Acropolis Cinema presents *Escape* (Dir. Masao Adachi, 2025).

A contemporary of Nagisa Ōshima and Kōji Wakamatsu, Masao Adachi has spent more than six decades as a revolutionary figure on both cinematic and political stages. These personal histories are brilliantly distilled in his biopic of Japanese terrorist Satoshi Kirishima, who, as one of the country’s most wanted men, successfully evaded capture for nearly 50 years before revealing his true identity on his deathbed. Kirishima’s remarkable, often troubling life—from anarchist activities to a new existence under an assumed name, all the while driven by guilt for failing to fulfill his vocation—is told through a dazzling mix of archival footage, staged recreations, and outright fantasy that allows Adachi to trace a history of resistance and terror in Japan. The performances from Kanji Furutachi and Rairu Sugita convey lifetimes of idealism and regret (NYFF, Film at Lincoln Center)

Acropolis Cinema: Masao Adachi's Escape (2025)

2220 Arts + Archives

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 5, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Case files.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 6, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Don’t die.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

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

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

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 5 & 6

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“The Web,” 1956, Dir. Peter Watkins, 20 Mins, UK**

A reconstruction of the Allied landing in occupied France during the Second World War.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE GLADIATORS, 1968, Dir. Peter Watkins, 105 Mins, Sweden**

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

*“The growing professional isolation which followed the banning of THE WAR GAME, as well as the vicious critical attacks on PRIVILEGE made me rather inclined to leave the UK. I was finally able to do so, and began what became permanent exile from my own country, when I was approached by Sandrews in Stockholm. Sandrews was a major cinema distributor and at that time a production company (they were producing two films by Susan Sontag); they had just premiered THE WAR GAME in Stockholm, and offered to produce any film I chose to make. Nicholas Gosling, a young writer, joined me in developing a script for what became my second feature film. THE GLADIATORS is a bleak satire set in the near future, in which the major powers of the world, East and West, aligned and non-aligned, recognize the possibility of a major world war within our lifetime, and try to forestall it by channeling man’s aggressive instincts in a more controllable manner. They do this by forming an International Commission along the lines of the United Nations, dedicated to fighting a series of contests between teams of selected soldiers from each country. These competitions, which can be fought to the death, are called ‘Peace Games’, and are broadcast on global television via satellite – complete with sponsors and commercials. The film follows Game 256, which is being ‘played’ in the International Peace Game Centre near Stockholm, under the controlling eye of a highly sophisticated computer, hired out to the International Commission by the (neutral) Swedish Army. The international group of officers watching Game 256 decide to eliminate a man and a woman from opposing teams who reach out to each other, because they decide that such forms of communication would be the gravest threat of all to the stability of the existing world-system.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

"The Web" / THE GLADIATORS

Los Feliz Theatre

Born to Kill / The Set-Up

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriter:** Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon from the short story by Stephen King

**Producers: **Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Andrew Scheinman

Bring your gang for Rob Reiner&#8217;s beloved tale of friendship adapted from the short story by Stephen King. In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends — sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O&#8217;Connell) — are in search of a missing teenager&#8217;s body. Wanting to be heroes in each other&#8217;s and their hometown&#8217;s eyes, they set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. They sneak smokes, tell tall tales, cuss &#8217;cause it&#8217;s cool, and band together when the going gets tough. When they encounter the town&#8217;s knife-wielding hoods who are also after the body, the boys discover a strength they never knew they had. One of the most enduring childhood films of the 1980s, this classic never gets old!

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Stand by Me (1986)

**Screenwriter**: Pedro Almodóvar

**Producers**: Agustín Almodóvar,  Pedro Almodóvar

Weaving stories within stories, fictions within truths, and layers upon layers, this meta masterpiece from maestro Almodóvar is an essential and torturous melodrama of young queer love, clerical overreach, gender transformation, and the creative transformation from fact to fiction.  Gael García Bernal stars in this mind and gender-bending cine-novela as a trans drag performer out to reunite with her old flame from her Catholic school days and sell him on a film that looks a lot like her life. But blackmail, double crosses, and secret identities and histories drag everyone into a web of power, seduction, and making a film within a film. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to see this masterpiece on glorious celluloid!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Our Almodóvar section has it all &#8211; from his dark comedies, to his psycho-sexual thrillers, to his tangled melodramas! Try these masterful deep cuts!

*Dark Habits, Matador, Pepi, Luci, Bom Y Otras Chicas del Monton*

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

Bad Education on 35mm

Vidiots

The Invite

Vista Theatre

Whisper of the Heart in 4K

Galaxy Quest in 35mm

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper. After Roger Thornhill, an innocent man, is mistaken for a wanted fugitive he is pursued across North America by a pair of espionage agents trying to kill him, as well as by police who suspect him of murder.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

NORTH BY NORTHWEST in 70mm

Aero Theatre

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max&#8217;s new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Rushmore

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE EVENT: **

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

West Coast Theatrical Premiere of New Restoration ‘Bo Widerberg: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE MAN ON THE ROOF

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador,” 1991, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 4 Mins, Amnesty International, France/Belgium/Switzerland**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Commissioned by Amnesty International for its TV program Ecrire contre l’oubli (Write Against Oblivion), Akerman’s contribution in the form of a poem is dedicated to Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, an El Salvadorian trade unionist and mother of three, murdered by the US-backed junta. Deneuve emerges from the calm of a Parisian night to deliver a heartfelt plea for remembrance of Febe Elisabeth’s too short life. Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s cello weeps appropriately.

