LA Filmforum: Francisco Romero – Local Reconstructions

2220 Arts + Archives

Gosford Park in 35mm

Eungyo (은교) with Park Hae-il

F. W. Murnau’s Faust at 100 with a live score by Julianna Barwick

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A cave collapse in New Mexico traps a man, and all eyes turn toward the tragedy … including those of Charles “Chuck” Tatum (Kirk Douglas), a washed-up newspaper reporter who sees the incident as a ticket back to his former days at the top of the journalism heap. As the media circus begins to swirl around the trapped man’s plight, Tatum takes command of the situation, embellishing the unfolding drama and prolonging the rescue effort … while feeding stories to the nation’s reporters clamoring to cover the event. He’s become the self-anointed mastermind behind what soon becomes a national media sensation – and he’s desperately determined to milk it for all it is work.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

ACE IN THE HOLE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Muscle Distribution

COUNTRY: USA

MIKEY AND NICKY

Aero Theatre

Robert Mitchum has knuckle tatts, which I imagine was a big deal in the old days. He&#8217;s also dressed as a preacher and trying to murder some children in this ULTIMATE classic creepy horror classic. One and done from Charles Laughton, but who needs to work more when you&#8217;ve achieved perfection?

The Night of the Hunter

Bobert De Niro is very much a Holden Caulfield type in this tale of late-shift jobs and porno theatres. NYC grime never looked so good, Mohawks are an excellent fashion choice, cabs in the mist, etc etc.

Taxi Driver

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt&#8230; but he&#8217;s got a plan. He&#8217;s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It&#8217;s going to be a snap and nobody&#8217;s going to get hurt&#8230; until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing &#8211; and extremely pregnant &#8211; investigator who&#8217;ll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom&#8230; you betcha!

Fargo

Brain Dead Studios

While the white sheet has become an icon of the returning dead, it also stands in the place of projection. The sheet, stretched like a translucent canvas, is a reminder of the first public exhibitions where shadowy figures suddenly appeared on or behind its surface. The screen, like the sheet, becomes the membrane through and onto which the figure of the ghost takes shape, confounding our ability to distinguish the figure (the ghost-as-sheet) from the ground (the screen-as-sheet). But while the sheet may serve as the connective tissue between a living audience and the dead, the image or shadows that congregate on screen stir up trouble for the living. Tonight’s films explore the convergence of touch (or the inability to touch) with the ghostly and our changing relationship with the past and the dead.—*Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Martine Beugnet*

Over a 12-year span (2004–2016), Marusya Syroechkovskaya documented her relationship with Kimi, the young man who became her friend, companion and husband. While documentary practice became the filmmaker’s lifeline, Kimi, like so many young Russians growing up under an increasingly autocratic regime, was caught in a spiral of self-destruction and drug addiction. The film’s subtitle, *a message from a silenced generation*, signals the refusal to provide any closure that would exorcise ghosts and free oneself from the past. Instead, the filmmaker creates a space where a dead friend returns to tell a story that is also the story of a lost generation.

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Marusya Syroechkovskaya. With: Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Kirill Morev.

*A Ghost Story* is unusual in its use of the now dated, shrouded ghost, featuring Casey Affleck donning a plain white sheet with two black holes in lieu of eyes. While a deceptively simple narrative — a man (known only as C) dies and returns to haunt the house he lived in with his wife (M, played by Rooney Mara) — the film’s poignancy stems from its account of loss and grief, the cohabitation of death and life epitomized by the sharing of a mundane household object, and the sheet that hides and reveals live, inanimate and absent bodies.

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: David Lowery. With: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara.

How to Save a Dead Friend / A Ghost Story

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Cary Grant stars as the one sane member of a charmingly lunatic family in director Frank Capra’s classic comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.

When Mortimer Brewster (Grant) brings his new bride to meet his two kindly aunts, he discovers that, among many other acts of charity, the two genteel ladies help lonely old men die happy…by feeding them a wonderful meal before poisoning them.

Now, Mortimer desperately wants to protect the two serial murderers he loves, stop them from killing anyone else and keep his bride from discovering how deranged his family really is. Based on the hit Broadway play by Joseph Kesselring, the stellar cast also includes Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by author Sam Wasson There will be a book signing with Sam Wasson for his book, Frank Capra: A Life, prior to the screening at the Los Feliz 3 in partnership with Skylight Books. ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Sam Wasson Presents ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and lands in trouble, her professor must rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves that she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor’s respect.

4K Restoration by Universal Pictures from the 35mm Composite Fine Grain, 35mm Nitrate Composite Print, and 35mm Nitrate Combine Track provided by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration services conducted by StudioPost, A NBCUniversal Company.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by NBCUniversal Restoration & Preservation Manager Jen Hashida New 4K Restoration ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’ ‘The Original It Girl: Four Starring Clara Bow’

THE WILD PARTY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In BULLET TRAIN, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world’s fastest train. The end of the line is just the beginning in this non-stop thrill-ride through modern-day Japan from David Leitch, the director of DEADPOOL 2.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Repertory

COUNTRY: USA/Japan/UK

‘David Leitch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

BULLET TRAIN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

Los Feliz Theatre

Beetlejuice

Targets / Saint Jack

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriter**: Zach Cregger, Shay Hatten

**Producers**: Robert Kulzer,  Roy Lee,  Miri Yoon,  Carter Swan,  Asad Qizilbash

Have a bloody good time in our microcinema as Zach Cregger&#8217;s newest horror triumph takes over for Halloween Weekend! From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger *(Weapons, Barbarian)* comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the *Resident Evil* franchise. In an all-new story, ***Resident Evil*** follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

Resident Evil (2026)

**Starring**: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco, Eduardo Franco, Aparna Nancherla, Tom Law, Sam Richardson, Melissa Villaseñor, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Steve Purcell, Ego Nwodim, Nichole Sakura, Meryl Streep, Karen Huie, Vanessa Bayer

**Screenwriter**: Jesse Andrews

**Story By**: Jesse Andrews, Daniel Chong

**Producer**: Nicole Paradis Grindle, p.g.a.

Vidiots and Disney/Pixar invite you to a special screening of ***Hoppers*** followed by a conversation with Director **Daniel Chong**, Producer **Nicole Paradis Grindle**, p.g.a., and cast members **Piper Curda** and **Dave Franco**!

To save a cherished glade near her town, teenager Mabel uses experimental technology to go undercover inside a robotic beaver. As she rallies the local animals to defend their sanctuary, she learns that protecting nature begins with understanding our place within it.

