River of No Return

Hunt for the Wilderpeople with Taika Waititi

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Before STRANGER THINGS combined science fiction, Spielberg-ian thrills and 1980s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with DONNIE DARKO. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. Described by its director as “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE as told by Philip K. Dick,” DONNIE DARKO stars Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross and Noah Wyle.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Lakeshore

COUNTRY: USA

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Richard Kelly, actor James Duval and special guests 25th Anniversary

DONNIE DARKO

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear and delirium.

FORMAT: VHS

DISTRIBUTOR: MUBI

COUNTRY: USA/Canada

Beyond Fest 2026 World Premiere of VHS Edition

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA on VHS

Aero Theatre

Oklahoma Sludge Metal Legends CHAT PILE currate a handful of films at Brain Dead Studios with the band inperson for an intro and meet and greet. Don&#8217;t miss TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990):

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

CHAT PILE presents TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

Oklahoma Sludge Metal Legends CHAT PILE currate a handful of films at Brain Dead Studios with the band inperson for an intro and meet and greet prior to the film. Don&#8217;t miss BABY BOY (2001):

The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can&#8217;t seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.

CHAT PILE presents BABY BOY

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

An Academy Award–winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, PAN’S LABYRINTH encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro. Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Francisco Franco’s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas refusing to give up the fight. The violent reality in which Ofelia lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when she meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child’s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cineverse

COUNTRY: Spain/Mexico

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro North American Premiere of 4K Restoration 20th Anniversary

PAN'S LABYRINTH

Directors Village

What is AIDS, now? 
Or is it which AIDS? 
What is the now of AIDS and art? 
Or is it the why of art & AIDS? 
Which AIDS. Why art. Now. 
Ask it again. It won’t hold still.Artist and AIDS activist **Julie Tolentino** and artist and trans theorist **Eva Hayward** ask these questions — through art, through writing, through an open conversation about the unquestionable. Opening with artworks and readings from both Tolentino and Hayward, they tangle with the invitation to share image and language side by side. Hate (erotic) and void (deselection) are some of their keywords. To further decipher these terms, the artists reflect on their own responses to invitations surrounding AIDS and aesthetics, including terms such as ruination and archive. 

Hosted by ICA LA and as a conclusion to the inaugural year of the [Artist-in-Residence](https://www.theicala.org/en/residencies/air) (AIR) Program, this evening will be introduced and engaged by UCLA English professor and Performance Studies scholar, **Summer Kim Lee**.

Know AIDS Now

ICA LA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a documentary team set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young girl, events soon take an unexpected turn, leading the filmmakers down an increasingly dark and horrifying path.
Sean Hogan continues his hypnotizing exploration of the uncanny, after scaring us witless with TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST with this hybrid documentary fiction film that takes genre tropes and turns them upside down to craft something unique and singular. As a filmmaker who understands the nuance of a fright impeccably well, Hogan here delves deep into the modern world, exploring what happens when the malevolent ancient entities encounter digital highways. Full of emotion and unease powerful enough to fuel an entire cinema, THE DARK GETS IN is exceptional storytelling designed to make you sleep with the lights on.

FOMRAT: DCP

COUNTRY: UK

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Sean Hogan World Premiere

THE DARK GETS IN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A Deaf backpacker finds himself hunted by something not human in the depths of the Black Forest, with all his friends already dead. His escape will lead him to a cabin with a farmer who speaks no English. Now the men must decide if each is a threat or a help and also contend with the thing beyond the door, which will stop at nothing to destroy them.
Britt Falardeau’s exquisite debut is a real display of filmmaking skill and verve – eschewing any spoken dialogue for different modes of visual storytelling and conjuring an environment of dread and wonder, she is paired with two extraordinary actors – Harold Foxx and Daniel Novick – who both deliver exceptional performances. Beyond just an exercise in horror, HINTER is a truly sublime piece of cinema that also displays an extraordinary heart.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

HINTER

Los Feliz Theatre

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

From Dusk Till Dawn

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriters**: James Cameron, William Wisher Jr.

**Producers**: James Cameron

One bad-ass mother of a sequel! The Governator is back and this time, he&#8217;s the good robot, sent from the future to protect John and Sarah Connor (Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton) from an even deadlier terminator unit through the malls, warehouses, and dry riverbeds of early &#8217;90s Los Angeles. A riotous good time for all, with pioneering special effects, and a timely message on Artificial Intelligence gone deadly, don&#8217;t miss this all-time banger on our big screen in glorious celluloid!

**Please Note:** Wednesday&#8217;s Screening will be on 35mm, Friday&#8217;s Screening will be presented digitally.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got all the Arnold you could want &#8211; he&#8217;s even got his own section to take home the bangers and the deep cuts!

*Stay Hungry, Pumping Iron, Kindergarten Cop*

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

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

**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**: Stephen King

**Producer**: Richard P. Rubinstein

Horror titans Stephen King and George Romero team up for the ultimate 80s horror anthology just in time to give you the creeps for the whole month of October! Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate&#8217;s occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. With a dynamo cast, fabulous practical effects, chills, laughs, *and* Stephen King in his most *viral* acting role, there&#8217;s a reason *Creepshow* has remained a Halloween staple for nearly 45 years!

**Picks from the Video Store**

George Romero is best remembered for his zombies, but try out these other horror bangers from his director&#8217;s section!

*Knightriders, Martin, Season of the Witch*

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

Creepshow

**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:** Yeon Sang-ho

**Producer:** Lee Dong-ha

One of the most well-rounded of all zombie flicks, *Train to Busan* is a genre-bending high-octane undead thrill ride with a supersized heart, realistic characters, and a delicious spread of social commentary. When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival. This tasty treat is screening one night only, so get your fill while you can!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home more obscure Korean Horror today on glorious physical media from our Asian Horror section!