FORMAT: DCP

**FROM THE OTHER SIDE, 2012, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 99 Mins, Icarus Films, Belgium**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

With her unmistakable style Chantal Akerman explores the border between the United States and Mexico.

For years immigrants passed through San Diego, but cutting-edge technologies have helped stem the flow of illegal immigration there. This leaves only the mountains and deserts of Arizona for those desperate enough to try their luck. And it is here that Akerman shifts her focus, between Agua Prieta, Sonora and Douglas, Arizona and the desert in between.

FORMAT: DCP

‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

“For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador” / FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Moonstruck / Vampire’s Kiss

**Screenwriters**: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

**Producer**: Joel Silver

Lily and Lana Wachowski’s ground-breaking science fiction parable set the standard for both action movies and Science Fiction films for years to come with its innovative visuals and one-of-a-kind fight choreography. Set in the 22nd century, *The Matrix* tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers that now rule the earth. So, take your blue pills and join us for some futuristic fun.

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

The Matrix (1999)

**Screenwriters**: Lee Hall, Tom Hooper from the stage play by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the book by T.S. Elliot

**Producers**: Debra Hayward,  Tim Bevan,  Eric Fellner

*Meow*! You are cordially invited to the feline ball to end it all when Vidiots goes full Jellicle with a special screening of the all-star furry film meowiscal bonanza *Cats*!  No one thought this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical could ever make the leap to the big screen, but thanks to CGI fur suits, and a cast that includes Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, and Jason Derulo, the world has been gifted the magic of one of the most outlandishly surreal head trips in cinema. You know the songs, you know the actors, you know the composers, but are you ready to roll down our furry pink carpet and experience this cinematic spectacle the way it was meant to be seen &#8211; Big and Loud and with a Crowd, because *jellicles can and jellicles DO!*

Doors will open at 6:00pm and there will be feline delights before and after the screening with some of our favorite felines from our besties at **Bob Baker Marionette Theater**, with **live DJ sets**, **themed libations** and plenty of warm fuzzy Vidiots meowgic throughout the evening. Plus kitty-themed face painting while time and supplies last. Come dressed to impress &#8211; whether that&#8217;s your best ballgown or your best Rum Tum Tugger bodysuit, we will have a **costume contest** after the screening!

Cats + Vidiots’ Jellicle Ball

Oscar-nominee Sandra Hüller narrates this cinematic adaptation of Robert Macfarlane&#8217;s bestselling book, *Underland*. The documentary voyages into worlds rarely glimpsed by human eyes to explore the world beneath our feet. One not of fear and darkness, but rather of knowledge and wonder that can be found nowhere else. Beginning in the shallow soils beneath an old ash tree, we travel alongside several ‘astronauts of the underworld’ into ancient sacred caves, flooded storm drains, melting glaciers, underwater burial chambers and a deep underground laboratory built to solve the mysteries of the Universe. *Underland* dives deep into the Earth to present a groundbreaking vision for rethinking our lives on this fragile surface.

&#8220;*Underland* serves to draw the viewer completely into the compelling, unnerving, alluring void.&#8221;

—SCREEN

&#8220;An immersive sensory experience, complete with ethereal cinematography and intricate sound design, to take you into worlds unknown.&#8221;

—MOVEABLE FEST

&#8220;Robert Petit&#8217;s thrilling, unnerving documentary plays like a sprawling epic about the scope of human existence.&#8221;

—OBSERVER

&#8220;[&#8230;] It is at once [a] sensorial, philosophical experiences to be had, preferably in a darkened theater.&#8221;

—ScreenAnarchy

&#8220;*Underland* isn&#8217;t merely notable for its ability to capture abject darkness&#8230;but for its stellar soundscape that whirrs, drones, hums and echoes, almost replicating the sensitivity one&#8217;s ears achieve when the light suddenly vanishes.&#8221;

—FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

Underland

In The Line of Fire

Blow Out in 35mm

Match starts at 12PM

Watch the Quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Drinks available for purchase at the bar. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**11AM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**12PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_n88vng)

World Cup Watch Party

Hammer Museum

Comics O&#x27;Clock is a comics reading featuring live readings by local cartoonists hosted by Mikey Heller. This event will be pay what you want, with donations going to Heavy Manners Library.

