Los Angeles Filmforum presents *Femme Grotesquerie!* In person: Jenny Nirgends and curator Sam Gurry.

Full film lineup and notes at: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/

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*Desires that curdle. / Ambitions that molt. / Girlhood morphed into menace, myth, and power.*

*Femme Grotesquerie* is a collection of ten contemporary experimental animation short films showcasing femininity as something unruly, excessive, and emboldened. Featuring a variety of mediums including direct animation, stop motion, and digital 2D, these films depict worlds lived, imagined, subverted, or reclaimed. Here, femininity is not decorative or contained but pushed to its edges: raw, acute, tender, funny, and volatile. From the animated porcelain puppets of *On Weary Wings Go By* to the glitter-bombed 16mm of *Moon Cycle (2023-2024)*, these films stage feminine aesthetics and narratives as something to be wielded, distorted, reclaimed, and reimagined on the animators’ own terms.

Join us to delight in the animated image and that strange pleasure of watching light, rupture, and reform. Contemporary international animated films by Justine Lai, Alice Bloomfield, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, Amy Lockhart, Victoria Vincent, Sofia Carillo, Sophie Koko Gate, Jenny Jokela, Louise Flaherty, and Jenny Nirgends.

Notes and Program by Sam Gurry.

LA Filmforum: Femme Grotesquerie

2220 Arts + Archives

Documentary Short Film

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A trailblazing (and enormously influential) hybrid of documentary and fiction, Shindô’s independently financed work of lyrical ethnography records the daily travails of a family—non-professional actors all, performing staged recreations of scenes from their own lives—scraping out a subsistence living through backbreaking toil on a remote, windswept island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea. Almost entirely eschewing spoken dialogue and featuring an eloquent modernist score by Hikaru Hayashi, THE NAKED ISLAND is cinema stripped down to the barest of essentials, the widescreen black-and-white cinematography of Kiyomi Kuroda magnificent in its stark beauty, lending Shindô’s film something of the quality of a fable.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

THE NAKED ISLAND

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

In a dusty Southern town during the Great Depression, a white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him—except Atticus Finch. Finch’s compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two children.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Aero Theatre

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient&#8217;s dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

Paprika

**Conceiving Ada** (1997) is a sci-fi drama directed by artist and filmmaker **Lynn Hershman Leeson**. The film follows a computer scientist who attempts to communicate with 19th-century mathematician **Ada Lovelace** through experimental technology, drawing connections between early computing, memory, and authorship.

Starring **Tilda Swinton**, Francesca Faridany, and Karen Black.

The film will be introduced in person by Los Angeles writer and critic

Jori Finkel!

Conceiving Ada

Brain Dead Studios

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

In the 1980's, sorority girls pull a prank on a fellow Sister out of envy, which results in her being burned to death. Or did she not die?

DIE DIE DELTA PI (2013)(Sun 3/8) 3-9pm Live Wrestling and Horror Cult Film

Gardena Cinema

Join artist Peter Zokosky for live drawing demonstrations. Meet the artist, ask questions, and discover different materials and techniques for drawing people. 



Artist-at-Work: Figure Drawing

Do you like to draw? Join us for this fun, drop-in drawing event where participants of all ages and skill levels discover the joy of drawing from live, costumed models. Guest artists offer guidance and materials are provided—just bring your curiosity and creativity. 

Getty Drawing Days

Getty Center

*Preserved by UCLA from original 2 in. video master! *

In a celebrated career spanning over four decades, Academy Award winner Gene Hackman (1930–2025) became recognized as one of the finest American actors of the New Hollywood era. A native Californian who relocated to New York to pursue acting in the late 1950s (with roommates Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall), Hackman toiled for over a decade off and on Broadway, and in dozens of small parts on film and television. By 1968, in between his star-making turns in the iconic features *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967) and *The French Connection* (1971), Hackman landed the lead role in the prestigious television anthology *CBS Playhouse*, in the installment, “My Father and My Mother.” 

