How to Marry a Millionaire

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

The George Lucas Talk Show is a long-running variety spoof show in New York City. Comedian Connor Ratliff (WIDOW’S BAY, Dead Eyes podcast) hosts the show as “Retired Filmmaker George Lucas,” the creator of STAR WARS, and he interviews real guests as themselves in a panel format. He is flanked by sidekick Watto, played by Griffin Newman (THE TICK, Blank Check podcast) and producer Patrick Cotnoir (Hey, That’s Me!: A Commentary Podcast, ASSSSCAT).

The show has been running since 2014 and has featured guests like Seth Rogen, Jon Hamm, Weird Al, Seth Meyers, Rachel Zegler, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Hale, Padma Lakshmi, the cast of SEVERANCE, Bobby Moynihan, Jeff Hiller, Kathleen Turner, Tatiana Maslany, Jack Quaid, Meredith Vieira, D’Arcy Carden, Heidi Gardner, Kevin Smith, and Lea Thompson, (and so, so many more).

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**THE HIDDEN FORTRESS, 1958, Dir. Akira Kurosawa, 139 Mins, Janus, Japan**

A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan’s princess (a fierce Misa Uehara) as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director’s most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas’s STAR WARS*. *THE HIDDEN FORTRESS delivers Kurosawa’s trademark deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action, and compassionate humanity.

FORMAT: 35mm

**SPACEBALLS, 1987, Dir. Mel Brooks, 97 Mins, Park Circus, USA**

The evil leaders of Planet Spaceball, having foolishly squandered their precious atmosphere, devise a secret plan to take every breath of air away from their peace-loving neighbor, Planet Druidia.

They send the evil Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa on the day of her wedding, in the hope of holding Druidia to ransom. But the princess skips town and joins forces with a mercenary named Lone Starr and his sidekick, Barf.

FORMAT: 35mm

Introduction by The George Lucas Talk Show hosts Connor Ratliff and Griffin Newman

The George Lucas Talk Show Present THE HIDDEN FORTRESS / SPACEBALLS

Aero Theatre

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Recently Deceased Media merch will be available for purchase prior to the screening.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Cobbled together with loose change by George Romero’s friends, EFFECTS is a mesmerizing D.I.Y. frightmare that no one talks about, but everyone should. A group of coked-up filmmakers gather in Pittsburgh to make a slasher. As filming begins and “accidents” happen, it’s clear that something isn’t right. EFFECTS is a meta-enhanced takedown on the philosophy of horror that doubles as a sleazy and terrifying movie on its own.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker John Harrison Co-presented by Recently Deceased Media

Cinematic Void Presents EFFECTS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

With strains of his nihilistic youth-culture script for Larry Clark’s KIDS, Harmony Korine’s directorial debut moves out of the city to wander the post-apocalyptic fallout of a suburban Midwestern landscape recently ravaged by a tornado. Weaving between the day-to-day lives of various poverty-stricken small-town outcasts, GUMMO’s scattershot structure and varied shooting styles present a collage of American themes on the precipice of an unpredictable new millennium, ultimately yielding a movie that Gus Van Sant called “both bracingly realistic and hauntingly dreamlike.”

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

‘You Can’t Stream That On Television’

GUMMO

Los Feliz Theatre

The Thing with Two Heads / The Black Gestapo

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriter**: Rafael Manuel

**Producers**: Jeremy Chua,  Alex Polunin,  Bianca Balbuena,  Bradley Liew,  Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi,  Rafael Manuel

Join us in the microcinema for one of the best films of the year and a masterwork of international cinema &#8211; Rafael Manuel&#8217;s phenomenally composed deadpan social satire *Filipiñana*. With jaw-dropping shot composition, immaculate color coding, a biting and satiric wit, and a slow deliberateness that builds to a shocking ending, this is a dazzler on another level with class consciousness to boot. If Ruben Ostlund and Wes Anderson had a Filipino baby, it still wouldn&#8217;t be as good as *Filipiñana*! Don&#8217;t miss your chance to see this stunner on a big screen!

Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to the job, she wanders the immaculate grounds sampling its luxuries as members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the club president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the club’s doting and subservient staff. But something is rotting beneath the pristine fairways of the elite resort, as Isabel discovers when she tries to return a mislaid golf club to its patriarchal director, Dr. Palanca (Teroy Guzman). The deeper she journeys into its most exclusive corners, the closer she gets to the violent truths of the club, her native Philippines, and her own past.

Filipiñana

Vidiots

Resident Evil

Vista Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A Singing Plant. A Daring Hero. A Sweet Girl. A Demented Dentist. Seymour–an orphan and a nerd who works in a run-down flower shop on Skid Row–spends his time doing menial tasks and dreaming of his co-worker, Audrey. Then, one day, just after an eclipse of the sun, Seymour discovers a strange plant. The exotic plant draws customers, saves the flower shop from bankruptcy and makes Seymour a hero in Audrey’s eyes. But the plant has a rather unique appetite … and it’s getting interested in Audrey too. Based on the 1961 film and the stage musical, remastered in 4K.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Frank Oz New 4K Restoration 40th Anniversary ‘Beyond Fest 2026’ Pre-Fest Screening

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Following the finale of his acclaimed HBO series HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON, NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to tell this seemingly drab story and increase his movie’s appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble—literally and figuratively—as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Magnolia Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Marcello Mastroianni, as a lonely city transplant, and Maria Schell, as a sheltered girl haunted by a lover’s promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion. Luchino Visconti’s WHITE NIGHTS is an exquisite adaptation of Dostoevsky’s legendary novella, transforming this romantic, shattering tale of two restless souls into a ravishing black-and-white dream.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Italy

WHITE NIGHTS

You Can’t Take It with You / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

The Bad Sleep Well

Pan's Labyrinth in 3D with Guillermo del Toro

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

PATHETIC FALLACY follows a young widower to a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers and a chance to heal. When he arrives, he instead finds an outlandish murderer and a forest of demonic spirits who offer a horrific bargain: the power to cheat death at a nightmarish cost.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Adam Egypt Mortimer and actor Jessica Rothe West Coast Premiere

PATHETIC FALLACY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

If you go down to the woods today… Get the gang together, grab a few beers and go off the beaten track – what better way to spend the summer break? You know it’s not going to end well.

But our carefree young twenty-somethings Ziggy (Grace Van Dien), Rich, Katie, Kimberly and Fitz don’t know that. They have the whole summer, and their whole lives, ahead of them. And so they cross a barbed wire fence to go camping and lake swimming off-grid in unexplored forest – what could possibly go wrong…

Pretty soon they lose their way, tempers flare and the friends realize how completely alone they are. What’s more: the forest, under the spell of some strange animus, is starting to come alive around them. Even the ground seems to have its own will, opening and swallowing whole anything and anyone who dares step foot upon it. Every trembling step could be their last.

