Spirited Away in 35mm

Cape Fear (1991) in 35mm

Academy Museum

### COMPUTER CHESS

**35mm print from the Chicago Film Society, with Andrew Bujalski in person!**

#### Preceded By

### sitrep

*Director:* Blair Barnes

*Release Year:* 2026  |

*Country:* U.S.  |

*Run Time:* 17 mins  |

*Format:* DCP
**Los Angeles premiere with Blair Barnes in person!**

We are excited to have filmmaker Andrew Bujalski and L.A.-based artist Blair Barnes in conversation following a short-and-feature pairing of *SITREP* and *COMPUTER CHESS*, the latter screening from a 35mm archival print. Both films were shot on the Sony AVC 3260, an analog tube video camera developed in the early 1970s which has a strangely beautiful black-and-white aesthetic, its shallow focus occasionally disrupted by blooms and smears of errant light. The filmmakers will discuss their distinctive approaches and inspirations behind using this idiosyncratic camera following the screening.

**Special thanks to Malkah Manuel (Lunette Films) and Julian Antos (Chicago Film Society).**

#### From Blair Barnes

“COMPUTER CHESS was released in 2013, after being filmed entirely on three Sony AVC 3260’s which were custom-fitted with an extra BNC outlet to make a stable, recorded image possible. Ultimately, one of the 3260’s was the main workhorse, as the 2:1 signal in the other two were less reliable. [DoP] Matthias Grunsky would describe the camera as having a “…transcendental character,” which endures as a representation of the Sony AVC 3250. SITREP, which will be making its debut in 2026, uses the 3250 as its foremost camera, with the Sony FX6 as the digital intermediary. Filmed almost entirely inside of an abandoned dialysis center, the project makes work of worldbuilding through encompassing tape loops and mismatches in frequency and frame rate to produce varied flicker lines, whereas COMPUTER CHESS transforms a murky hotel into uncanny chess tournament sprawl. Beyond Bujalski’s precision in nailing the period, the 3260 itself is an apt co-conspirator in slipping the piece into an idiosyncratic otherworld.

“The common denominator is the ⅔ inch tube. The evident draw is in the utility of the tube camera, and it is also in how these projects use inverse methods to speak to time, whether as a phonetic marker in *sitrep*, or an approximation of period in *COMPUTER CHESS*. There is also chronological resonance with the 1969 AVC 3260 being used in 2013, and its successor, the 1974 AVC 3250 being used in 2025.” – Blair Barnes

Mezzanine: COMPUTER CHESS + SITREP

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

The King of Comedy

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Two frauds seeking a woman’s heir cross paths with another couple planning a kidnapping scheme.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

FAMILY PLOT

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

The Driver is a Hollywood stunt driver by day, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld by night. A loner by nature, he finds himself a target for some of LA’s most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbour, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, he takes it upon himself to keep Irene and her son alive.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn 15th Anniversary

DRIVE

Los Feliz Theatre

Misery / Dead Calm

Jackie Brown

New Beverly Cinema

BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen Drink & Draw!

Stories Books & Cafe

**Screenwriter**: John Hodge from the novel by Irvine Welsh

**Producer**: Andrew Macdonald

Join us for the 30th Anniversary of this addictive cult classic, newly restored in 4K! Smart, funny, sickly and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero for our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never dreamed of, *Trainspotting* is the story of Mark and his so-called friends &#8211; a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed, seemingly inevitably, towards self-destruction. Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate &#8211; but then again, does he really want to &#8216;choose life&#8217;?

**Picks from the Video Store**

Who doesn&#8217;t want to take home Ewan McGregor tonight?

*Shallow Grave, Velvet Goldmine, Beginners*

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

Trainspotting

**Screenwriter**: Adrian Chiarella

**Producers**: Samantha Jennings,  Kristina Ceyton,  Hannah Ngo

Young love can be a monster in this sizzling queer Australian slow-burn horror. Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other. A mesmerizing and unnerving supernatural interpretation of conversion therapy, this is not only one of the best horror films of the year, it&#8217;s also one of the best love stories. Unique and disquieting with atmospheric dread in surround, don&#8217;t miss this summer scorcher in our microcinema.

Leviticus

**Screenwriters**: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks

**Producer**: Michael Gruskoff

We&#8217;re electrifying the ab(by)- normal and *Putting on the Ritz* with this unbelievably hilarious spoof on the classic tale of reanimation and misunderstanding. Gene Wilder plays the neurosurgeon descendent of the mythical Dr. Frankenstein. After stumbling on his original plans, the young Dr. Frankenstein (pronounced fronkenshteen) attempts to play God once again and bring a corpse back from the dead. With some of the funniest lines in cinema history and brilliant performances from Wilder, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr, *Young Frankenstein* remains one of Mel Brooks&#8217; greatest triumphs.