Virtually unseen since its original broadcast, “My Father and My Mother” concerns a writer (Hackman) as he struggles to come to terms with decisions made in the care of his son with an intellectual disability. In seeking answers to his deep emotional crisis, the writer revisits his past, attempting to reconcile painful memories of his late parents (Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyatt). An obscure footnote in Hackman’s oeuvre, the expressionistically staged drama (videotaped at CBS Television City) represents a creative high point in the actor’s television resume, revealing a performance of psychological depth uncommon to the small screen. In its review, the *Los Angeles Times* hailed Hackman as “outstanding,” noting the production was “... 90 minutes of thoughtful, well-played drama, of which there is much too little on TV these days.” 

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

*With original commercials *

DCP. CBS. Production CBS. Executive Producer: Barbara Schultz. 

Producer: George Schaefer. Director: George Schaefer. Writer: Robert Crean. With: Gene Hackman, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyatt. 

*Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Engineering services by CBS Media Exchange. **Episode from CBS Playhouse - Courtesy of CBS Broadcasting Inc.*

Tribute to Gene Hackman: CBS Playhouse: “My Father and My Mother”

Hammer Museum

Intro to Leatherworking

While making a small accessories pouch, learn the basics of working with leather. This will cover different types of leather, terms and tools for working with chrome tanned pieces. This is a hands class on with sharp tools and Sharpies and is intended for beginners 14 years and older. Leave the class with a new appreciation for leather and take home a small finished pouch and a pattern to make more if you fall in love with the craft!

For more work by C&J Goods visit...

[http://www.candjgoods.com](http://www.candjgoods.com/)

Intro to Leatherworking w/ C & J Goods (3/8)

Join us for a reading of bold new short stories by Anna Siri, Janis Robertson, Kacie Tergesen & Natalija Vekic. Come celebrate as we release the short story zine collection: Girl in Trouble Stories Volume 4. Everyone is welcome.

**Girl in Trouble Stories is a creative experiment**. A literary studio. We are independent writers unafraid of the power of words. Even if they get us into trouble. We write, share and curate short stories that embody our theme and writing muse –– ***the Girl in Trouble****.* We also sprinkle in a dose of our current obsessions, offer writing workshops, and highlight honorary Girls in Trouble. When you subscribe to our substack:[Girl in Trouble Stories](https://girlintroublestories.substack.com/) you’ll get a short new story every month, extra sizzling content and join our creative community. Trust us, your inboxes will be super into it. We’re always looking for ways to connect with other writers and storytellers -- so get in touch.

*And when we say girls, we mean –– in the most inclusive, big hug, get under this umbrella, we’re making space for everybody, sort of way. We mean –– queer girls, trans girls, non-binary g*rls, boy girls, gurls that say it like this.*

**Original Troublemakers:**

**Anna Siri** is an award-winning writer and producer who grew up in Central America, Mexico, Washington, DC, and Chicago before landing in California. She filled her head with knowledge at Northwestern University and UCLA, and when she&#x27;s not trying to get her projects off the ground, spends most of her time traveling to interesting places and writing at airport gates and other people&#x27;s kitchen tables.

**Janis Robertson** grew up among oak trees, rattlesnakes, and coyotes howling at night. After starting a stable career in San Francisco, she decided to blow it all up and spend a year hiking volcanoes in the Andes, climbing glaciers in Norway, assisting artists in the Outback. Janis made her way to LA, earning an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA and forging a career specializing in animation. Her short film, THE HEART ERRS, was selected for the newly-revived Spike and Mike&#x27;s Festival of Animation. 