Doors will Open at 1:30pm, Screening will start at 2:30pm, with conversation to follow.

Please note that this screening is first-come-first-served, and your RSVP does not guarantee entry. As we are hoping to accommodate as many people as possible, all free screenings are overbooked to account for no-shows. We recommend an early to on-time arrival, we may not be able to accommodate late entries.

Hoppers

**Screenwriter**: Ross McElwee

**Producers**: Mark Meatto,  Ross McElwee

With a special introduction from non-fiction filmmaking legend **Ross McElwee** before both screenings!

Join us in the microcinema for one of the most profound documentary experiences of the year, legendary game-changing documentarian Ross McElwee&#8217;s beautifully heartbreaking triumph *Remake*. Filmmaker Ross McElwee has spent forty years recording himself and his family, creating documentaries that chronicle the shifting contours of American society through the lens of personal history. His son Adrian grew up inside those films, and eventually began experimenting with the camera himself. When a Hollywood producer acquires the rights to adapt McElwee’s 1986 breakthrough *Sherman&#8217;s March* into a work of fiction, twenty-year-old Adrian sees a chance for his father to finally reach a wider audience. As the adaptation stalls, Adrian gets swept into a deepening drug addiction and dies from a fentanyl overdose, leaving behind hours of personal video footage. Retracing Adrian’s final years, McElwee reckons with what his camera captured and what remained hauntingly out of frame. As he reflects on a lifetime behind the camera, Ross’s own effort to remix and remake the movie that Adrian never got to finish takes on new significance. An ever-expanding hall of mirrors built from decades of home movies, *Remake* is both McElwee’s attempt to hold onto his son, and to let him go.

Remake

**Screenwriters**: Emilio Carballido, Roberto Galvadón

**Producer**: Armando Orive Alba

Vidiots is proud to partner with **Hello Stranger Foundation** for a special **Día de los Muertos** celebration, honoring culture, community, and the memories of those who came before us, with a special screening of ***Macario*** on Sunday November 1st. We&#8217;ll welcome the community with a beautiful art installation created by Rise in Color artist **Thunder One**. Be sure to arrive early to catch **DJJoey T** as he takes us on a journey through sound that is sure to get all the spirits swaying. The music sets will be accompanied by a whimsical visual projection display on the screen provided by **Society of Shadows.** 

A rich folk-tale fantasy deeply entrenched in the folklore of Día de los Muertos, *Macario* is a haunting gem of Mexican and world cinema with stunning visuals and a dark mysticism. Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death who each ask for a piece of his dinner. From who will he accept the bargain, and what price will he have to pay? The first Mexican film to be nominated for an Academy Award, this supernatural drama is not to be missed on the big screen.

Macario was restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Fundación Televisa at L’Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Filmoteca UNAM and in association with Televisa S. de R.L. de C.V.  Funding was provided by the Golden Globe Foundation, a generous supporter of Vidiots Foundation.

The **Hello Stranger Foundation** is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to bringing communities together through music, art, and cultural experiences. Rooted in creativity, inclusivity, and community connection, the foundation celebrates the diverse voices and traditions that make Los Angeles unique.

**Día de los Muertos** 

Join us on October 25th for more Día de los Muertos revelry including face painting, crafts, and more fun from 11:00am – 2:00pm. For more information click [here](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/dia-de-los-muertos-celebration/).

**Picks From the Video Store:**

Quieres más cine Mexicano? Check out these treasures from our video store:

*Poison for the Fairies, Cabeza de Vaca, Alucarda*

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

Macario

**Screenwriters**: Clay McLeod Chapman,  Glenn McQuaid

**Producers**: Brendan McCarthy,  John McDonnell,  Deirdre Levins,  Thomas Herberth, Florian Brüning

This campy queer horror film is a morbidly entertaining combination of classic Hollywood, gothic terror, and high-pitched melodrama, featuring a one-of-a-kind performance from Chris Colfer! The foundations of Grayson Manor are shaken when an accident leaves Boyd Grayson handless and his mother invests in radical new technology to help him. Starring **Chris Colfer **(*Glee*) and **Alice Krige **(*Star Trek: The Next Generation*) and directed by **Glenn McQuaid **(*I Sell the Dead, V/H/S*). So, if you&#8217;ve been dying for a deadly dark comedy to end spooky season right, don&#8217;t decline your invitation to Grayson Manor!

The Restoration at Grayson Manor

Vidiots

The Bride of Frankenstein

Ken Russell's The Devils 35mm

Seven (Original 35mm Silver Retention Print)

Vista Theatre

## MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING!

Obsession with violence and death has always been the American way. From the founding of our country to the media glorifying intense acts of violence. Is this something we generally enjoy or something that has been programmed into our culture so we are numb when those in power decide to change things by violent means?

Originally released in 1981 in Japan under the name “Violence USA”, THE KILLING OF AMERICA” is a documentary that uses actual footage of death and violence to provide a gruesome commentary on our nations decline, obsession with guns, violence, and political assassinations during the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Written by Leonard Schrader and narrated by the iconic voice of Chuck Riley, The Killing of America is an unabashed look in the mirror at what it truly means to be an American.

## DISCLAIMER: This documentary is full of footage of real death and real violence collected from news and archival sources.

**dir. Sheldon Renan, 1981**
*United States, digital projection*
90 min

**SUNDAY, 11/1 · 7:30 DOORS · 8:00 SCREENING**

## $10 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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THE KILLING OF AMERICA (1981)

WHAMMY!

Bus Stop

Arrival: A Conversation with Denis Villeneuve and Dr. Nina Beguš

The Last Princess (덕혜옹주)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

To save a cherished glade near her town, teenager Mabel uses experimental technology to go undercover inside a robotic beaver. As she rallies the local animals to defend their sanctuary, she learns that protecting nature begins with understanding our place within it.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with director Daniel Chong, producer Nicole Paradis Grindle, p.g.a. and voice actors Piper Curda and Dave Franco

HOPPERS

In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's seminal novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.

Carol

France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse’s first moments of freedom. Héloïse's portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and testament to their love. 