*A Tale of Two Sisters, Phone, R-Point*

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

Train to Busan

**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

Vidiots

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother 35mm

Curse of the Demon

Night of the Juggler

Vista Theatre

## L.A. premiere - cast & crew in attendance!

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Garchaster's Cornblade is about a girl living on a star planet who smokes VHS as a drug... she goes to Earth to be in Donald Farmer's movie so she can get inside a VHS tape to smoke herself. On the star planet, everyone uses recycled earth trash to turn their homes into carnivals...the rest is a bit complicated.

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GARCHASTER'S CORNBLADE (2026) L.A. Premiere! pres. by Bloodsick Productions

WHAMMY!

Hocus Pocus

Inside Barbie to Anna Karenina: Production Design with Jan Pascale

Escape From New York in 4K and Escape from LA presented by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, 1992, Dir. Roland Emmerich, 102 Mins, Rialto Pictures, USA**

Private Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Sergeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) are killed in Vietnam, but a secret government project revives them in order to turn them into cyborg super-soldiers. When their memories start to return, Van Damme questions their mission.

FORMAT: 35mm

**DOLPH: UNBREAKABLE, 2025, Dir. Andrew Holmes, 78 Mins, UpStreamFlix, Canada**

DOLPH: UNBREAKABLE is a raw and revealing portrait of the action icon Dolph Lundgren. From a troubled upbringing in Sweden to global superstardom, the film explores Dolph’s hidden battles — including childhood trauma, chronic injuries and a brutal cancer diagnosis — and his relentless drive to survive and inspire. Through a medley of nostalgic home videos and archival photos, captivating interviews with comrades the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean Claude Van Damme, and endlessly quotable clips, Lundgren delves into his life before and after the spotlight, and through his personal accounts, the larger-then-life superstar illuminates fans to the battles he waged in his head, heart, and body throughout his utterly fascinating lifetime on-and off the big screen.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with actor Dolph Lundgren

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER / DOLPH: UNBREAKABLE

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**PAPER TIGER, 2026, Dir. James Gray, 115 Mins, NEON, USA**

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through the dangerous world of the Russian mafiya, family bonds begin to fray with life-altering consequences.

FORMAT: DCP

**LITTLE ODESSA, 1994, Dir. James Gray, 98 Mins, Universal, USA**

Early 00s, in the seaside neighborhood of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, nicknamed Little Odessa, a cold-blooded hitman returns to the place where he grew up—and left after he had killed its mafia boss—for a contract and accepts to visit his estranged family.

FORMAT: 35mm

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker James Gray West Coast Premiere of PAPER TIGER PAPER TIGER had its World Premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and is playing opening night at NYFF. James Gray’s personal 35mm print of LITTLE ODESSA

PAPER TIGER / LITTLE ODESSA

*In Japanese with English subtitles. *

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) is a coming-of-age story about a young witch finding her way in the world, struggling with self-doubt and learning to trust herself along the way. Set in a world where witches are an ordinary part of life, KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE is a beautiful, heartfelt story about growing up and finding your place.

Halloween is just around the corner, so we’ve got a lineup of Saturday matinees for the whole family. Bring the kids (or your inner child) and come hang out with us at Brain Dead Studios.

Kiki’s Delivery Service

All other plot points aside, I like to think of this as a movie about the Predator as a fish-out-of-water tourist. He&#8217;s hunting people for sport, sure, but it&#8217;s just a cultural misunderstanding! Mr. Hulot&#8217;s Holiday style adventures with 85% more violence.

Predator 2

In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost.

Kuroneko

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

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who&#8217;s responsible—before it&#8217;s too late.

Climax

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell go deep undercover in Michael Mann’s explosive, action-packed MIAMI VICE. When detectives Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) and Sonny Crockett (Farrell) are asked to investigate the brutal murders of two federal agents, they find themselves pulled into the alluring and lethal world of drug traffickers.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA/Germany

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker Michael Mann World Premiere of Michael Mann’s brand new cut of MIAMI VICE, restored in 4K for the 20th anniversary

