### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Julia was fired three weeks ago. She also got sober three weeks ago. She’s starting over in a suburban rental, and doing a lot of online shopping to help make the space her own, fast. When packages she didn’t order start showing up at her door — a blender, a corkscrew, her signature shade of lipstick — they feel so unnervingly tied to her past that it starts to feel like someone is watching her. The shopping site Smirk denies responsibility. But increasingly paranoid, Julia tumbles down a rabbit hole to find the identity of her anonymous sender.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Russell Goldman, producer and actor Jamie Lee Curtis and actor David Dastmalchian West Coast Premiere

SENDER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Jordan Downey, screenwriter Kevin Stewart, actors Trevor Newlin and Will Hochman and producer Patrick McGee West Coast Premiere

THE CYCLE

Aero Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

To earn extra money, Charlie Simms, a scholarship student at an exclusive prep school, agrees to look after blind, retired Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade. The innocent and reserved Simms is immediately thrown off guard by Slade’s bullying personality. And when Slade takes off for a wild weekend in New York City, the lives of both men are changed forever.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Martin Brest and actor Al Pacino Theatrical Premiere of New 4K Restoration Tribute to Martin Brest

SCENT OF A WOMAN

Directors Village

A medical mission deep in the Amazon awakens Boiúna, a colossal ancient mythical serpent, sparking a fight for survival.

Beware Boiúna

The film opens with a robed, profusely bleeding "God" disemboweling himself, with the act ultimately ending in his death. A woman, Mother Earth, emerges from his remains, arouses the body, and impregnates herself with his semen. Becoming pregnant, she wanders off into a vast and barren landscape. The pregnancy manifests in a fully grown convulsing man whom she leaves to his own devices.

The "Son of Earth" meets a group of faceless nomads who seize him with what is either a very long umbilical cord or a rope. The Son of Earth vomits organic pieces, and the nomads excitedly accept these as gifts. The nomads finally bring the man to a fire and burn him.

"Mother Earth" encounters the resurrected man and comforts him. She seizes the man with a similar umbilical cord. The nomads appear and proceed to rape her. Son of Earth is left to mourn over the lifeless body. A group of characters appears, carry her off and dismember her, later returning for Son of Earth. After he, too, is dismembered, the group buries the remains, planting the parts into the crust of the earth. The burial site becomes lush with flowers.

Begotten

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

55th Anniversary ‘You Can’t Stream That On Television’

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

30th Anniversary ‘You Can’t Stream That on Television’

CRASH

Los Feliz Theatre

New Beverly Cinema

Now Instant and Acropolis Cinema present Sebastian Brameshuber’s portrait of life, labor, and landscape in the Austrian Alps, *Movements of a Nearby Mountain*, paired with two earlier shorts: *Preserving Cultural Traditions* (2004) and *Of Stains, Scrap, and Tires* (2014).

The screening will be followed by a Q&A and conversation with Brameshuber and Jordan Cronk.

Movements of a Nearby Mountain

Now Instant Image Hall

Gerald Potterton's long lost & gleefully befuddling Canadian animation/Soviet live action oddity bursts back onto the big screen in 4k!

TIKI TIKI (1971) — New 4K Restoration of a Truly Bonkers Animated Oddity!

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriters**: Peter Sollett,  Eva Vives

**Producers**: Scott Macaulay,  Robin O&#8217;Hara,  Peter Sollett,  Alain de la Mata

Vidiots is excited to welcome screenwriter **Eva Vives**, and cast member **Melonie Díaz** for a special screening of the coming-of-age classic ***Raising Victor Vargas***!

A warm, funny, and intimate look at growing up and getting down on the Lower East Side, this coming-of-age classic is an undeniable treasure of indie cinema. Victor, a horny Lower East Side Dominican teenager, deals with his eccentric family and tries to solidify himself as a ladies man, but strikes out with everyone but the big girls. When he sets his sights on his beautiful neighbor Judy, he&#8217;s got to compete with his whole Manhattan neighborhood. A charming and hilarious portrait of youth that strays from the expected tropes, this all-too-relatable East Side delight is ripe for rediscovery!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Visit our Coming of Age section for more growing pains!