**Kacie Tergesen** has been writing stories for as long as she can remember-- her childhood was full of sketchbooks brimming with cartoons and comic strips. Kacie&#x27;s experience includes writing for Disney Television Animation, development on a Mattel preschool series, and staffing on a female- led Netflix animated series (where she met Janis!). Currently, she is the lead Narrative Writer on the upcoming video game, “Five Mics”. Going forward, she&#x27;s excited to tell more stories that underrepresented viewers can see themselves reflected in. In her free time, Kacie enjoys eating eel sushi, trying to force "sweater weather" in the summer, and getting way too excited about a well-executed professional wrestling storyline.

Girl in Trouble Stories: A Short Story Reading Series (3/8)

Heavy Manners Library

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

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

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

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

What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem

Julia Stoschek Foundation at the Variety Arts Theater

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his foolhardy campaign to root out Communists in America, CBS News impresario Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) dedicates himself to exposing the atrocities being committed by McCarthy’s Senate investigation. Murrow is supported by a news team that includes long-time friend and producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney). The CBS team does its best to point out the senator’s lies and excesses, despite pressure from CBS’ corporate sponsors to desist.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/France/UK/Japan

Introduction by L.A. Times journalist and filmmaker Rosanna Xia ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Rosanna Xia Presents GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

QUEEN KELLY opens in the imaginary European country of Cobourg-Nassau, sometime before the first World War, where the vain and cruel Queen Regina V (Seena Owen) obsesses over her feckless fiancé (Walter Byron), Prince “Wild” Wolfram. When the dissolute prince encounters an innocent but flirtatious convent girl, Patricia Kelly (Gloria Swanson), he falls in love. Desperate to see her before his upcoming wedding to the Queen, he kidnaps Kelly and brings her to his rooms in the palace. When the Queen discovers the lovers, she whips the nightgowned girl and throws her out into the night. After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Kelly returns to the convent, where she receives a telegram, summoning her to the bedside of her dying aunt (Florence Gibson) in Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa. There, the innocent young girl is shocked to find herself in a seedy bordello. On her deathbed, Kelly’s aunt begs her niece to wed the syphilitic brothel owner, Jan (Tully Marshall).

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: USA

QUEEN KELLY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Korean with English subtitles. *

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: South Korea

WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle throughout the ages, immortalizing the name Beowulf. Director Robert Zemeckis tells the oldest epic tale in the English language with the most modern technology, advancing the cinematic forum through the magic of digitally enhanced live action. A stellar cast is led by Ray Winstone in the title role. Joining him are Anthony Hopkins as the cursed King Hrothgar, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman and Angelina Jolie as Grendel’s mother.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

BEOWULF

Los Feliz Theatre

Misbehavin’

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! / Motorpsycho

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriter**: Walter Bullock

**Producer**: William LeBaron

One of the most eye-popping musicals of the golden era, this surreal dazzler is what you get when you mix Busby Berkeley, Carmen Miranda, and Technicolor &#8211; an absolute feast for the eyes replete with human kaleidoscopes, enormous bananas and tons of fun! A WWII era frivolity focusing on the joys that song and dance can see us through the worst of times, this stunner was Berkeley&#8217;s first foray into color and his magnum opus of jaw-dropping musical numbers, costumes and set-pieces. As a soldier departs to the Pacific for duty, he&#8217;s caught between two women, the one his family wants him to marry and the brassy showgirl he&#8217;s in love with. Throw in the iconic Carmen Miranda, the legendary Benny Goodman and his orchestra, and dozens of women decked out in fruit and you&#8217;ve got a musical that is equally for the kiddos, the cinephiles, and the drag queens!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Busby Berkeley tonight &#8211; your eyeballs will thank you!

*Dames, Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade*

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

The Gang’s All Here

**Producer**: Frederick Wiseman

Vidiots remembers the vast legacy of **Frederick Wiseman** with a special screening of the captivating documentary classic *High School*.