Winner of a coveted Cannes prize and one of the best reviewed films of the year, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE solidifies Céline Sciamma as one of the most exciting filmmakers working in the world today. Noémie and Adèle Haenel turn the subtle act of looking into a dangerous, engrossing thrill, crafting the most breathtaking and elegant performances of the year. To watch Marianne and Héloïse fall in love is to see love itself invented onscreen. With contemporary themes in period dress, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE is one of the greatest love stories ever told.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Gene Hackman, Mickey Rourke, Rutger Hauer and Theresa Russell are the all-star players in the strange tale, set in the Canadian Wilderness, about a gold prospector who, after a gold strike, moves to a Carribbean island where his reward will be misery and paranoia and pursuit by killers.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: UK/USA

Cinematic Void Presents EUREKA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

ALTERED STATES

Robert Richardson: The White Devil  / Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

**Screenwriters**: Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson

**Producers:** Barry Mendel, Paul Schiff

Vidiots is heading back to school with Wes Anderson&#8217;s beloved offbeat comedy and the cult of Max Fischer. Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is an overachieving teen and the star of his prestigious prep school (at least in his own mind). When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, Max quickly falls in love with her. After turning to the father of two of his schoolmates (Bill Murray) for advice on how to woo the teacher, his fury and ingenuity is unleashed when the father begins to woo her for himself. Featuring one of the great cinematic wars of petty ridiculousness, there&#8217;s never a bad time to watch Rushmore with your friends, or enemies!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more quirky coming of age classics tonight on DVD and Blu-Ray!

*Election, Submarine, The Slums of Beverly Hills*

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

Rushmore

Some Like It Hot in 4K

War for the Planet of the Apes

### **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: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: USA/Canada

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA

Netflix’s critically acclaimed limited series EAST OF EDEN, a fresh adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece from Zoe Kazan, features a formidable cast led by Academy Award nominee Florence Pugh as the indelible antihero Cathy Ames and explores the multigenerational saga of the Trask family (including Christopher Abbott as Adam and Mike Faist as Charles). The series arrives over 70 years after the 1955 film adaptation starring James Dean — directed by Elia Kazan, Zoe’s grandfather — focused solely on the book’s final section.

East of Eden Double Feature

The Getaway  / Charley Varrick

**Screenwriter**: Allison Anders

**Producers**: Daniel Hassid,  Ruth Charny

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome cinema legends **Alison Anders** and **Illeana Douglas, **plus music supervisor **Karyn Rachtman**, and music producer** Larry Klein** for a special 30th Anniversary Screening of ***Grace of my Heart***!

A marvelously meandering musical excursion through the hitmakers of the New York City music scene of the 1950s and 1960s, Alison Anders&#8217; *Grace of my Heart* hits all the right notes, with a vibrant beat all its own. Illeana Douglas shines as Denise Waverly, a Philadelphia teen with stars in her eyes set to make it big in the Big Apple. While her own stardom withers early on, a slick producer recognizes her talent in songwriting and sets her off on a different path, crafting the hits behind the biggest stars of the day. After decades in the shadows &#8211; from the Doo Wop era to Rock n&#8217; Roll and into the swingin&#8217; 60s &#8211; she finally finds her time to shine. A fun and frenetic view of the male-dominated music scene and the tenacity of one woman to make her own way, this charmer is as fresh as it was 30 years ago.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Check out our Allison Anders director&#8217;s section and take home more treasures on physical media!

*Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca, Border Radio*

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

Grace of My Heart

Beau Geste

Join us at Brain Dead Studios for an intimate screening of the 1985 animated classic *Angel’s Egg*, featuring a live score performed on stage by Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulwax, Cavalera).

CYBERCON: Iggor Cavalera Live Score to Angels Egg (1985)

Followed by a conversation with directors **Phil Lord** & **Christopher Miller**

Going above and beyond for humanity is not what Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) signed up for. More content to hide in a classroom teaching high school science, Grace is thrust quite unwilling into space as Earth’s last hope for survival. Guided by a no-nonsense terrestrial leader in the form of Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller in a show-stopping performance) and an exuberant extra-terrestrial partner in the form of Rocky (brilliantly performed and voiced by James Ortiz), our hero will discover if he has what it takes to save himself–and the rest of us in the process. Directed with wit and wonder by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, based on the bestseller by Andy Weir.

2026. USA. Directed by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. Screenplay by Drew Goddard, Andy Weird. With Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz. DCP courtesy Amazon MGM Studios. 156 min. 

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

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

Project Hail Mary

JOAN is a nonprofit art space for exhibitions, performances, screenings, and discursive events in Downtown Los Angeles.

Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, Tonalli, 2021. Image courtesy of Colectivo Los Ingrávidos.

Chapter Three

Now Instant Image Hall

Colectivo Los Ingrávidos

Thursday, November 12, 2026

7pm | 55-minute screening

JOAN and Now Instant Image Hall presents a selection of experimental films by Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, an anonymous film collective founded in Tehuacán, Mexico, in 2012.

Emerging amid widespread protests against the Mexican government during the later years of the “War on Drugs,” the collective developed a radical audiovisual language in response to a period of political upheaval that marked a turning point for many in Mexico. Through psychedelic colors, layered analog film, and rhythmic soundscapes, their films preserve the memory of those affected by mass violence, from protesters and the disappeared to the dead.

For Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, anonymity is a political strategy that challenges the artist-centered logic of neoliberalism, which privileges individual authorship and intention in the production and interpretation of art. By working collectively, the group resists the notion of the singular artist as the primary source of meaning and value. Their commitment to collective authorship carries particular weight in Mexico, one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists, where reporting on organized crime and political corruption is often met with state retaliation.

The selected films draw on key moments in Mexican history, from Aztec mythology to the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre and the 2014 forced disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa student teachers. These historical references intersect with contemporary protests that bring enduring histories of violence into public consciousness. Colectivo Los Ingrávidos describes its aesthetic approach as “shamanic materialism,” combining expired film stock, found footage, color inversion, and organic materials that alter the surface of celluloid. The resulting images create a disorienting, trance-like experience that jolts the senses. Through these layered compositions, the collective exhumes fragments of collective memory that remain largely absent from mainstream television and commercial cinema.

Screening at Now Instant Image Hall

939 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012

For tickets and more information, visit Now Instant Image Hall.

El Nido del Sol2021, 5 min.

Drawing on ancient Aztec mythology, El Nido del Sol references Xólotl, the canine deity; Huitzilin, the hummingbird; and Xóchitl, the flower. Vivid, saturated images of flowers blend into one another, accompanied by rhythmic drumming. Translating to The Nest of the Sun, the title evokes the spiritual interconnectedness of celestial beings and the natural world in Indigenous Mexican cosmologies.

Batalla2017, 4 min.

