Howl’s Moving Castle

The Prestige in 35mm

Academy Museum

A screening of three short documentary films about John Coltrane, Carol King, and Modest Mouse

*Saint John Coltrane, 2004 (43m)*

*You&#x27;ve Got A Friend, 2017 (22m)*

*The Lonesome Crowded West*, 2013 (45m)

John Coltrane, Carole King, Modest Mouse Documentary Screening (8/10)

Heavy Manners Library

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

LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of *Spider-Noir*, followed by a conversation with cinematographer Darran Tiernan; Production Designer Warren Alan Young; and co-showrunner, executive producer, writer Oren Uziel; moderated by Jim Hemphill.

*Spider-Noir *tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.

This series is presented in both "Authentic Black & White" and "True-Hue Full Color" formats.

*Spider-Noir* has received eleven Emmy nominations including Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More), Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour), Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode, Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score), and Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics.

Watch the [official trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1j7hSU6aE)

You will receive a link to view the episodes on the event date.

**This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.**

Emmy Award®-Nominated Screening Series—Spider-Noir and Post-Screening Conversation

LACMA

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Recently fired security guards Ivan and Josh are sure they’ve found their calling: the world of music videos. But in trying to resuscitate the career of a legendary soul duo they begin careening through an outrageous underworld.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Bill Fishman, production designer Catherine Hardwicke and producers Peter McCarthy and Eric Barrett 35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents TAPEHEADS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Just a quick nap and weary stock analyst Nick Halloway is sure he’ll emerge good as new. Instead, he wakes up good as gone. Vanished. Poof. Thin air. A nuclear accident has made Nick invisible.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN

Los Feliz Theatre

Ice Cream Man

New Beverly Cinema

The Odyssey (70mm)

Vista Theatre

Sound and Fury presents of Jawbreaker: an Anti-Cimex Documentary with Q+A by Director Tomas Haglund moderated by Zed Cutsinger of So You Did A Thing Podcast

Sound and Fury presents JAWBREAKER: Anti-Cimex Documentary w/ Q+A

Brain Dead Studios

LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of *Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat*, followed by a conversation with with Emmy-nominated executive producer and writer Anthony King.

*Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat* is a documentary-style comedy that captures a corporate offsite event at a family-owned hot sauce company from the perspective of Anthony, a recently hired temporary worker. Unbeknownst to Anthony, the entire experience is staged, every colleague around him is performing a role, and each moment—whether in conference rooms or during downtime—has been meticulously orchestrated. As the founder prepares to step down, the getaway transforms into a clash between big corporate ambitions and small business values, with control of the company hanging in the balance.

*Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat* has received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

Watch the [official trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4q_0DtugOA)

You will receive a link to view the episodes on the event date.

**This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.**

Emmy Award®-Nominated Screening Series—Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat and Post-Screening Conversation

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 17, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 59 Mins, Paramount, USA**

The past dictates the future.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 18, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 57 Mins, Paramount, USA**

What is your name?

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, 2017, Paramount, USA**

Directed entirely by David Lynch, this 18-part limited event series picks up 25 years after the residents of a quaint northwestern American town were stunned when their homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, was shockingly murdered. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN is written and executive produced by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, and is executive produced by Sabrina S. Sutherland.

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 17 & 18

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In German with English subtitles.*

Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that earned her Best Actress at Cannes) insistent on a divorce. As Anna’s frenzied behavior becomes ever more alarming, Mark discovers a truth far more sinister than his wildest suspicions. With its pulsating score, visceral imagery, and some of the most haunting performances ever captured on screen, Possession is cinematic delirium at its most intoxicating.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: France/West Germany

POSSESSION

**Screenwriter**: John Early

**Producers**: Harris Mayersohn,  John Early,  Luca Intili

*Maddie&#8217;s Secret* is comedian, writer, and actor John Early&#8217;s critically acclaimed directorial debut starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company. While her life seems picturesque &#8212; complete with an adoring husband (Eric Rahill), ride-or-die best friend (Kate Berlant) and a cupboard full of woman-owned ethically-sourced chili crisp to boot &#8212; mounting professional pressures threaten to reawaken a hidden secret from her troubled past. A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances, the film marks a bold new voice in contemporary cinema.

Maddie’s Secret

**Screenwriter**: Melissa Rosenberg from the novel by Stephanie Meyer

**Producers**: Mark Morgan,  Greg Mooradian,  Wyck Godfrey

Vidiots is dying to welcome back director **Catherine Hardwicke** for the emo screening of your teen dreams &#8211; *Twilight* &#8211; followed by a conversation with Hardwicke on her undead phenomenon!

Are you ready to live your Y2K gothic teen fantasy to the max with this teen goth essential as it *sparkles* on our big screen!?! When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward&#8217;s repeated cautions, Bella can&#8217;t stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life. You know you&#8217;ve been waiting for this (eternal) night, so bring your pack of baseball-playing vampires and join us in the shadows of the evening to sink your teeth into this tortured romance!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for an evening with the undead? Check out these tasty deep cuts!

*Daughters of Darkness, Messiah of Evil, Nadja*

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

Twilight

Vidiots

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

## Featuring a Q&A with The Emperor's New Groove director Mark Dindal, writer Dave Reynolds, and assistant production manager Tracey Miller-Zarneke-- their first-ever appearance for this unreleased documentary! Moderated by LA Filmforum programmer and Animation Historian Sam Gurry.