How much has the American High School changed in 60 years? Step back inside the halls and classrooms of Philadelphia&#8217;s Northeast High School to experience a time capsule of the education system of Mid-Century America. With Wiseman&#8217;s observant lens focusing on teachers and students, conflict and achievement, education and administration.  Shrewd, funny, and philosophical, Wiseman creates an enduring portrait of a time as well as a document of the social engineering of a generation.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home six decades worth of Frederick Wiseman – including these treasures

*Titticut Follies, Model, Welfare, The Store, Meat*

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

High School

**Producer**: Darcy McKinnon

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

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

Natchez

**Screenwriters**: Fernando Trueba,  Ignacio Martinez de Pison

**Producers**: Cristina Huete,  Santi Errando,  Martin Pope

Head with us down to Cuba for some romance and music in this magnificently animated treasure. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey &#8211; in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero &#8211; brings heartache and torment. Winner of the Goya Award for Best Animated Feature and the first Spanish language film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, this swoony stunner will make your hips sway and your heart sing!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more adult animation? We&#8217;ve got treasures from around the world to take home tonight!

*Cartoon Noir, Labyrinth of Darkness: The Films of Jiri Barta, Perfect Blue*

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

Chico & Rita

**Screenwriters**: Matt Johnson,  Jay McCarrol

**Producers**: Matt Greyson,  Matthew Miller

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

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Vidiots

The Wicker Man

Playtime

Django Unchained

Vista Theatre

Live Action Short Film

Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

The highly anticipated follow up to the smash hit GREASE, Michelle Pfeiffer dazzles in a role that helped launch her to stardom and Maxwell Caulfield shines in his feature film debut. The two star as high school students from very different backgrounds who find love despite the expectations of everyone around them. This upbeat and campy ode to teenage romance dances to its own beat, gaining fans and cult-movie status four decades later.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

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

Cinematic Void Presents GREASE 2

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Filipino and English with English subtitles.*

After repeatedly failing to smuggle drugs into the Philippines, yakuza soldier Onota (Bobby Garrovillo) slips a laced cassette tape into the pocket of a stranger on the plane: pop singer Johnny (Christopher de Leon). This singular *deus ex machina* sets the Yakuza, the Filipino-Chinese Triad and a fake convent of nuns onto Johnny’s tail. Determined to figure out why everyone is chasing him and his friends – bandmates Nonong (Jay Ilagan), Nancy (Sandy Andolong) and newfound love interest Melanie (Charo Santos) – the quartet dress up and go undercover. When the lunatics come together, a cartoonish rock opera ensues!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Philippines

WILL YOUR HEART BEAT FASTER?

How Funny Can Sex Be? / Sex With A Smile

**Screenwriters**: George Lucas, Walter Murch

**Producer**: Larry Sturhahn

Vidiots remembers the life and legacy of the remarkable **Robert Duvall** with a special screening of the dystopian cult classic *THX 1138*.

Join us for George Lucas&#8217; dystopian debut feature film, the evocative and unnerving *THX 1138*. Adapted from Lucas&#8217; student film, this bleak science fiction cult classic imagines a world where free will and love are outlawed. In the future, mankind lives in vast underground cities and free will is outlawed by means of mandatory medication that controls human emotion. But when THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) stop taking their meds, they wake up to the bleak reality of their own existence and fall in love with each other in the process. But love is also illegal in this Orwellian dystopia, and the act of making love has made both of them outlaws on the run from an army of robotic police.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want to bring home more Robert Duvall on physical media? We&#8217;ve got 6 decades worth for you!

*The Great Santini, The Twilight Zone: Miniature, The Seven Percent Solution*

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

THX 1138

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

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

MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

Fine Arts Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Future of Film is Female

COUNTRY: USA

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

REELING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Future of Film is Female

COUNTRY: USA

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

PUDDYSTICKS

A Woman in Flames / Belle de Jour

**Screenwriter**: Michel Franco

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

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

Dreams

His Kind of Woman

501(c)3 arts organization in DTLA dedicated to experimental video, sound & performance art.