Young Frankenstein

**Screenwriter:** Mark Protosevich

**Producer: **Julio Caro, Eric McLeod

This is her&#8230;inside the mind of a serial killer.  As icon Jennifer Lopez embarks on her newest tour after the release of her new film &#8211; Vidiots goes back a few years to highlight one of her most enjoyable roles. Jenny from the Block plays a psychotherapist who uses a new experimental technique to journey inside a comatose serial killer with the hopes of saving his latest victim. A knock-out thriller with mind-bending visuals, you&#8217;ll sink into the surreality of Tarsem Singh&#8217;s disturbingly visionary work.

The Cell

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

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

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

And **Luis Valdez** himself will be in the Eagle theatre on July 23rd for a special screening of [***Zoot Suit!***](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/zoot-suit/)

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

Vidiots

The Odyssey (70mm)

Fight Without Jingi

Vista Theatre

Black Film Assembly presents *The Congo Recalibration Cycle: ZAMANI* – Films from Yole!Africa with Petna Ndaliko Katondolo.

With support from Slamdance and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.

(*Suggested donation for Yole!Africa: $10-20. Nobody turned away due to lack of funds.*)

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The Kongo Recalibration Cycle is an evolving body of films in which Kongo is not presented as a site of crisis, but as a living epistemology that recalibrates our relationship to memory, technology, ecology, and the imagination.

A night of films from Yole!Africa founder, filmmaker and mwalimu Petna Ndaliko Katondolo along with work from Yole!Africa filmmakers from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo exploring matriarchal return. through choices in the making of the films and their approaches to storytelling.

Within the Soulfull-Soil Cinema form - Yole!Africa’s school and mode of filmmaking channelled by Mzee Petna, films follow the logic of Ejo-Lobi storytelling where the future of the past is braided into the past of the future, weaving rhythms across dimensions. Where images are not cut but braided into the logic, weaving in the Murago way, with soulful-soil cinema principles.

The program includes special advance screenings of films from Goma speaking from a matriarchal perspective and legacy, through filmmaking choices and approaches in storytelling. In addition, there will be previews of an additional upcoming film from Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, as well as films from the Rhythmic Dream Architextures course taught by Matazi Weathers Rhythmic Dream Architextures as part of Yole’s new Cinema Celluloid Department.

After the screening, join Petna Ndaliko Katondolo and Matazi Weathers, in a community circle in the Yole!Africa form moderated by Jheanelle Brown for conversation and reflection on the program’s films and Yole!Africa’s work.

Program presented by *Black Film Assembly* - a living mycelium responsive to the needs of Black filmmakers, cultural workers, storytelling practitioners rooted in Los Angeles and blooming across diasporic geographies.

Financial support generously provided by Slamdance, Peter Baxter, and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.

Films from Yole!Africa with Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

2220 Arts + Archives

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia&#8217;s 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

The Act of Killing

A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

A Chinese Ghost Story

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who&#8217;s working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Hard Boiled

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles. *

Naruse harbored a special affection for this rural farce starring the great comic actor Kamatari Fujiwara, familiar to American audiences as the cravenly cynical peasant Manzo in Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI. As written by Naruse himself, Hyoroku (Fujiwara), a lowly member of a backwoods kabuki troupe, brings buffoonish pomposity to his role as the front legs of the act’s puppet horse. When a drunken patron falls on the horse’s head, the company replaces it with the real McCoy, unceremoniously demoting Hyoroku and his sidekick Senpei to stable boys. Tinged with nostalgia for a pre-modern popular art and vanishing provincial folkways, Naruse’s film conjures a timeless aura as if to ward off the distant reality of war.

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’

TRAVELLING ACTORS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

A hard-hitting commentary on class struggle and machismo set amid the dockyards of Alexandria in the immediate aftermath of Egypt’s 1952 revolution, this feverish social-realist melodrama stars the great Omar Sharif in one of his earliest film roles. He delivers an intense performance as Ragab, a sailor who must leave behind his beloved Hamidah (Faten Hamama, at the time Sharif’s real-life wife) for a long voyage at sea. When he returns after three years and discovers that she has taken up with the wealthy Mamdouh (the heartthrob Ahmed Ramzy), the volatile Ragab fights to win her back.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

New Restoration ‘Youssef Chahine: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

DARK WATERS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: USA/Denmark

Q&A with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. Moderated by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

HER PRIVATE HELL

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The twisted love story of a teenager and his obsessively jealous 1958 Plymouth Fury.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

CHRISTINE

Back to the Future

Dazed and Confused

2008 • This is Pixar firing on all cylinders, and it’s one of those movies where you’re hooked before anyone even says a word. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and also picked up Oscar nominations in major categories like Original Screenplay. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Wall-E

1988 • Introduction by Film Historian Randy Haberkamp • John Waters made plenty of films that could never have become mainstream favorites, which is part of what makes this one so special. Ricki Lake is terrific from the start, and Divine gives one of the movie’s great comic performances. Beneath all the fun, the picture has real warmth and generosity. No surprise it eventually found a second life on Broadway. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Hairspray

Old Town Music Hall

Vintage Los Angeles' Alison Martino presents the legendarily long-lost, now restored Italian arthouse portrait of mid-century LA!