*Slums of Beverly Hills, Mi Vida Loca, Crooklyn*

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

Raising Victor Vargas

Vidiots

Resident Evil 35mm

Riverbend

Vista Theatre

How to Marry a Millionaire

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

This smoldering chamber thriller from Anton Corbijn (CONTROL) stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich (WEAPONS) as opponents in a strange confrontation between a youthful literary agent and *The Talented Mr. Ripley *author Patricia Highsmith.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Bleeker Street

COUNTRY: UK/Italy

‘Beyond Fest 2026’ West Coast Premiere

A TALENT FOR MURDER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Michelle, adrift in the aftermath of a tragic accident, floats through her days in the company of her overbearing best friend, Kelly. One evening, Michelle and Kelly meet Bridget, a vibrant, artistic high-schooler. When Bridget innocently asks Michelle to model for a school photography project, an unexpected friendship forms—one that begins to challenge Kelly’s hold on Michelle in ways both uncomfortable and absurdly comedic.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Doron Max Hagay, screenwriters and actors Blair Beeken and Katy Fullan and actors Shay Rudolph, John Early, Ayden Mayeri and Mike Mitchell. Moderated by HACKS co-creator Lucia Aniello. L.A. Premiere

SHE KEEPS ME YOUNG

In Paris at night, a young aspiring filmmaker grapples with heartbreak after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. After a failed attempt to confront his friend, he wanders the streets and encounters a girl who has just been abandoned. Their paths cross at a party, bringing together two tormented souls.

Boy Meets Girl

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair&#8217;s portly Caucasian brother.

Funky Forest: The First Contact

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian with English subtitles.*
A desperate woman turns up at her daughter’s doorstep during a terrible rain storm – she has a story to tell, a story that will reveal the true extent of the curse that has ensnared this family.

Paolo Strippoli returns after the thrilling HOLY BOY with another kind of terror – playing like a twisted Stephen King story, THE SPIRAL is unnerving, atmospheric, exquisitely violent and absolutely bloody scary, exploring the cost of desire, wishes, faith and most of all – the desire of a mother to control the destiny of her family. See it once and never forget it; this is destined to be a horror to remember.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Italy/France/Belgium

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Paolo Strippoli West Coast Premiere

THE SPIRAL

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian with English subtitles.*

Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—hiding out in Latin America since the 1970s—turns himself in as soon as the Berlin Wall falls. Wishing to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a dirty cop, getting his sentence reduced in return for ratting former comrades out. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming an upright citizen, but his old police acquaintance keeps dragging him down…

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Severin Films

COUNTRY: Italy/France

Beyond Fest 2026 World Premiere of New 4K Restoration

THE GOODBYE KISS

Scream

Kill Bill: Volume 1

**Screenwriter**: Colin Higgins from the stage musical by Peter Masterson,  Larry L. King

**Producer**: Thomas L. Miller,  Edward K. Milkis,  Robert L. Boyett

Vidiots is easing our heartbreak over the loss of the eternal Goddess **Dolly Parton** with a special screening of her rootinest tootinest big screen musical extravaganza *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas*.

*Texas has a whorehouse in it! *Nothing spells big summer fun like a Dolly Parton musical about sex-workers fighting against the man! Dolly and Burt &#8211; two iconic caricatures of femininity and masculinity &#8211; star as the local madam and the local sheriff &#8211; and sometime lovers. When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn&#8217;t go down without a fight. Give in to the mesmerizing charisma of Dolly Parton singing such bangers as *A Lil&#8217; Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place, Sneakin&#8217; Around, Hard Candy Christmas, *and* I Will Always Love You &#8211;* not to mention the men&#8217;s locker room dance number &#8211; you will never look back!

**Dolly Parton &#8211; We Will Always Love You!**

Dolly Parton was one of one &#8211; with a heart even bigger than her hair. She was one of the greatest to ever make us laugh, cry, and sing &#8211; sometimes all at once! A community leader who always put her money where her mouth was, Dolly was a constant inspiration to show up for ourselves and one another, and she brought joy that will be dearly missed by the generations of people that adore her and will forever celebrate her impact. We will always love you, Dolly!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Dolly Parton on physical media tonight!

*9 to 5, Rhinestone, Steel Magnolias*

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

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

**Screenwriters**: Terry Hayes

**Producers**: Terry Hayes,  George Miller,  Doug Mitchell

Our celebration of the life and legacy of **Sam Neill** continues with the unnerving slow burn Aussie thriller ***Dead Calm, ***featuring a special extended introduction from Director **Phillip Noyce**!