Shadow Kitchen returns to Coaxial Arts in March with a program highlighting the work of documentarian Aurora Brachman! Aurora is an Emmy Award-winning documentary director, producer, and cinematographer, named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. A graduate of the Stanford MFA program in documentary (currently living in LA), Aurora’s work shines a patient light on intimate relationships particularly in the lives of queer people and people of color. In this month’s Shadow Kitchen we will have the pleasure of watching all of Aurora’s work to date. It will be a special night dedicated to the trajectory and evolution of a visionary artist in our community and the artist will be present after the screening to discuss her process.

Shadow Kitchen #57: Aurora Brachman

Coaxial

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

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: UK/Nigeria

MY FATHER'S SHADOW

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

Donna finds a diary that belonged to Laura Palmer.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

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

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

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

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 2 & 3

Fellini’s Casanova

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

Tycoon

Now Instant Image Hall

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

Presented by Sunday Scaries Art Club.

6-8pm

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

Art Night at Scribble

Scribble

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

**Producers**: George Jackson,  David McHenry

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

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

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

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

New Jack City

Phantom of Liberty/Discreet Charm of the Bourgeois

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Heralded by several critics as one of the best films of the 21st century, Anderson’s eight-time Oscar-nominated oil epic is a true cinematic masterpiece. Featuring brilliant co-stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano, the film depicts the brutal, bloody founding of his American oil empire, and is a soaring historical drama that both employs and ingeniously transcends the conventions of epic cinema – shocking and thrilling viewers at every turn. An enthralling exploration of greed, capitalism and violence, this opus thrives as a visually mesmerizing study of an ironfisted oil baron and the developing American frontier he reigns over.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

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

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

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

A Face in the Crowd

Join us for a night of music featuring solo performances by Bedbug, Dreyted, and Parker Tozier.

Bedbug, Dreyted, Parker Tozier

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

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

PICKPOCKET

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

POETIC JUSTICE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

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

THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST

True Romance

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

The Passion According to G.H.

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

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

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

**Producers**: Cattleya Paosrijeroen,  Soros Sukhum

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

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions

A Useful Ghost

**Screenwriter**: David Lynch

**Producer**: Fred C. Caruso

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Lost Highway, Wild at Heart, Eraserhead*

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

Blue Velvet

**Screenwriter + Producer**: John Boorman

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Zardoz

**Screenwriters**: Meera Menon,  Paul Gleason

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

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

Didn’t Die

Project Hail Mary 70mm

Silent Movie/Where's Poppa

98th Oscars Animated Feature Film Winner

98th Oscars Best Picture Winner

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

TRUE GRIT

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

When the town of Blaine, Mo., approaches its sesquicentennial, there’s only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called “Red, White and Blaine.” Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic but untalented locals (Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O’Hara) to perform his masterwork. But, when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

30th Anniversary ‘Starring Catherine O’Hara’

WAITING FOR GUFFMAN

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

Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner

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

Body Double

*Thank you to our airline sponsor Delta Air Lines*

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES: **

Total runtime: 117 Mins.

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

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

Format: DCP

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

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

Format: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

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

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

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

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

THE SOPRANOS Season 3: 25th Anniversary Panel

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

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

DCP. Director: Elena Dorfman. 

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

THE DREAM & THE LIE

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

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

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

**Program:**

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

Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Toho

COUNTRY: Japan

###

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

THE THIN LINE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

“Who are…you?”