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Barred from release due to its raw exposé of the corporate filmmaking process, *The Sweatbox* is one of the best- and least available- inside-filmmaking movies. Packed with unrivaled insights into the animation process, it documents a tumultuous big budget production through Sting’s work on a film called *The Kingdom of the Sun*. Until it wasn’t.

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What follows is a timeless story of ambition, adaptive ingenuity, Incan myths, ego, emotion, and flutes as directors John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler document Sting’s dissatisfaction watching the film’s tone and story shift dramatically amid executive doubt, uninspiring test screenings, and the unyielding deadlines dictated by Happy Meal toy production. Paralleling the intensely focused musician’s work with the tireless efforts of heroically talented animators, the film takes its title from the grueling processes of review and revision that make this chaotic milieu a thrilling viewing experience and often disillusioning look at creative collaboration.

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“At first, I was angry and perturbed. Then I wanted some vengeance.” - Sting, 2000

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**dirs. John-Paul Davidson & Trudie Styler, 2002***United States, digital projection*95 min

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## TUESDAY, 8/117:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

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## $14 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.***

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## This screening has SOLD OUT via pre-sale. We have withheld a few tickets to sell at the door, 7:30PM the night of the screening.

*pre-sale closed* THE SWEATBOX (2002) with Special Guests! pres. by Hollywood Entertainment

WHAMMY!

Mezzanine presents *Talking to Strangers*, by Rob Tregenza (1988, U.S. 90m, digital).

West Coast premiere of a new 4K restoration, followed by a recorded conversation with Rob Tregenza.

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Among the most distinctive American debuts of the 1980s, maverick independent filmmaker Rob Tregenza’s haunting, formally audacious feature—beloved by Jean-Luc Godard and Jonathan Rosenbaum, yet never available on home video—now appears in a beautiful restoration.

Known for its elaborate structural gambit, Tregenza’s film is made up of nine scenes, each filmed in a single eleven-minute take in various locations in Baltimore, with elaborately choreographed camera movements and an intricately calculated mise-en-scene. We watch an aspiring, somewhat unstable writer (Ken Gruz) meets a series of strangers, with whom he is confronted with probing questions about life, religion, ethics, art and love. Perhaps infamously, the film’s sequence order was randomized by Tregenza, save for the first and last scenes—and yet “the possibility of accident and error hovers over every moment suspensefully, as in a jazz improvisation” (Rosenbaum). A radical achievement of film style, we are thrilled to present Tregenza’s film to a new audience.

Special thanks to Nick Newman.

*"Masterpiece… If one of the earmarks of a groundbreaking work is its capacity to confound and/or challenge existing categories and assumptions, Tregenza’s first feature qualifies on several counts. Frankly and audaciously ‘experimental’ — in the original rather than the generic sense of that term — it is shot in wide-screen 35-millimeter and direct Dolby sound, implicitly inviting us to experience it as a movie in a theater, not as a film in an austere screening space. Financed and photographed by the writer-director himself, a Baltimore resident who raised the money by making TV commercials, it combines the rigors of elaborate preplanning with the bold risk taking of an aleatory event.”* -Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mezzanine: Rob Tregenza's Talking to Strangers (1988)

2220 Arts + Archives

The Searchers in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

A sort of sports show but not really. Filled with meaninglessness. Hosted by Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Tom Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943, while the male pros are at war, Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene-stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis), the baseball dolly with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O’Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail, on the fields and off, for generations of athletes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The PosCast hosts Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur Opening Night Book signing for Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur’s new book, Big Fan, prior to the screening at 6:30pm in partnership with Larry Edmunds Bookshop. ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The PosCast Presents A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

Aero Theatre

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

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 8/20) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

[Tickets](https://pools.events/t/dvmcxo5k/)

Egg (2005, 1hr 13min) Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Tsukiko closes her eyes and sees a mysterious giant egg in her mind’s eye, growing and evolving with every blink. When it hatches, its horrors spill into the real world, growing ever more terrifying.

		

	
		
	

	
		
			
				
					
						
	
	

						
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Human Resources

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hosted by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley and Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Matt Carey,* Doc Talk* features weekly interviews with filmmakers, storytellers and industry leaders about creating critical content with the power to move the genre forward – and possibly change the world.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.*

From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, AMERICAN DOCTOR follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Watermelon Pictures

COUNTRY: USA/State of Palestine/Malaysia/Qatar

Introduction by Doc Talk hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey. Live podcast recording with filmmaker Poh Si Teng and doctors Thaer Ahmad, Mark Perlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa Advance Screening Opening Night ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Doc Talk Presents AMERICAN DOCTOR

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*StraightioLab* is an intellectual podcast where smart comedians George Civeris and Sam Taggart unpack the rich, multi-colored tapestry of straight culture. In each episode, George and Sam are joined by a guest to hold a mirror to society and finally get to the bottom of mysterious and perverse topics such as college fraternities, gender reveal parties, the military, themed restaurants and the concept of “the holidays.”

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

This documentary chronicles Madonna’s controversial 1990 “Blonde Ambition” international tour, kicking off in Japan during its rainy season, then traveling to North America with significant stops in Los Angeles, Detroit, Toronto and New York. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at Madonna’s relationships with her dancers and crew, her then-boyfriend Warren Beatty and her family and friends, achieving an intimate glimpse into the boundary-pushing singer’s drive and individuality.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Straightiolab hosts George Civeris and Sam Taggart Opening Night ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

StraightioLab Presents MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE

Moneyball

Join us for a screening of biopic La Bamba on the life of pioneering Mexican-American musician Ritchie Valens + panel discussion!