MIAMI VICE: DIRECTOR'S FINAL CUT

Join us for a day of inspiring and informative conversations about critical topics affecting arts education for teens and young adults. The sessions spotlight innovative, inspiring, and replicable youth-centered programming in California, Florida, Illinois, and Texas. In addition, enjoy youth performances and opportunities for networking. ### Schedule ### Premiere Performance of the Newly Commissioned Poem, “High Art” \[Evan Wang\]\[1\], 2025 National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States ### Morning Panels \*\*Impact and Possibility in School-Adjacent Arts Programming\*\*  
Michael Cirelli, founder of the \[National Youth Poet Laureate Program\]\[2\], New York and Los Angeles  
Vincent Coronado, director of \[Creative Solutions at Big Thought\]\[3\], Dallas  
Brittany Prieto, senior education specialist for \[Teen Programs at the Getty Museum\]\[4\]  
Moderated by Raúl Flores, executive director at \[artworxLA\]\[5\], Los Angeles \*\*Outreach and Partnerships for Classroom Arts Integration\*\*  
Dr. Lucy Chen, vice president of advocacy and community engagement at \[Cathedral Arts Project\]\[6\], Jacksonville, FL  
John Lawler, CEO of \[P.S. ARTS\]\[7\], Los Angeles  
Amy Rasmussen, executive director of \[Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education\]\[8\]  
Moderated by LeAnn Binford, senior director of consulting services at \[Big Thought\]\[9\], Dallas ### Afternoon Panels \*\*Agency and Creativity for Youth in the AI Age\*\*  
Mary Dell’Erba, assistant director, \[Arts Education Partnership\]\[10\], Washington, DC  
\*In conversation with\*  
Dr. Kylie Peppler, professor of informatics & education, director of \[The Creativity Labs\]\[11\], University of California, Irvine \*\*The Arts and Music in Schools Act: New Data on California's Proposition 28 and a Look to its Future\*\*  
Dr. Veronica Alvarez, executive director, \[Create CA\]\[12\], Pasadena  
Kyle Holmes, director, California County Superintendents’ \[Statewide Arts Initiative\]\[13\], Sacramento  
Moderated by Jeannine Flores, visual & performing arts coordinator at the \[Los Angeles Office of Education\]\[14\], Los Angeles ### Closing Remarks Dr. Andrew Westover, Eleanor M. Storza Deputy Director, Learning & Civic Engagement at the \[High Museum of Art\]\[15\], Atlanta ### Youth Musical Performance To be announced \[1\]: https://www.youthlaureate.org/youth-poet-laureates/evan-wang \[2\]: https://www.youthlaureate.org/ \[3\]: https://bigthought.org/who-we-are/our-programs/creative-solutions/ \[4\]: https://www.getty.edu/education/teen-programs/ \[5\]: https://www.artworxla.org/ \[6\]: https://capkids.org/ \[7\]: https://psarts.org/ \[8\]: https://capechicago.org/ \[9\]: https://bigthought.org/ \[10\]: https://www.aep-arts.org/ \[11\]: http://creativitylabs.com/ \[12\]: https://createca.org/ \[13\]: https://cacountyarts.org/ \[14\]: https://www.lacoe.edu/services/curriculum-instruction/arts-steam \[15\]: https://high.org/

Getty Creative Engagement Forum: Amplifying Youth Voices through Arts Education

Getty Center

To celebrate the final month of our inaugural [Artist-in-Residence](https://www.theicala.org/en/residencies/air) program, ICA LA invites you to attend our Fall Open Studios on Saturday, October 3 from 12 – 3pm. This is a special opportunity meet our inaugural cohort and learn about their practices and experience in the residency program. This event is free and open to all. 

Are you an ICA LA [member](https://www.theicala.org/en/membership)? Members are invited to a sneak peek of the studios from 11am – 12pm for remarks with the artists and Executive Director Anne Ellegood and complimentary refreshments.  

ICA LA’s Artist-in-Residence program is made possible with lead support from the Getty Foundation. Generous support is also provided by a Discretionary Grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. ICA LA is grateful to AVA Arts District for their in-kind support.

Artist-in-Residence Fall Open Studios

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

A daughter uncovering her mother’s secret legacy, a clown-for-hire having a horrible day, a ballplayer chasing his father’s approval into dangerous territory, a forensic artist reconstructing faces, including his own: this block digs into what we inherit, for better and worse. Tender and unflinching by turns, these shorts examine the ties that bind (and gag).

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Marge,” Dirs. Julia Kern and Michael Prieto, 15 Mins, USA** 
After learning she’s pregnant, Sadie reflects back on the night she learned her mother was a serial killer. But now becoming a mother herself, Sadie suddenly finds herself understanding Marge in a way she never has before.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Beauty Night,” Dir. Dalila Droege, 12 Mins, USA**
12-year old Mia just got her period. After a spa night where her Mother shows her how to beautify herself into a woman, Mia is initiated into a terrifying new role in the family.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Imprint,” Dir. Ran Jing, 15 Mins, USA**
In a near-future society where knowledge is traded like currency, a desperate mother purchases expertise from an immigrant to give her daughter an advantage, only to discover the unsettling price of such progress.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Claddagh,” Dir. Anna Drezen, 11 Mins, USA**
Two sisters have put off deciding until the last possible minute if their mom would have wanted to be buried wearing her favorite necklace, or if she wanted them to keep it for themselves.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Are You Fucking Kidding Me?!”, Dir. Zen Pace, 12 Mins, USA**
When a broke birthday party clown finds out in the middle of the gig from hell that his mother is on her death bed, he must do whatever it takes to afford a flight home to say goodbye.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Clayhead,” Dir. Jamie Sanger, 12 Mins, USA**
An aging forensic facial reconstruction artist – tasked with approximating the faces of unidentified remains – creates a model of their own face.

FORMAT: DCP

**“In My Blood,” Dir. Alex Bendo, 20 Mins, USA**
Desperate to live up to his father’s expectations, a talented but inconsistent minor league baseball player turns to steroids, igniting a dangerous transformation of body and mind.

FORMAT: DCP

**“A Stable for Horses,” Dir. Davie Paterson, 7 Mins, Australia**
As Remy prepares for a baptism by fire, his uncle recounts the legend of his father and the sad, violent tale of the Smith Street Sharps.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Shorts: Family Business

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

A forbidden summer camp romance, a demon striking bargains on a snowbound mountain, a garbage bag hiding god-knows-what in the woods: this block delivers horror in primal, atmospheric forms. Eerie, immersive, and steeped in dread, these shorts hammer home the point that isolation (in the woods, the mountains, or your own mind) is where real terror begins and ends.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Camp Oleander ,” Dir. Alyssa Aldaz, 14 Min, USA**

At Camp Oleander, two girls’ forbidden connection is tested by a seductive ritual.

FORMAT: DCP

**“What We Carry,” Dir. Karl-Mary Akre, 14 Min, USA**

Stranded in the rural American South, an Ivorian couple must fight to escape an unknown predator.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Udders!,” Dir. Michael Spencer, 6 Min, USA**

What is this naked man running from?