Mima Kirigoe, a former pop idol, makes a bold transition into acting, taking on a role in a drama that includes a disturbing assault scene, and even releasing a provocative nude photo book. Her dramatic reinvention grabs public attention, but also provokes unease among her fans, her manager and even herself as she struggles with the rapid shift from her days as a pop idol. As a stalker begins to shadow her, a screenwriter and a photographer are murdered one after another. “Did I kill them?” Mima begins to wonder if a split personality is gradually taking over, just like the character that she plays in the drama. Then “the other Mima” the pop idol who was supposed to have “graduated,” appears in front of her…

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: GKIDS

COUNTRY: Japan

PERFECT BLUE

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Japan

West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration The Maiku Hama Trilogy: Part 3

THE TRAP

The Lickerish Quartet / Therese and Isabelle

Nights in Black Leather

Based on the romance written by Raduan Nassar about a Lebanese family living in Brazil’s inland, the movie is a backwards version of the parable of the prodigal son. André is an unattached son, who left family and home due to severe paternal laws and suffocating maternal affection and love. Pedro, his older brother, received from his mother the mission to bring André back home.

The appearance of the brother causes André to remember moments he lived with his family since childhood and the reasons that led him to leave home: rigid and repressive morals of the father and the relationship with an excessive tendering mother. Against his father’s sermons, André celebrates life, sex and freedom. There is also an even dire motive: the incestuous relationship between André and his sister Ana. André agrees to go back home with his brother, but such decision will shake the very foundations of the family.

To the Left of the Father

**Screenwriters**: Jonathan Aibel,  Glenn Berger

**Producer**: Melissa Cobb

Bring your little kung fu warriors for twice the action, twice the laughs, and twice the fun, because *Kung Fu Panda* is back &#8211; and better than ever! Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a dark secret from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock lord Shen unleashes a terrifying new weapon to wipe out kung fu itself, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first unravel the mystery of where he came from and come to terms with his trauma. With an all-star voice cast including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Gary Oldman, and Jackie Chan, this is one animated adventure that really kicks butt!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Craving more fun for the kiddos? Our All Ages section in the video store has tons of fun &#8211; including:

*Three Lives of Thomasina, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Point*

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

Kung Fu Panda 2

**Screenwriter**: Colin Higgins

**Producer**: Charles B. Mulvehill, Colin Higgins

Vidiots remembers the life and legacy of the singular **Bud Cort** with screenings of his seminal work &#8211; Hal Asbhy&#8217;s dark comedy masterpiece *Harold and Maude*.

The oddest romantic comedy ever made! Hal Ashby&#8217;s pitch-perfect dark comedy remains a hilariously morbid triumph even 50 years after its release. Bud Cort stars as the titular Harold, a rich and disaffected young man with a penchant for phony suicides and antagonizing his mother. The singular Ruth Gordon illuminates the screen and the world as Maude, an aging Holocaust survivor who finds pleasure in the strangest of places. An unlikely friendship forms and transforms both of them forever. Featuring a killer soundtrack by Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens).  Initially a box-office bomb, this enduring cult classic has been added to the *National Film Registry* by the Library of Congress and is listed in AFI&#8217;s top *100 Funniest Movies of All-Time*.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Need more Bud Cort classics to take home tonight? Check out these gems and more!

*Brewster McCloud, But I&#8217;m a Cheerleader, Love Letters*

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

Harold and Maude

**Screenwriter/Producer**: Louise Weard

*Castration Movie *is a multi-part postmodern epic by visionary auteur Louise Weard.* Anthology i. Traps *contains two chapters. In *Chapter i. Incel Superman*, a production assistant named Turner Stewart (Noah Baker) sees his world spiral out of control as he uncompromisingly attempts to shape his life into the one he feels he deserves. In* Chapter ii. Traps Swan Princess*, a trans sex worker named Michaela “Traps” Sinclair (Louise Weard) finds her relationships becoming increasingly strained as she decides to pursue motherhood.

Written and directed by Louise Weard, *Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps* features a cast headlined by Louise Weard (*Computer Hearts*), Vera Drew (*The People&#8217;s Joker*), Alice Maio Mackay (*The Serpent’s Skin*), Avalon Fast (*Camp*), John Paizs (*Crime Wave*), Lea Rose Sebastianis (*In a Violent Nature*), and Nate Wilson (*The All Golden*), amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos.