A tribute to Aldo Gutiérrez Solano, a student at the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College who was among those attacked by police on September 26, 2014. That night, students traveling in buses in Iguala, Guerrero, were attacked while preparing to travel to Mexico City for the annual commemoration of the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre. Forty-three students were forcibly disappeared, while Gutiérrez Solano survived a gunshot wound to the head that left him in a persistent vegetative state. Investigations have implicated local police, organized crime, and members of the Mexican military in the events surrounding the attacks and disappearances.

Altazor2019, 3 min.

An audiovisual tribute to Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro’s 1931 avant-garde poem Altazor. The poem follows a cosmic aviator in free fall through time, space, and infinity, exploring the limits of language and the nature of human existence.

Tonalli2021, 16 min.

Drawing on the ancient Nahuatl concept of tonalli, understood as the vital energy that animates living beings, the film alludes to the Day of the Dead and its roots to Indigenous Mesoamerican civilizations. Two heads, one a skull and the other a clay figure, fade in and out of view, each surrounded by flowers.

Aria 682023, 4 min.

Aria 68 revisits the historical trauma and recurring cyclices of violence surrounding the Tlatelolco student massacre, which took place in Mexico City on October 2, 1968. A recurring subject in the collective’s filmography, the massacre forms the basis for this “shamanic composition,” an intense audiovisual reflection on the enduring legacies of state violence in contemporary Mexico.

Notes for a Deja Vu2020, 22 min.

Scenes of contemporary protests unfold through freeway tunnels and the streets of downtown Mexico City, where demonstrators carry banners and images, including depictions of the Virgin Mary, flyers of missing women, and slogans commemorating the Tlatelolco Massacre. The footage is accompanied by the voice of poet, filmmaker, and artist Jonas Mekas, who reflects on the fragmented nature of memory.

Curated by Nahui Garcia, Associate Curator at JOAN.

Colectivo Los Ingrávidos

JOAN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Sandra (Léa Seydoux) is a widowed young mother who balances the tasks of raising her daughter while caring for her sick father (Pascal Greggory), who is battling a degenerative brain condition. Into her life comes old friend Clément (Melvil Poupaud), and in a time of familial stress, she begins a passionate affair. Anchored by a radiant performance by Seydoux, ONE FINE MORNING is a film that is “beautifully balanced, persuasive and moving.” (Manohla Dargis, *The New York Times*)

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Picture Classics

COUNTRY: France/Germany

‘Léa Seydoux: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

ONE FINE MORNING

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Gavotte,” 1967, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 12 Mins, Friends of Walerian Borowczyk, France**

Two bored dwarves fight over a cushion.

FORMAT: DCP

**LULU, 1980, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 95 Mis, Studio TF1, France**

*In French with English Subtitles.*

The story of a sexually-enticing young dancer who rises in society through her relationships with wealthy men, but later falls into poverty and prostitution, culminating in an encounter with Jack “the Ripper.”

FORMAT: DCP

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

"Gavotte" / LULU

Now Instant Image Hall

****DEATH WISH CLUB (1984) is a film that was repackaged many times for the home video market, desperately trying and failing to find an audience (also known as *Gretta*, also known as *Carnival of Fools*, also known as *Erskine Caldwell's Gretta, a*lso known as *The Dark Side to Love)*. However it's mostly known in a heavily edited down short form as *The Case of Gretta Connors*, a part of the NIGHT TRAIN TO TERROR horror anthology, which is unfortunate as its full 90 minute version must be seen to be believed!

Directed by John Carr, written by controversial Oscar-winning screenwriter Philip Yordan (!), and based very loosely on the 1955 Erskine Caldwell novel *Gretta,* the full cut of DEATH WISH CLUB unfolds a story that at no point will you know what comes next.

Rich misanthrope George Youngmeyer (J. Martin Sellers) meets the eccentric Gretta (the incredible Meridith Haze in her only known role) working at the carnival, stuffs a few hundred dollar bills down her shirt and takes her home. Gretta wants to be "a star" so Youngmeyer introduces her to the world of pornography. After seeing one of her films in his dorm, college student Glenn Marshall (Rick Barnes) becomes infatuated with the actress, and follows the clues from the adult store where the film was rented, to the production company that produced the picture, eventually finding himself face to face with Gretta, who is playing the piano pantsless at the shady "Club Manhattan". Glenn is sucked into a dangerous triad, and what follows becomes more incredulous from one moment to the next, including getting caught up in the titular "Death Wish Club".

Gender swapping, seances, giant bug POV shots, demolition balls, electric chairs, karate, and so much more await you in DEATH WISH CLUB.

**dir. John Carr, 1984**
*United States, digital projection*
90 min

**THURSDAY, 11/12 · 7:30 DOORS · 8:00 SCREENING**

## $10 general admission.

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

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

DEATH WISH CLUB (1984)

Black Fire with Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In German, French and English with English subtitles.*

After moving to the countryside, Lucy hopes for a fresh start with her family — but a police visit and her husband’s dark secret shatter her world.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix

COUNTRY: Austria

Q&A with filmmaker Marie Kreutzer and actor Léa Seydoux ‘Léa Seydoux: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

GENTLE MONSTER

CYBERCON celebrates the late Japanese artist and creature designer Yasushi Nirasawa with a gallery exhibition and book launch for Peow Studio’s new English edition of Creature Core. Join us for a panel and video presentation from Zimmerit discussing the history of garage kits to the influence of Gundam and Japanese anime followed by a screening of *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004).

CYBERCON: Peow Studio Book Launch & Exhibition W/ Zimmerit Panel + Godzilla: Final Wars

Followed by a conversation with writer-director **Ryûsuke Hamaguchi**

Based on an exchange of letters between philosopher Makiko Miyano and medical anthropologist Maho Isono, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi beautifully depicts the remarkable chance encounter in Paris of Marie-Lou, a French nursing home director and caregiver, and Mari, a Japanese theater director facing terminal cancer. As they spend time together after a performance of one of Mari’s plays and at the nursing home where Marie-Lou implements a new program of radical empathy for the patients' bodies and souls against skeptical colleagues, both connect over longing, sentimental aspirations, and the sociopolitical strains that have driven their life choices and shaped their communities. *All of a Sudden* isn’t just a fascinating look into our era’s anxieties and injustices but a moving testimony to the power of human empathy in an era that may make you think there is none.

2026. France/Japan/Germany/Belgium. Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Screenplay by Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna; based on the book by Maho Isono, Makiko Miyano. With Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto, Kyôzô Nagatsuka. DCP courtesy NEON. In French, Japanese; English subtitles. 196 min.