Franco Rossi's SMOG (1962) — hosted by Alison Martino

Philosophical Research Society

For the FIRST time since the famed Bolshoi Theatre Violin Ensemble toured America in the 1960s, the art of 14 violin virtuosi sounding as ONE will be heard live again. In a classical-romantic-pop program “Canzoni d'amore e di vita” (“Songs of Love & Life”), _iPalpiti_’s virtuoso violinists will play beloved vignettes by great composers, _showcasing unison and virtuosity_ – qualities for which _iPalpiti_, under Schmieder’s direction, has long been praised.

Concert will conclude with a Salute to America’s 250th!  

29th season of “world-class” iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates brings another great week in summer classical cultural life of Los Angeles!

Prize-winning laureates from 18 Countries – illustrious alumni and new discoveries – arrive for a week’s residence in Beverly Hills, July 20 – 26, from Belarus, Ireland, Lithuania, China, Korea, Japan, Ecuador, Norway, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Spain, Venezuela, Japan, Poland, Russia, Azerbaijan, Estonia and the USA.

The iPalpiti Festival “has become one of the highlights – in some years, the highlight – of the summer here.” —R. Ginell, American Record Guide

iPalpiti \[ee-PAHL-pit-tee\] is Italian for the “heartbeat.”

VIOLINIPALPITI

The Wallis

**Screenwriter**: Elaine May

**Producers**: Howard Koch, Joseph Manduke, Hillard Elkins

The legendary Elaine May pulls triple duty as writer, director, and star of this wonderfully wry dark comedy of greed, love, plants, and plotting murder. Walter Matthau stars as Henry Graham, a trust fund baby who&#8217;s overspent his fortune into non-existence. Rather than work for a living, he decides to find a suggestible heiress to marry and murder. Awkward horticulturalist Henrietta Lowell (played by May herself) seems like the perfect mark, but maybe she&#8217;s more endearing with her penchant for cheap wine and generosity than he planned for.

A New Leaf

**Screenwriters**: David O. Russell, John Ridley

**Producers**: Charles Roven,  Edward L. McDonnell,  Paul Junger Witt

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in David O. Russell&#8217;s biting satire on American foreign policy that remains even more relevant today! At the tail end of the Gulf War, a small band of American soldiers in Iraq seek adventure and fortune in attempting to steal a huge cache of gold hidden somewhere in the desert. Along the way, they are confronted by heroic challenges and newfound discoveries that take them to places they could never have imagined. If you like your action laced with international heists, incendiary humor, and a killer cast, don&#8217;t miss this banger on our big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more war films with a sense of humor?

*M*A*S*H*, Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam*

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

Three Kings on 35mm

**Screenwriter:** Dan O&#8217;Bannon

**Producers:** Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill

If you&#8217;re like us, you could definitely use some Ellen Ripley in your life right now, and we&#8217;re ready to give you what you need! Experience the terror with the first chilling chapter of the *Alien* saga, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver in her breakout performance as the eternally bad-ass Ripley. When the crew of the space-tug Nostromo responds to a distress signal from a barren planet, they discover a mysterious life form that breeds within human hosts. The acid-blooded extraterrestrial proves to be the ultimate adversary as crew members battle to stay alive and prevent the deadly creature from reaching Earth. No one can hear you scream in space, but we certainly will at Vidiots. 

**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio &#8211; please see the box office for devices.

Alien

**Screenwriter**: John Early

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

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

Maddie’s Secret

Christmas in July

The Cat Returns

A Man Escaped in 35mm

A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.

Redline

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

The narrative directorial debut of Penelope Spheeris (WAYNE’S WORLD, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION), SUBURBIA will kick your ass. Made for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures after Spheeris’ phenomenal success with DECLINE, this nuanced look at a patchwork family of punks banded together against their bad parents + shitty authority figures is made even radder by hammering live sets from SoCal hardcore squads D.I. and TSOL. Fuck the world. 