Featuring:

Quinne Larsen ([https://www.instagram.com/quinnecl/](https://www.instagram.com/quinnecl/))

Sam Saenee ([https://www.instagram.com/samsaenee/](https://www.instagram.com/samsaenee/))

D.M. Woods ([https://www.instagram.com/moldazor/](https://www.instagram.com/moldazor/))

Anna Latzer ([https://www.instagram.com/annalobsterland/](https://www.instagram.com/annalobsterland/))

Stephen "Teeben" Lee ([https://www.instagram.com/teeben_art](https://www.instagram.com/teeben_art))

Steph Rizo ([https://www.instagram.com/steph_rizo/](https://www.instagram.com/steph_rizo/))

Evan Palmer ([https://www.instagram.com/evantickles/](https://www.instagram.com/evantickles/))

Liyao Liao ([https://www.instagram.com/liyao_art/](https://www.instagram.com/liyao_art/))

Comics O'Clock: A Comic Reading (7/10)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**DEKALOG: SEVEN, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 57 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Majka to kidnap her own daughter, with unexpected emotional consequences.

FORMAT: DCP

**DEKALOG: EIGHT, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 56 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

**DEKALOG, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, Janus Films, Poland**

This masterwork by Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements in visual storytelling. Originally made for Polish television, DEKALOG focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth and the passage of time. Shot by nine different cinematographers, with stirring music by Zbigniew Preisner and compelling performances from established and unknown actors alike, DEKALOG arrestingly explores the unknowable forces that shape our lives.

Co-presented with the Polish Cultural Institute New York ‘Krzysztof Kieślowski: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

DEKALOG: SEVEN & EIGHT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: 1-2 Special

COUNTRY: UK

ROSE OF NEVADA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.

COUNTRY: Mexico

Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

Medellin, 1987. A group of teen outcasts steals a news camera to document every detail of their dangerous lives. The first feature from acclaimed photographer and Bad Bunny music video director Stillz redefines the found footage genre as a haunting, poignant coming-of-age story with a disturbing twist. Set to an awe-inspiring score by Arca and produced by Harmony Korine’s collective EDGLRD, the film taps into the anxieties of a youth culture from the margins of history yearning to be understood. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Colombia/USA

BARRIO TRISTE

Risky Business / Miracle Mile

Jackie Brown

Now Instant and [Acropolis Cinema](https://www.acropoliscinema.com/) present James N. Kienitz Wilkins latest, *The Misconceived*, followed by a conversation between Kienitz Wilkins and Jordan Cronk.

The Misconceived

Now Instant Image Hall

Cassavetes' warmest, most hilarious, and most tender film—a gleefully ragged rom-com that doubles as a vivid snapshot of 70s LA!

John Cassavetes' MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (1971)

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Na Hong-jin

**Producers**: Suh Dong Hyun, Ho Sung Kim

Co-presented by **GYOPO** and **Luaka Bop,** the record label founded by David Byrne. The screening will be followed by a conversation with **Jang Young-gyu**, the film’s composer and founder of the award-winning Korean psych-pop band **Leenalchi**.

Korean director Na Hong-jin delivers the ultimate supernatural horror experience in *The Wailing*, where sinister mystery meets surreal diabolism. A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

**[Leenalchi](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYUZajOt90M/)**, will be playing their first ever show in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11, at [The Getty](https://www.getty.edu/calendar/off-the-405-leenalchi/). 

*“Leenalchi has changed the way I think about music and Korea. I have never heard anything quite like this.”* – Brian Eno 

For music and more background on Leenalchi, please go [here](https://luakabop.lnk.to/leenalchi).

Second screening added (screening only) Friday, July 10th

The Wailing

**Screenwriter**: John Early

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

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

Maddie’s Secret

**Screenwriters**: Jonathan Levine,  Peter Rader,  David Twohy

**Producers**: Charles Gordon,  John Davis,  Kevin Costner

The most expensive movie ever made at the time of its release, *Waterworld* puts every dollar up on the screen with stunning production design, incredible practical effects, and awe-inspiring stunts that look even better today when most movies just rely on CGI. Kevin Costner stars as an unnamed mariner in an post-apocalyptic world where the icecaps have melted, forcing everyone to live on the high seas. When he encounters a young girl (Tina Majorino) with a tattoo map that could lead to dry land, the mariner must protect her from a pirate gang led by Dennis Hopper. This exciting action thriller is absolutely worth a second look — there’s a reason it inspired a long-running stunt spectacular at Universal Studios!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more dystopian science fiction? We&#8217;ve got you covered with these bangers and more!

*Logan&#8217;s Run, Dead End Drive In, Starship Troopers*

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

Waterworld

**Screenwriters**: Len Blum,  Daniel Goldberg,  Cornelius Cole,  Dan O&#8217;Bannon

**Producer**: Ivan Reitman

One of the most bad ass animated films of all time, this science fiction adventure will take you on one hell of a trip &#8211; to the far reaches of the galaxy and beyond! Adventures from deep space to futuristic New York, and beyond. Each world and story is dominated by the presence of the Loch&#8217;nar &#8212; the sum of all evils manifest as a glowing green sphere whose power infects all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. To some, it appears as treasure, a green jewel they must possess. Others worship it as a god. Few escape it. Even in death and through death its powers continue. From war to war and world to world it seems invincible.