“As daring and revolutionary an indie film as any crafted this decade.” &#8211; William Bibbiani, *The Wrap***

“*Castration Movie* mixes Cassavetes-level rawness, a dazed Warholian languor and quotable banter worthy of Kevin Smith… With its scenes of unsimulated sex, water-sports, self-harm and the graphic aftermath of surgery, *Castration Movie*’s list of trigger warnings is longer than some films’ scripts.” &#8211; Ryan Gilbey, *The Guardian***

“*Castration Movie* holds the shimmering promise of what cinema can be now, when multiplex fare has entered its moribund final act and fascism is tightening its grip on dissent, free expression, and the rights of the vulnerable. Great films about real things made on the margins are evermore essential, and this is a great film.” &#8211; Chris Sheilds, *Screen Slate***

“It&#8217;s so painful and good that I can only bear to watch it in like, fifteen minute increments while pacing around the room in psychic discomfort” &#8211; Torrey Peters (author, *Detransition, Baby*)

“A landmark in trans cinema, from its blisteringly uncomfortable first act to its bottomlessly miserable last.” &#8211; Gretchen Felker-Martin (author, *Manhunt)***

“May very well upend our notions of how trans film imagery can look and feel… and taste.” &#8211; Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Gardner (authors, *Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness on Film*)

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

**Screenwriter**: Robin Schiff

**Producer**: Laurence Mark

We&#8217;ve got your business woman&#8217;s special right in time for  Saturday night! Put on your most colorful 90s dresses, hop in your convertible, and get ready to hit the high school reunion in style! One of the best buddy movies ever, and a laugh riot from start to finish, this is one underdog story with style, flash, and plenty of shade. Romy and Michele are happy in their LA life, but when their ten year reunion looms, they feel like they need to lie to get the respect they deserve from the former cool kids. But maybe, they&#8217;re just perfect on their own and maybe they&#8217;ll perform an interpretive dance to prove such a point! Bring your besties for a night of fun, fashion, and friendship that still kills 30 years later!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more lady buddy comedies? Laugh along with these bangers!

*Ass Backwards, Spring Breakdown, Girls Trip*

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

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

**Screenwriter**: Greg Harrison

**Producers**: Greg Harrison,  Danielle Renfrew Behrens

Vidiots is ready to rave with writer/director **Greg Harrison** and producer **Danielle Renfrew Behrens** for the world premiere of the new remaster of the quintessential SF party movie ***Groove***.

You are invited to the hottest party of the year! As the sun goes down on Saturday night, rave kids Colin and Harmony take their relationship to the next level, veteran clubgoer Leyla surfs the Internet for a lift to the rave and workaholic David just wants to make it home in one piece. By sunrise, romances ignite, hearts break and lives are changed forever. Featuring a pulsating soundtrack and exciting performances from newcomers Lola Glaudini (TV&#8217;s &#8220;*NYPD Blue*&#8220;), Denny Kirkwood (*Never Been Kissed*), Rachel True (*The Craft*) and Steve Van Wormer (*Idle Hands*). Featuring DJs John Digweed, Polywog, & Wish.

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

Groove

Of Unknown Origin/Ben

Los Angeles Filmforum and Rotations present *Gunvor Nelson Tribute Trilogy, Tribute 1: Red Shift*. Co-presented with the Academy Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

In-person introduction by Steve Anker!

Screenings:

Red Shift

1984, 50 minutes, B&W, SOUND, 16mm

Red Shift is one of Nelson’s most admired films, a dense narrative film about family relations in which the various roles are played by members of her family.

Frame Line

1983, 22 minutes, B&W, SOUND, 16mm

Frame Line is Nelson’s first collage film. The film that inaugurated her original series of animated films, all made at the Film Workshop in Stockholm.

Time Being

1991, 8 minutes, B&W, SILENT, 16mm

Time Being is a commemoration in four sequences of Nelson’s mother.