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

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

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

All of a Sudden

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rich Spirit

COUNTRY: USA

IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mandarin with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: China/Hong Kong

New 4K Restoration 35th Anniversary Limited Engagement

RAISE THE RED LANTERN

Snatch

The Burning / Madman

Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

Join us for the world premiere of a new documentary on Stephan Hoeller followed by Q&A with special guest Gary Lachman

THE BISHOP OF HOLLYWOOD, the life and legacy of Dr. Stephan Hoeller

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

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

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

Porco Rosso (Japanese with English Subtitles)

**Screenwriters**: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

**Producer**: Ethan Coen

Sexy, smart, and smoldering, this shocking neo-noir shot the Coen brothers into the upper echelons of filmmakers right off the bat. Far beyond your average freshman fare, the Coen Brothers debut film *Blood Simple* is stylish, brutal, and tinged with that signature Coen wit. The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more menace from the best brothers in the biz!

*Miller&#8217;s Crossing, Barton Fink, No Country for Old Men*

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

Blood Simple

**Screenwriter**: Dan O&#8217;Bannon

**Producer**: Tom Fox

The most fun you&#8217;ll ever have with the undead! A gang of Punks and New Wave ne&#8217;er-do-wells get trapped in a cemetery as the dead begin to rise and start to crash their party. And these aren&#8217;t your average zombies. They can talk, reason, and even make jokes, but make no mistake — they are still out for your brains. A total blast from start to finish, this monster bash features killer special effects, a rockin&#8217; soundtrack, and one of scream queen Linnea Quigley&#8217;s most iconic moments. You&#8217;d be a ghoul to miss it!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more 80s classics with the Queen Linnea Quigley!

*Night of the Demons, Silent Night Deadly Night, Savage Streets*

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

The Return of the Living Dead

Paper Tiger 35mm

Lady Terminator

Frankenweenie in 35mm

Jealousy Is My Middle Name (질투는 나의 힘)  in 35mm

Join us at Brain Dead Studios for an intimate screening of the 2003 animated classic Interstella 5555, featuring a live DJ score performed by SOSUPERSAM and Kyle Ng.

Feel free to get out of your seat and dance with us!

CYBERCON: SOSUPERSAM & Kyle Ng Live Score to Interstella 5555 (2003)

A clandestine group of scientists are conducting brutal experiments on human test subjects in an attempt to unlock psychic powers. An assault of industrial noise, sensory deprivation, and grotesque body horror, *Rubber&#8217;s Lover (1996)* is often considered an unofficial prequel to Fukui’s *964 PINOCCHIO (1991)*, expanding on its obsessions with technology, bodily transformation, and the limits of human consciousness.

CYBERCON: Rubber’s Lover

Every space hosts the accumulation of time and is thus a repository of memory, one that is active and dynamic.

Jean Khalil Chamoun’s *Women Beyond Borders* (2004) and Theo Panagopoulos’ *The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessin*g (2024) were made two decades apart, but together they foster an ongoing conversation at the intersection of identity, memory and place across Lebanon and Palestine.

Though distinct in form, the films consider the relationship between people’s lived environments and their individual and collective identities. The films navigate through spaces both historically and presently marked by displacement, violence and resilience. Both offer meditations and testimonies on how these spaces can inhabit a people’s memories, linger into their present realities and influence their futures.

Rather than attempting to unearth a singular tradition, this program amplifies an ongoing cinematic conversation across Lebanon and Palestine that is rooted in intertwined histories of occupation and resistance. This conversation is an urgent one to hold today in light of the ongoing aggression against southern Lebanon and historic Palestine that continues to target complete ecosystems. This systematic surge of destruction and harm affects far beyond the physical; it seeks to fracture memory, sever a people’s sense of being and belonging, and jeopardize social relations that places sustain. The moving image as a tool presents an opportunity to forge an alternative place of memory work, one capable of preserving spatial memory, making visible the forms of erasure, and imagining continuities that exceed the violence of occupation and its imposed restriction on bodies and space.

*Programmed by UCLA Comparative Literature Ph.D. student Aciah Abdulsater and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes and concept by Aciah Abdulsater.*

Filmmaker and researcher Theo Panagopoulos’ essay-style documentary assembles recently rediscovered archival footage of Palestinian wild flowers, filmed in the 1930s and ’40s by a Scottish missionary during the British Mandate. Panagopoulos decides to reclaim the footage. In reframing the images with new sound and captions he questions the role of image-making as both a tool of witnessing and a perpetrator of violence, when covering the relationships between people and land. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Theo Panagopoulos.

In a feature-length documentary, filmmaker Jean Khalil Chamoun follows the story of Kifah Afifi, a Palestinian refugee, Sabra and Shatila massacre survivor, and ex-abductee at the infamous Khiam detention center in then-occupied southern Lebanon. The film explores questions of womanhood and women’s relationship to community and space. By following Kifah’s recollection of her time in detainment, her struggles and what anchored her hope, the film sheds light onto women who defied societal, historical and political boundaries.

Digital media. Director/Screenwriter: Jean Khalil Chamoun.

Borders That Flower: The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing / Women Beyond Borders

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Based on two mangas by Yoshiharu Tsuge, Miyake’s bifurcated live-action feature observes (and draws parallels and contrasts from) a summertime meet-cute between Nagisa and Natsuo and a snowbound winter encounter between screenwriter Li and innkeeper Benzo.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Several Futures

COUNTRY: Japan

Q&A with filmmaker Shō Miyake Co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles ‘Unspoken Gestures: A Shō Miyake Retrospective’

TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime. But can it help Carlin change the past? Hold on to your seat for an explosive and intriguing thrill ride you’ll want to experience again and again.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Shō Miyake Co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles 20th Anniversary ‘Unspoken Gestures: A Shō Miyake Retrospective’

DÉJÀ VU

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French and Japanese with English subtitles.*

From master filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi comes a transformative portrait of hope and humanity. Marie-Lou is a care worker in Paris who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mari, a theater director in the throes of a recent life-changing diagnosis. Through tenderness and intimate understanding, their connection leads to profound discoveries in the ways they see the world, the future and our relationships to each other.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: France/Japan/Germany/Belgium

Q&A with filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and actors Tao Okamoto and Virginie Efira Advance Screening

ALL OF A SUDDEN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Based on a true story, a 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta’s shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: IFC

COUNTRY: France/Belgium

BENEDETTA

In Session invites visitors to engage with readings, film/video and writing activities that relate to current exhibitions and are meant to generate self-reflection and group discussion.