Set sail with this white-knuckle Australian thriller starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, and Billy Zane (in one of his most sinister roles). After the sudden and tragic loss of their child, Rae and John Ingram think the calm of the ocean will soothe their grief, but when they discover a sinking ship with only one survivor, their nightmares are only about to get worse. Dive into this nail-biter and discover true terror on the open ocean.

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Yes, Plenty, Memoirs of an Invisible Man*

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

Dead Calm on 35mm

**Screenwriters**: Luc Besson,  Robert Mark Kamen

**Producers**: Luc Besson, Ariel Zeitoun

If your Friday night could use a little kick-ass social justice fire, don&#8217;t miss out when Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek singe the big screen with this bad ass banger! When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists. A wickedly fun Western produced and co-written by Luc Besson and starring two absolute icons together, get ready to laugh and cheer for *Bandidas*!

*This 35mm print comes with built in Spanish Subtitles.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We know you can&#8217;t get enough Penélope Cruz! Take home more treasures on physical media!

*Don&#8217;t Tempt Me, Everybody Knows, Volver*

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

Bandidas on 35mm

Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

Hell Ride

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*Every year we show exclusively shot-on-videotape works throughout September for something we call:* ***SOV SEPTEMBER****. Join us for this year's month-long exploration into the depths of some of the most under-appreciated margins of filmmaking. Usually no-budget, usually put together by small crews of friends (and family members, and neighbors), sometimes over-the-top gross, sometimes transgressive, and almost always like no other film you've ever seen - this series is for cinematically adventurous travelers only!*

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A meltdown at a nuclear power plant turns a bunch of folks into lethal shambling flesh-eating zombies who go on a gory rampage.

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## FRIDAY, 9/257:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

Followe by an in-person Q&A with director Todd Sheets, hosted by writer & filmmaker Chris Shields.

## $12 general admission.

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SOV SEP: Zombie Bloodbath (1993) dir. Todd Sheets in person!

WHAMMY!

Cabaret

The Thing in 4K

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

12:05pm | **SILENT RUNNING**

1:45pm | **THE DRIVER**

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

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

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

DERNSIE: The Marathon

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Black Bear Pictures

COUNTRY: UK/USA/Australia

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

WICKER

Dashing legionnaire Rick O&#8217;Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

The Mummy

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Cannibal Ferox

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren&#8217;t prepared for the madness that lurks within.

The Shining

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

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

Isabel Sandoval Presents HOLIDAY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: UK

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

THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Filipino with English subtitles*

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Philippines/Taiwan/Japan

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

MOONGLOW

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: UK

MISSION

The Haunting

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy / The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

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

A Nightmare on Elm Street

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

Psycho

Old Town Music Hall

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Forever

**Screenwriter: **Peter S. Beagle

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

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

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

Bring home more spooky cuties for the kiddos!

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

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

The Last Unicorn

**Screenwriter**: Walter Thompson-Hernández

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

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

If I Go Will They Miss Me

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

**Producer**: Charles Brackett

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

The Uninvited

**Screenwriter**: Lawrence Kasdan

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home more Whitney on physical media tonight!

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

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

The Bodyguard

Hold That Ghost

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother 35mm

There’s No Business Like Show Business

Resurrection in 4K with Ellen Burstyn

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Clockwork

COUNTRY: UK

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

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS

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

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

Ken Russell's The Devils

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: ARRAY

COUNTRY: USA/Phillippines

Q&A with filmmaker and actor Isabel Sandoval

LINGUA FRANCA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kani Releasing

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

Introduction by filmmaker and actor Isobel Sandoval ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE

Grizzly / The Manitou

**Screenwriter**: Rafael Manuel

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

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

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

Filipiñana

**Screenwriter**: John Clifford

**Producer**: Herk Harvey

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more vintage horror tonight!

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

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

Carnival of Souls

Double Feature Presentation!


STELLA DALLAS (1937, King Vidor, 106 minutes) 

When Stella Martin (Barbara Stanwyck), a working class woman, meets and marries the wealthy Stephen Dallas (John Boles), they quickly have a daughter named Laurel (Anne Shirley). Stella and Stephen struggle to stay happy as their class differences become a problem; when they finally separate, Laurel is caught in the middle of the divorce. Soon, Lauren becomes the center of Stella's life. Stella tries to be a good mother, but realizes that her daughter can flourish quite well without her.