From the Producers who brought you 47 METERS DOWN and FALL, and filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, THE SWALLOW is an entertaining riot from start to finish – an ingenious, innovative spin on the survival thriller, and a visceral, skin-crawling feast for genre hounds.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer West Coast Premiere

THE SWALLOW

Oklahoma Sludge Metal Legends CHAT PILE currate a handful of films at Brain Dead Studios followed up with our 2nd film TEEN WITCH (1989):

Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she&#8217;s descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome footballer&#8217;s captain. But soon she has doubts if it&#8217;s right to &#8216;cheat&#8217; her way to popularity.

CHAT PILE presents TEEN WITCH

Brain Dead Studios

SATURDAY AFTERNOON KUNG-FU THEATRE ‘BORN INVINCIBLE’, 2026, Dir. RZA, 40 Mins, USA

A widowed mother trains her two sons in a mysterious martial art form to protect their village.

FORMAT: DCP

ABOUT THE FILM:
MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE, 1976, Dir. Jimmy Wang Yu, 93 Mins, Severin Films, Hong Kong

In Mandarin with English subtitles.

A blind martial arts master seeks revenge using a deadly weapon capable of decapitating opponents from a distance, hunting down the fighters responsible for his students’ deaths.

FORMAT: DCP

SATURDAY AFTERNOON KUNG-FU THEATRE

IT rises from dank, dark places. IT preys on children. IT knows exactly what scares you–and IT never goes away. A sinister force lurks menacingly behind the warm visage of Pennywise the Clown (Tim Curry), who awakens every thirty years to terrorize the small New England town of Derry, altering reality to animate victim’s greatest fears in Stephen King’s chilling IT. Somehow, seven children defeat the evil incarnation. But now, three decades later, the savage menace resurrects. And the seven victors return as adults to again fight a horrifying battle between good and evil–where personal demons may be lethal–in the spine-tingling miniseries STEPHEN KING’S IT.​

Stephen King's IT

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Siblings Stella and Oscar return to their Pennsylvania hometown to investigate their sister Iris’ unexplained death following a mysterious rise in suicides within the county.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Alison-Eve Hammersley, actors Carly Stewart and Grant Crater, co-writer J. Batzli, producer George Horton and producer and specialty character designer Matt Gossen World Premiere

ERIE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

The vanishing of an editor of an occult magazine sets in motion an investigation by a freelance writer and a colleague – soon they will be mired in a mystery that engulfs the Kinki region: missing children, hysteria, hauntings and much, much more.
Director Koji Shiraishi defined what true fear was with his entry into the found-footage-documentary scene with NOROI and he comes back this year with this new entry that is designed with a single purpose in mind: to terrify the audience beyond belief and then some. Trust me when I say that once KINKI ends, darkness will seem like a much more terrifying place than it did before the screening – see it with a friend and make sure you don’t walk together.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Japan

KINKI

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“This Place is a Sh*thole,” 2025, Dir. Will Wightman, 4 Mins, UK**
The chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something both horrifying and hilariously relatable.

FORMAT: DCP

**WELCOME TO G-TOWN, 2026, Dirs. Nathan & Ben McQuaid, 85 Mins, UK**
Bill, along with his two best friends, is struggling to make sense of life post-graduation. Unable to find a job, he applies for any opportunity that might be a breakthrough – which is exactly how he ends up attending a job interview at a very strange office that seems to be populated by weird characters. Soon, the trio realizes that aliens have indeed landed in Glasgow and the only thing in their nefarious way is their gang of friends and one slightly unhinged conspiracy theorist.
Channeling the manic energy of early Jackson (especially BAD TASTE) but with a particular, unique Scottish streak, WELCOME TO G-TOWN is a no-budget statement of purpose devised and delivered by the very young McQuaid Brothers. If you’re a fan of DIY cinema of the most inventive kind, the twins have got a treat for you in this wicked, singular genre-defying beauty of a movie.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmakers Nathan McQuaid and Ben McQuaid and producer Dylan Antscherl North American Premiere of WELCOME TO G-TOWN

"This Place Is A Sh*thole" / WELCOME TO G-TOWN

Every 1st Thursday 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.

This months featured artists are Nikki Fish, Arcadia Bay, and Trinity Mei.

8pm




North Star Sessions

Scribble

**Screenwriter**: Michael De Luca

**Producer**: Sandy King

Join Vidiots in remembering the great **Sam Neill** with an especially twisted screening of John Carpenter&#8217;s meta-horror classic ***In The Mouth of Madness!***

*Do you read Sutter Cane?* One of horror master John Carpenter&#8217;s best films outside of the 1980s, this prophetic Lovecraftian mind-bender is a nightmarish mystery that draws you into parallel universes of horror. Sam Neill plays an officious insurance investigator who is brought in to investigate the strange disappearance of Sutter Cane, the country&#8217;s most popular horror author. As he digs into the mystery, he discovers that Cane&#8217;s writing is causing a literary psychosis that&#8217;s spreading to all who read his twisted tales and destroying humanity and even reality. A film made to be seen in a theater (to enhance its metaness), *In the Mouth of Madness* is one of the best horror films on the 1990s and a perfect vehicle to show off both Carpenter and Neill&#8217;s ranges!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home even more Sam Neill classics from our video collection!

*Until the End of the World, Event Horizon, My Brilliant Career*

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

In the Mouth of Madness

Appofeniacs

River of No Return

Hunt for the Wilderpeople with Taika Waititi

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Before STRANGER THINGS combined science fiction, Spielberg-ian thrills and 1980s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with DONNIE DARKO. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. Described by its director as “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE as told by Philip K. Dick,” DONNIE DARKO stars Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross and Noah Wyle.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Lakeshore

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Richard Kelly, actor James Duval and special guests 25th Anniversary

DONNIE DARKO

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear and delirium.

FORMAT: VHS

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: USA/Canada

Beyond Fest 2026 World Premiere of VHS Edition

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA on VHS

Oklahoma Sludge Metal Legends CHAT PILE currate a handful of films at Brain Dead Studios with the band inperson for an intro and meet and greet. Don&#8217;t miss TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990):

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

CHAT PILE presents TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

Oklahoma Sludge Metal Legends CHAT PILE currate a handful of films at Brain Dead Studios with the band inperson for an intro and meet and greet prior to the film. Don&#8217;t miss BABY BOY (2001):

The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can&#8217;t seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.

CHAT PILE presents BABY BOY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

An Academy Award–winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, PAN’S LABYRINTH encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro. Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Francisco Franco’s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas refusing to give up the fight. The violent reality in which Ofelia lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when she meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child’s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cineverse

COUNTRY: Spain/Mexico

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro North American Premiere of 4K Restoration 20th Anniversary

PAN'S LABYRINTH

Directors Village

What is AIDS, now? 
Or is it which AIDS? 
What is the now of AIDS and art? 
Or is it the why of art & AIDS? 
Which AIDS. Why art. Now. 
Ask it again. It won’t hold still.Artist and AIDS activist **Julie Tolentino** and artist and trans theorist **Eva Hayward** ask these questions — through art, through writing, through an open conversation about the unquestionable. Opening with artworks and readings from both Tolentino and Hayward, they tangle with the invitation to share image and language side by side. Hate (erotic) and void (deselection) are some of their keywords. To further decipher these terms, the artists reflect on their own responses to invitations surrounding AIDS and aesthetics, including terms such as ruination and archive. 