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: USA

35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents SUBURBIA

The Informer  / Air Mail

**Screenwriter**: Greta Gerwig

**Producers**: Scott Rudin,  Eli Bush,  Evelyn O&#8217;Neill

Join us for Greta Gerwig&#8217;s Oscar-winning debut coming-of-age triumph. Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

**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.

Lady Bird

**Screenwriters**: Robert Engels, Mark Frost

*She’s dead… wrapped in plastic.* If your summer plans call for an enigmatic journey to the Pacific Northwest and a small sleepy burg called *Twin Peaks*, have we got news for you! Go back to the beginning of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s game-changing television phenomenon with a special theatrical screening of the first two episodes of this landmark series on our beautiful big screen. When the homecoming queen washes ashore shrouded in a plastic coccoon, this small town is thrown into tragedy and panic. Luckily, the FBI’s most intriguing special agent, Dale Cooper, is on the case and vows to unravel this enduring mystery that extends beyond Twin Peaks and into the dark recesses of this universe and beyond. Whether you’re starting the show for the first time, or you’re revisiting for your twentieth, there’s nothing like seeing this dark, clever, mystical, metaphysical, and offbeat masterpiece at Vidiots! 

Watch the whole first season with us!

[Episodes 1 + 2 in the Eagle Theatre](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-1-2/) &#8211; Sun., July 26th, 7:00pm

[Episodes 3 + 4 in the Mubi microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-3-4/) &#8211; Sat. Aug. 1, 7:30pm, Sun. Aug. 2, 7:30pm

[Episodes 5 + 6 in the MUBI microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-5-6/) &#8211; Sat. Aug. 1, 10:00pm, Mon. Aug. 3, 7:30pm

[Episodes 7 + 8 in the MUBI microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-7-8/) &#8211; Fri. Aug. 7, 10:00pm, Sat. Aug. 8, 7:30pm

Or, if you&#8217;re impatient, you can take home every single episode of the whole series and *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* from our David Lynch director&#8217;s section in the video store!

Twin Peaks: The Original Mystery – Episodes 5 + 6

Between pandemics, people’s revolts and male institutions, this period film cheekily combines fantastic psychedelia and handmade sets. Inspired by the life story of Julian of Norwich, a 14th-century mystic and the first woman to write a book in English.

Followed by Q & A with director Caroline Golum and actress Tessa Strain.

Fairfax Film Festival: Revelations of Divine Love

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 15, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 55 Mins, Paramount, USA**

There’s some fear in letting go.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 16, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 57 Mins, Paramount, USA**

No knock, no doorbell.

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 15 & 16

Midnight Run /

**Screenwriter**: Brian De Palma

**Producer**: Edward R. Pressman

Brian De Palma joins forces with songwriting superstar Paul Williams for one hell of a Faustian rock opera! Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach (William Finley) finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan (Paul Williams), who steals both his music and the girl Winslow wants to sing it, Phoenix (*Suspiria&#8217;s* Jessica Harper), for the grand opening of his rock palace, the Paradise. After Swan has Winslow sent to prison for trespassing, Winslow endures a freak accident that leaves him disfigured, after which he seeks revenge on both Swan and the Paradise. With killer music, a love story to span the ages, humor, stunning visuals, and remarkable performance numbers, this movie has really got it all!

**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.

Phantom of the Paradise

**Screenwriters**: Alexander Korda, Graham Greene

**Producers**: Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, David O. Selznick

Join us for Carol Reed&#8217;s slick masterpiece of thrilling double-crosses, doomed love, and startling philosophy. Holly Martins, an author of pulp Westerns, arrives in postwar Vienna as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has recently died. Martins stays around to investigate the death and finds everything isn&#8217;t what it seems. Joseph Cotton is the perfect patsy, Alida Valli is the gorgeous mystery, and Orson Welles is the smooth-talking devil twisting the rules to suit his own fortune. Often regarded as one of the best films of all time from the stunning cinematography, to the performances, to Welles&#8217; adlibbed monologue on the Medicis and cuckoo clocks, *The Third Man* is every bit as good as the hype.

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

The Third Man on 35mm

Titicut Follies in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Two codependent best friends living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip get caught in a case of mistaken identity that throws their lives into chaos.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction with filmmaker and screenwriter Dylan Meyer, actors Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat and cast Advance Screening ‘THE WRONG GIRLS Los Feliz Theatre Takeover’

THE WRONG GIRLS

**Screenwriter**: Jane Schoenbrun

**Producers**: Sarah Winshall,  Carlos Zozaya,  Abby Harri

Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey (Anna Cobb in her feature debut) sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-the-dark stars and black-light posters that blanket the ceiling. She has finally decided to take the World&#8217;s Fair Challenge, an online role-playing horror game, and embrace the uncertainty it promises. After the initiation, she documents the changes that may or may not be happening to her, adding her experiences to the shuffle of online clips available for the world to see. As she begins to lose herself between dream and reality, a mysterious figure reaches out, claiming to see something special in her uploads.