This In Session will focus on Larry Johnson, who currently has work on view in In These Times: Recent Acquisitions at MOCA. Capacity is limited to 15 people. In Session is organized by MOCA Education.

A contemporary innovator of Pop, LA-based artist Larry Johnson makes photographs that look nothing like photographs. In his witty, incisive, cartoon-like proto-photos, Johnson appropriates the images and aesthetics of TV and movie animation, graphic design, commercial illustration, and advertising to deconstruct the terms of American culture’s self-presentation.

In Session: Larry Johnson

MOCA Grand Avenue

Kung Fu Panda

Ratatouille

The Last Picture Show

The Jerk

For more than a decade, University of Virginia colleagues Kevin Jerome Everson, Commonwealth and Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Studio Art and Director of Studio Arts, and Claudrena N. Harold, Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of History, have collaborated on *Black Fire*, an ongoing body of work devoted to the history and experience of Black life at UVA in Charlottesville. The project grew out of Harold’s research into the political and cultural history of African American students and faculty at the university and her discovery of a fragmentary archive. Together, Harold and Everson began using this archival material as a point of departure, making images where images were absent and bringing Harold’s research into conversation with Everson’s approach to performance, duration, and gesture.

The selection presented here moves between histories of student organizing and institutional change, athletics, gospel, recreation, and the forms of social and cultural exchange that took place within and around the university.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A and conversation with Everson and Harold.

Special thanks to Madeleine Molyneaux, K.J. Relth-Miller, and the Academy Museum.

Films appear courtesy of the filmmakers and Picture Palace Pictures. All films directed by Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold.

Black Fire

1948  • A hurricane, a hotel full of uneasy people, Humphrey Bogart facing off with Edward G. Robinson — Key Largo hardly needs more to get your attention. Directed by John Huston, it was the fourth and final screen pairing of Bogart and Bacall.  • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Key Largo

1971 • Introduction by Screenwriter Larry Karazewski • Screenwriter Larry Karazewski (Ed Wood, Big Eyes) joins us to introduce this wonderfully quirky film. The film was directed by Hal Ashby, who had a gift for making odd, deeply human films. Over time, it has become a beloved cult favorite. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Harold and Maude

Old Town Music Hall

The LA premiere of the new kaleidoscopic retelling of the Orpheus myth, blending 16mm photography, stop-motion, and handmade illusions!

Virgilio Villoresi’s ORFEO (2025) — Los Angeles Premiere!

**Screenwriters**: Jordan Roberts, Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson

**Producer**: Roy Conli

Disney meets Marvel in this thrilling and charming tale of robotic friendship and fighting for what&#8217;s right. A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes. So join us in San Fransokyo with your family and inflatable friends.

Big Hero 6

**Screenwriter**: Budd Schulberg

**Producer**: Sam Spiegel

Vidiots remembers the iconic screen goddess **Eva Marie Saint!**

*I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let&#8217;s face it.* You might know that iconic quote, and you might be aware that Marlon Brando’s performance in this movie was a game-changer in film history, helping to popularize the more naturalistic style known as Method acting. But don’t let that overshadow the film itself, a masterpiece that earned eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and remains just as powerful 70 years later. Brando plays Terry Malloy, a longshoreman and former boxer who grows to resent the mobsters who control his local union. And in her film debut, Eva Marie Saint is luminous as Terry’s love interest, who acts as his conscience and inspires him to take a stand and fight back &#8211; no matter what the cost.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more treasures from Eva Marie Saint&#8217;s iconic career!

*Grand Prix, The Sandpiper, Vertigo*

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

On the Waterfront

**Writer:** John Hughes

**Producers:** John Hughes, Lauren Shuler Donner

Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for this all-time teen classic of high school romance, jealousy, resourcefulness, and classism. Molly Ringwald plays Andie, a creative outcast from the wrong side of the tracks who falls for a rich kid (80&#8217;s heartthrob Andrew McCarthy) and ends up causing rifts in both their worlds. This sweet and stylish romance features incredible performances from the entire cast including Annie Potts as the fashionista record store owner, Jon Cryer as the Otis Redding lip-syncing obsessed best friend, James Spader as the vilest of the upper crust, and of course Vidiots favorite Harry Dean Stanton as her single father.

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Two Lane Blacktop, Straight Time, Red Dawn*

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

Pretty in Pink

**Producer**: Gary Goetzman

We&#8217;re bringing the party back to the big screen to kick off our birthday weekend like rock stars! Join us for one of our favorite cinematic/musical experiences with a reprise of legendary Director Jonathan Demme’s ecstatic musical masterpiece Stop Making Sense. Filmed at the Hollywood Pantages Theater in December 1983, this fascinating piece of musical memorabilia showcases the Talking Heads boundless creativity and showmanship on stage and off. A one-of-a-kind experience, join Vidiots as we revel in 41 years of Vidiots and the 42nd anniversary of this groundbreaking film, newly remastered in a stunning 4K presentation.

**Picks from the Video Store:**

Jonesing for more Demme? We&#8217;ve got a killer section for Jonathan Demme on our directors racks that includes these rarities!

*Crazy Mama, Who Am I This Time?, Swimming to Cambodia*, and make sure to check out his tasty episode of *Columbo &#8211; Murder Under Glass!*

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

Stop Making Sense

The Westerner

3-D SPACE and Hollywood Entertainment invite you to a very special rare 3D screening of *Charlie Victor Romeo*, a uniquely disquieting performance film created entirely from the "black box" transcripts of real-life airline emergencies.

These short and poignant vignettes of real-life peril are by turns distressing and quotidian- an anthology of last words and deeds whose specificity and urgency are made extraordinarily vivid by the stereoscopic intimacy.