Hosted by ICA LA and as a conclusion to the inaugural year of the [Artist-in-Residence](https://www.theicala.org/en/residencies/air) (AIR) Program, this evening will be introduced and engaged by UCLA English professor and Performance Studies scholar, **Summer Kim Lee**.

Know AIDS Now

ICA LA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a documentary team set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young girl, events soon take an unexpected turn, leading the filmmakers down an increasingly dark and horrifying path.
Sean Hogan continues his hypnotizing exploration of the uncanny, after scaring us witless with TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST with this hybrid documentary fiction film that takes genre tropes and turns them upside down to craft something unique and singular. As a filmmaker who understands the nuance of a fright impeccably well, Hogan here delves deep into the modern world, exploring what happens when the malevolent ancient entities encounter digital highways. Full of emotion and unease powerful enough to fuel an entire cinema, THE DARK GETS IN is exceptional storytelling designed to make you sleep with the lights on.

FOMRAT: DCP

COUNTRY: UK

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Sean Hogan World Premiere

THE DARK GETS IN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A Deaf backpacker finds himself hunted by something not human in the depths of the Black Forest, with all his friends already dead. His escape will lead him to a cabin with a farmer who speaks no English. Now the men must decide if each is a threat or a help and also contend with the thing beyond the door, which will stop at nothing to destroy them.
Britt Falardeau’s exquisite debut is a real display of filmmaking skill and verve – eschewing any spoken dialogue for different modes of visual storytelling and conjuring an environment of dread and wonder, she is paired with two extraordinary actors – Harold Foxx and Daniel Novick – who both deliver exceptional performances. Beyond just an exercise in horror, HINTER is a truly sublime piece of cinema that also displays an extraordinary heart.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

HINTER

**Screenwriter**: Stephen King

**Producer**: Richard P. Rubinstein

Horror titans Stephen King and George Romero team up for the ultimate 80s horror anthology just in time to give you the creeps for the whole month of October! Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate&#8217;s occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. With a dynamo cast, fabulous practical effects, chills, laughs, *and* Stephen King in his most *viral* acting role, there&#8217;s a reason *Creepshow* has remained a Halloween staple for nearly 45 years!

**Picks from the Video Store**

George Romero is best remembered for his zombies, but try out these other horror bangers from his director&#8217;s section!

*Knightriders, Martin, Season of the Witch*

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

Creepshow

**Producers**: Claire Edelman,  Brydie O&#8217;Connor,  Elijah Stevens

Join us in the microcinema to rediscover the immense legacy of groundbreaking lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer through Brydie O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s phenomenal and award-winning portrait, *Barbara Forever!*

*Barbara Forever* explores the films, archive, and ongoing cultural impact of experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, revealing her ingenious lifelong artistic effort to create and record lesbian histories, personal and societal. Through her own images and words, the film centers Hammer as a prism of the cultural ecosystems around her – through the feminist and queer movements in 1970s San Francisco, the male-dominated New York art world of the 1980s, the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s, and expanded LGBTQIA+ representation in art and culture in the 2000s. 

Driven by her canon of over eighty films, a vast collection of unreleased archival materials – hundreds of hours of footage, personal photographs and ephemera, and extensive audio interviews – *Barbara Forever* tells Barbara Hammer’s story through her own voice and visual perspective, making her the expert on her life, vision, and motivations. 

Barbara Hammer’s films break taboos around female sexuality, aging, illness, and queer love, often using her own body as a site of exploration and political power. Through the course of the film, she shows us that the personal is not only political, the personal is historical. Looking to Barbara Hammer as one of the first filmmakers to put a full lesbian life on screen that wasn’t there before, her work becomes a blueprint for a new generation of queer and radical artists to write their own histories into existence. This exploration of both Barbara Hammer’s life, work, archive, and her ongoing legacy provides an urgent, necessary story of queer life, feminist history, and American cinema.

Barbara Forever

**Screenwriter**: Walter Thompson-Hernández

**Producers**: Josh Peters,  Saba Zerehi,  Ben Stillman

Join us in the microcinema for Walter Thompson-Hernández&#8217;s breathtaking father-son story about imagination, family, and the grace we extend to the people we love. In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Lil Ant sees the world and his father the way all children should &#8212; full of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief.

If I Go Will They Miss Me

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

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Garchaster's Cornblade is about a girl living on a star planet who smokes VHS as a drug... she goes to Earth to be in Donald Farmer's movie so she can get inside a VHS tape to smoke herself. On the star planet, everyone uses recycled earth trash to turn their homes into carnivals...the rest is a bit complicated.

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Featuring a slew of cameos from the world of underground film, including David “The Rock” Nelson, Dylan Mars Greenberg, & Doug “DJ Douggpound” Lussenhop.

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**dir. Kasper Meltedhair, 2026***United States, digital projection*109 min

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## Cast & crew in attendance!

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## $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)*.

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**‍***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.***

GARCHASTER'S CORNBLADE (2026) L.A. Premiere! pres. by Bloodsick Productions

WHAMMY!

Hocus Pocus

Inside Barbie to Anna Karenina: Production Design with Jan Pascale

Escape From New York in 4K and Escape from LA presented by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, 1992, Dir. Roland Emmerich, 102 Mins, Rialto Pictures, USA**

Private Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Sergeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) are killed in Vietnam, but a secret government project revives them in order to turn them into cyborg super-soldiers. When their memories start to return, Van Damme questions their mission.

FORMAT: 35mm

**DOLPH: UNBREAKABLE, 2025, Dir. Andrew Holmes, 78 Mins, UpStreamFlix, Canada**

DOLPH: UNBREAKABLE is a raw and revealing portrait of the action icon Dolph Lundgren. From a troubled upbringing in Sweden to global superstardom, the film explores Dolph’s hidden battles — including childhood trauma, chronic injuries and a brutal cancer diagnosis — and his relentless drive to survive and inspire. Through a medley of nostalgic home videos and archival photos, captivating interviews with comrades the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean Claude Van Damme, and endlessly quotable clips, Lundgren delves into his life before and after the spotlight, and through his personal accounts, the larger-then-life superstar illuminates fans to the battles he waged in his head, heart, and body throughout his utterly fascinating lifetime on-and off the big screen.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with actor Dolph Lundgren

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER / DOLPH: UNBREAKABLE

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**PAPER TIGER, 2026, Dir. James Gray, 115 Mins, NEON, USA**

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through the dangerous world of the Russian mafiya, family bonds begin to fray with life-altering consequences.