Ritchie Forever: LA BAMBA Screening & Panel Discussion on Ritchie Valens

Philosophical Research Society

Best trivia night in town hosted by Justin Hantz

$10 entry fee, teams of 4 or less

Winners take home the $$$!

Trivia Night!

Stories Books & Cafe

We&#8217;re firing up our 16mm projector for a night of the best of puberty&#8217;s pitfalls and adolescence at its most awkward with a program of long-forgotten and laughably outdated short films from the 1940s through the 1980s about humanity&#8217;s cringiest life stage with menstrucation&#8217;s finest, endearing Mormon comedy shorts, mid-century slut-shaming primers, and more! Sex ed doesn&#8217;t get any better than ***Dear Diary: A Film About Female Puberty ***(1981) get ready to cheer for the chef&#8217;s kiss of endings.  The crowd-pleasing BYU comedy short ***The Phone Call*** (1977) wants you to know that even geeky, karate and bassoon-loving Mormon fast food workers deserve love, and with a little self-confidence and a great ginger-fro, they just might get it! Plus, another sensational menstrucational treat: ***Linda&#8217;s Film on Menstruation*** (1974) complete with a menstrual game show, the mid-century mental hygiene primer ***Are You Popular? ***(1958) to gently remind you to not slut it up, and a special surprise cartoon from the **[A/V Geeks Archive](https://avgeeks.com)** that will have you rethinking everything you knew about the mouse! Arrive early to explore all the gross but necessary things that happen to the growing boy in the third edition of ***Boy To Man*** (1984). You will laugh, you will cringe, you will finally learn all about your changing body! Everything screened on 16mm film.

Featuring:

***Dear Diary, a film about female puberty*** (Color, 1981, 26 min)

*The Welcome to the Dollhouse* of puberty primers! Our incredibly awkward thirteen-year-old protagonist offers a narrative alternative to the facts about female puberty. Our homely heroine encounters peer pressure from her boy-crazy friends, changing sex roles, and making out with a pillow with a smiley face, all while she waits to become a woman. A bonafide crowd pleaser and the absolute top tier of menstrucational film!
***The Phone Call*** (Color, 1977, 28 min)

30 years before *Napoleon Dynamite*, this BYU-sponsored &#8220;comedy&#8221; follows an awkward teenage boy with Art Garfunkle&#8217;s hairstylist and a penchant for karate and bassoons as he works up the courage to ask his crush for a date.  The Mormons want you to know that nice guys can finish first! An audience favorite starring Marc McClure (Jimmy Olson from the Christopher Reeves *Superman* series).

***Linda&#8217;s Film on Menstruation*** (Color, 1974, 18 min)

*&#8220;It means that blood is falling out of my uterus!&#8221;***

A goofy sex education classic with two groovy teens from the mid-seventies. Judy is a regular 15 year old girl going through what every woman goes through at some point, her first monthly visitor. Her 16 year old boyfriend hasn&#8217;t got a clue, and quite frankly she doesn&#8217;t really either. Thankfully there&#8217;s an obnoxious cartoon to explain it all to them! If that doesn&#8217;t work, maybe the menstruation game show will hammer home the facts. Also featuring actor Jonathan Banks from *Breaking Bad*.

Plus more magic from the legendary **A/V Geeks** archive!

Doors will open at 6:30pm and the pre-show will begin at 6:40pm, so grab your popcorn early! Due to the rare nature of these films, condition will vary.

**Sweet 16mm** is a monthly screening of short films that demonstrate the special magic of the medium of 16mm. Ranging monthly from experimental to animation, educational, promotional, and ephemeral, we seek to spread the gospel of 35mm&#8217;s cheap and portable cousin and a physical media often overlooked and underrated. Sit in the room with the projector and behold the magical analog obscurities that we dig out monthly on glorious 16mm celluloid!

Sweet 16mm – Those Awkward Years

**Screenwriter**: Pedro Almodóvar

**Producer**: Esther Garcia

Join us for one of Pedro Almodóvar&#8217;s best dark comedies in all its colorful mastery in glorious 35mm film! From Academy Award-winner Pedro Almodóvar comes *Volver*, a darkly comedic and compassionate tribute to women and their resilience in the face of life&#8217;s most outrageous tribulations. A luminous Penélope Cruz leads an ensemble of gifted actresses, including Carmen Maura, star of Almodóvar&#8217;s *Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*.

Raimunda (Cruz) and her sister Sole lost their parents in a tragic fire years ago&#8230;or did they? Superstitious villagers claim that the girls&#8217; departed mother, Irene (Maura), has been seen wandering around their Aunt Paula&#8217;s home. When Irene appears to Sole, she explains that she has returned to set right her daughters&#8217; troubled lives and reveal shocking secrets that will impact everyone! Raimunda has &#8220;female troubles&#8221; of her own, least of which is a corpse in the freezer! Winner of numerous film festival and critics&#8217; awards, *Volver* is a hilarious tale of love, loss, and forgiveness.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more of maestro Almodóvar&#8217;s uproarious dark comedies tonight!

*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Kika*

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

Volver on 35mm

Theorem

Ponyo in 35mm

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in VistaVision

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

An ongoing conversation about wellness from two obsessive friends. Jacqueline Novak and Kate Berlant have been inviting eavesdroppers into their conversations since 2020, and now their award-winning podcast returns. New episodes every Tuesday.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this mesmerizing and suspenseful film, a woman becomes convinced that a ten-year-old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Poog host Kate Berlant ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Poog Presents BIRTH

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

The Piano

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Dark City

**ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Bullseye *is a public radio show about what’s good in popular culture. Whether you’re already plugged in to the culture map, or looking for a signpost, *Bullseye *will keep you on target.

**ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this four-time Oscar nominated film (including Best Picture), Jason Robards stars as a nonconformist who is forced to find a conventional job.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Bullseye host Jesse Thorn ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Bullseye Presents A THOUSAND CLOWNS

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hollywood’s golden era produced some of the greatest films ever made. *Ticklish Business* is the podcast where film critic Kristen Lopez digs into it with enthusiasm. Classic stars, forgotten gems and the chaos genius of Old Hollywood, examined with sharp humor and excellent guests.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The one film above all others by which Rita Hayworth is remembered, this feverish film noir was a monster hit and cemented her status as “The Love Goddess.” Glenn Ford stars as a wandering American in Buenos Aires who is befriended by wealthy casino owner George MacReady and given a job. Alas, the boss is married to the younger, very sensual Gilda (Hayworth), and pretty soon things really start to heat up. Steamily directed by Charles Vidor and starkly photographed by Rudolph Maté, this heady brew of sex, murder and betrayal is arguably Columbia’s most enduring film from the 1940’s, and Hayworth’s mock-striptease to “Put the Blame On Mame” is among the most memorable scenes from any movie ever.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Ticklish Business host Kristen Lopez ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Ticklish Business Presents GILDA

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hosts and longtime frenemies Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger review chain restaurants and bicker about absolutely everything on the iHeartRadio award-winning Best Food Podcast, **Doughboys**.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Doughboys hosts Michael Mitchell and Nick Wiger Pre-show film and fast food trivia by Doughboys ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Doughboys: Fast Films’

Doughboys Present LITTLE CAESAR

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multiple times each week, Matt is joined by major executives, dealmakers and journalists, to discuss what is getting made and why, who is winning and losing and what people in show business are actually talking about.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Reese Witherspoon is Tracy Flick, a straight “A” go-getter who’s determined to be president of Carver High’s student body. But when popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) observes the zealous political locomotive that is Tracy, he decides to derail her obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate (Chris Klein) – with disastrous results!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The Town host Matt Belloni ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The Town Presents ELECTION

Pulp Fiction

**Screenwriters**: Melissa Mathison, Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

Dive into this breathtaking and heartwarming adventure from the legendary Studio Ghibli, and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale *The Little Mermaid*, Miyazaki’s breathtaking, imaginative world is brought to life!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Miyazaki magic on Blu-ray and DVD tonight!

*Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service*

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

Ponyo (Japanese with English Subtitles)

**Screenwriter**: Gregg Araki from the novel by Scott Heim

**Producers**: Gregg Araki,  Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte,  Mary Jane Skalski

Indie legend Gregg Araki&#8217;s most sensitive and thoughtful film to date, *Mysterious Skin* offers a profound and compassionate view into the lasting effects of childhood trauma. A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. With outstanding and compelling performances and empathetic direction, this powerful film still captivates and illuminates over 20 years later.

More encore screenings added in the microcinema from August 21-23 &#8211; screening only, no special guests

And come see Araki&#8217;s latest *sin*sational romp [*I Want Your Sex*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/i-want-your-sex/), opening in our microcinema on Friday, August 28th.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for an Araki-thon this weekend? Buckle up for fun and visit his epic director&#8217;s section!

*Nowhere, Doom Generation, Smiley Face*

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

Mysterious Skin

**Screenwriter**: Christopher Hampton from the novel *Les Liaisons dangereuses* by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

**Producers**: Norma Heyman,  Hank Moonjean

Get ready for all the opulence, the intrigue, the seduction, and the betrayal of Stephen Frears&#8217; lush and salacious period piece. In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winner of Best Costumes, Art Direction, and Adapted Screenplay, and starring some of the best actors of any generation, this is one gorgeously sexy game of cat and mouse best watched in all its luxurious glory on our big beautiful screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more sexy period pieces? Slip into these swoon-worthy treasures!

*Ferdinando and Carolina, The Favourite, Women in Love*

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

Dangerous Liaisons

**Producers**: Caryn Capotosto,  Jodi Wille

The unbelievable but one-hundred percent true story of the Unarius Academy of Science —an extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in Southern California who in the 1980s became a prolific filmmaking collective and public access TV phenomenon under the direction of their outlandish spiritual leader Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.” Director Jodi Wille (*The Source Family*) brings this singular American story to the screen with the same wide-eyed fascination the subject demands. Engaging, enchanting, and extraterrestrial, *Welcome Space Brothers* is the most endearing cult documentary you&#8217;ve ever seen!

Welcome Space Brothers

**Screenwriter**: Sam Raimi

**Producer**: Rob Tapert

The original night of terror in all its weird and twisted glory! Sam Raimi&#8217;s all-time horror classic is a smorgasbord of gory violence, guttural laughs, wildly inventive demons, and top-notch practical effects all helmed by the boundlessly charismatic Bruce Campbell. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect demonic spirits through the Book of the Dead. Now there is no escape. The guilty must be punished.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more awesome low-budget deep cut horror classics?