FORMAT: DCP

**“Kāalgaon,” Dir. Amit Gupta, 13 Min, USA/India**

In a remote Indian village where women vanish without a trace, a journalist’s investigation awakens a supernatural presence buried beneath generations of silence. As the victims’ voices rise through her, so does a force of karmic vengeance.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Feed the Dark,” Dir. Rob Himebaugh, 8 Min, USA**
Snowbound high in the mountains, a ski patroller realizes her injured colleague has been possessed by a ravenous demon.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Sola,” Dir. Brian Hernandez, 18 Min, USA**
A young woman who suffers from chronic sleep paralysis awakens to find the world around her has descended into a zombie apocalypse.
FORMAT: DCP

**“Don’t Pick Up,” Dir. Ben White, 15 Min, USA**
Tye, a young aspiring junior attorney working on behalf of a Texas oil company, is tasked with falsifying documents connected to a wrongful death lawsuit. However, Tye quickly learns the victim, a worker who drowned in crude oil, haunts the case and now him.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Bagman,” Dir. Vaughn Gaston & Connor Gaston, 10 Min, Canada**
A graduate researcher monitoring wildlife cameras notices a garbage bag suddenly appear in a forest clearing. She sends her supervisor to check it out–watching his every move through the live camera feed to see what’s inside the bag.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Shorts: Prey Tell

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Persian with English subtitles.*

In war-torn post-revolutionary Tehran in the 1980s, Shideh must contend with having been barred from her medical studies due to her political convictions. Stuck at home looking after her child, everything escalates with the arrival of war and her husband being recruited into the army. Refusing the offers to leave the city, soon Shideh and her daughter find themselves the target of an altogether different kind of terror: a djinn.

What can we say about Babak Anvari’s bona fide genre classic that hasn’t already been said? Nothing other than it gives us great pleasure to be able to celebrate its 10-year anniversary on the big screen where its power has not lost one iota of its strength.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: XYZ Films

COUNTRY: UK/Jordan/Qatar

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with actor Narges Rashidi 10th Anniversary

UNDER THE SHADOW

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Rushes of a Killer,” 2026, Dir. Kiko Morah, 9 Mins, Netherlands**

The following footage was recovered from an abandoned cinema in Amsterdam. It is believed to be linked to several disappearances over the past decade. None of the individuals shown have been located.

FORMAT: DCP

**CROWLEY, 1987, Dir. Ricardo Islas, 74 Mins, Terror Vision, Uruguay**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

In a small colonial town, an ancient vampire rises from the ground and starts terrorizing everyone – soon the whole place is littered with bodies. But this is only the beginning of the nightmare of CROWLEY which will claim many, many victims before the dreadful truth at its heart is exposed.
Ricardo Islas was 17 when he made this by-and-large lost and forgotten vampire epic in Uruguay and it’s only thanks to the efforts of those crazy masterminds at Terror Vision (especially Brad Henderson) that we can enjoy this as complete a version as there will ever be in the relative comfort of the cinema. Truly a one-of-a-kind shot-on-video horror artifact, CROWLEY is a love letter to the movies, to making things no matter what obstacles may stand in the way and to the myth of the vampire: ever-enduring and seductive.

FORMAT: DCP

Beyond Fest 2026 Q&A with filmmaker, producer and actor Ricardo Islas World Premiere of New Restoration of CROWLEY

"Rushes of a Killer" / CROWLEY

New Beverly Cinema’s Annual Horror Show

1931 • Introduction by Author Julian David Stone • This is the one that turned Universal horror into a major Hollywood brand, and it made Boris Karloff a star. James Whale’s direction is a big reason it still works. The makeup by Jack Pierce became the template for what audiences picture when they think “Frankenstein’s monster.” If you’ve only seen clips or parodies, you'll find that this film is far more powerful than you expect. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Frankenstein

1959 • Introduction by Author Julian David Stone • Vincent Price is having a great time here, and so does the audience. The film was directed by William Castle, the king of gimmicks. It’s a perfect old-school spooky night with laughs, gasps, and a classic black-and-white atmosphere. It's a Halloween movie that feels like a party! • Show begins with spooky music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

House on Haunted Hill

Old Town Music Hall

Come celebrate our third birthday with us! We'll be hanging out from 2-9pm

2-3pm - potluck and party! Bring a dish or just yourself :)

3-4pm - open jam!

4-6pm - ping pong tournament, upcycling arts and crafts: block printing and collage. Bring an old shirt, tote, etc. and transform it into a new item in this guided block printing activity with  housemouse.la  We'll be collaging at the same time, so feel free to bring any old magazines, books or photos as well!

6-7pm - open jam #2

7-9pm - KARAOKE!

FREE! RSVP  here .

We will also be announcing the winners of our silent auction! Items up for auction include signed LPs and books by Devendra Banhart, studio time at Altamira Sound, a night at Scribble (sound engineer and front of house employees included), and a 30 minute target massage by Rebecca Jones! To bid/recieve more info click  here . 

Scribble Turns 3!

Scribble

**Screenwriters**: Daniel Gerson,  Robert L. Baird,  Dan Scanlon

**Producer**: Kori Rae

It&#8217;s primetime for spooky silly scares, and we&#8217;ve got a brand new class of incoming freshman to the spookiest school of all &#8211; *Monsters University!* Ever since he was a kid monster, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) has dreamed of becoming a Scarer. To make his dream a reality, he enrolls at the prestigious academy Monsters University. During his first semester, he meets Sulley (John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. Sulley and Mike engage in a fierce rivalry that ultimately gets them both kicked out of MU&#8217;s elite Scare Program. To make things right, Mike and Sulley &#8212; along with a bunch of misfit monsters &#8212; will have to learn to work together. No matter your level of furriness or the number of eyes you have, we&#8217;re sure to have a place for you and your little monsters at the head of the class!