Heavy Metal

Dances With Wolves

Demon Witch Child/Cathy's Curse

Hollywood 90028

Co-written by experimental filmmakers James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Robin Schavoir, *The Plagiarists* is at once a hilarious send-up of low-budget American indie filmmaking and a probing inquiry into race, relationships, and the social uncanny.

A young novelist (Lucy Kaminsky) and her cinematographer boyfriend (Eamon Monaghan) are waylaid by a snowstorm on their way to visit a friend in upstate New York and are taken in by the kindly yet enigmatic Clip (Michael “Clip” Payne of Parliament Funkadelic), who puts them up for the night. But an accidental discovery months later recasts in an unnerving light what had seemed like an agreeable evening, stoking resentments both latent and not-so-latent. Exhilaratingly intelligent and distinctively shot on a vintage TV-news camera, *The Plagiarists* is a work whose provocations are inseparable from its pleasures.

TRT: 76 min

In person: Peter Parlow

Acropolis Cinema: The Plagiarists

Clue

Elevator to the Gallows

Careful in 4K with Guy Maddin

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

One of the great guilty pleasures of the 1980s, director Walter Hill’s spectacular, rock & roll-fueled pulp classic roars at you like a souped-up roadster with the radio going full blast. B-movie god Michael Paré stars as an enigmatic loner who comes back to town to save former gal-pal Diane Lane from the clutches of sinister biker chieftain Willem Dafoe.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

STREETS OF FIRE in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Beauty, wonder and thrilling adventure spin together in a grand legend that transcends time as the evil and jealous fairy Maleficent, one of imagination’s most spectacular villains, casts a curse on the kingdom’s beloved Princess Aurora. 

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

Rare archival print ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’

SLEEPING BEAUTY in 70mm

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye &#8216;Mike&#8217; Hama&#8217;s office with the cryptic challenge &#8220;I want you to look for me,&#8221; Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama&#8217;s police baffled and the city terrified.

The Trap

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

The Killing

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

John Massari Presents... a Special Event PUNK ROCK celebration of the cult-classic film Killer Klowns from Outer Space featuring LIVE Music!

THE 3rd ANNUAL KILLER KLOWNS PUNK ROCK FEST (Sat. 7/11)

Gardena Cinema

Matches start at 2PM and 6PM

Watch the Quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Drinks available for purchase at the bar. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**1PM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**2PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_kookgw)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won’t help and then her husband becomes jealous of the loan officer.

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’

A WIFE'S HEART

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men. Rohmer’s first color film, LA COLLECTIONNEUSE pushes the Moral Tales into new, darker realms. Yet it is also a grand showcase for the clever and delectably ironic battle-of-the-sexes repartee (in a witty script written by Rohmer and the three main actors) and luscious, effortless Néstor Almendros photography that would define the remainder of the series.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

LA COLLECTIONNEUSE

Cartoon Club

The Love Bug

The Drama

Punch-Drunk Love

Join us for a very rare theatrical screening of the widely celebrated 1972 episode starring John Cassavetes!

COLUMBO: ÉTUDE IN BLACK — The Great Disheveled Detective on the Big Screen!

A free clown class taught by Grayson Morris, for those who have never tried clown. 

1:30 - 4:30pm

Free! Rsvp  here .

Free Clown

Scribble

**Screenwriters**: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

**Producers**: Chris Columbus,  Shawn Levy,  Michael Barnathan

A night watchman (Ben Stiller) at a museum of natural history makes a startling discovery: Thanks to the unleashing of an ancient Egyptian curse, the museum&#8217;s animals, birds, bugs and other exhibits spring to life after the building closes, and former President Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) is among those the hapless guard encounters. Co-starring a list of legendary Hollywood veterans like Mickey Rooney and Dick Van Dyke, and written by the sheriff&#8217;s department at *Reno 911* (Tom Lennon and Ben Garant) you know you&#8217;re in for a historically hilarious and magical time at this museum!

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

Night at the Museum

**Screenwriters**: Ruth Gordon,  Garson Kanin

**Producer**: Lawrence Weingarten

Screwball comedy has never been so litigious and effervescent than in George Cukor&#8217;s madcap masterpiece starring the infectiously iconic Katharine Hepburn and co-written by multi-hyphenate legend Ruth Gordon! A courtroom rivalry finds its way into the household when prosecuting lawyer Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) faces off against his wife, Amanda (Katharine Hepburn), who happens to be a defense attorney. Working on opposite sides of a lawsuit where a woman (Judy Holliday) has shot her cheating husband (Tom Ewell), Adam and Amanda are both determined to win the case, and their home becomes the setting for comical showdowns, with neither spouse willing to relent.

**Picks from the Video Store**

You can never go wrong with a Katharine Hepburn-athon!

*The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, Desk Set*

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

Adam’s Rib

**Producers**: Tommy Andres, Billy Ray Brewton, Ben Hethcoat, John Henry Hinkel

With director **Ben Hethcoat** in conversation with **Adrienne Hill**, the Senior VP of News and Politics at Crooked Media on Sunday, July 12th!

Join us in the microcinema for a fascinating documentary at the intersection of Hollywood, morbid curiosity, and the American immigrant experience*, Coroner to the Stars &#8211; *a chronicle of the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture. From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi’s outspoken expertise pushed forensic science into the spotlight—even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese immigrant who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.