*Messiah of Evil, Let&#8217;s Scare Jessica to Death, Fade to Black*

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

The Evil Dead on 35mm

The Fast and the Furious (25th Anniversary)

Jawbreaker/Idle Hands

Child's Play

TV Party, the smash-hit Moviepassed program, makes its long-awaited in-person debut! Join Hollywood Entertainment for a long-form, loose, and wild late-night video party. See old faves, rare episodes, unseen pilots, lost treasures, secret short films, and more. This evening of TV Roulette runs late with rolling admission: stay for a minute or stay all night. We don’t care! Be a part of everyone’s favorite party for TV: “TV Party”

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TV PARTY, pres. by Hollywood Entertainment

Nancy Drew

The Ten Commandments in VistaVision

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Light the Fuse – The Official Mission: Impossible Podcast *is a weekly show where hosts Drew Taylor and Charles Hood interview people who worked on the franchise, including Oscar-winning filmmakers, writers, cinematographers, composers, editors and Tom Cruise.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

No plan. No backup. No choice. Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his elite team (Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg) go underground after a bombing of the Kremlin implicates the IMF as international terrorists. While trying to clear the agency’s name, the team uncovers a plot to start a nuclear war. Now, to save the world, they must use every high-tech trick in the book. The mission has never been more real, more dangerous or more impossible.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Light the Fuse hosts Drew Taylor and Charles Hood. Live virtual Q&A with filmmaker Brad Bird. ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Light the Fuse Presents MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — GHOST PROTOCOL

### Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary!

**Saturday, August 22**

**Doors:** 12:00 PM  |  **Showtime:** 12:30 PM

**Mystery Feature Screenings of Four Unreleased New Titles on the Big Screen!**

Plus: Sneak Preview Trailers & Promos, Free Swag, Merch Table, DJ & More!

Severin’s Super-Shock Pop-Up Film Festival 2026

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Uhh Yeah Dude* is one of the longest-running podcasts of any genre, with more than 1,100 episodes and counting. Debuting in February 2006 during the earliest years of podcasting, it has remained active ever since with the same two hosts, Jonathan Larroquette and Seth Romatelli. The premise is intentionally simple: each episode features the duo discussing current events, pop culture, movies, television, sports, food, odd news stories, technology, internet culture, scientific studies, everyday life, and American culture. Rather than relying on elaborate production or celebrity guests, the show’s appeal comes from the chemistry between the hosts, conversational storytelling, and the running jokes and recurring themes that have developed over more than twenty years of episodes. Recently included in Chronicle Books’ first comprehensive history of the medium, *The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen*, author Sean Malin described the hosts and the show as “the Lewis and Clark of podcasting.” *Uhh Yeah Dude* is America through the eyes of two American Americans.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Career criminal Mac Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) promises to go straight after being released from a six-year prison sentence, but when the pressures of a mindless job and a pompous parole officer prove too much, he cracks, setting off a reckless crime spree.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Uhh Yeah Dude hosts Jonathan Larroquette and Seth Romatelli ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Uhh Yeah Dude Presents STRAIGHT TIME

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

A weekly film podcast hosted by Elric Kane (of the *Shock Waves* podcast) and Brian Saur (of the *Rupert Pupkin Speaks* film blog) featuring discussions of new films, old films, double features, cult movies, filmmakers and movie lists among a smorgasbord of other Cinema-related things.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has “larceny in his heart,” it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Pure Cinema hosts Elric Kane and Brian Saur ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Pure Cinema Presents BREAKING IN

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Upstairs Neighbors* is a podcast hosted by best friends, Dom Roberts and Maya Umemoto Gorman, who blend sharp humor, internet lingo, and heartfelt honesty to help young people feel a little less alone. After meeting one fateful night outside of a club in Los Angeles, what began as late-night conversations between two creatives quickly grew into a viral online community, celebrated for its relatable chaos and genuine connection. Through witty banter and candid storytelling, Dom and Maya create a space that feels like hanging out with friends, where laughter, vulnerability, and purpose coexist. With every episode, they remind listeners that even in an isolating world, we’re all just neighbors trying to figure it out together.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Upstairs Neighbors hosts Dom Roberts and Maya Umemoto Gorman ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Upstairs Neighbors Presents CHALLENGERS

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

This is the 17th year of the *Skylight Books Podcast*, featuring in-store author events recorded at our bookstore (right next door to the Los Feliz 3), exclusive interviews with authors and publishers about recent books and bookseller-led series like the monthly “Better Than the Movie” book-to-film comparison show. We serve our community and communicate with the world.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis, in a star-making performance) bemoans her stifling life in the backcountry, where her writerly ambitions receive little encouragement, and craves independence above all else. When a handsome landowner (Sam Neill), disarmed by her unruly charms, begins to court her, Sybylla must decide whether she can reconcile the prospect of marriage with the illustrious life’s work she has imagined for herself.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Australia

Introduction by Skylight Books Podcast hosts Justin Remer, Allan Traylor and Tyler Austin with Unnamed Press’ Allison Woodnutt ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Starring Sam Neill’

Skylight Books Podcast Presents MY BRILLIANT CAREER

The Mummy

The War of the Worlds  / Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Ghost World

As part of the annual El Segundo Art Walk, Old Town Music Hall will open its doors for visitors to stop by, have a chat, see the theatre, and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ. From 3:00pm to 9:00pm. NO TICKETS REQUIRED

OPEN HOUSE

Old Town Music Hall

**Screenwriter**: Alun Owen

**Producer**: Walter Shenson

Co-presented by the Eagle Rock** School of Rock**!