FORMAT: DCP

**LITTLE ODESSA, 1994, Dir. James Gray, 98 Mins, Universal, USA**

Early 00s, in the seaside neighborhood of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, nicknamed Little Odessa, a cold-blooded hitman returns to the place where he grew up—and left after he had killed its mafia boss—for a contract and accepts to visit his estranged family.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker James Gray West Coast Premiere of PAPER TIGER PAPER TIGER had its World Premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and is playing opening night at NYFF. James Gray’s personal 35mm print of LITTLE ODESSA

PAPER TIGER / LITTLE ODESSA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell go deep undercover in Michael Mann’s explosive, action-packed MIAMI VICE. When detectives Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) and Sonny Crockett (Farrell) are asked to investigate the brutal murders of two federal agents, they find themselves pulled into the alluring and lethal world of drug traffickers.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA/Germany

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Michael Mann World Premiere of Michael Mann’s brand new cut of MIAMI VICE, restored in 4K for the 20th anniversary

MIAMI VICE: DIRECTOR'S FINAL CUT

Join us for a day of inspiring and informative conversations about critical topics affecting arts education for teens and young adults. The sessions spotlight innovative, inspiring, and replicable youth-centered programming in California, Florida, Illinois, and Texas. In addition, enjoy youth performances and opportunities for networking. ### Schedule ### Premiere Performance of the Newly Commissioned Poem, “High Art” \[Evan Wang\]\[1\], 2025 National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States ### Morning Panels \*\*Impact and Possibility in School-Adjacent Arts Programming\*\*  
Michael Cirelli, founder of the \[National Youth Poet Laureate Program\]\[2\], New York and Los Angeles  
Vincent Coronado, director of \[Creative Solutions at Big Thought\]\[3\], Dallas  
Brittany Prieto, senior education specialist for \[Teen Programs at the Getty Museum\]\[4\]  
Moderated by Raúl Flores, executive director at \[artworxLA\]\[5\], Los Angeles \*\*Outreach and Partnerships for Classroom Arts Integration\*\*  
Dr. Lucy Chen, vice president of advocacy and community engagement at \[Cathedral Arts Project\]\[6\], Jacksonville, FL  
John Lawler, CEO of \[P.S. ARTS\]\[7\], Los Angeles  
Amy Rasmussen, executive director of \[Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education\]\[8\]  
Moderated by LeAnn Binford, senior director of consulting services at \[Big Thought\]\[9\], Dallas ### Afternoon Panels \*\*Agency and Creativity for Youth in the AI Age\*\*  
Mary Dell’Erba, assistant director, \[Arts Education Partnership\]\[10\], Washington, DC  
\*In conversation with\*  
Dr. Kylie Peppler, professor of informatics & education, director of \[The Creativity Labs\]\[11\], University of California, Irvine \*\*The Arts and Music in Schools Act: New Data on California's Proposition 28 and a Look to its Future\*\*  
Dr. Veronica Alvarez, executive director, \[Create CA\]\[12\], Pasadena  
Kyle Holmes, director, California County Superintendents’ \[Statewide Arts Initiative\]\[13\], Sacramento  
Moderated by Jeannine Flores, visual & performing arts coordinator at the \[Los Angeles Office of Education\]\[14\], Los Angeles ### Closing Remarks Dr. Andrew Westover, Eleanor M. Storza Deputy Director, Learning & Civic Engagement at the \[High Museum of Art\]\[15\], Atlanta ### Youth Musical Performance To be announced \[1\]: https://www.youthlaureate.org/youth-poet-laureates/evan-wang \[2\]: https://www.youthlaureate.org/ \[3\]: https://bigthought.org/who-we-are/our-programs/creative-solutions/ \[4\]: https://www.getty.edu/education/teen-programs/ \[5\]: https://www.artworxla.org/ \[6\]: https://capkids.org/ \[7\]: https://psarts.org/ \[8\]: https://capechicago.org/ \[9\]: https://bigthought.org/ \[10\]: https://www.aep-arts.org/ \[11\]: http://creativitylabs.com/ \[12\]: https://createca.org/ \[13\]: https://cacountyarts.org/ \[14\]: https://www.lacoe.edu/services/curriculum-instruction/arts-steam \[15\]: https://high.org/

Getty Creative Engagement Forum: Amplifying Youth Voices through Arts Education

Getty Center

To celebrate the final month of our inaugural [Artist-in-Residence](https://www.theicala.org/en/residencies/air) program, ICA LA invites you to attend our Fall Open Studios on Saturday, October 3 from 12 – 3pm. This is a special opportunity meet our inaugural cohort and learn about their practices and experience in the residency program. This event is free and open to all. 

Are you an ICA LA [member](https://www.theicala.org/en/membership)? Members are invited to a sneak peek of the studios from 11am – 12pm for remarks with the artists and Executive Director Anne Ellegood and complimentary refreshments.  

_ICA LA’s Artist-in-Residence program is made possible with lead support from the Getty Foundation. Generous support is also provided by a Discretionary Grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. ICA LA is grateful to AVA Arts District for their in-kind support. _

Artist-in-Residence Open Studio

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

A daughter uncovering her mother’s secret legacy, a clown-for-hire having a horrible day, a ballplayer chasing his father’s approval into dangerous territory, a forensic artist reconstructing faces, including his own: this block digs into what we inherit, for better and worse. Tender and unflinching by turns, these shorts examine the ties that bind (and gag).

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Marge,” Dirs. Julia Kern and Michael Prieto, 15 Mins, USA** 
After learning she’s pregnant, Sadie reflects back on the night she learned her mother was a serial killer. But now becoming a mother herself, Sadie suddenly finds herself understanding Marge in a way she never has before.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Beauty Night,” Dir. Dalila Droege, 12 Mins, USA**
12-year old Mia just got her period. After a spa night where her Mother shows her how to beautify herself into a woman, Mia is initiated into a terrifying new role in the family.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Imprint,” Dir. Ran Jing, 15 Mins, USA**
In a near-future society where knowledge is traded like currency, a desperate mother purchases expertise from an immigrant to give her daughter an advantage, only to discover the unsettling price of such progress.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Claddagh,” Dir. Anna Drezen, 11 Mins, USA**
Two sisters have put off deciding until the last possible minute if their mom would have wanted to be buried wearing her favorite necklace, or if she wanted them to keep it for themselves.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Are You Fucking Kidding Me?!”, Dir. Zen Pace, 12 Mins, USA**
When a broke birthday party clown finds out in the middle of the gig from hell that his mother is on her death bed, he must do whatever it takes to afford a flight home to say goodbye.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Clayhead,” Dir. Jamie Sanger, 12 Mins, USA**
An aging forensic facial reconstruction artist – tasked with approximating the faces of unidentified remains – creates a model of their own face.

FORMAT: DCP

**“In My Blood,” Dir. Alex Bendo, 20 Mins, USA**
Desperate to live up to his father’s expectations, a talented but inconsistent minor league baseball player turns to steroids, igniting a dangerous transformation of body and mind.