**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.

Monsters University

**Screenwriter**: Anthony Greville-Bell

**Producers**: John Kohn,  Stanley Mann

Is it even spooky season if you&#8217;re not spending it with Vincent Price unaliving his critics with Shakespearean twists? The esteemed master of the macabre Vincent Price stars in this devilishly entertaining backstage nightmare as a Shakespearean actor snubbed by the critics. Now this sonnet-spouting madman is out to murder every journalist who gave him a bad review, and he&#8217;s out to do it with gallons of porch-paint blood! Funny, campy, and magnificently monstrous, don&#8217;t miss your chance to watch the crown prince of horror work his murderous magic!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We love Vincent Price so much we gave him his own section in horror where you can take home dozens of morbid delights, including these gems:

*House on Haunted Hill, The Pit and the Pendulum, Mr. Sardonicus*

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

Theater of Blood

**Screenwriters:** Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick

**Producer:** Bruce Gilbert

Vidiots remembers its forever **Goddess Dolly Parton** with a special screening of the iconic ***9 to 5***.

The ultimate workplace revenge comedy, with three of the most iconic stars to ever grace the world and the big screen with their presence, there are few films as satisfying as this all time comedy/worker&#8217;s rights banger! In this witty, satirical farce — listed as one of the &#8220;100 Funniest Movies&#8221; by the American Film Institute — secretaries Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and office manager Lily Tomlin live every female worker&#8217;s dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their egotistical, sexist boss, played by Dabney Coleman. When they get an unexpected chance to take revenge, they turn their male controlled workplace into a model office — even as their scheme spins wildly out of control. Bring your best coworkers and gal pals, and make sure you take the joint when Fonda passes it to you!

**Dolly Parton – We Will Always Love You!**

Dolly Parton was one of one – with a heart even bigger than her hair. She was one of the greatest to ever make us laugh, cry, and sing – 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.

9 to 5

**Screenwriters**: Tsai Ming-liang,  Yang Ping-ying

**Producers**: Peggy Chiao,  Carole Scotta,  Caroline Benjo

Your Saturday night is about to get surreal with Tsai Ming-liang&#8217;s wholly original dystopian dark comedy *The Hole* presented on a glorious brand new 35mm print! Set just prior to the start of the 21st century, this vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him. Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and a couple of unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-Liang crafted one of the most original films of the 1990s.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more jaw-droppers from the Tasi Ming-liang director&#8217;s section!

*Goodbye Dragon Inn, Rebels of the Neon God, Vive L&#8217;Amour*

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

The Hole on 35mm

Hold That Ghost

V/H/S/94 + V/H/S/99

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In German with English subtitles.*

Berlin, 2019: The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall is approaching, but former East German Railway worker “Micha” Hartung (Hübner) is focused on saving his failing video store, not on the past. When tabloid journalist Landmann (Ullrich) uncovers a report from the Stasi archives linking Micha to a mass escape of GDR citizens via the city’s Friedrichstraße Station in 1984, he moves to secure the rights to the story. Denying his role at first, Micha bends the facts, confirming the report in exchange for the cash royalty.  Suddenly, Micha is a media sensation. After Paula (Paul), who was a child on that train, sees Micha on TV, she travels to thank him. Upon meeting, Paula thinks she’s found her “Berlin Hero,” and Micha has found the woman of his dreams. Still, it is only a matter of time before the web of lies and half-truths unravels, jeopardizing the couple’s happiness and the country’s understanding of the past. Based on Maxim Leo’s eponymous novel, featuring an extraordinary cast including Charly Hübner, Leonie Benesch, Thorsten Merten, Becker himself, and his long-time ensemble, Christiana Paul, Jürgen Vogel, and Daniel Brühl, Wolfgang Becker’s final film is a heart-warming, honest comedy about the nature of truth. 

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Germany

Closing Film U.S. Premiere Pre-screening drink reception ‘German Currents 2026’

BERLIN HERO

The foundations of Grayson Manor are shaken when an accident leaves Boyd Grayson handless and his mother invests in radical new technology to help him. 

Actor Chris Colfer (*Glee*) will join for a post-screening Q&A.

The Restoration at Grayson Manor

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Notorious

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Days of Heaven

Double Feature Presentation!

 

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961, Elia Kazan, 124 minutes) 

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty star as two teenaged lovers in 1928 Kansas whose internal conflicts over intimacy and sex--learned from overbearing parents--thwart their hopes for happiness in this heart-wrenching romantic drama. 

 

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STILL WALKING (2008, Hirokazu Kore-eda, 114 min.) 

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.



Splendor in the Grass will screen first, followed by a 15 minute intermission, then Still Walking.

Splendor in the Grass + Still Walking

Egyptian Theatre

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

There will be a Vinegar Syndrome Pop-up Shop in the lobby before and after the screening.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A wickedly ridiculous ‘80s precursor to THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, this gorefest throws in a busload of creature-feature comforts: hulking Sasquatches, ghoulish zombies, bloody sacrifices and alien overlords. A group of vacationing teens get way more than just a fun-filled few days in the wilderness as their cabin is besieged first by a feral Bigfoot, followed by a shotgun-toting George Kennedy (COOL HAND LUKE, THE NAKED GUN) and an even bigger, grosser monster-mash surprise. Based on an original story by prolific SFX artist John Carl Buechler and directed by Emmett Alston (NEW YEAR’S EVIL), DEMONWARP is packed with gratuitous nudity, head-ripping action and the will to thoroughly entertain!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Vinegar Syndrome

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Emmett Alston and producer Richard Albert New 4K Restoration Co-presented by Vinegar Syndrome and Scream Screen ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents DEMONWARP

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

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

LADY IN THE WATER

The Town That Dreaded Sundown / The Evictors

**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

Presented by the UCI Third Cinema Now Collective, a collaboration between Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Margaux Fitoussi, and Felix Jean-Louis of the University of California, Irvine. The film series highlights the work of filmmakers from across the Global South and creates a forum for genuine encounters between the UC Irvine community, greater Los Angeles, and filmmakers from around the world. Each screening contextualizes regional cinematic voices and facilitates an extended talkback discussion, centering regional voices as they speak back to American audiences at this pivotal historical juncture.