John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Paul&#8217;s grandfather bring Beatlemania to the big screen in Richard Lester&#8217;s 1964 pop fantasia *A Hard Day&#8217;s Night*. More than a concert film or jukebox musical, Lester&#8217;s revolutionary, freewheeling masterpiece captures the swinging &#8217;60s sensibility with an infectious, hilarious, and toe-tapping adventure. A snapshot of the Beatles when they were &#8220;bigger than Jesus,&#8221; *A Hard Day&#8217;**s Night *is a post-modern delight that introduced the world to a new kind of pop star, one that would not be defined by genre or haircuts. The band&#8217;s lightning-quick wits continue to win over crowds with their irreverent sense of humor and, yes, indelible songs. Don&#8217;t get stuck trying to watch this one at home, with a pathetic soundbar struggling to keep up with Ringo&#8217;s beat. Hear *A Hard Day&#8217;s Night *on speakers that won&#8217;t let you down. &#8220;Can&#8217;t Be Me Love&#8221; on Vidiots&#8217; sound system is worth the price of admission. Trust us.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Fall down a Beatles rabbit hole with all their movies and music on DVD and Blu-Ray

*Yellow Submarine, Help, the entire Beatles Anthology*

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

A Hard Day’s Night

**Producer**: Sasha Waters

Featuring a conversation with filmmaker **Sasha Waters** after the August 12th screening!

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty years in order to open herself – and her readers – to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and the human relationship with the natural world – issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.

Featuring interviews with her close friends, including John Waters, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and Oprah Winfrey, *Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World *considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

**Screenwriter**: Taika Waititi

**Producers**: Carthew Neal,  Leanne Saunders,  Taika Waititi,  Matt Noonan

Vidiots remembers the life and legacy of the incredible **Sam Neill** with an especially heartwarming screening of Taika Waititi&#8217;s *Hunt for the Wilderpeople*.

Nature just got gangster! Young actor Julian Dennison gives a masterful Oscar-worthy performance in Taika Waititi’s hilarious and enormously entertaining magical-realism backwoods saga *Hunt for the Wilderpeople*. Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant delinquent Ricky (Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside with the loving Aunt Bella, the ornery Uncle Hec (Sam Neill) and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. Upon a national manhunt, the outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family. Triumphant, touching, surreal and just about perfect.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home a treasure trove of Sam Neill&#8217;s best work on glorious physical media!

*The Piano, In the Mouth of Madness, My Brilliant Career, and dozens more!*

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

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

**Screenwriters**: Amy Holden Jones, Perry Howze,  Randy Howze,  Alfred Uhry

**Producers**: Mark Levinson,  Scott M. Rosenfelt

We&#8217;ve got your Saturday night cooking in the oven with this tasty and endearing coming-of-age classic from the late 80s starring Julia Roberts in her breakout role! For Daisy Araujo, her sensible sister Kat and their wisecracking friend Jojo, the summer after high school is a summer they can never forget. Slinging pizza at a local restaurant, the three girls share their hopes, dreams and plans for escaping their small town. A warm and genuine romantic comedy that never leaves you hungry, *Mystic Pizza* is still cinematic comfort food for your soul!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more cinematic pizza shops? Head down to the video store for more tasty treasures!

*Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Chopping Mall, Delivery Boys*

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

Mystic Pizza

**Screenwriters**: Amat Escalante,  Gibrán Portela

**Producer**: Jaime Romandia

Join us for Amat Escalante&#8217;s mind- blowing, genre-bending tour-de-force, an unnerving, erotic, and chilling science fiction/ body horror/ existential thriller, you won&#8217;t want to miss on the big screen! Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male chauvinism exist. Veronica convinces them that in the nearby woods, inside an isolated cabin, dwells something not of this world that could be the answer to all of their problems. Something whose force they cannot resist and with whom they must make peace or suffer its wrath.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more Mexican horror? We&#8217;ve got you covered!

*Alucarda, Poison for the Fairies, The Witch&#8217;s Mirror*

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

The Untamed

**Producers**: David Alvarado, Lauren DeFilippo, Everett Katigbak, Amanda Pollak

Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with *Zoot Suit *and* La Bamba*, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America’s story.

An auteur emerges from America’s underclass: from migrant farmworker to revolutionary artist, Luis Valdez changed American culture. In the 1960s, his *El Teatro Campesino* performed on flatbed trucks and helped mobilize workers to win the first farmworker union contract. His *Zoot Suit *was the first Chicano play on Broadway. Despite critical rejection that killed the show, he persevered, creating *La Bamba*—a breakout blockbuster that authentically depicted Mexican-American life to the world. Now in its 60th year, *El Teatro* continues to be a beacon for Latino/a creators. This is the story of an artist who gave voice to the overlooked and opened pathways for generations.

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

The Crime of the Century

Beau James

Funny Face

Jackie

Hot Spell

White Christmas in VistaVision

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles.*

Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. A film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centers on the gradual, inexorable fall of a young teenager (Chen Chang, in his first role) from innocence to juvenile delinquency, and is set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll and political turmoil.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Taiwan

A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah visit the homes and workshops of some of their favorite creators for intimate conversations about the relationship between their lives and their art.

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### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Howard Beale, a veteran newscaster, is informed by his ratings-driven network executives that he is about to be dumped because he “skews old” – in turn, he uses his next broadcast to announce that he is going to commit suicide on his final programme. An ambitious programming executive convinces her superiors to let the broadcast go ahead, hoping that the final event will give the network its greatest ratings ever.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Live podcast recording with Visitations hosts Daniel Noah and Elijah Wood and guest screenwriter Dan Harmon ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Visitations Presents NETWORK

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion &#8211; until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.

