debut film *New Jack City* followed by a conversation with **Van Peebles** and **Santi Elijah Holley, **the author of *An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created, *and a forthcoming book on Melvin Van Peebles and independent Black cinema.

Mario Van Peebles remixes the blaxploitation genre for the 1990s in this gritty gangster flick. The Cash Money Brothers with kingpin Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) at their helm run the steets and drug trade of New York City. Two hard-nosed NYPD officers (Ice-T and Judd Nelson) have got to go undercover to bring down the pushers and save the streets of Harlem from the crack epidemic. An electric debut that helped usher in the urban gangster wave of the 1990s, with a killer soundtrack, and tons of cameos from Fab Five Freddy, Flava Flav, Eek-a-Mouse, and Keith Sweat, to name a few, *New Jack City* is an intoxicating crime classic, best enjoyed big and loud!

Come early for an all vinyl DJ set from **DJ Jéli!**

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

New Jack City

Phantom of Liberty/Discreet Charm of the Bourgeois

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

American Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is assigned to track down and kill Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reportedly massacred hundreds of innocent people and set up his own fiefdom in the jungle. Willard and his crew encounter strange sights and people on their surreal journey into the heart of darkness.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT

“What do I get out of this?” asks Andy Griffith’s “Lonesome” Rhodes of Patricia Neal’s radio producer touring an Arkansas jail for local musical talent. In his rise to fame and influence, Rhodes’ narcissistic motivation remains the same throughout *A Face in the Crowd*, no matter what Everyman platitudes people project on him. Radio gets him started but television is the new medium that vaults him to the pinnacle of political power. With McCarthyism still in the air, director Elia Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg pitch a darker take on populism than Frank Capra’s in Meet Doe Joe, but they still share a faith in the American public’s natural resistance to authoritarian appeals that, for all the film’s prophetic bone fides, feels naive in retrospect.*—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm*

Director: Elia Kazan. Screenwriter: Budd Schulberg. With: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa. 

*35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.*

A Face in the Crowd

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Superstar Janet Jackson makes her stunning film debut in director John Singleton’s (BOYZ N THE HOOD) street-smart love story, POETIC JUSTICE. A mismatched pair pushed together on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland, Justice (Jackson) and Lucky (Tupac Shakur) have only one thing in common: they can’t stand each other. But as their friends Lesha and Chicago (Regina King and Joe Torry) fight and make up in the back of the van, Justice and Lucky find themselves reluctantly drawn together. After a surprising detour toward romance, the two travelers are confronted once again by the shocking violence they thought they’d left behind. Featuring the music of Naughty by Nature and Tony! Toni! Tone! and the poetry of Maya Angelou, POETIC JUSTICE is every bit as intense, original and unforgettable as BOYZ N THE HOOD.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

POETIC JUSTICE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

In THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST, now in vibrant colour, Maiku Hama returns in a dashing convertible that is promptly repossessed. Taking on odd jobs like looking for lost dogs, Hama’s search leads him to a past he thought he’d left behind as the port city’s most legendary stripper returns and gangs vie for the control of the waterfront.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration The Maiku Hama Trilogy: Part 2

THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST

Rio de Janeiro, 1964. After suffering the end of a love affair, G.H., a sculptress from Copacabana’s artistic elite, decides to clean her apartment by herself, starting with the maid’s room. The day before, the maid had quit. In the room, G.H. faces a huge cockroach that reveals her own horror of the world, a reflection of a society full of prejudice against beings it treats as subordinate. Facing the insect, G.H. descends into an existential Via Crucis. This experience leads to the loss of her identity and makes her question all conventions that imprison females to this day. Based on a novel by Clarice Lispector.

The Passion According to G.H.

Celebrate Bud Cort with a radiant 16mm print of the tender, subversive classic a life-affirming meditation on fully living & truly loving

Hal Ashby's HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) on Beautiful 16mm!

**Screenwriter**: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

**Producers**: Cattleya Paosrijeroen,  Soros Sukhum

Join us in the microcinema for Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke&#8217;s dark comedy fable of romance, melancholy, and consumerism. March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker’s death shut down their factory, his family reject their unconventional human-ghost relationship. Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions

A Useful Ghost

**Screenwriter**: David Lynch

**Producer**: Fred C. Caruso

David Lynch&#8217;s seductive suburban masterpiece still sizzles with surreal menace.  Kyle MacLachlan is Jeffrey &#8211; your everyday college boy back home for a summer with the folks in an idyllic enclave of upper middle-class America. A gruesome discovery in a field leads him into a nightmare world right behind the white picket fences. With signature Lynchian style and phenomenal performances from Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, and Laura Dern, it’s the kind of nightmare you won’t want to wake up from.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Check out our David Lynch director&#8217;s section for all of the maestro&#8217;s masterpieces including:

*Lost Highway, Wild at Heart, Eraserhead*

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

Blue Velvet

**Screenwriter + Producer**: John Boorman

Vidiots is amped to welcome **Kumail Nanjiani **and** Emily V. Gordon** for a screening of John Boorman&#8217;s speedo-clad sci-fi cult classic *Zardoz*!