FORMAT: DCP

**“A Stable for Horses,” Dir. Davie Paterson, 7 Mins, Australia**
As Remy prepares for a baptism by fire, his uncle recounts the legend of his father and the sad, violent tale of the Smith Street Sharps.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Shorts: Family Business

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

A forbidden summer camp romance, a demon striking bargains on a snowbound mountain, a garbage bag hiding god-knows-what in the woods: this block delivers horror in primal, atmospheric forms. Eerie, immersive, and steeped in dread, these shorts hammer home the point that isolation (in the woods, the mountains, or your own mind) is where real terror begins and ends.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Camp Oleander ,” Dir. Alyssa Aldaz, 14 Min, USA**

At Camp Oleander, two girls’ forbidden connection is tested by a seductive ritual.

FORMAT: DCP

**“What We Carry,” Dir. Karl-Mary Akre, 14 Min, USA**

Stranded in the rural American South, an Ivorian couple must fight to escape an unknown predator.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Udders!,” Dir. Michael Spencer, 6 Min, USA**

What is this naked man running from?

FORMAT: DCP

**“Kāalgaon,” Dir. Amit Gupta, 13 Min, USA/India**

In a remote Indian village where women vanish without a trace, a journalist’s investigation awakens a supernatural presence buried beneath generations of silence. As the victims’ voices rise through her, so does a force of karmic vengeance.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Feed the Dark,” Dir. Rob Himebaugh, 8 Min, USA**
Snowbound high in the mountains, a ski patroller realizes her injured colleague has been possessed by a ravenous demon.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Sola,” Dir. Brian Hernandez, 18 Min, USA**
A young woman who suffers from chronic sleep paralysis awakens to find the world around her has descended into a zombie apocalypse.
FORMAT: DCP

**“Don’t Pick Up,” Dir. Ben White, 15 Min, USA**
Tye, a young aspiring junior attorney working on behalf of a Texas oil company, is tasked with falsifying documents connected to a wrongful death lawsuit. However, Tye quickly learns the victim, a worker who drowned in crude oil, haunts the case and now him.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Bagman,” Dir. Vaughn Gaston & Connor Gaston, 10 Min, Canada**
A graduate researcher monitoring wildlife cameras notices a garbage bag suddenly appear in a forest clearing. She sends her supervisor to check it out–watching his every move through the live camera feed to see what’s inside the bag.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Shorts: Prey Tell

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Persian with English subtitles.*

In war-torn post-revolutionary Tehran in the 1980s, Shideh must contend with having been barred from her medical studies due to her political convictions. Stuck at home looking after her child, everything escalates with the arrival of war and her husband being recruited into the army. Refusing the offers to leave the city, soon Shideh and her daughter find themselves the target of an altogether different kind of terror: a djinn.

What can we say about Babak Anvari’s bona fide genre classic that hasn’t already been said? Nothing other than it gives us great pleasure to be able to celebrate its 10-year anniversary on the big screen where its power has not lost one iota of its strength.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: XYZ Films

COUNTRY: UK/Jordan/Qatar

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with actor Narges Rashidi 10th Anniversary

UNDER THE SHADOW

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Rushes of a Killer,” 2026, Dir. Kiko Morah, 9 Mins, Netherlands**

The following footage was recovered from an abandoned cinema in Amsterdam. It is believed to be linked to several disappearances over the past decade. None of the individuals shown have been located.

FORMAT: DCP

**CROWLEY, 1987, Dir. Ricardo Islas, 74 Mins, Terror Vision, Uruguay**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

In a small colonial town, an ancient vampire rises from the ground and starts terrorizing everyone – soon the whole place is littered with bodies. But this is only the beginning of the nightmare of CROWLEY which will claim many, many victims before the dreadful truth at its heart is exposed.
Ricardo Islas was 17 when he made this by-and-large lost and forgotten vampire epic in Uruguay and it’s only thanks to the efforts of those crazy masterminds at Terror Vision (especially Brad Henderson) that we can enjoy this as complete a version as there will ever be in the relative comfort of the cinema. Truly a one-of-a-kind shot-on-video horror artifact, CROWLEY is a love letter to the movies, to making things no matter what obstacles may stand in the way and to the myth of the vampire: ever-enduring and seductive.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 World Premiere of New Restoration of CROWLEY

"Rushes of a Killer" / CROWLEY

1931 • Introduction by Author Julian David Stone • This is the one that turned Universal horror into a major Hollywood brand, and it made Boris Karloff a star. James Whale’s direction is a big reason it still works. The makeup by Jack Pierce became the template for what audiences picture when they think “Frankenstein’s monster.” If you’ve only seen clips or parodies, the real film is tighter, stranger, and more moving than people expect. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Frankenstein

1959 • Introduction by Author Julian David Stone • Vincent Price is having a great time here, and the movie knows exactly what kind of fun it’s offering. The film was directed by William Castle, the king of gimmicks. It’s a perfect old-school spooky night with laughs, gasps, and that classic black-and-white atmosphere. This is a Halloween movie that feels like a party! • Show begins with spooky music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

House on Haunted Hill

Old Town Music Hall

**Screenwriters**: Daniel Gerson,  Robert L. Baird,  Dan Scanlon

**Producer**: Kori Rae

It&#8217;s primetime for spooky silly scares, and we&#8217;ve got a brand new class of incoming freshman to the spookiest school of all &#8211; *Monsters University!* Ever since he was a kid monster, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) has dreamed of becoming a Scarer. To make his dream a reality, he enrolls at the prestigious academy Monsters University. During his first semester, he meets Sulley (John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. Sulley and Mike engage in a fierce rivalry that ultimately gets them both kicked out of MU&#8217;s elite Scare Program. To make things right, Mike and Sulley &#8212; along with a bunch of misfit monsters &#8212; will have to learn to work together. No matter your level of furriness or the number of eyes you have, we&#8217;re sure to have a place for you and your little monsters at the head of the class!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home more spooky cuties for the kiddos!

*The Worst Witch, Something Wicked this way Comes, Casper*

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

Monsters University

**Screenwriter**: Anthony Greville-Bell

**Producers**: John Kohn,  Stanley Mann

Is it even spooky season if you&#8217;re not spending it with Vincent Price unaliving his critics with Shakespearean twists? The esteemed master of the macabre Vincent Price stars in this devilishly entertaining backstage nightmare as a Shakespearean actor snubbed by the critics. Now this sonnet-spouting madman is out to murder every journalist who gave him a bad review, and he&#8217;s out to do it with gallons of porch-paint blood! Funny, campy, and magnificently monstrous, don&#8217;t miss your chance to watch the crown prince of horror work his murderous magic!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We love Vincent Price so much we gave him his own section in horror where you can take home dozens of morbid delights, including these gems:

*House on Haunted Hill, The Pit and the Pendulum, Mr. Sardonicus*

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

Theater of Blood

**Screenwriters:** Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick

**Producer:** Bruce Gilbert

Vidiots remembers its forever **Goddess Dolly Parton** with a special screening of the iconic ***9 to 5***.