Coroner to the Stars

**Screenwriter**: Jon Kilik, Spike Lee

**Producer**: Victor Colicchio,  Spike Lee,  Michael Imperioli

Spike Lee turns up the heat by revisiting one terrifying Bronx summer during the ongoing rampage of the .45 Caliber Killer (also known as the Son of Sam) who terrorized New York residents through a series of deadly shootings. But this isn&#8217;t your average true crime flick &#8211; this is a Spike Lee Joint and the focus is on the neighborhood, the characters, and the frenzy surrounding the string of murders. When Vinny (John Leguizamo) almost finds himself in Berkowitz&#8217;s line of fire he ignites fear, distrust and panic in his circle of friends. A time capsule to another era with the paranoia dialed up with the temperature and a killer soundtrack to match, *Summer of Sam* is still a scorcher!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Our Spike Lee shelf is stocked with the maestro&#8217;s complete catalog, go on a binge tonight!

*She&#8217;s Gotta Have It, Bamboozled, BlacKkKlansman*

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

Summer of Sam

**Screenwriter**: Kevin Smith

**Producers**: Kevin Smith,  Scott Mosier

All the action is behind the counter in Kevin Smith&#8217;s micro-budget indie breakthrough. *Clerks* was a game changer in the early 1990s, ushering in an era of small budgets and big laughs with its Gen-X irreverence. Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives. So meet us at the Quik Stop for all the snarky ridiculousness (and all the glorious video store footage!) because you are definitely *supposed to come in today*!

And to spread the video store love &#8211; show us your *Clerks* movie ticket on July 11th for one free rental in the video store!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love a scrappy low-budget indie? Take home tons, including these unsung gems!

*Mary Jane&#8217;s Not a Virgin Anymore, Chan is Missing, Fruit Fly, The Beaver Trilogy*

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

Clerks

Snoopy Come Home

Chopper

Los Angeles Filmforum presents Yoko Ono’s film *“RAPE”* with a talk by Jennifer Doyle.

In conjunction with The Broad’s exhibition *Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind*, Filmforum presents her rarely screened film “RAPE” followed by a talk on the film by writer and educator Jennifer Doyle. The film is not included in the exhibition, so this is your only chance to see it currently.

*Note that there is no sex or nudity or conventional physical violence in the film.*

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Yoko Ono’s score for *Film No. 5 RAPE (or CHASE) (1968)* begins with the instruction: “A cameraman will chase a girl on a street with a camera persistently until he corners her in an alley, and, if possible, until she is in a falling position.’

“In one sense, Rape is a particularly brutal dramatization of the Warholian discovery that the camera‘s implacable stare disrupts ‘ordinary’ behavior to enforce its own regime. In another, the film is a graphic metaphor for the ruthless surveillance that can theoretically attach itself to any citizen of the modern world.” – J. Hoberman, “John Lennon/Yoko Ono. *Film No 5. RAPE (or CHASE) (Clip)*”, in *Rhetoric of Surveillance from Bentham to Big Brother*, Thomas Y. Levin, Ursula Frohne, Peter Weibel (eds), ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, 2002, p. 406f.

Jennifer Doyle is a writer, curator, and scholar. She has published books about harassment dynamics (*Shadow of My Shadow*, 2024) and difficulty in contemporary art (*Hold It Against Me*, 2013). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at UC Riverside.

Special Thanks to Ed Patuto, The Broad, Connor Monahan, Yoko Ono’s studio.

LA Filmforum: Yoko Ono's "RAPE"

The Magnificent Seven in 4K

The Green Fog with Guy Maddin

My Winnipeg in 35mm with Guy Maddin

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison star in this sweeping tale of power and betrayal–the legendary story of the Queen of the Nile and her conquest of Julius Ceasar and Marc Anthony.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

CLEOPATRA in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA/UK

OPPENHEIMER in 70mm

The scintillating feature debut of Mary Harron (*American Psycho*) and one of the most controversial independent films of the 1990s, *I Shot Andy Warhol* stars an electric Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas, a militant feminist whose attempted murder of Andy Warhol brought instant fame to her radically anti-male *SCUM Manifesto.* 

Dropping out of grad school in the midsixties, the brilliant yet volatile Solanas survived in New York City as a destitute artist, sex worker, and panhandler, soon striking up a friendship with Warhol superstar Candy Darling that brought her briefly into the orbit of the world’s premier pop artist. With vivid, hallucinatory attention to historical detail, Harron captures the explosive cross-pollination of New York’s political and artistic countercultures as well as the creativity, snobbery, and decadence at the heart of the legendary Factory. 

Anchored by pitch-perfect performances—and featuring a blistering score by John Cale as well as covers of sixties hits by some of the nineties’ most iconic bands (R.E.M., Wilco)—*I Shot Andy Warhol* is an incisive portrait of a rebel without an outlet and the soon-to-be-lost generation she came to define.