TRT: 80 min

∆

A pioneer of personal cinema and feminist film who never shied away from challenges, Nelson's innovative films combine painting, collage, and sound experimentation, embodying humor, resistance, intimacy, and tactile sensation. Nelson’s family and generational study Red Shift (1984), and her painfully sensitive portrayal of her dying mother in Time Being (1991) are regarded as the high points of her family and hometown productions.

This retrospective will be co-presented by LA Filmforum, Rotations, the Academy Museum, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu and Steve Anker.

∆

Full program notes and film lineup: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/

LA Filmforum & Rotations: Gunvor Nelson Tribute - Red Shift

98th Oscars Wildcard Winner

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Tragedy seems to follow Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) everywhere she goes. After a domestic dispute results in the death of both of her parents, Pearl moves in with her aunt, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish), on a Texas farm. When Pearl notices Laura Belle’s son, the fiery Lewt (Gregory Peck), life on the ranch erupts into chaos. The two have a brief courtship, but Lewt abruptly ends the relationship. When Pearl tries to move on, Lewt’s jealousy leads to a climactic gun battle between the former lovers.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

New 4K Restoration 80th Anniversary ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

DUEL IN THE SUN

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept&#8217;s intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

The Holy Mountain

*A loser gets dumped. A weird experi**ment goes crazy. **A dangerous Dance Freak runs wild.*

A FEATURE LENGTH MOVIE: In a secret government facility, a team of scientists have done impossible, indescribable things. Genetic mutations, inter-dimensional experiments: nasty top secret stuff. They played GOD. And like GOD they are all probably dead. The filmmakers only had like $45,000 to make this movie and they ran out of that money almost immediately so a lot of that stuff is just implied through dialogue. There is dancing, but it isn’t that crazy. Also the movie gets loud sometimes, but it’s not that long.

Dance Freak

### **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: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

50th Anniversary ‘Starring Robert Duvall’

NETWORK

2nd SUNDAY  70mm PLUS series. Columbia’s most celebrated title! Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. Winner of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture of 1962, Lawrence of Arabia stands as one of the most timeless and essential motion picture masterpieces. The greatest achievement of its legendary, Oscar -winning director, David Lean (1962, Lawrence of Arabia: 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai), the film stars Peter Otoole, in his career-making performance as T.E. Lawrence, the audacious World War I British army officer who heroically united rival Arab desert tribes and led them to war against the mighty Turkish Empire.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive

Recommended for ages 6+

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her Emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler); Fear (Bill Hader); Anger (Lewis Black); Disgust (Mindy Kaling); and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). Although Joy, Riley's main and most important Emotion, tries to keep things positive, the Emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. (2015, Dir. Pete Docter, DCP, color, 95 min.)

LA Filmforum: Femme Grotesquerie

7:30 PM

Documentary Short Film

11:00 AM

THE NAKED ISLAND

2:00 PM

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

7:30 PM

Paprika

5:30 PM

Conceiving Ada

8:00 PM

DIE DIE DELTA PI (2013)(Sun 3/8) 3-9pm Live Wrestling and Horror Cult Film

3:00 PM

Artist-at-Work: Figure Drawing

11:00 AM

Getty Drawing Days

11:00 AM

CBS Playhouse: “My Father and My Mother”

7:00 PM

Intro to Leatherworking w/ C & J Goods (3/8)

3:00 PM

Girl in Trouble Stories: A Short Story Reading Series (3/8)

7:00 PM

What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem

5:00 PM

Rosanna Xia Presents GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

1:00 PM

QUEEN KELLY

4:00 PM

WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU

7:00 PM

BEOWULF

10:00 PM

Misbehavin’

12:59 AM

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Motorpsycho

6:30 PM

The Gang’s All Here

1:00 PM

High School

4:00 PM

Natchez

4:30 PM

Chico & Rita

7:00 PM

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

7:30 PM

The Wicker Man

12:59 AM

Playtime

10:00 AM

Django Unchained