Strap on your red speedo and your ammunition holster, comb your mustache AND your ponytail and get ready to head into the far future with John Boorman&#8217;s science fiction epic *Zardoz*! With giant stone heads that vomit rifles to penis-hating immortals that hold all the world&#8217;s knowledge, to one of the most iconic wardrobe choices in cinema history, *Zardoz* continues to deliver the goods, one God-Wizard at a time!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Craving more strange sci fi? Check out these bangers from our video rental collection!

*Looker, Liquid Sky, The Final Programme***

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

Zardoz

Project Hail Mary 70mm

Silent Movie/Where's Poppa

98th Oscars Animated Feature Film Winner

98th Oscars Best Picture Winner

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The cantankerous Rooster Cogburn is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn’s employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

TRUE GRIT

Infinite Space, a documentary feature film, traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create “architecture that has no beginning and no end.” It is the story of brilliance and of a complicated life – and the most sensual architecture of the 20th century.

Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home&#8217;s telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl&#8217;s murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

Body Double

*Thank you to our airline sponsor Delta Air Lines*

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES: **

Total runtime: 117 Mins.

**“Proshai, Livushka,” 2001, Dir. Tim Van Patten, HBO Original, USA**

Tony’s concern that his mother will rat him out to the Feds expires when she, literally, does.

Format: DCP

**“Pine Barrens,” 2001, Dir. ****Steve Buscemi, ****HBO Original, USA**

Paulie and Christopher end up on a nightmarish journey when they chase a Russian mobster into the South Jersey woods.

Format: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**THE SOPRANOS, 1999, HBO Original, USA**

Hailed as one of television’s essential dramas, David Chase’s THE SOPRANOS follows James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano: husband, father and mob boss. Revisit the entire series and celebrate 25 years with the family that started it all.

*Watch the complete HBO Original Series on [HBO Max.](https://www.hbomax.com/shows/sopranos/818c3d9d-1831-48a6-9583-0364a7f98453)*

25th Anniversary of Season 3 Panel with creator David Chase, director Steve Buscemi and executive producer Terence Winter Admission includes access to the anniversary panel following complimentary screenings of episodes “Proshai, Livushka” and “Pine Barrens” Patron, Silver Screen, Marquee and Movie Palace-level members now have exclusive access to tickets.

THE SOPRANOS Season 3: 25th Anniversary Panel

Special thanks to our community partners: *[UCLA AMIA Student Chapter](https://uclaamia.wordpress.com/)*, [UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies](https://elts.ucla.edu/)

For over four decades, from 1944–1991, Albania was ruled by one of the most repressive dictatorships anywhere in the world. For most of that time, the Marxist-Leninist regime was led by Enver Hoxha, who ruthlessly suppressed any opposition and kept his fearful population isolated from the outside world. Throughout that period, Albanians could see images of themselves and their country only as represented in the fiction features and documentaries produced by the state-run New Albania Kinostudio. In 1993, two years after the end of the regime, Albanian American visual artist and photographer Elena Dorfman began regularly visiting her mother’s home country and in 2018 she was granted unprecedented access to the collection of the Albanian National Film Archive. The result of her archival research, Dorfman’s experimental feature documentary, *THE DREAM & THE LIE* brings scenes from the archive’s film holdings together in a widescreen triptych image that can feel both epic and intimate in scale all at once. A captivating exploration of how movies were used by the regime to construct a powerful national mythology that penetrated deep into daily life, *THE DREAM & THE LIE* is also a visually arresting example of how artists can creatively and productively engage with archival material. The UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to host Elena Dorfman at the Billy Wilder Theater for a screening of *THE DREAM & THE LIE* followed by an in person conversation with the Archive’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence Ariel West about the film and relationship between the artist and the archive.

DCP. Director: Elena Dorfman. 

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

THE DREAM & THE LIE

Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 150,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.

Drawing from Tavares Strachan’s immersive excursions into hidden histories and speculative futures in the exhibition [*The Day Tomorrow Began*](https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/tavares-strachan-day-tomorrow-began), mother and daughter design duo Aama Studio welcome us to a film salon where they will weave cinema, textiles, and personal memory to tell intergenerational stories. 

A tour of the exhibition, short films, and discussions will explore Black liberation, arcs of migration, and evolving identities, linking ancestral memory to possibilities of today and tomorrow.

**Program:**

3 pm: Short film screening
4 pm: *Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began* exhibition walkthrough with House of Aama
5 pm: Short film screening
6 pm: Post-screening conversation with Jamal Ademola, director of *House of Aama: Threads of Legacy*; Akua Shabaka and Rebecca Henry, co-creators of House of Aama; and special guests

Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Two friends meet in a bar. Later that night, one friend’s flirtatious wife is reportedly in an accident. The other friend doesn’t feel well. What’s come over him?

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Toho

COUNTRY: Japan

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35mm print courtesy of National Film Archive of Japan Series co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities ‘Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE THIN LINE

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Closing out the trilogy is THE TRAP in which Nagase stars in a memorable double role. When a string of young women in floral dresses are found dead, alarms are sounded throughout Yokohama about the possibility of a serial killer on the loose. But when all evidence points to Hama, he has to fight against the clock and former allies, putting his trust in a rookie cop and his trusted sidekick Hoshino. Will Hama escape the trap?

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

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