I Shot Andy Warhol

He’s the messiah that will save the whole galaxy… and his name is Paul. Kyle MacLachlan stars as the intergalactic warrior en route to power in a battle of intergalactic stakes. Long-awaited, then panned, the film is an astounding assemblage of ideas resting on the shoulders of David Lynch’s imagination and ambitions. An explosively operatic space saga, filled to the brim with high camp, sci-fi drama, and Sting in a cod-piece. Spice is life, baby.

Dune

Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive

Recommended for ages 5+

Studio Ghibli’s enchanting adaptation of Mary Norton’s classic children’s novel *The Borrowers* follows Arrietty, a tiny “Borrower,” who lives in secret with her family under the floorboards of a rustic human cottage. When she’s discovered by Shawn, an ailing young boy who’s come to spend the summer with his great-aunt, her whole world feels threatened. Showcasing Ghibli’s signature lush and cozy animation, *The Secret World of Arrietty* (2019) is a gentle, awe-inspiring story about bravery, trust and a beautiful friendship that bridges two very different worlds.

(2010, Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, DCP, color, 94 min.)

Family Flicks: The Secret World of Arrietty

The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each *Family Flicks* program.

Studio Ghibli’s enchanting adaptation of Mary Norton’s classic children’s novel *The Borrowers* follows Arrietty, a tiny “Borrower,” who lives in secret with her family under the floorboards of a rustic human cottage. When she’s discovered by Shawn, an ailing young boy who’s come to spend the summer with his great-aunt, her whole world feels threatened. Showcasing Ghibli’s signature lush and cozy animation, *The Secret World of Arrietty* is a gentle, awe-inspiring story about bravery, trust and a beautiful friendship that bridges two very different worlds.—*Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm*

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa. With: Bridgit Mendler, David Henrie, Amy Poehler.

The Secret World of Arrietty

An afternoon of film, play, and connection centered around the enduring, ever-evolving game of mahjong, a tile-based game involving skill, strategy, and luck. 

Known for their sold-out, high-energy gatherings, **Mahjong Mistress** bring their signature blend of play, community, and cultural perspective to the Hammer. Whether you’ve never touched a tile or have been playing for years, this is a chance to learn, play, and meet new people.

The program begins with a screening of Edward Yang’s *Mahjong *(1996), a fast-moving portrait of Taipei in the ’90s where every interaction feels like a high-stakes game.

After the film, the action shifts from screen to table with an open mahjong session in the Hammer's courtyard for all experience levels. Mahjong Mistress instructors will be on hand to teach beginners, while experienced players can jump right into the mix. Expect a lively, social atmosphere with shared tables, new connections, and a little friendly competition.

Mahjong Mistress will also debut a selection of limited-edition merchandise, extending their visual language beyond the table.

**1:30PM** Screening: *Mahjong *(dir. Edward Yang, 1996)
**3-6:30PM** Mahjong Mistress open mahjong session

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_w33gj4)

**Mahjong Mistress** is composed of four “Mistresses”—**Susan Kounlavongsa**, **Angie Lin**, **Zoé Blue M**, and **Abby Yingtong Wu**. These four friends, each from different cultural and creative backgrounds, were brought together by their shared love of Chinese mahjong. What began as a way to share the game with friends has evolved into a collective dedicated to fostering cultural connection and conversation through mahjong. Through events and collaborations with AAPI creatives and cultural institutions, they aim to cultivate a new generation of mahjong players. Through the Hammer’s Artist Residency program, Mahjong Mistress will have the space and time to engage in research, engage with the UCLA community, and gain access to a range of archives and other resources around Southern California.

Mahjong Social with Mahjong Mistress

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can’t control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Shane Black ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Shane Black Presents SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

After Saladin’s victory over the King of Jerusalem, a peace treaty is signed between them, but the commander of the Crusader army, Renaud de Chatillon, slaughters a group of pilgrims going to Mecca. Saladin then decides to take revenge.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

New 4K Restoration ‘Youssef Chahine: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

SALADIN THE VICTORIOUS

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**DEKALOG: NINE, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 60 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

Roman and Hanka have a loving marriage, but his impotence has led to her having an affair. The unbearable situation drives Roman to extreme measures both physically and mentally, testing their love and his own will to live.

FORMAT: DCP

**DEKALOG: TEN, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 59 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

**DEKALOG, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, Janus Films, Poland**

This masterwork by Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements in visual storytelling. Originally made for Polish television, DEKALOG focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth and the passage of time. Shot by nine different cinematographers, with stirring music by Zbigniew Preisner and compelling performances from established and unknown actors alike, DEKALOG arrestingly explores the unknowable forces that shape our lives.

DEKALOG: NINE & TEN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MPI Media

COUNTRY: USA

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

**Screenwriters**: Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi

**Producer**: Katherine Sarafian

Journey to the mystical Scottish Highlands with this winner of the Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. When Princess Mérida — an unruly daughter and an accomplished archer — one day defies a sacred custom of the land, she inadvertently brings turmoil to the entire kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Now, Merida must discover the true meaning of courage and undo a beastly curse before it&#8217;s too late.