The ultimate workplace revenge comedy, with three of the most iconic stars to ever grace the world and the big screen with their presence, there are few films as satisfying as this all time comedy/worker&#8217;s rights banger! In this witty, satirical farce — listed as one of the &#8220;100 Funniest Movies&#8221; by the American Film Institute — secretaries Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and office manager Lily Tomlin live every female worker&#8217;s dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their egotistical, sexist boss, played by Dabney Coleman. When they get an unexpected chance to take revenge, they turn their male controlled workplace into a model office — even as their scheme spins wildly out of control. Bring your best coworkers and gal pals, and make sure you take the joint when Fonda passes it to you!

**Dolly Parton – We Will Always Love You!**

Dolly Parton was one of one – with a heart even bigger than her hair. She was one of the greatest to ever make us laugh, cry, and sing – sometimes all at once! A community leader who always put her money where her mouth was, Dolly was a constant inspiration to show up for ourselves and one another, and she brought joy that will be dearly missed by the generations of people that adore her and will forever celebrate her impact. We will always love you, Dolly!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Dolly Parton on physical media tonight!

*9 to 5, Rhinestone, Steel Magnolias*

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

9 to 5

**Screenwriters**: Tsai Ming-liang,  Yang Ping-ying

**Producers**: Peggy Chiao,  Carole Scotta,  Caroline Benjo

Your Saturday night is about to get surreal with Tsai Ming-liang&#8217;s wholly original dystopian dark comedy *The Hole* presented on a glorious brand new 35mm print! Set just prior to the start of the 21st century, this vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him. Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and a couple of unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-Liang crafted one of the most original films of the 1990s.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more jaw-droppers from the Tasi Ming-liang director&#8217;s section!

*Goodbye Dragon Inn, Rebels of the Neon God, Vive L&#8217;Amour*

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

The Hole on 35mm

Cabaret

The Thing in 4K

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

10:00am | **THE ‘BURBS** + Introduction by Joe Dante

12:05pm | **SILENT RUNNING**

1:45pm | **THE DRIVER**

3:35pm | **DERNSIE: THE AMAZING LIFE OF BRUCE DERN** Premiere

5:26pm | Q&A with filmmaker Mike Mendez and actor Bruce Dern

*Start times are approximate. There will be brief (approximately 5-10 minute) intermissions between films. Ticket includes entry to all films in the marathon.*

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**THE ‘BURBS, 1989, Dir. Joe Dante, 101 Mins, Universal, USA**
This mix of comedy and horror was putty in the hands of director Joe Dante. Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) decides to spend his weeklong vacation just hanging around the house, but that turns out to be less relaxing than expected thanks to new neighbors the Klopeks. Strange noises and bulky garbage bags coming from their house arouse Ray’s suspicions, and when another neighbor vanishes mysteriously, he and his friends on the block team up to discover what secrets lie in the Klopeks’ basement. With Bruce Dern and Carrie Fisher.

FORMAT: 35mm

**SILENT RUNNING, 1972, Dir. Douglas Trumbull, 90 Mins, Universal, USA**
Botanist Freeman Lowell has spent eight years aboard the space freighter Valley Forge preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes. When he receives orders to destroy the project and return home, Lowell rebels and hijacks the freighter, while plunging the craft into the gaseous rings of Saturn. From that moment on, he has only the trees, the gardens and two “Drone” robots, Huey and Dewey, to keep him company on his greatest adventure of all.

FORMAT: 35mm

**THE DRIVER, 1978, Dir. Walter Hill, 91 Mins, Disney, USA**

An enigmatic man of fast cars and few words, the Driver (Ryan O’Neal) excels at maneuvering getaway vehicles through the tightest of spots, making him quite in demand in criminal circles. His skill and notoriety, however, infuriate the Detective (Bruce Dern), who becomes obsessed with taking the Driver down. Luckily for the speed-loving anti-hero, the Player (Isabelle Adjani), a gorgeous and resourceful woman, is around to help him elude the Detective.

FORMAT: DCP

**DERNSIE: THE AMAZING LIFE OF BRUCE DERN, 2026, Dir. Mike Mendez, 111 Mins, USA**

A close look at Bruce Dern-tireless, uncompromising Hollywood legend-whose perseverance has defined both his tumultuous life and lasting career. A constant runner on and off screen, he’s outlived the industry itself.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Mike Mendez and actor Bruce Dern. Introduction by filmmaker Joe Dante. U.S. Premiere of DERNSIE: THE AMAZING LIFE OF BRUCE DERN

DERNSIE: The Marathon

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Black Bear Pictures

COUNTRY: UK/USA/Australia

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmakers Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson West Coast Premiere Guests can expect a few special treats and a little mischief upon arrival.

WICKER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on Philip Barry’s successful Broadway play, Cary Grant co-stars as the casual and fun-loving Johnny Case (Grant), a fast-rising young lawyer. He is engaged to marry Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), an heiress and member of the Social Register. Because Johnny has no social standing, there is some concern that the elder Seton might withhold his permission for the marriage, even though the rest of the family – Julia’s unconventional sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn) and brother Ned (Lew Ayres) — like him immensely. Johnny’s idea of a future has them on an extended holiday that will allow them to roam the world, but Julia and her father reveal that they’ve already made plans for his future — in the Seton family business. Meanwhile, Linda juggles the fact that she’s fallen in love with Johnny while helping to patch things up between him and her sister. With excellent supporting roles by Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Isabel Sandoval ‘Beyond Fest 2026’ and ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Isabel Sandoval Presents HOLIDAY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jim Baitte, a sound designer working on a horror flick by the tyrannical director P.W. Griffin, finds himself sent on a mission to capture a sound powerful enough to land the film’s finale. What follows is a journey of the bizarre, the extraordinary and the unexpected as he lands on the remote island where the weird location is almost as strange as the locals who live in the place.
Noah Stratton-Twine and Jake Kuhn’s phantasmagorical journey into the weird and wonderful is a handwritten letter to filmmaking of yesteryear. Imbued with a sly humor and more hands-on film tricks than anyone could name, it is an exceptional debut designed to remind us why we fell in love with the movies in the first place. All aboard for a first-class ride.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: UK

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmakers Noah Stratton-Twine and Jake Kuhn West Coast Premiere ‘Beyond Fest 2026’

THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Filipino with English subtitles*

Dahlia is a police officer in 1970s Manila tasked with investigating a series of high-profile robberies. The only problem? She’s also the one conducting the robberies. And to complicate matters further, her ex-lover is also assigned the case as an outside consultant. The temperature’s about to get hotter on those sultry summer nights.

Isabel Sandoval returns with a sultry noir that only could have been created with someone with a keen understand of mood and aesthetic – a beautiful melange of multiple genres and moods, MOONGLOW is a stunning ode to longing, desire and the price we all have to pay for love. A stunning soundtrack and incredible performances complete an already enduring package that is going to seduce, charm and delight everyone who gets to experience it.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Philippines/Taiwan/Japan

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker and actor Isabel Sandoval U.S. Premiere

MOONGLOW

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Reaching a breaking point in his life, frustrated by his dead-end job and his endless loneliness, Dylan embarks on a week of self-destructive experiences, each one designed to push his boundaries, break his barriers and make him finally feel alive. But each daring encounter brings with it danger and the risk that he may have to face his inner demons. 