La Piscine

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

Shoplifters

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and *Trailers From Hell *guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Considered ahead of its time — and perhaps it still is — this unusual drama, inspired by the French New Wave, brought Warren Beatty and producer-director Arthur Penn together for the first time — two years before their landmark BONNIE AND CLYDE. Beatty stars as a Detroit night club comic who incurs the wrath of The Mob (he doesn’t know why) and flees to Chicago to start life anew — but still living in fear.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Movies That Made Me host Joe Dante ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Movies That Made Me Presents MICKEY ONE

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Emergency Intercom* is a comedy podcast by Enya Umanzor and Drew Phillips. There is no emergency, but there is an intense need for attention, so maybe listen up… You don’t want to know what happens if you don’t.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

The pristine image of the Japanese family is turned on its uber-polite head with surreal aplomb in this far out collection of hilarious vignettes. Set in the languid countryside, mom is an eccentric artist who eschews household chores for an animation project with occasional help from crazy grandpa. Meanwhile, dad is just your everyday hypnotherapist. Their teenaged son suffers from hangups about the opposite sex while his little sister must contend with a doppelganger. Uncle is a groovy music producer on a respite whose ghostly past experiences still haunt him. Maverick director Katsuhito Ishii (who created the animated sequence in KILL BILL: VOLUME 1) pulled out all the stops for this endearing outré take on the Japanese psyche.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Japan

Introduction by Emergency Intercom hosts Enya Umanzor and Drew Phillips ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Emergency Intercom Presents THE TASTE OF TEA

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Van Lathan, Charles Holmes, Jomi Adeniran, and Steve Ahlman react to the latest in fandom and share their instant reactions to the newest nerd culture releases, all while bringing the banter every week.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the second chapter of the Matrix trilogy, Zion falls under siege to the Machine Army. Only hours before 250,000 Sentinels destroy the last human enclave on Earth — and its growing resistance — Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) choose to return to the Matrix with Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the forces of repression and exploitation. Now, at the confluence of love and truth, faith and knowledge, purpose and reason, Neo must follow the course he has chosen if he is to save humanity from the dark fate that haunts his dreams.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The Midnight Boys hosts Van Lathan, Charles Holmes, Jomi Adeniran and Steve Ahlman ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The Midnight Boys Present THE MATRIX RELOADED

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Comedian Dana Gould takes a look at our world… through his eyes… for your benefit. Joined by fellow comedians and other interesting people with a focus on the weird and the real. Conversation. Music. Monologues. With Ken Daly, Andy Paley and more.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée, Josette.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The Dana Gould Hour host Dana Gould ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The Dana Gould Hour Presents HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS

CONCERT • Piano virtuoso Carl Sonny Leyland returns with bassist Sam Rocha and drummer Danny Coots for an afternoon of boogie, blues, rags, stride, early jazz, and swing. Leyland’s dazzling command of the keyboard is complemented by two top-notch players who know how to have fun. Rocha brings the kind of deep, driving bass that makes early jazz and swing come alive, while Coots has brought his precision percussion to more than 100 albums — with only his humor off-beat. Great playing, good spirits, and music that makes sitting still impossible.

Boogie, Blues, Rags & Swing

**Screenwriters:** Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Jerry Juhl, Jack Rose

**Producers:** David Lazer, Frank Oz

Jewel heists, intrigue, an all-star cast, and the eternal love story of a frog and a pig &#8211; this Muppetty installment has got it all! This time around, Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday (The legendary Diana Rigg), a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, none other than that luminous porcine Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It&#8217;s up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.

**Picks from the Video Store**

So many puppetty delights await you in or Jim Henson section!

*The Fraggles, The Muppet Show, Storyteller, and more!*

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

The Great Muppet Caper

**Screenwriters**: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Carlo Ponti

**Producer**: Dino De Laurentiis

Co-presented by community partners **Pacific Opera Project**.

The circus is in town, and with the legendary Federico Fellini helming the big top with the extraordinary Giulietta Masina at center stage, you know you&#8217;re in for a magnificent show!  Maestro Federico Fellini&#8217;s *La Strada *launched both him and his luminous wife Giulietta Masina to international stardom. Gelsomina (Masina) is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool (Richard Basehart), his fury is provoked to its breaking point. With *La Strada* Fellini left behind the familiar signposts of Italian neorealism for a poetic fable of love and cruelty, evoking brilliant performances and winning the hearts of audiences and critics worldwide. A phenomenal early work from one of Italy and the world&#8217;s greatest masters of cinema.

*Restored by the Criterion Collection in collaboration with The Film Foundation and the Cineteca di Bologna. Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.***

Founded in 2011, [**Pacific Opera Project**](https://www.pacificoperaproject.com) (POP) reimagines opera as an affordable adventure, by making unforgettable, entertaining performances accessible for all. 

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more delights with Fellini and Masina on Blu-Ray and DVD!

*Juliet of the Spirits, Nights of Cabiria, Variety Lights*

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

La Strada

**Screenwriters**: S.S. Rajamouli, Sai Madhav Burra

**Producers**: D.V.V. Danayya

Can&#8217;t stop! Won&#8217;t Stop! The biggest film of the decade has become a Vidiots tradition! *RRR* is an exhilarating, action-packed spectacular, starring two of India&#8217;s biggest superstars, N.T Rama Rao Jr., aka Jr NTR and Ram Charan. Set in the 1920s before their fight for India’s independence began, *RRR* imagines a fictional meeting between two real-life freedom fighters who helped lead India’s fight for independence from the British Raj.