Brave

**Screenwriters**: Kaoru Mabuchi, Yoshimitsu Banno

**Producer**: Tomoyuki Tanaka

Get ready for another monstrous rampage of supersized Kaiju fun when the King of the Monsters goes up against a monster made of toxic sludge! Director Yoshimitsu Banno infuses the film with equal parts ecological horror, camptastic monster mashes, and sixties psychedelia, making for a truly unique—and divisive—entry in the series. Intended to address the crisis levels of pollution in postwar Japan, *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* finds the atomic monster fighting an alien smog creature that arrives on Earth and adds to its enormity by feeding on industrial waste. Who will win in this epic battle of the giants? How many buildings will be crushed under their weight? Get yourself a first-row seat to the monster&#8217;s brawl and find out!

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

Check out our Japanese Science Fiction section for tons more giant monsters!

*War of the Monsters, Yokai Monsters, Gammera the Invincible***

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

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

**Screenwriters**: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry

**Producers:** Anthony Bregman, Steve Golin

A brilliant and imaginative science fiction romance, this is a film unlike any other.  Blending the boundless creativity of Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry and featuring remarkable performances from Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, you&#8217;ll want to erase your memory so you can watch this masterpiece for the first time again. Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

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

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

My Neighbors the Yamadas

The Saddest Music in the World with Guy Maddin

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

John David Washington is the new Protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle TENET. Armed with only one word—Tenet—and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: UK/USA

TENET in 70mm

***Hudson Hawk* returns — on 35mm — for one night only with very special guests: director Michael Lehmann and co-writer Daniel Waters, the team of demented comic geniuses that brought you *Heathers*!**

**Featuring a special introduction by screenwriter Larry Karaszewski.**

On his first day out of prison, Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis), the safe-cracking, wise-cracking master thief, and his partner Tommy &#8220;Five-Tone&#8221; (Danny Aiello) find themselves wrapped up in international intrigue and conspiratorial blackmail involving the CIA (led by James Coburn slyly playing off his Flint character), the Vatican, the Mafia, and the incredibly evil, dog-toting villains The Mayflowers (portrayed par excellence by Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard!).

Will Hudson Hawk find Da Vinci&#8217;s Codex? Will he finally get a good cappuccino?

A wild, funny, musical, satirical mix of heist movies, globe-trotting thrillers, witty action-comedy and a dozen other genres, *Hudson Hawk* is a singular, delightful, delirious adaptation (of a song by Bruce Willis) and an expectations-shattering romp.

Join Hollywood Entertainment just in time for the film&#8217;s 35th anniversary and that hat convention in July.

Hudson Hawk

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The scheme is far from tame. But whose scheme is it? Assume nothing as you venture beyond Blue Bay’s elite beach communities and into the murky waters of the Everglades for a mystery of deceit, sex and greed as unpredictable as a hungry gator. And please, keep your hands inside the boat at all times. Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards and Bill Murray star in a swamp-steamy thriller about two high school students, the guidance counselor they accuse of rape and the detective who knows there’s more to the story.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

Cinematic Void Presents WILD THINGS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR

Singapore / Tangier

**Screenwriters**:  Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

**Producers**: Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin

An exquisitely quirky and poignant ensemble piece of a family of brilliant losers, *The Royal Tenenbaums* cemented Wes Anderson&#8217;s signature style into the cinematic firmament. With amazing performances from the whole family including Gene Hackman and Angelica Huston, a perfectly crafted aesthetic, and an ultra-hip soundtrack, this is the dysfunctional family reunion only Wes Anderson could orchestrate so perfectly.

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

The Royal Tenenbaums

**Screenwriter**: Deric Washburn

**Producers**: Michael Deeley,  Barry Spikings

One of the first American movies to directly depict the chaos and violence of the Vietnam War, *The Deer Hunter* is a triumph of visionary New Hollywood filmmaking from director Michael Cimino. Mike (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage), and Nick (Christopher Walken) are three small-town steelworkers whose idyllic view of life — symbolized by the almost hourlong wedding sequence that opens the movie — is shattered forever when the three are shipped off to fight in Vietnam. The trio endure unimaginable horrors in a Vietnamese POW camp, but even their escape is just the beginning of a long odyssey that concludes with Mike searching for a lost friend during the fall of Saigon. Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture, the movie is also notable for featuring John Cazale’s final performance before his death, and for earning Meryl Streep her first Academy Award nomination.

**Picks from the Video Store**

1978 was a great year for American cinema. Take home more classics from this banner year tonight!

*Days of Heaven, Halloween, Up in Smoke*

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

The Deer Hunter

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/UK

INCEPTION in 70mm

Match starts at 12PM

Watch the Semifinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Drinks available for purchase at the bar. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**11AM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**12PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_zjjpg3)

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 9, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

This is the chair.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 10, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 53 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Laura is the one.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

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

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

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 9 & 10

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn’t there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he’s never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

BREAKDOWN

Billy Madison / 50 First Dates

**Producers**: Christian Davi,  Christof Neracher,  Thomas Thümena,  Chiemi Karasawa

Join Vidiots as we celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of the legendary **Harry Dean Stanton **with a special screening of the critically acclaimed, unusually poetic documentary ***Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction*** with director **Sophie Huber** in person!