**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.

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

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

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

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome back legendary indie filmmaker **Gregg Araki** for a special screening of *Mysterious Skin* including a conversation with Araki and actor **Joseph Gordon-Levitt!**

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

Second screening added by popular demand with a special introduction from **Gregg Araki** and **Joseph Gordon-Levitt**!

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Nowhere, Doom Generation, Smiley Face*

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

Mysterious Skin

In the Cut in 35mm

Flowers For Lev screening with Alan Ruck Q+A

Flowers For Lev Screening with special Alan Ruck Q+A

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

This singularly arresting adaptation of a novel by renowned writer Andrée Chedid casts French pop star Dalida (in her final screen performance) as a married washerwoman trying to save the life of her stricken grandson in the midst of the 1947 cholera outbreak in Cairo, while simultaneously navigating the romantic advances of a charming, Gene Kelly–obsessed young organ grinder (Mohsen Mohieddin). 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

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

THE SIXTH DAY

Taxi Driver

An evening celebrating Andy Beta's book COSMIC MUSIC: THE LIFE, ART, AND TRANSCENDENCE OF ALICE COLTRANE with conversation and screening

COSMIC MUSIC: ALICE COLTRANE Book Event + ETERNITY'S PILLAR rare screening

North Star Sessions is a free showcase that strives to be a safe and inclusive place for artists and music lovers in the LA music scene. This month we will highlight the work of Agustin Donati, Lauren O'Connel, and Mathew Walker, with an open mic draw between sets.

8pm

North Star Sessions

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Basic Instinct in 4K

Synopsis:

Three friends, 12-year-old boys Dug, Mel, and Fatt, go camping in the desert with Dug's older brother Wyatt and his girlfriend Mary. When the group stops at a gas station, the owner Duana tells them about The Night Child, a creature she claims lives in the desert and took her younger brother twenty-five years ago. They quickly dismiss the story as an old urban legend, but once they arrive in the desert and set up camp, things get weird.

The Weird Kidz Screening with Q+A @ Brain Dead Studios

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

On the Silver Globe

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:

Alison Dubois ([https://www.instagram.com/alison_dubois_/](https://www.instagram.com/alison_dubois_/))

Erick Pepper Rivera ([https://www.instagram.com/thaterickrivera/](https://www.instagram.com/thaterickrivera/))

Sophia Chen ([https://www.instagram.com/badgalsofa/](https://www.instagram.com/badgalsofa/))

Ryan Kramer ([https://www.instagram.com/toonholeryan/](https://www.instagram.com/toonholeryan/))

Harpal Khosla ([https://www.instagram.com/khoslaharpal/](https://www.instagram.com/khoslaharpal/))

arrett Williams ([https://www.instagram.com/jarrettwilliams/](https://www.instagram.com/jarrettwilliams/))

Miche Perez ([https://www.instagram.com/miche.here/](https://www.instagram.com/miche.here/))

Comics O'Clock: A Comic Reading (8/7)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), POPEYE follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but Olive’s hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto (Paul Smith), of whom Olive can say little except, well, he’s large. Eventually, Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee’ Pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), an adorable foundling, and Popeye finally meets his dad, Poopdeck Pappy (Ray Walston). Director Robert Altman in no way tempered his trademark style for this big-budget family opus, crowding the screen with a variety of characters and allowing his cast to overlap as much dialogue as they want.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

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

Doughboys Present POPEYE

Pulp Fiction

**Producers**: Jeff Tremaine,  Spike Jonze,  Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final fling at the big screen. Featuring all-new stunts and stupidity along with the greatest hits and biggest laughs from the past, jackass: best and last is a joyously raucous celebration of all the mischievous camaraderie that you’ve come to love and expect from these idiots over the past 25 years. So, grab your dumb little buddies, raise your glasses, and come experience the cinematic event that promises to be the last time you’ll ever laugh this hard in a theatre.

Jackass: Best and Last

**Screenwriters**: Dale Launer,  Stanley Shapiro,  Paul Henning

**Producers**: Bernard Williams

The con is on with Frank Oz&#8217;s masterful dark comedy classic with absolute legends Steve Martin and Michael Caine! At a luscious coastal resort two expert con men go head to head and toe to toe in a match to see who can swindle an heiress out of her money and claim the resort for their own private hunting ground. Steve Martin turns on one of his most ridiculous performances against the suave and debonaire coolness always exuded by Michael Caine resulting in 24 carat comedy gold! Bring your best frenemy to ease the tension through uproarious laughter!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home a whole Steve Martin movie binge tonight, including these deeper cuts!