 

followed by

 

UNDER THE SKIN (2014, Jonathan Glazer, 108 min.) 

Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who takes human form to prey on men—but ends up finding something like humanity within herself—in this bleak and startling thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth). With its powerful combination of Johansson’s brave performance, the moody cinematography of Daniel Landin, and the naturalistic (often improvised) dialogue, Under the Skin is a one-of-a-kind science-fiction horror, aided greatly by the unnerving atonal music of Mica Levi’s first score for a feature film.



Stella Dallas will screen first, followed by a 15 minute intermission, then Under the Skin.

Stella Dallas + Under the Skin

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DSITRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

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

DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

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

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

Physical Media Mind-Melters: Vidiots in Space!

Stalker

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.

Klute

An Arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?

A Face in the Crowd

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: WILLA

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Liz SargentLimited Engagement

TAKE ME HOME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

THE VILLAGE

Throne of Blood / Ugetsu

**Screenwriter**: Stephen Winter

**Producers**: Jason Kliot,  Joana Vicente

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

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

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

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

**About One Institute:**

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

Chocolate Babies

Big Trouble in Little China

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

Set in the summer of 1949 amidst the rubble of a defeated Germany in the aftermath of World War II, Fatherland centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize–winning novelist Thomas Mann (Zischler) and his daughter Erika Mann (Hüller) -actress, writer, and rally driver. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann must face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fissure within his own family, one that is both politically charged and emotionally challenging. As father and daughter embark on a fictionalized road trip across a torn Germany- still visibly scarred by battle and simultaneously in denial of its evils and culpability- they travel from US-dominated Frankfurt in the west to Soviet controlled Weimar in the east. Pawlikowski and Handloegten’s screenplay uses the Mann’s own fractured relationship as the vehicle to examine a country at the crossroads of history, facing an impending moral crisis. Cinematographer Łukasz Żal’s hauntingly stark black-and-white visuals skillfully capture Zischler and Hüller’s masterfully restrained performances.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: Poland/Germany/Italy/France

Q&A with filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski Opening Film West Coast Premiere Event to be followed by reception ‘German Currents 2026’

FATHERLAND

### **ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:**

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

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

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

DOWNBEAT / "Dropping Off"

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

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

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

BAGWORM / "Shadow Daddy"

The Fog in 4K

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Phenomena

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.

The Wicker Man

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: WILLA

COUNTRY: USA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English and Spanish with English subtitles.*

For his directorial swan song, Alex Cox (REPO MAN, STRAIGHT TO HELL) stars in this frontier fable of American greed, playing the mysterious drifter Strindler as he scours the West for the names of dead Mexican laborers. In this loose adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s 1842 novel *Dead Souls*, Strindler – or is it Swindler? – raises eyebrows when he offers to pay a pretty penny to add to his list of names. Wandering affably from saloon to ranch, Strindler exercises the old adage that money talks – but sometimes too loudly. Pistol duels and crooked officials abound, and Spaghetti Western legend Gianni Garko (IF YOU MEET SARTANA PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH) claims a co-writer credit. But Cox’s idiosyncrasy stands out as the film veers tonally through the picaresque, dark satire and other unexpected twists. DEAD SOULS is a meditative Western that takes place at the borderlands of the American nightmare: where fortunes rest on a dirty deal, and legacies are built on blood and gold.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: USA/Spain

Q&A with filmmaker Alex Cox, actors Dick Rude and Zander Schloss and composer Dan Wool ‘Alex Cox: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

DEAD SOULS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town, but very soon find out that the town is not really deserted. Norwood (Sy Richardson), Simms (Joe Strummer) and Willy (Dick Rude) are three black-suited killers-for-hire. After missing their intended target and trying to escape the wrath of their employer (Jim Jarmusch), they head for the desert and rob a bank en-route. As their car dies in a ravine, the trio bury their money and head for a lonely town to hide out till the heat blows over. The insane cast includes Courtney Love, The Pogues, Grace Jones, Dennis Hopper, Elvis Costello, Kathy Burke and Xander Berkeley.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Alex Cox, screenwriter and actor Dick Rude, actor and musician Zander Schloss, and composer Dan Wool 40th Anniversary ‘Alex Cox: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

STRAIGHT TO HELL

Little Shop Of Horrors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors / The Blob

From Dusk Till Dawn

**Screenwriter**: John Wilson

**Producers**: John Wilson,  Clark Filio,  Shirel Kozak,  Allie Viti

One part documentary, one part camcorder video essay, and one part the driest yet funniest of comedies, John Wilson extends his unique genre-bending style from the small screen to the big with this magnificently absurd examination of the literal ground below our feet. Following the finale of his acclaimed HBO series “How To with John Wilson”, NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world&#8217;s most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to tell this seemingly drab story and increase his movie’s appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble—literally and figuratively—as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry. So crawl out from under that rock and hit the pavement to catch this singular feature that only John Wilson could have made!