An iconic actor in his intimate moments, with film clips from some of his 250 films and his own heartbreaking renditions of American folk songs. Lensed in colour and B+W by Seamus McGarvey, the film explores the actor’s enigmatic outlook on his life, his unexploited talents as a musician, and includes scenes with David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson and Debbie Harry.

This program will kick off a celebration of Harry’s legacy, featuring special guests and screenings throughout the Fall.

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Mommie Dearest

Bugsy in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

From director Christopher Nolan comes the story of a team of pioneers undertaking the most important mission in human history. Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey stars as ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

INTERSTELLAR in 70mm

Tank Girl 30 Year Anniversary 4K Screening at Brain Dead Studios with Q&A featuring Director Rachel Talalay and Special Guests

Synopsis: Tank Girl is an irreverent post-apocalyptic punk-rock story about a rebellious, tank-driving antiheroine named Rebecca Buck. Set in a drought-ravaged, dystopian Australia, she and her mutant kangaroo boyfriend, Booga, fight back against a tyrannical mega-corporation that controls the remaining water supply

TANK GIRL 4K W/ Q+A with Director Rachel Talalay & Special Guests

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:F FOR FAKE. Orson Welles' free-form documentary about fakery focusses on the notorious art forger Elmyr de Hory and Elmyr's biographer, Clifford Irving, who also wrote the celebrated fraudulent Howard Hughes autobiography, then touches on the reclusive Hughes and Welles' own career (which started with a faked resume and a phony Martian invasion). On the way, Welles plays a few tricks of his own on the audience.

F FOR FAKE

Fine Arts Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

“Why would I tie myself to one woman if I were interested in others?” says Jerôme, even as he plans on marrying a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end. Before then, Jerôme spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, Laura’s long-legged, blonde stepsister, Claire. Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire unwittingly instigates Jerôme’s moral crisis and creates both one of French cinema’s most enduring moments and what has become the iconic image of Rohmer’s Moral Tales.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

CLAIRE'S KNEE

**Screenwriters**: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman

**Producer**: Herman J. Mankiewicz

Politics have never made more sense than inside the Marx brothers’ madcap masterpiece *Duck Soup*. The plot, if *Duck Soup* has one, concerns Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx), the newly installed idiot leader of the bankrupt nation of Freedonia, and the hapless spies (Harpo and Chico Marx) who fail to stop him. As the world descends into chaos, the Marx brothers’ lunacy runs like clockwork yet feels like magic. In *Duck Soup*, Groucho, Zeppo, Chico, and Harpo stage an unpredictable political circus of comedic filmmaking, crafting the smartest stupid movie ever made, a tightly choreographed extravaganza of complete buffoonery. Audiences have been slurping up *Duck Soup* for nearly a century, and it tastes better than ever. 

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Duck Soup

**Screenwriters**: Walter Hill, Larry Gross

**Producers**: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver

An &#8217;80s Rock Opera for the Ages! Directed by Walter Hill (*The Warriors*) and featuring music by Rock God Jim Steinman, this modern musical scorches! Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe, sporting an amazing pompadour and leather waders) and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim (a teenaged Diane Lane). Ellen&#8217;s former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (&#8217;80s mainstay Michael Paré), happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen&#8217;s manager (we love Rick Moranis) hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, Tom battles through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back. So, pop on your leather jacket, hop on the back of your motorcycle, and get ready to rock on the *Streets of Fire.*

Please Note &#8211; We love to dance here at Vidiots and cannot guarantee this will not turn into a full-on dance party!

**Picks From the Video Store**

Bring home more Walter Hill bangers tonight!

*The Driver, Southern Comfort, The Warriors*

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

Streets of Fire on 35mm

Godzilla (1954)

Juice with Ernest Dickerson

A short documentary following C.O.F.F.I.N from their beginnings as teenagers on Sydney’s Northern Beaches to becoming one of Australia’s most respected contemporary rock’n’roll bands.

Told through over 20 years of archival footage, interviews, unseen material and life on the road, the film explores how persistence, friendship and the surrounding culture of the Northern Beaches shaped the band’s identity, music and worldview.

At the centre of the story are the decades-long friendships that built C.O.F.F.I.N, from founding members Ben Portnoy and Abijah Rado, who began performing together at age 12, to the later additions of Aaron Moss and Steven ‘Kosty’ Kostogiannis. Together, the film explores their deep personal bonds and shared history that shaped the band long before the music itself.

Featuring commentary from family, collaborators and figures across the Australian music community, alongside live in-studio performances and early previews of unreleased music, the film offers an intimate inside view into who C.O.F.F.I.N is.

For more on Up, head to https://up.com.au/

Tuesday, 6/30

2220 Arts + Archives

Acropolis Cinema: Masao Adachi's Escape (2025)

8:00 PM

⭐

Los Feliz Theatre

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 5 & 6

7:00 PM

⭐

"The Web" / THE GLADIATORS

10:00 PM

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New Beverly Cinema

Born to Kill

The Set-Up

7:30 PM

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