With staggeringly choreographed action sequences, an all-timer of a musical number, and a powerful story, *RRR* is pure cinematic joy from start to finish. Audiences across the world have been won over, and trust us — If you haven&#8217;t seen this on a big screen, you haven&#8217;t really seen it, and if you have, you know why we sell out every single screening!

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

The Secret World of Arrietty

Anything Goes in VistaVision

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English and Spanish with English subtitles.*

The life of American lawyer and journalist William Walker, who named himself president of Nicaragua during the 1850s. 

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA/Mexico

Introduction by host Jim Branscome. Q&A with musician and actor Zander Schloss. ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents WALKER

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Welcome to *House of R*, where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from GAME OF THRONES to STAR WARS, THE LORD OF THE RINGS to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly invite you into a magical universe where nothing is what it seems! Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn’t young Sarah’s (Connelly) idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, *Labyrinth*, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King (Bowie).

FORMAT: 35mm

Distributor: Sony

County: UK/USA

Introduction by House of R hosts Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

House of R Presents LABYRINTH

These Are the Damned / The Curse of the Werewolf

**Screenwriters**: Paul Mazursky,  Larry Tucker

**Producer**: Larry Tucker

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome screen icons **Elliott Gould** and **Dyan Cannon** for a special screening of Paul Mazursky&#8217;s ***Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice***!

Get ready to hop in bed with the singular Paul Mazursky&#8217;s smart and swinging comedy.  When Bob and Carol return from a group therapy session, they are bitten by the self-help craze and drag their best friends into the fray, trying to bring the sexual revolution from the counterculture into the suburbs. Eventually, all the introspection, openess, and curiosity lead to sexual tensions bubbling to the surface. While it&#8217;s not quite the sex romp promised in the poster, *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* is one of the smartest comedies of the late 1960s with four of its most iconic stars!

**Picks from the Video Store**

So many hilarious treasures await you in our Paul Mazursky section, bring home all the laughs on DVD and Blu-Ray tonight!

*An Unmarried Woman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Next Stop, Greenwich Village*

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

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: top fives, movie drafts, Oscar analysis, and more, featuring a rotating cast of *Ringer* colleagues like Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, and Bill Simmons.

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Meet Jack Foley (George Clooney), a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez) is a Federal Marshal who chooses all the right moves… and all the wrong guys. Now they’re willing to risk it all to find out if there’s more between them than just the law.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The Big Picture hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The Big Picture Presents OUT OF SIGHT

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*You Must Remember This* is the podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. The podcast was created and is written, produced and narrated by Karina Longworth.

I CONFESS is featured in the new season of *You Must Remember This*, called ‘The Bisexuals,’ which debuts September 15.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the confessional of a small Quebec parish, Father Michael Logan hears the church sexton whisper: “I killed a man.” Father Logan’s vows prevent him from breaking the sanctity of the confessional and allow the killer to go free. But as the police investigate the murder, all the evidence points to Father Logan. Now, in order to remain true to his vows, Father Logan will be forever discredited and possibly convicted for murder.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by You Must Remember This host Karina Longworth ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

You Must Remember This Presents I CONFESS

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Since 2018, *Unspooled* has taken listeners on a cinematic journey across decades, genres and timelines. From CITIZEN KANE to CROUCHING TIGER, PADDINGTON 2 to JEANNE DIELMAN, JACKASS to LAWRENCE OF ARABIA—every episode is a chance to dig into the art, chaos, legacy and weird trivia that make movies unforgettable and answer the question of what makes movies great. Hosted by actor/comedian Paul Scheer and LA Times Film Critic Amy Nicholson.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A moment comes when you stop dreaming, start living and discover your destiny. For day dreamer Walter Mitty, that time is now. When his job, along with that of his coworker (Kristen Wiig) are threatened, Walter takes action and embarks on an incredible journey. Ben Stiller directs and co-stars in this inspiring story about an ordinary man who leaps into the extraordinary adventure that is life.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA/UK

Introduction by Unspooled hosts Amy Nicholson and Paul Scheer ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Unspooled Presents THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

To Live and Die in L.A. / The Rip

**Writers**: Arnold Perl, Albert D&#8217;Annibale

**Producer**: Bert Stern

Join Vidiots and [**Jazz is Dead**](https://www.jazzisdead.com) for the perfect summer concert film. Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, *Jazz on a Summer&#8217;s Day* features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O&#8217;Day, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of *The Lord&#8217;s Prayer* by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning. The film has been beautifully and extensively restored in 4K from the best surviving vault elements by IndieCollect.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home some rare and incredible performances from the masters of jazz on glorious physical media!

*Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba: A Night in Havana, Chet Baker: Let&#8217;s Get Lost, Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog*

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

Monday, 8/10

Academy Museum

Howl’s Moving Castle

2:30 PM

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The Prestige in 35mm

7:30 PM

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Heavy Manners Library

John Coltrane, Carole King, Modest Mouse Documentary Screening (8/10)

7:00 PM

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LACMA

Emmy Award®-Nominated Screening Series—Spider-Noir and Post-Screening Conversation

7:00 PM

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Los Feliz Theatre

Cinematic Void Presents TAPEHEADS

7:00 PM

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MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN

10:00 PM

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New Beverly Cinema

Ice Cream Man

7:30 PM

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Vista Theatre

The Odyssey (70mm)

2:30 PM, 7:15 PM

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Monday, 8/10