"When you board an airplane, who are those people in uniform to whom you entrust your life? What do they really do when things go horribly wrong? Derived entirely from the Cockpit Voice Recorder transcripts of six major airline incidents and accidents, Charlie Victor Romeo puts the audience inside the tension-filled cockpits of actual flights in distress, offering a fascinating portrait of the psychology of crisis and a person’s will to live to the last second." - Dekanalog

“[This] chilling and groundbreaking production stretches the boundaries of film, theatre, and the traditional documentary with this stereoscopic 3-D film of a stage play that recreates transcripts word for word. CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO transports film audiences into the best seats of the theatre and delivers the intensity and gut-wrenching emotion of these emergencies via the unique approach of live performance.” - Shari Frilot, senior programmer Sundance Film Festival & New Frontier

"The scariest airplane movie ever!" - John Waters

"A radical film." - Agnes Varda

"One of the most terrifying films I have ever seen." - A.O. Scott, *New York Times*

"The experience is, to put it mildly, a nail-biter" - John Defore, *The Hollywood Reporter*

**dirs. Karlyn Michelson, Patrick Daniels & Robert Berger, 2013**
*United States, digital projection*
80 min
[https://charlievictorromeo.com/](https://charlievictorromeo.com/)

**SATURDAY, 11/14 · 7:30P DOORS · 8:00P SCREENING**

## $10 general admission.

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

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

Charlie Victor Romeo (2013), pres. by Hollywood Entertainment & 3-D SPACE

LA Filmforum: Sara Gómez’s Cuba – Empathy and the Revolution

The Grand Budapest Hotel in 35mm

Paisàn in 35mm

Germany Year Zero (Germania anno zero) in 35mm

Presented in the definitive Final Cut featuring additional scenes and remastered sound and image! In decaying Neo-LA, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) haunts the streets in search of a fugitive gang of genetically-engineered replicants and encounters a woman who may hold the key to life itself. Through the smog and rain, shine neon-lit existential landscapes of philosophical inquiry: what is humanity? Ridley Scott’s METROPOLIS for the ‘80s is such a spectacle of cinematic craft — from the indelible sci-fi visuals to the Vangelis score to the time-defying special effects, you’d swear its creators were ‘more human than human.’ 

Co-starring Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Daryl Hannah.

CYBERCON: Blade Runner

Denis Villeneuve reinvents the world of BLADE RUNNER as a dystopian wasteland thirty years after the events of the first film. Ryan Gosling stars as K, a new Blade Runner whose investigation plunges him into the depths of a crumbling society as he hunts the only man who can save us: Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard. Thanks in part to the mind-blowing images created by cinematographer Roger Deakins, BLADE RUNNER 2049 defies every expectation for Hollywood sequels and offers an alternative: a staggering, cerebral, self-possessed work which stands alone in its accomplishments.

CYBERCON: Blade Runner 2049

First Come, First Serve. RSVP does not guarantee entree to screening

Synopsis:

Jaleesa Vincent and Luka Raubenheimer create Vampires Surf, a new fantasy surf film starring Frankie Harrer, Caity Simmers and Kobe Hughes, presented by Sun Bum.

Three immortal vampire girls have spent centuries surfing beneath the moon. When fate changes, they leave the shadows behind and become legends amongst mortals. But the return of the Blood Moon summons them to Coffin Bay, where an ancient prophecy and a powerful evil will decide their future. Spooky, funny and heartfelt, Vampires Surf is a timeless tale of surfing, friendship and following your destiny—even if it takes an eternity.

Vampires Surf presented by Sun Bum

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

GARDENA CINEMA Presents... the 35th Anniversary of CHILD's PLAY 3 with Producer & Second Unit Director Robert Latham Brown!

CHILD's PLAY 3: THE 35th ANNIVERSARY (Sun. 11/15)

Gardena Cinema

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

The Archive first worked with archivist and scholar Laura Horak in 2022 when we presented a series of films unearthed by Horak and her collaborators, Maggie Hennefeld and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. Their archival project *Cinema’s First Nasty Women *celebrated the work of silent comedians who brought an anarchic brand of gender non-conformity to slapstick. Alongside that work, Horak is also the director of the Transgender Media Lab at Carleton University, which created the [Transgender Media Portal](https://www.transgendermediaportal.org/), a database of trans creators, including links to where their work can be seen. Suffice it to say, increasing the visibility and access to the media she studies is an essential element of Horak’s ongoing research project. With her latest book, *Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds*, Horak dives deep into the history, practice and aesthetics of trans artists in the United States and Canada in the 21st century while positioning them within the larger history of trans media production and representation. The Archive is pleased to welcome Horak back to the Billy Wilder Theater for a brief talk about her work followed by a selection of works by trans artists and an on-stage conversation, with more special guests to be announced soon!

Part of the Archive’s *[Legacy Project Screening Series](/series/outfest-ucla-legacy-project-screening-series/)*. 

*Support for the screening is provided by the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation Queer Screening Endowment and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation.*

*Total running time: 84 min.*

Director B. G-Osborne’s three-channel experimental film juxtaposes scenes of trans representation from popular film and television, exposing the emotions of popular trans representation — fascination, fear, sexualization, disgust.

DCP. Director: B. G-Osborne.

A Black trans woman talks about what she wants from life as she shops, flirts and gets ready for a date in this groundbreaking UCLA student film. 

Director: Nikolai Ursin.

*Preservation funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project. Laboratory services by Audio Mechanics, Film Technology, Inc. Special thanks to Stephen Parr, Norman Yonemoto.*

Director Luis De Filippis explores the quiet relationship between a Canadian Italian trans girl in her early 20s and her Italian grandmother.

DCP. Director: Luis De Filippis.

In this Emmy-nominated web series, the classic romantic comedy structure meets a trans version of *The L Word.*

DCP. Director: Sydney Freeland.

Theo Jean Cuthand (Plains Cree) wrestles honestly with the contradictions of desire and the conundrum of wanting someone you know is bad for you in a colonial context.

DCP. Director: Theo Jean Cuthand.

Stop-motion animation that explores the joy of first love and grief of breaking up in this short film by Raven Davis (Anishinaabe).

DCP. Director: Raven Davis.

This experimental documentary presents Black trans women and their communities fighting back against the violence they face.

DCP. Director: Seyi Adebanjo.

Directed by Jess MacCormack and Alexus Young (Métis), this short experimental animated video documentary illuminates Young’s experience of a “starlight tour” in Saskatoon.

DCP. Directors: Jess MacCormack, Alexus Young.

Director Rhys Ernst’s documentary tells the story of a Black trans caterer and madame from the early 20th century.

DCP. Director: Rhys Ernst.

Director Tourmaline summons a haunting visitation with the spirits of Black trans ancestors via music, light, dancing and mystical scenarios.

DCP. Director: Tourmaline.

Archive Talks: Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister’s boyfriend tries to make him notice her.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Shō Miyake. Live piano score by Cliff Retallick. Co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles ‘Unspoken Gestures: A Shō Miyake Retrospective’ and ‘Sunday Print Edition’

THE PATSY

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*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Misa suffers from severe PMS, which can unravel her otherwise demure disposition with violent disregard for personal or professional company. Finally holding down a job assembling science kits for kids, she befriends Takatoshi, a withdrawn colleague prone to debilitating panic attacks.