The History of Concrete

**Screenwriter**: Alex Garland

**Producer**: Andrew Macdonald

Danny Boyle breathes new life into the world of the undead with this gritty, frenetic, and fantastically bloody journey through a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic UK. 28 days after a violent car accident, bike messenger Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakens from a coma to a world ravaged by “the Rage,” a virus that turns its victims bloodthirsty and primal. Jim flees the infected and encounters another group of survivors, led by Selena (Naomie Harris), cab driver Frank (Brendan Gleeson) and his daughter (Megan Burns). Together, the group sets out in pursuit of a rumored safe zone in Manchester with the flesh-eating undead close behind. Boyle’s visceral, bloody, and high-octane horror thriller offers a bitter reminder that the only things worse than zombies are people. 

**Picks from the Video Store**

Can&#8217;t get enough Zombies? Try out these these undead deep cuts!

*Messiah of Evil, Demons, The Church*

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

28 Days Later

**Screenwriter**: Melody C. Roscher

**Producers**: Craig Shilowich,  Alexander Schepsman,  Danielle Massie,  Cody Ryder, Sam Bisbee,  Saba Zerehi

Writer/Director **Melody C. Roscher** in person after the Friday, October 9th screening!

Join us in the microcinema for Melody Roscher&#8217;s bitingly comic feature film debut that weaves themes of race, belonging, and family into a mercurial journey.  Bird returns home to visit her mom in search of the perfect wedding venue after a surprise engagement to her longtime boyfriend, but much to everyone&#8217;s surprise, she is actually on the hunt for something else. Inspired by Roscher’s own biracial experience, *Bird in Hand* follows the newly engaged Bird Rowe (Alisha Wainwright) as she returns to her rural hometown to plan the wedding with her narcissistic hippie mother Carlotta (Christine Lahti). Bird also has a hidden agenda, one that leads her to her mother&#8217;s new neighbors, a misguided couple on a mission to &#8216;rebrand&#8217; a plantation. Truth, lies, and fantasy collide against that backdrop, leading to a surprising climax as tender as it is funny. James LeGros, Jeffrey Nordling, and Annabelle Dexter-Jones co-star.

Bird in Hand

**Screenwriters**: Jim Sharman, Richard O&#8217;Brien

**Producers**: Lou Adler, Michael White

Vidiots remembers the iconic legacy of the great **Tim Curry** with a special screening of the quintessential cult classic musical extravaganza ***The Rocky Horror Picture Show!***

The antici&#8230;pation is over and it&#8217;s finally time to do the Time-Warp again! Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and the biggest cult film of all time is born. A gender-bending camptastic science fiction musical the likes have never been seen again, this quintessentially iconic film is as bizarre as ever and will still leave you laughing, singing, and quoting endlessly.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Tim Curry treasures on glorious physical media!

*The Worst Witch, Times Square, Stephen King&#8217;s It*

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

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Blair Witch Project

## Special guests in person!

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Dark Romances is a 1990 SOV anthology filmed at EZTV and conceived by director/producer Patricia Miller and (the late) Mark Shepard. It was originally shot as an episodic TV series for PLAYBOY, but was turned down due to it being deemed too violent & gory for their network. So, Mark and Patricia decided to distribute the 3-hour, 28-minute edited stories directly to video. Film Threat originally released these as a two-volume set. The set features scream queen BRINKE STEVENS in most of the stories and has a very EC / Tales from the Crypt vibe, with distincitve lighting and set design that truly sets this anthology apart from other shot-on-video films. 5 different auteurs who all worked at or frequented EZTV (PATRICIA MILLER, MARK SHEPARD, SAMUEL OLDHAM, JOHN STRYSIK, BRYAN MOORE and RODD MATSUI) created a genuine piece of analog you have to see.  Many collaborators on this film also worked on the SOV film, CARDS OF DEATH which has a similar vibe and aesthetic.