Paul Wright’s ode to the act of living is filled with electric energy from a daring performance by George MacKay who bares his very soul on the screen as the unique and troubled Dylan – Scotland becomes the backdrop for a dangerous and challenging journey that shakes the audience to its very core – here is a brave, moving piece of cinema that will leave a scar for anyone who watches it. Powerful, urgent and unique, filmmaking at its singular best.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: UK

MISSION

1984 • Introduced by "Horror Nerd" comedian Samantha Hale • Wes Craven took a simple hook and made it feel brand new: the idea that sleep is the danger. This is also a great “spot the beginning” movie, since it introduces Freddy Krueger on screen, and it has Johnny Depp’s film debut. Joins us for a good scream. • Show begins with spooky music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1960 • Introduced by Film Historian Antonia Carlotta • This thriller from Alfred Hitchcock changed the rules, with a shocking twist and a performance by Anthony Perkins that’s truly chilling. The shower scene is the headline, but the real fun is how the movie keeps tightening the tension. Bernard Herrmann’s score is the result of one of the great partnerships between a director and a composer. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Psycho

**Screenwriter: **Peter S. Beagle

**Producers:** Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

One of the great fever dreams of a 1980s kids movie &#8211; this Rankin-Bass classic of sorcery and cryptozoology is an epic and beautiful tale of resilience and magic. From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly&#8217;s words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard. With stunning animation, endless imagination, and a killer voice cast that includes Mia Farrow and Jeff Bridges, you&#8217;ll want to bring your herd for this ultimate mystical fantasy.

**Picks from the Video Store******

Bring home more spooky cuties for the kiddos!

*The Worst Witch, Something Wicked this way Comes, Casper***

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

The Last Unicorn

**Screenwriters**: Dodie Smith, Frank Partos, Dorothy Macardle

**Producer**: Charles Brackett

If your spooky season plans call for a haunted house and a ghostly love story, do yourself a favor and join us for one of the best horror films of the 1940s and one of the great ghost stories of all time. While vacationing on the English coast, composer Rick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey) find an an abandoned 18th-century house and decide to buy it. The Fitzgeralds move in and soon find themselves battling it out with two very prickly ghosts. One of the first films to treat the supernatural seriously, this spirited classic is a breathtaking and spine tingling beauty from the afterlife!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love a haunted gothic mansion? Our video store has the keys to all these creepy castles and more!

*The Old Dark House, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte, Crimson Peak*

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

The Uninvited

**Screenwriter**: Lawrence Kasdan

**Producer:** Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson

Iconic diva Whitney Houston delivers an electric performance in this glamorous and show-stopping romance. Kevin Costner plays former Secret Service agent who grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who has been threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance. Don&#8217;t miss all the music (including Whitney&#8217;s cover of Dolly Parton&#8217;s &#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221;), the swoon-worthy romance, and the showmanship of the Princess of Pop Whitney Houston!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home more Whitney on physical media tonight!

*Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher&#8217;s Wife, Whitney Houston: Greatest Hits*

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

The Bodyguard

There’s No Business Like Show Business

Resurrection in 4K with Ellen Burstyn

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption – and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Clockwork

COUNTRY: UK

Beyond Fest 2026 West Coast Premiere of 4K Restoration of Director’s Cut Beyond Fest 2026 Closing Night

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS

An enduring, singular masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption – and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell.

Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.

Ken Russell's The Devils

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Written and directed by Isabel Sandoval, LINGUA FRANCA follows an undocumented Filipina trans woman Olivia (Isabel Sandoval) after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olivia’s main priority is to secure a green card to stay in America. But when she unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with Olga’s adult grandson Alex (Eamon Farren), issues around identity, civil rights and immigration threaten her very existence.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: ARRAY

COUNTRY: USA/Phillippines

Q&A with filmmaker and actor Isabel Sandoval

LINGUA FRANCA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The idyllic, beach-side life of a retired Triad boss, his daughter Lap (Joey Wong) and her boyfriend Rick (Kenny Bee), shatters when a mob favor turns into a bloody shootout. Trading her freedom for her father’s, Lap becomes mistress to Godfather Shen, while Rick goes into exile. Years later, as Shen unknowingly hires Rick as a hitman, Lap sees her chance at escape, while doe-eyed Triad gofer (Tony Leung) completes the doomed quadrangle.

Directed by the foremost stylist of the Hong Kong New Wave (and a mentor to Wong Kar-Wai), MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE is the apotheosis of Patrick Tam’s time within the strictures of the Hong Kong mainstream. Fulfilling commercial requirements while elevating formula with a lush sense of style, it sings with the painterly cinematography of Christopher Doyle and David Chung as Tam’s dream-like direction bridges the distance between the bullet ballets of a John Woo and the festering darkness of a David Lynch. It is the blue jewel in the crown of the Hong Kong heroic bloodshed sub-genre, shining bright to this day.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

Introduction by filmmaker and actor Isobel Sandoval ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE

**Screenwriter**: John Clifford

**Producer**: Herk Harvey

Lose yourself in the surreal nightmare world of Herk Harvey&#8217;s indie horror masterpiece *Carnival of Souls*.  The only feature film of the educational film director that brought us such classic Social Hygiene films like *&#8220;None for the Road,&#8221; &#8220;The Snob,&#8221;* and the best VD film ever made &#8211; *&#8220;The Innocent Party,&#8221; Carnival of Souls* is an atmospheric treasure of dread, suspense, and crafty-artistry that continues to influence horror over six decades later with it&#8217;s shocking twist ending. Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past. With an abundance of eerie black and white imagery, hallucinatory scenes, and psychological trickery, you&#8217;ll want to get your tickets to this *Carnival* before it&#8217;s too late!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more vintage horror tonight!

*The Eye of the Devil, The Bad Seed, The Innocents*

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

Carnival of Souls

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

FORMAT: 35mm

DSITRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

‘Programmed by Mel Brooks: 100 Years at the Movies’

DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Guy and Prisca plan a getaway at a stunning resort with their children, Trent and Maddox, hoping for a new start. But the resort’s private beach hides a terrifying secret. As hours pass, the group realizes they are aging rapidly—and escaping the beach may be impossible.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Co-presented by Beyond Fest ‘Night Visions: The Shock and Awe of M. Night Shyamalan’

Join us for the second installation of Vidiots&#8217; one-of-a-kind signature series ***Physical Media Mind Melters!*** This time we&#8217;re taking you to the edges of the galaxy with intergalactic eye-popping, head-scratching shorts, clips, trailers, and more on 35mm, 16mm, VHS, and DVD, all culled from our 70,000-title video store and ever-expanding film collection. To maximize brain-meltage we&#8217;ll be projecting live on four different physical media formats, from unhinged 35mm trailers, to insane experimental animation, to the most mesmerizing and mysterious bits we can pull from the depths of our VHS shelves. Psychedelic, funny, weird, and all in celebration of physical media and the endless worlds beyond our reach, this is one night your eyeballs may never recover from (in the best possible way)! The spaced-out vibes don&#8217;t end with the featured program. Stick around after for a free drink and ease back down to earth.