*All of Me, The Man with Two Brains, Dead Men Don&#8217;t Wear Plaid*

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

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

**Screenwriters**: Julie Reichert,  Jan Ventura

**Producers**: Menahem Golan,  Yoram Globus

A sequel that is best remembered for its subtitle, this 80s breakdancing cult classic is about to turn your Friday night into the ultimate 80s dance off! The best breakdancers on the block are poppin&#8217; and lockin&#8217; their way to good karma when they use their powers of dance to take on a greedy developer that threatens their beloved community center with strip-mallification. The fashion, the dance moves, the 80s cheese, the Cannon Films moxie, it&#8217;s all in such abundance, you&#8217;ll be doing head-spins on the way back to your car! So bring your crew, pop on your knee pads, and get ready for the ultimate in 80s dance cinema!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home all the Hip Hop cult classics of the 1980s!

*Wild Style, Beat Street, Rappin’, Delivery Boys*

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

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

**Screenwriters**: Harley Peyton, Mark Frost

*She’s dead… wrapped in plastic.* If your summer plans call for an enigmatic journey to the Pacific Northwest and a small sleepy burg called *Twin Peaks*, have we got news for you! Go back to the beginning of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s game-changing television phenomenon with a special theatrical screening of the first two episodes of this landmark series on our beautiful big screen. When the homecoming queen washes ashore shrouded in a plastic coccoon, this small town is thrown into tragedy and panic. Luckily, the FBI’s most intriguing special agent, Dale Cooper, is on the case and vows to unravel this enduring mystery that extends beyond Twin Peaks and into the dark recesses of this universe and beyond. Whether you’re starting the show for the first time, or you’re revisiting for your twentieth, there’s nothing like seeing this dark, clever, mystical, metaphysical, and offbeat masterpiece at Vidiots! 

Watch the whole first season with us!

[Episodes 1 + 2 in the Eagle Theatre](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-1-2/) &#8211; Sun., July 26th, 7:00pm

[Episodes 3 + 4 in the Mubi microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-3-4/) &#8211; Sat. Aug. 1, 7:30pm, Sun. Aug. 2, 7:30pm

[Episodes 5 + 6 in the MUBI microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-5-6/) &#8211; Sat. Aug. 1, 10:00pm, Mon. Aug. 3, 7:30pm

[Episodes 7 + 8 in the MUBI microcinema](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/twin-peaks-the-original-mystery-episodes-7-8/) &#8211; Fri. Aug. 7, 10:00pm, Sat. Aug. 8, 7:30pm

Or, if you&#8217;re impatient, you can take home every single episode of the whole series and *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* from our David Lynch director&#8217;s section in the video store!

Twin Peaks: The Original Mystery – Episodes 7 + 8

Ice Cream Man

Harriet the Spy in 4K

Fritz Lang’s M

The 4th Man in 35mm

### FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN

Brain Dead Studios presents ***FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN***, preceded by a special seminar presented by filmmaker **Heather Landsman** exploring the film’s ambitious creation, groundbreaking technology, and infamous legacy.

Celebrating its **25th anniversary**, ***Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within*** features a star-studded voice cast and years of cutting-edge development. The film remains one of the most revolutionary leaps in computer animation and motion capture.

**Brain Dead members can use their code to get a discounted ticket!**

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Golden Globe winner John Travolta stars with Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito and Rene Russo in this wildly popular comedy of a gangster who turns into a big-time producer after he travels to Hollywood to collect a debt.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Pre-recorded introduction by Angelyne ‘Watch Local: Angelyne the Billboard Queen’

GET SHORTY

Cartoon Club

School of Rock

Cannibal Holocaust

1964 • Introduction by Author Foster Hirsch • Few screen debuts have been as memorable as Julie Andrews in this film. She won the Academy Award, and the picture went on to receive 13 nominations and win five. The Sherman Brothers songs have become part of movie history, and the blend of live action and animation still offers pure movie magic. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Mary Poppins

1968 • Introduction by Author Foster Hirsch • Shot on real city streets, this film has a toughness and realism that helped set a new standard for police thrillers. It won the Academy Award for Film Editing, and its San Francisco car chase remains one of the most celebrated and influential action sequences ever put on screen.  • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Bullitt

Transform a tarot card into your own personalized piece of art! You'll start by selecting a card at random from a deck, then cutting away and rebuilding imagery using collage techniques to create a tarot card that reflects your own story, emotions, or intentions. No art or tarot experience needed - all materials are provided, and each attendee will leave with a one-of-a-kind customized tarot card. 