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**VOL 1.**"The Black Veil"  is a Grand Guignol-inspired gothic story set in 1988 where a psychiatrist's widow visits a college friend performing in a theatre that enacts mutilations. It is one of the longer stories in this set, running just about an hour. "Listen to Midnight" is a film noir style story about a photographer and a woman with a dragonfly tattoo who mates with and then lures men to their death.

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**VOL 2**"She's Bad, She's Blonde, She's Lunch" starts off with a bang, literally, and is my favorite of the bunch. A couple robs a store, leaving a trail of bloodshed, and then takes a trip to lover's lane where they meet a man, and his monster. In "Cardinal Sin," a young man is tempted by his dreams of Hustler star Elle Rio while dealing with his overbearing religious mom. "Pet Shop of Death": A submissive husband who wants to leave his wife for his neighbor (Brinke Stevens) goes to a specialty pet shop to find something to help free him from matrimony. "Last Love" is about a psychiatrist who, depressed over the loss of her husband, ends up having an affair with his ghost! Lastly, in "What Goes Around," a composer uninspired to create music after losing his wife and child finds new inspiration with a woman who is not what she seems.

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**dirs. Patricia Miller, Mark Shepard, John Strysik, Bryan Moore, Rodd Matsui, Samuel Oldham, 1990***United States, digital projection*208 min

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**Doors Open**: FRIDAY, 10/9*note earlier than usual start time*6:30 7:00 SCREENING

**Screening Starts**: FRIDAY, 10/9*note earlier than usual start time*6:30 DOORS7:00

## Brinke Stevens, producer/dir. Patricia Miller, dir. John Strysik in person!

There will be a 15 minute intermission between Vol. 1 & Vol. 2.

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## $10 general admission.

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

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[Culture Shock Releasing](https://www.cultureshockreleasing.com/) is a Las Vegas based preservation company that releases films shot on both video and film, focusing mostly on titles from the '80s and '90s with some contemporary films mixed in.

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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.***

DARK ROMANCES (1990) w/ special guests! pres. by Culture Shock Releasing

The Little Vampire in 35mm

Get on the Bus 30th Anniversary Screening in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Debonaire hoofer Fred Astaire and the graceful Ginger Rogers star in this Oscar-nominated musical comedy about a woman who mistakenly thinks her best friend’s husband is in love with her. Considered by many to be the dancing duo’s best film, it features a classic Irving Berlin score, including “Cheek to Cheek” and the title song. Look for a young Lucille Ball as a florist shop clerk!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

TOP HAT

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**WALKER, Dir. Alex Cox, 1987, 95 Mins., Universal, USA/Mexico**

*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

**EL PATRULLERO, Dir. Alex Cox, 1991, 104 Mins., Kino Lorber, Mexico**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

REPO MAN director Alex Cox went south of the border to film this dramatic tale of a rookie member of Mexico’s national highway patrol, who struggles to keep on the straight and narrow in a department rife with corruption.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmaker Alex Cox, actors Dick Rude and Zander Schloss, producer Lorenzo O’Brien and gaffer Greg ‘Alex Cox: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

WALKER / EL PATRULLERO

When the Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular amusement park, they soon discover that the attractions aren&#8217;t the only things that are spooky. Strange things are happening, and it&#8217;s up to Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma to uncover the truth behind the mysterious happenings.

Scooby-Doo

Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry, stumble upon the intergalactic bounty-hunter Ilia, and her partner, the artificial intelligence named Bob. Both men are accidentally transported to the Zone, a virtual reality in which Bob has trapped Ilia&#8217;s latest prey, a biological weapon named Zeiram. The Earth natives must both survive the experience and help Ilia capture Zeiram before the Zone disappears around them.

SENDER

7:00 PM

THE CYCLE

9:45 PM

SCENT OF A WOMAN

7:00 PM

Beware Boiúna

7:00 PM

Begotten

10:15 PM

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP

7:00 PM

CRASH

10:00 PM

JFK

7:30 PM

Movements of a Nearby Mountain

7:00 PM

TIKI TIKI (1971) — New 4K Restoration of a Truly Bonkers Animated Oddity!

7:30 PM

Raising Victor Vargas

7:30 PM

Resident Evil 35mm

Riverbend

8:00 PM