Physical Media Mind-Melters: Vidiots in Space!

Stalker

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The American Cinematheque is thrilled to announce a limited engagement of TAKE ME HOME, Liz Sargent’s feature length version of the 2024 PROOF Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner. From an award-winning short film to a world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival with the feature is an inspirational journey, and we wish the team the best as they bring this moving film around the world.

Anna (Anna Sargent, making her acting debut), a middle-aged Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. Alongside her sister Emily (Ali Ahn) and her father (Victor Slezak), they must confront challenging questions about the future, but Anna remains determined to build a life where all of them can thrive.FORMAT: DCP

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: WILLA

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Liz SargentLimited Engagement

TAKE ME HOME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

THE VILLAGE

**Screenwriter**: Stephen Winter

**Producers**: Jason Kliot,  Joana Vicente

Vidiots and [**One Institute**](https://www.oneinstitute.org/about/) are thrilled to welcome writer/director **Stephen Winter** for a special 30th Anniversary screening of the new 4K Restoration of the radical and riotous New Queer Cinema treasure ***Chocolate Babies***!

A frenetic debut feature from writer/director Stephen Winter, *Chocolate Babies* unleashes a world of anarchic camp and unapologetic Black queer power in one of the hidden gems of New Queer Cinema, ripe for rediscovery and ready to be introduced to new audiences. Through a campaign of fabulous surprise attacks, an underground band of radical queer HIV+ activists, addicts, and drag queens take to the streets of New York City to combat conservative politicians and government apathy towards the AIDS crisis.

For the film’s 25th anniversary, Frameline has commissioned a 4K restoration of *Chocolate Babies* in partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and the Outfest Legacy Project. Following its festival run in the mid-1990s (playing at SXSW, the Berlinale, and Frameline21), *Chocolate Babies* struggled to secure major distribution due to its radically independent Black queer vision, but eventually found a home at Frameline Distribution who championed the film and continued to bring it to new audiences. Frameline proudly presents the world premiere of this pristine restoration in rich color and vivid detail like never before.

*Chocolate Babies* is presented by Vidiots and community programming partners One Institute as part of the 2026 Circa: Queer Histories Festival, presented by One Institute.

**About One Institute:**

Founded in 1952, **One Institute** (formerly ONE Archives Foundation) is the oldest active LGBTQ+ organization in the country, dedicated to telling LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS history and stories through education, arts, and social justice programs. Our one-of-a-kind exhibitions and public programs connect LGBTQ+ history and contemporary culture to effect social change. Through unique K-12 teacher trainings, lesson plans, and youth mentorship programs, we empower teachers and students to bring queer history into classrooms and communities. As the independent community partner of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, we promote the largest collection of LGBTQ+ materials in the world.

Chocolate Babies

Big Trouble in Little China

### **ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:**

Created by and for Los Angeles–based independent filmmakers, RSFF is a non-competitive festival that brings bold, distinctive work to the big screen—and brings the people behind it into the community. Across four days, filmmakers and audiences gather to discover new voices, pack theaters and build the relationships that sustain creative lives in Los Angeles.

From October 7–10, RSFF presents 19 short films and three features at the Egyptian Theatre and Los Feliz 3.

This year’s program was shaped by a committee of alumni filmmakers, industry professionals and experienced programmers, including Festival Directors Page Brady, Nir Liebenthal, Noah Morse, Jeremy Roth-Rose and Dylan Trupiano; filmmaker and RSFF alum Calleen Koh; documentary filmmaker Aurora Brachman; producer Nuer Taqa; programmer Lily Bolton; Unapologetic Projects Creative Executive Kyle Bowles; Book of Shadows producer and executive Nix Santos; and Imani Davis on behalf of the American Cinematheque.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Dropping Off,” 2026, Dir. Will Mayo & Ian Scott McGregor, 14 Min, USA**

An aspiring musician gigging as a rideshare driver struggles to navigate the bizarre request of a mourning passenger.

FORMAT: DCP

**DOWNBEAT, 2026, Dir. Danny Madden, 91 Min, USA**

Fleeing mistakes in Atlanta, Mauro crashes on his sister’s couch in Boston. He takes to bucket drumming on the streets for a way out, but can’t stop screwing things up and drawing everyone else into his own feral shortcomings.

DOWNBEAT is a defiantly independent production, crowd-funded via Kickstarter and shot entirely on a single camcorder, with a cast made up largely of real musicians and every note of bucket drumming recorded live. It had its World Premiere at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival, and was recently featured as an Unreleased Gem on the Letterboxd Video Store.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmakers Danny Madden, Will Mayo and Ian Scott McGregor. Moderated by Demi Adejuyigbe. ‘LA’s Rich and Successful Film Fest 2026’

DOWNBEAT / "Dropping Off"

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Created by and for Los Angeles–based independent filmmakers, RSFF is a non-competitive festival that brings bold, distinctive work to the big screen—and brings the people behind it into the community. Across four days, filmmakers and audiences gather to discover new voices, pack theaters and build the relationships that sustain creative lives in Los Angeles.

From October 7–10, RSFF presents 19 short films and three features at the Egyptian Theatre and Los Feliz 3.

This year’s program was shaped by a committee of alumni filmmakers, industry professionals, and experienced programmers, including Festival Directors Page Brady, Nir Liebenthal, Noah Morse, Jeremy Roth-Rose and Dylan Trupiano; filmmaker and RSFF alum Calleen Koh; documentary filmmaker Aurora Brachman; producer Nuer Taqa; programmer Lily Bolton; Unapologetic Projects Creative Executive Kyle Bowles; Book of Shadows producer and executive Nix Santos; and Imani Davis on behalf of the American Cinematheque.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Shadow Daddy,” 2026, Dir. Andrew Theodore Balasia, 8 Min, USA**

When a mysterious dream sparks an unexpected conversation, a boyfriend and girlfriend spiral into revealing the insecurities lurking beneath their relationship.

FORMAT: DCP

**BAGWORM, 2025, Dir. Oliver Bernsen, 97 Min, USA**

After a sexually frustrated hammer salesman steps on a rusty nail, he struggles to determine whether the world’s sudden and violent turn against him is real, or the result of the infection consuming his body and mind.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmakers Oliver Bernsen and Andrew Theodore Balasia. Moderated by Al Warren. L.A. Premiere of BAGWORM ‘LA’s Rich and Successful Film Festival 2026’

Monday, 9/21

Academy Museum

How to Marry a Millionaire

2:30 PM

⭐

Aero Theatre

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS,

SPACEBALLS,

7:30 PM

⭐

Los Feliz Theatre

Cinematic Void Presents EFFECTS

7:00 PM

⭐

GUMMO

10:00 PM

⭐

New Beverly Cinema

The Thing with Two Heads

The Black Gestapo

7:30 PM

⭐

Vidiots

Filipiñana

7:30 PM

⭐

Vista Theatre

Resident Evil

12:30 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:30 PM

⭐

Monday, 9/21