Shō Miyake, adapting a novel by Seo Maiko, choreographs the blossoming relationship with gentle humor and sensitivity in gorgeous 16mm.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Several Futures

COUNTRY: Japan

ALL THE LONG NIGHTS

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Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island. Starring Sammy Petrillo, doing his jawdropping impression of Jerry Lewis.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR:

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with screenwriter Scott Alexander, author Dave Abramson, actor Elsie Fisher, producer Jack Broder’s grandson David Kopple and comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff. Moderated by Dana Gould. Brand new scan of the film from the original camera negative There will be a book signing with Dave Abramson and Scott Alexander for Abramson’s book, Your Time is Now: The Sammy Petrillo Story, following the Q&A at the Los Feliz 3 in partnership with Larry Edmund’s Bookshop.

BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA

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*In French and English with English subtitles. *

A filmmaker consistently unafraid to wade through the weird miasma of contemporary life, Bertrand Bonello works from the outside in, dramatizing the psychological toll of the political and cultural world around us. Here he has created a dynamic and disturbing parable that jumps between three different time periods (1910, 2014 and 2044) to diagnose our acute—and perhaps eternal—feelings of estrangement and alienation. Using Henry James’s haunting 1903 short story “The Beast in the Jungle” as his film’s provocative inspiration, Bonello tells the story of a young woman (Léa Seydoux) who undergoes a surgical process to have her DNA—and therefore memories of all her past lives—removed. In so doing, she realizes her fate has long been intertwined, for better and worse, with a young man (George MacKay). Touching on modern anxieties of AI and incel culture, which may recur throughout history as commonly as love and hate, THE BEAST, like all good science-fiction, asks essential questions about the ever-shifting status of humanity itself.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

THE BEAST

Join artist Cecilia Vicuña in conversation with Elizabeth DeLoughrey on the occasion of Vicuña’s exhibition The Dream of Water: Quipu of Encounters Maricunga. Vicuña’s project at MOCA focuses on the ecological crisis unfolding in the Maricunga Salt Flats, located in the southernmost part of the Atacama Desert where fragile ecosystems–and the communities that have called this territory home for generations–face increasing threats from corporate lithium mining. The conversation will explore this newly commissioned work as well as Vicuña's decades long practice spanning poetry, performance, and textiles.

Cecilia Vicuña is one of the inaugural winners of The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize, a juried prize that supports artists whose practices address critical intersections in art, architecture, design, climate, conservation, sustainability, and environmental justice.

About Cecilia Vicuña

Cecilia Vicuña (Santiago de Chile, 1948) is a visual artist, poet, filmmaker and activist based in New York. Her poetic work in space, performance and visual arts is considered a decolonizing vision that anticipated ecofeminism. She coined the term “Arte Precario” in the mid-1960s in Chile as a new independent and non-colonized category for her precarious works composed of structures that disappear in the landscape, and in 1974, while in London, she co-founded the collective Artists for Democracy. Vicuña has re-invented the ancient Pre-Columbian quipu system of non-writing with knots through ritual acts that weave the urban landscape, rivers and oceans, as well as people, to re-construct a sense of unity and awareness of interconnectivity. These works bridge art and poetry as a way of “hearing an ancient silence waiting to be heard.”

In recent years Vicuña has exhibited at Turbine Hall, TATE, London; Guggenheim Museum, New York; MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York; Documenta 14, Athens and Kassel; Kunstinstitutt Melly (ex Witte de With) Rotterdam, The Netherlands; MUAC, Mexico; CA2M, Madrid, where she received the Velasquez Award; and Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU), Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia. Her retrospective “Soñar el agua” was recently on view at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago de Chile, and MALBA, Buenos Aires and is currently on view at the Pinacoteca, São Paulo. She received the Golden Lion Award for her trajectory at the 59th Venice Biennale, 2022. Her work is collected in major institutions around the world. In February 2023 she was elected Honorary Foreign Member of the Academy of Arts and Letters of the United States, and Dr. Honoris Causa by Universidad de Chile. She was the winner of the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas 2023, one of the most prestigious awards given by her homeland.

About Elizabeth DeLoughrey

Elizabeth DeLoughrey is a professor in the English Department and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA who teaches postcolonial and Indigenous literature courses on the environment, globalization, critical ocean studies, and the Anthropocene and climate change, with a focus on the Caribbean and Pacific Islands (Oceania). She is the author of Routes and Roots: Navigating Caribbean and Pacific Literatures (U of Hawai`i Press, 2007), and Allegories of the Anthropocene (Duke UP, 2019), which examines climate change and empire in the literary and visual arts. She is co-editor of the volumes Caribbean Literature and the Environment: Between Nature and Culture (Virginia UP, 2005); Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment (Oxford UP, 2011); and Global Ecologies and the Environmental Humanities: Postcolonial Approaches (Routledge, 2015) and of numerous journal issues on critical ocean, island and militarism studies. Her scholarship has been supported by institutions such as the American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Fulbright New Zealand, the Rachel Carson Center (LMU, Munich), the UC Humanities Research Institute, and the Cornell Society for the Humanities. Most recently she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2021-22).

The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize is funded by philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt, the prize is awarded by MOCA every two years from 2024 until 2030. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize awards a $100,000 unrestricted honorarium and institutional support to complete a new project presented by MOCA. The winners also engage and collaborate with communities in LA and beyond.

LA Filmforum: Francisco Romero – Local Reconstructions

7:30 PM

Gosford Park in 35mm

2:00 PM

Eungyo (은교) with Park Hae-il

6:30 PM

F. W. Murnau’s Faust at 100 with a live score by Julianna Barwick

7:00 PM

ACE IN THE HOLE

2:00 PM

MIKEY AND NICKY

7:00 PM

The Night of the Hunter

2:30 PM

Taxi Driver

5:00 PM

Fargo

8:00 PM

How to Save a Dead Friend

A Ghost Story

7:00 PM

Sam Wasson Presents ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

1:00 PM

THE WILD PARTY

4:00 PM

BULLET TRAIN

7:00 PM

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

10:00 PM

Beetlejuice

2:00 PM

Targets

Saint Jack

6:30 PM

Resident Evil (2026)

1:30 PM

Hoppers

2:30 PM

Remake

4:15 PM

Macario

7:00 PM

The Restoration at Grayson Manor

7:30 PM

The Bride of Frankenstein

10:00 AM

Ken Russell's The Devils 35mm

3:00 PM

Seven (Original 35mm Silver Retention Print)

7:30 PM

The Killing of America

8:00 PM