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## L'Homme sur les quais (The Man by the Shore)

The parents of Sarah, 8 years old had to run away from the Haïti of the Duvaliers. The father, a discredited officer, trusted Sarah and her two sisters to their grandmother. For a time, secure away from Janvier’s revenge, a violent person dedicated to the new power, Sarah creates a world of her own, full of fantasies, of mysteries and rituals. 30 years later, the pictures of those years intermingle, nightmares recalling a man on the quays that put an end to her childhood.

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**dir. Raoul Peck, 1993***Haiti, digital projection*106 min

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## MONDAY, 10/127:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

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## $10 general admission.

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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.***

L'HOMME SUR LES QUAIS (1993), pres. by UCI Third Cinema Now Collective

Elephant Gym successfully completed a world tour spanning 60 cities across 23 countries. However, behind this achievement lay an unseen crisis of disbandment, along with hidden conflicts and struggles. What does it truly mean to be a band? The film was first screened in October 2025 at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, one of Taiwan’s leading film festivals, and will also be shown in theaters in both Japan and Taiwan.

While their world tour across 23 countries and 60 cities was a major success, the film reveals the untold story behind it—including a looming breakup crisis during its preparation, as well as the band’s internal conflicts and struggles.

“If your dreams were to become reality, what price would you be willing to pay?“

Elephant Gym, an instrumental band from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has been creating indie music since its formation in 2012. Their sound blends complex rhythms with irregular time signatures and sophisticated melodies. In Taiwan, their avant-garde musical style often raised the question: who would even listen to this?

In 2024, they embarked on a world tour covering 23 countries and 60 shows, including three performances in the Philippines. They captivated audiences worldwide and firmly established their presence.Yet behind the glamorous stage, there were deep struggles. Between guitarist Tell Chang and bassist KT Chang—who are siblings—there were conflicts between family ties and band dynamics. Drummer Chia-Chin Tu had to make the difficult decision to leave another band.

And just before the world tour, the band faced a crisis that nearly led to their breakup—filled with unseen pain and clashes.

Still, they chose to believe in their music and in their bond, and continued moving forward.

From a niche genre to the global stage, Elephant Gym asks through their musical journey: What is a band made of people with different backgrounds? What does it mean for people to connect?

Between dreams and reality, they found their own “truth.”

Come witness that answer in theaters.

Elephant Gym: More Real Than Dreams

There had been remarkably few films made about the Vietnam War when The Deer Hunter began filming in 1977. Michael Cimino had only one previous directorial credit (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot), but the filmmaker was given unusual leeway to create a three-hour-plus epic, with equal weight given to its study of small-town American life and to the brutality and horror of war. The film won five Oscars including Best Picture, Directing, and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken’s intense performance. The film also marked the last screen appearance of 1970s cinema legend John Cazale.	

The Deer Hunter

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English and Chinuk Wawa with English subtitles.*

A poetic, experimental debut feature circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, MAŁ̣NI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE follows two people as they wander through their surrounding nature, the spirit world and something much deeper inside. At its center are Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier, who take separate paths contemplating their afterlife, rebirth and death. Probing questions about humanity’s place on earth and other worlds, Sky Hopinka’s film will have audiences thinking (and dreaming) about it long after.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grasshopper Film

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Sky Hopinka In partnership with Vidiots Supported by the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation ‘Here and Elsewhere: Films from Sky Hopinka’

MAŁ̣NI - TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE

Who Killed Teddy Bear? / In the Cut

**Starring Marisa Tomei, Sanaa Lathan, Colette Hayes, Rosanna Arquette, Rudy Pankow, Lois Smith,** **Michael Govan Hackett,** **Milo Maharlika --with more to come!**

_This Is Crazy!_, a series of original monologues written and directed by V (formerly Eve Ensler), is a bold new theatrical production exploring mental illness through raw, personal storytelling. Produced by Ruth-Ann Huvane and Tony Montenieri, the production captures the emotional and social complexities of the human experience while challenging stigma and inspiring greater understanding.

Premiering in Los Angeles for one night only, _This Is Crazy!_ aims to spark a national conversation about mental health through the power of storytelling.

The Benefit Performance and Afterparty Dinner honor the life of Chris Huvane, whose story reminds us how vital it is to ensure that individuals and families have access to understanding, support, and compassionate care.

All proceeds to benefit NAMI, NAMI California and NAMI Westside Los Angeles

THIS IS CRAZY! NAMI BENEFIT PERFORMANCE & AFTERPARTY DINNER

The Wallis

**Screenwriters**: Dave Franco, Joe Swanberg

**Producers**: Dave Franco,  Elizabeth Haggard,  Teddy Schwarzman,  Ben Stillman, Christopher Storer,  Joe Swanberg

Vidiots is dying to welcome writer/director **Dave Franco, **as well as cast members **Alison Brie, Dan Stevens and Jeremy Allen White** for a long overdue theatrical screening of their sinister thriller ***The Rental***.