2-4PM

$20-$30 sliding scale 

Tickets available  here !

DIY Collage Tarot Cards

Our fuzzy overlords return to the big screen! Vidiots is purrfectly enthralled to bring back the cutest kitty compilation ever! *CatVideoFest* is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. *CatVideoFest* is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters to best serve cats in the area.

To support our feline friends, we are highlighting the work of [Tail Town Cat Cafe](https://www.tailtowncats.com/), who house adoption-ready cats from [Kitten Rescue of Los Angeles](https://kittenrescue.org/) and help to find them amazing families and homes. To support their mission, please visit their website or their wish list by clicking [here](https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1SG1NXK67DON1/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex) or [here](https://www.chewy.com/g/tail-town-cats_b122796640).

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got more non-streaming kitties for your viewing pleasure on glorious physical media!

*Standard of Perfection: Show Cats, Cat Dancers, Cat Soup*

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

CatVideoFest 2026

**Producer**: Bob Maurice

We got you front row passes to the most legendary concert in American history &#8211; and you get to enjoy the whole thing in the air conditioning! An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000. Join in on the musical mayhem on our big screen in glorious celluloid!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more incredible concert docs tonight on physical media!

*Wattstax, Gimme Shelter, Monterey Pop*, and so many more from our Music Documentary section!

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

Woodstock on 35mm

**Screenwriters**: Orian Barki,  Meriem Bennani,  Ayla Mrabet

**Producers**: John Michael Boling,  Jason Coombs

Join us in the microcinema for one of the most unique animated feature films of recent history &#8211; Maeriem Bennani&#8217;s intensely personal, singular, and genuine *Bouchra*. Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression. Juxtaposing decidedly absurd animation choices with the realism of her characters and dialogue, Bennani creates an asbolutely unique vision of artistry and queer identity.

Bouchra

**Screenwriters**: Mel Brooks, J.D. Shapiro, Evan Chandler

**Producer**: Mel Brooks

Vidiots is celebrating the 100th birthday of one of the greatest legends of comedy and cinema &#8211; the incomparable **Mel Brooks** &#8211; with a stupid fun screening of his ridiculous comedy classic *Robin Hood: Men in Tights!*

You know the legend, you&#8217;ve seen the cartoon, but you&#8217;ve never seen *Robin Hood* like this! Get ready for a night of ridiculousness as Mel Brooks, the maestro of the spoof takes on this timeless tale &#8211; with extra lycra! Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff. With Brooks at the helm, you know there will be laughs from start to end, not to mention the dreamiest casting of Robin Hood ever with Cary Elwes!

Picks from the Video Store

Take home all the laughs with our Mel Brooks treasure trove of physical media!

*The Producers, Spaceballs, High Anxiety*

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

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

**Screenwriter**: Bill Phillips from the novel by Stephen King

**Producer**: Richard Kobritz

A meeting of two of the greatest minds in horror, this vehicular monster movie combines the sentient machines of Stephen King with the uneasy vibes of John Carpenter for an 80s horror classic in high gear. Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie&#8217;s girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other. Featuring Vidiots&#8217; forever legend Harry Dean Stanton as a wisened, chain-smoking police detective trying to solve a string of mysterious homicides that appear to be the work of a motorpsycho.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got all your Carpenter favorites, and deep cuts in his directors section!

*Prince of Darkness, The Fog, Elvis*

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

Christine

The Thin Red Line in 35mm

Bunny Lake Is Missing in 4K

Elle

Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive

Recommended for ages 10+

During the early aughts in Toronto, ambitious 13 year-old boy band fanatic Mei Lee is torn between remaining her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of teenage adolescence. When Mei discovers she transforms into a giant red panda when she gets too excited – which is, to her dismay, all of the time – she must reckon between her two selves: spirited teenager and obedient daughter. With vibrant animation and playful nods to the stylings of anime and manga, Turning Red captures the energy, uncertainty, and excitement of growing up.

(2022, Dir. Domee Shi, DCP, color, 100 min.)

Family Flicks: Turning Red

Hammer Museum

Join us for day of riso printing! Come by and participate in this quick turnaround open riso studio. Beginners and experiences artists can bring a simple photograph or design, or make something on the spot, and have us print it on our riso with a quick turnaround time. We will have supplies to make drawings, collages, or print an existing image. This session will be limited to one color or two color designs. We will print 20 copies of each design. To print extra copies, feel free to pay a small material fee.

1-Hour Risograph Printing (8/9)

[@filmsforhorses ](https://www.instagram.com/filmsforhorses/)

Free. Doors at 7pm. Light snacks and drinks will be available.