Before they grossed out America with their unique blend of romance and body horror in *Together*, husband and wife horrorphiles Dave Franco and Alison Brie brought us this taught and terrifying shocker. Released in the unfortunate year of 2020, this creepfest of a chamber piece was denied a theatrical release all together, so we&#8217;re giving you your first chance to see it big and loud! Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light. Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White and Sheila Vand star in this unnerving and sophisticated debut thriller from Dave Franco. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to see this killer good time on a big screen with a crowd for the first time!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love a getaway horror? Try out these deep (woods) cuts on DVD and Blu-Ray

*Let&#8217;s Scare Jessica to Death, Dead and Buried, Messiah of Evil*

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

The Rental

Burn Witch, Burn

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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’s new neighbors, a misguided couple on a mission to ‘rebrand’ a plantation. Truth, lies and fantasy collide against that backdrop, leading to a surprising climax as tender as it is funny.

Roscher’s bitingly comic feature film debut weaves themes of race, belonging and family into Bird’s mercurial journey back to herself. James LeGros, Jeffrey Nordling and Annabelle Dexter-Jones co-star.

A Future of Film is Female release.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Future of Film is Female

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and screenwriter Melody C. Roscher and actors Alisha Wainright, Christine Lahti and Jeffrey Nordling. Moderated by Miriam Bale. ‘Women Wednesday’

BIRD IN HAND

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A country girl named Akiko (Yoriko Doguchi, known for her collaborations with the late Kishin Shinoyama) visits a college in Tokyo in search of her hometown sweetheart. In the course of finding him, she runs into various odd inhabitants of the college campus – blasé intellectuals, sex-crazed co-eds, a psychology professor in search of the theory of shame (played by award-winning director Juzo Itami) and of course her sweetheart Yoshioka, who has become an elusive campus nobody. An early pink film from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the award-winning director of CURE and TOKYO SONATA.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Japan

‘You Can’t Stream That on Television’

BUMPKIN SOUP

El Cine presents Chilean filmmakers Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña's nightmarish, surrealist fairy tale evoking the nation's traumatic past

THE WOLF HOUSE (La Casa Lobo) presented by El Cine

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Bernard Rose from a story by Clive Barker

**Producers**: Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Alan Poul

*Sweets for the sweet*&#8230;Undisputedly one of the best horror films of the 1990s (and arguably of all time), this creepy classic will still chill you to the bone. Let the hypnotic Philip Glass score draw you into a haunting and menacing nightmare about gentrification and systemic racism, perfectly helmed by Tony Todd&#8217;s iconic performance. Helen (Virginia Madsen) is a grad student on the hunt for the definitive scoop of a local urban legend for her thesis project. What she finds is a monster that preys on the projects and seduces her into his antebellum mythology. A pitch-perfect masterpiece of horror, say his name five times and join us for terror in Cabrini Green!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We miss Tony Todd! Take home more menacing delights from his killer career!

*Final Destination(s), The Rock, The Crow*

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

Candyman

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell/Genocide

### **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

Preview Screening New 4K Restoration of Director’s Cut

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS

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

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 9/17) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jessica goes to the Connecticut countryside for some rest following her release from an institution where she has just recovered from a nervous breakdown. She arrives with her husband and friend, but the three find little relaxation. Instead, they become entangled in a creepy tale of the supernatural which involves murder, an attempted drowning, a séance, disappearing bodies, vampires and constant torment for Jessica. Her marriage is strained, she hears voices and she can’t escape the mental turbulence which haunts her – for there really is something after Jessica.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Program begins with a live recording of the Greg Proops Film Club podcast. Feature starts at 7:30pm ‘The Greg Proops Film Club’

The Greg Proops Film Club Presents LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH

Supernatural / Terror Aboard

Mia Farrow descends into a dreamlike maze of grief and ghostly dread in this quietly haunting, long-overlooked ’70s horror gem.

FULL CIRCLE (aka THE HAUNTING OF JULIA, 1977)

**Screenwriter**: Joe Lo Truglio

**Producers**: Kara Baker,  Joe Lo Truglio,  Joe Mortimer

With writer/director **Joe Lo Truglio** in person for the October 15th screening!

Join us in the microcinema for Joe Lo Truglio&#8217;s nail-biting nightmare of the darkness that lurks in the woods and inside us. In his directorial debut feature, veteran comedian and actor Joe Lo Truglio displays his darker side with this satisfying slow burn of isolation, PTSD, and pyschosis. After a violent attack, a woman searches for strength in the solitude of a lookout job, but is overwhelmed by something darker. With a phenomenal cast and a slow and steadily unhinged descent into madness and feminine rage, culminating in a gory and hallucinatory climax, you won&#8217;t want to skip this trip to the nature&#8230;of revenge!

October 16th will be screening only without guests.

Outpost

**Screenwriter**: Michael Cristofer

**Producers**: Neil Canton, Peter Guber, Jon Peters

Have a hell of a good time with Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, and of course Cher in this devilishly sexy comedy based on the John Updike novel. Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted — at a cost — when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives and promises to grant them supernatural powers even as he charms each of them with his own. Now that they have their own powers, it&#8217;s time to turn the tables on their sinister seducer. With an iconic cast, fiercely funny dialogue, and tons of witchy fun, you&#8217;ll want to gather up your coven and get ready for all the sexy and savage sorcery!

**Picks from the Video Store**

It&#8217;s time to Cher the love with these treasures on physical media!

*Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Good Times, Moonstruck*

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

The Witches of Eastwick

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man/House of Dracula

Ken Russell's The Devils 35mm

### **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

In 1945, after the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government consults spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war. Unfortunately, the souls&#8217; resentment and agony of the victims culminate together to revive the evil Onmyoji, Yasunori Kato. Only a young, psychically imbued priests&#8217; apprentice will dare fight the evil magician.

Tokyo: The Last War

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.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Akira

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: New Zealand/USA/Czech Republic

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

JOJO RABBIT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

BEGOTTEN has no characters in the ordinary sense. Its final credits name three principal figures: 
God Killing Himself.
Mother Earth.
Son of Earth — Flesh on Bone
The entire film is what those names do to each other and to the earth.
God Killing Himself tears open his body and dies. Mother Earth rises from what remains and takes his seed into herself. She gives birth to Son of Earth — Flesh on Bone. He is cast into a barren world, seized by the Nomads, tortured, killed and briefly returned to life by his mother. The Nomads destroy her too. The Robed Figures gather what remains of mother and son, grind their bodies down and return them to the soil. The ground flowers.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino

COUNTRY: USA

Limited Engagement New 4K Restoration Official Beyond Fest 2026 Selection Restoration personally supervised by filmmaker E. Elias Merhige. Restored from the original 16mm negative and optical soundtrack. It was scanned and restored in 4K, and final grading was done at filmscan & more in Munich, Germany.

BEGOTTEN

Critters

Brian Butler returns to reveal the hidden mythic currents behind Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.

Kenneth Anger’s INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME w/ Brian Butler

**Screenwriter/ Producer**: James Bond III

One of the best films to be released on Troma&#8217;s label, James Bond III&#8217;s *Def by Temptation* is a smart, slick, and stylish tale of faith, temptation, and demons! Joel grew up in the church but has recently started questioning his beliefs. After sensing a supernatural presence from his deceased father, Joel becomes compelled to visit his cousin in New York. But shortly after arriving, they become embroiled in a series of mysterious homicides of local men, all of whom were last seen in the company of a mysterious and beautiful woman. Beautifully photographed by Ernest Dickerson and starring Kadeem Hardison and Samuel L. Jackson, this sole directorial effort from child actor James Bond III is a macabre, neon-tinged portrait of late 1980s Brooklyn. The movie blends supernatural horror and religious mysticism, punctuated by an electrifying hip hop and R&B soundtrack. Newly restored from the original 35mm camera negative!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more bangers from Troma? Check out their section in Cult for more weird bloody fun!

*Bloodsucking Freaks, Christmas Evil, Touch me in the Morning*

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

Def by Temptation

The Tingler

35mm can be beautiful, but 16mm is *personal*. And when it’s a marathon of IB Technicolor 16mm prints, it’s both! Join Secret Sixteen founder Mike Williamson, Josh Miller (Killer Movies) and Bret Berg (Museum of Home Video) for a 12-hour sensorial feast of shockingly saturated colors and bloody night terrors — all screened from Secret Sixteen’s siqq collection of this wonderous format.

With enough decades, any print says bye-bye to its color except for the literal magic of Technicolor. This ancient occult art used 3x the amount of film to conjure 3x the joy in seeing unreal amounts of hues…the kind of shades that physically can’t be created today, as the company discontinued its dark arts in ’75.

**Titles aren’t revealed until they unspool onscreen.** What we can say is this six-film marathon is soaking in cursed body parts, heavyweight character actors, even heavier cloaks, liminal libraries and haunting hallways, sweaty demonology, boosted bustiers, gorgeous lighting, the walls closing in, wealthy reprobates, moody golems, boundless beliefs, hammy histrionics, masked murderers, meek mod psychopaths, rural isolation, “I killed your friend” vibes, danger, paranoia, bite marks, high fashion and quite a few instances of eye-popping palates matching a 4D printing process to give you an unparalleled moment in time. A pigment of your imagination.

SECRET SIXTEEN: TECHNICOLOR TERRORS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

SPANNING TIME is a cinephilic love letter to the humble photobooth, drawing on one hundred years of cinema from around the world to illustrate the machine’s enduring and universal power both to freeze time and to transcend it. Created by film archivist and photobooth historian Brian Meacham, the film tells the story of these beloved machines, from their public debut in 1926, at the dawn of film’s sound era, to their return to popularity for a new generation a century later. Photobooths and cinema have grown up in parallel, and from silent comedies of the 1920s to American indies of the 1990s, from Hong Kong action to the French New Wave, the film illustrates the quiet power these machines have held for generations of friends, lovers, travelers, spies, convicts, exhibitionists and anyone else who needed a quick portrait in the pre-selfie era. Through this encyclopedic collage made of selections from more than 150 films, both familiar and obscure, the versatile photobooth provides a space for privacy in public, creates lasting memories and becomes an unlikely hideout, time machine, even death chamber. Draw the curtain, raise the stool, insert a quarter and smile!

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

SPANNING TIME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson stars as “the devil” opposite three witches played by superstar actresses Susan Sarandon, Academy Award winner Cher and Michelle Pfieffer in this offbeat thriller with a comic twist. In the quaint New England town of Eastwick, Alexandra, Jane and Sukie yearn to meet the man of their dreams. One rainy night, the women each express an overpowering need for just one dynamic male capable of challenging their liberated spirits, a man who could become their inspiration, their joy, their… everything. But take care with what you dream, for your dream may come true… as it does for the Witches of Eastwick.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

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From Dusk Till Dawn

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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7:00 PM

Barbara Forever

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Train to Busan

9:45 PM

If I Go Will They Miss Me

10:00 PM

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8:00 PM

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GARCHASTER'S CORNBLADE (2026) L.A. Premiere! pres. by Bloodsick Productions

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