		

	
		
	

	
		
			
				
					
						
	
	

						
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Human Resources

2011 • Introduction by Randy Haberkamp • Martin Scorsese made many extraordinary films, but nothing else in his career feels quite as tender as this. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and winner of 5, it begins as a beautifully crafted adventure and gradually reveals itself as something richer: a moving tribute to the pioneers who gave movies their first sense of wonder. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Hugo

**Screenwriters**: Ryûnosuke Akutagawa,  Shinobu Hashimoto,  Akira Kurosawa

**Producer**: Minoru Jingo

One of the most influential movies ever made, *Rashomon* is an enduring masterpiece that served as the big breakthrough for both legendary director Akira Kurosawa and charismatic star Toshirō Mifune, and introduced a radical new idea to cinema: telling the same story multiple times through the POV of different characters. Set in 11th century Kyoto, the plot centers on a grisly crime — a samurai is murdered and his wife assaulted by a bandit — that’s depicted via a series of flashbacks in which the participants each give their version of what happened. When their stories fail to match up, it’s left to the viewer to determine where exactly the truth lies. The first Japanese movie to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this shapeshifting thriller has inspired countless imitators and even coined a psychological phenomenon called the “Rashomon Effect.”

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home more Toshiro Mifune tonight on Blu-Ray and DVD

*Chushingura, Hell in the Pacific, Samurai III*, and every single Kurosawa/Mifune collab!

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

Rashomon

**Screenwriters**: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

**Producers**: Jenno Topping,  Betty Thomas

Vidiots can&#8217;t wait to party with Writer/Directors **Deborah Kaplan** and **Harry Elfont** at a special screening of their quintessential 90s teen classic *Can&#8217;t Hardly Wait, *and you&#8217;re invited!

One of the best teen movies of the 1990s, this is one epic graduation party with a who&#8217;s who of 90s teen stars and beyond quotable dialogue! It&#8217;s graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means &#8211; time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance. So bring your besties for one last high school shindig and we will party like it&#8217;s 1998!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more of that sick 90s aesthetic? Get styling with these fashionable finds!

*Party Girl, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Hackers*

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

Can’t Hardly Wait

Howl’s Moving Castle

The Prestige in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate

COUNTRY: USA

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

Cinematic Void Presents TAPEHEADS

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

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

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

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

The past dictates the future.

FORMAT: DCP

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

What is your name?

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

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

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

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 17 & 18

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

Featuring:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweet 16mm – Those Awkward Years

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

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

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Daughters of Darkness, Messiah of Evil, Nadja*

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

Twilight

To Be or Not to Be

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

One of director Youssef Chahine’s most controversial works ignited a firestorm of criticism from both Islamic and Christian voices, who objected to its liberal reinterpretation of the biblical story of Joseph (here renamed Ram to skirt censorship that forbids the depiction of religious figures). Nevertheless the film proved one of Chahine’s biggest commercial triumphs at home, a passionate evocation of ancient Egypt that uses the story—in which a young dreamer (Khaled el-Nabawy) leaves behind his backwards rural home and sets off to the intellectual center of Egypt on a journey fraught with political and sexual peril—to comment on deeply personal ideas about resistance, sacrifice, and liberation.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Egypt

THE EMIGRANT

My Dinner with Andre / Vanya on 42nd Street

**Screenwriter**: Michael Mann from the novel *Red* *Dragon* by Thomas Harris

**Producer**: Dino de Laurentiis

Before *Silence of the Lambs*, Michael Mann first introduced the cinema world to infamous cannibal Hannibal Lecter in this sizzling and stylish thriller. FBI criminal profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) is called out of early retirement to assist on a serial murder case involving a killer known as the &#8220;Tooth Fairy&#8221;. Graham enlists the help of imprisoned serial killer &#8212; and cannibal &#8212; Dr. Hannibal *Lecktor* (Brian Cox), who is the reason Graham took an early retirement. Soon, Graham and the FBI are entangled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the Tooth Fairy, Lecktor and an interfering journalist.

**Restoration**:

Restored in 4K in 2026 by StudioCanal at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, from the original 35mm A/B camera negative and a 35mm interpositive. Audio restored at Audio Mechanics laboratory, from the 35mm magnetic sound 6-track master used to create a new 5.1 mix. Grading supervised by Michael Mann at Company 3 laboratory and finalized at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.
**Accessibility Options**: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.

Spirited Away in 35mm

2:30 PM

Cape Fear (1991) in 35mm

7:30 PM

Mezzanine: COMPUTER CHESS + SITREP

7:15 PM

The King of Comedy

9:45 PM

FAMILY PLOT

7:00 PM

DRIVE

10:00 PM

Misery

Dead Calm

6:00 PM