### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**THE UPRISING, 2026, Dir. Paul Greengrass, 128 Min, Focus Features, UK/Germany/USA**

Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice.

FORMAT: DCP

**CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, 2013, Dir. Paul Greengrass, 134 Mins, Sony Pictures, USA**

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. The two men are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmaker Paul Greengrass. Moderated by Pete Hammond. Advance Screening

THE UPRISING / CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Aero Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it – because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

SEELE plans an attack on NERV after failing to create a man-made Third Impact. After reaffirming both her own and her mother’s existence in a state of despair, Asuka returns and begins the counterattack. However, new enemies descend from the heavens. Meanwhile, Shinji witnesses the horrifying wreckage of Asuka’s EVA-02 while piloting EVA-01. Mass production models surround EVA-01 and perform a solemn ceremony. What does it mean to complete a human heart?

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: GKIDS

COUNTRY: Japan

THE END OF EVANGELION

Los Feliz Theatre

The Invite / Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriters**: Karley Sciortino,  Gregg Araki

**Producers**: Gregg Araki,  Seth Caplan,  Teddy Schwarzman,  Michael Heimler,  Courtney Cunniff,  Karley Sciortino

Los Angeles indie legend Gregg Araki&#8217;s newest absurd comedy is a raunchy, kinky delight and it&#8217;s steaming up our microcinema in all its eye-popping, kink-positive, raucously funny glory! When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy, his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.

I Want Your Sex

Vidiots

Batman (1966)

Speed Racer

Vista Theatre

Monkey Business in 4K

The Women

Academy Museum

One morning, rural schoolgirl Mitsuha and city kid Taki awaken to discover that they’ve switched bodies. The total strangers struggle to navigate each other’s lives, walking tightropes of intimacy and distance. But when they finally resolve to meet, the true nature of their connection threatens to seal their fate.

Instantly iconic, your name. was a worldwide smash hit and heralded writer/director Makoto Shinkai as a new great master of animation. Its sumptuous attention to detail in yearning vistas and pulsing city streets, driven by an unforgettable score from RADWIMPS, elevates its central romance to world-rending levels of destiny and longing.

Experience this animated masterwork, newly restored, on the big screen at Brain Dead Studios.

Your Name.

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding hell sinners to save his neighbor’s soul.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cineverse

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Woody Bess, actor Trey Holland and special guests. Moderated by David Bruckner. Advance Screening

PORTAL TO HELL

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy couple on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen’s former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. After they are stranded, Dr. Grant soon discovers that his hosts are not what they seem and the island’s native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

JURASSIC PARK III

Join Chloe Cassens for an evening celebrating the enduring and outsized legacy of Jean Cocteau’s 1946 cinema masterpiece.

Give Me Back My Beast! Celebrating Jean Cocteau’s BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1946)

Philosophical Research Society

Writing Salon

Stories Books & Cafe

**Screenwriter**: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

**Producer**: Satoko Ishida

Join us in the microcinema for Kiyoshi Kurosawa&#8217;s ponderous and philosophical samurai epic *The Samurai and the Prisoner.* When Lord Murashige rises up against the tyrannical Oda, he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda&#8217;s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei, a brilliant and dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon, as he must outwit his enemies and uncover the truth before time runs out.

The Samurai and the Prisoner

**Screenwriter**: John Carney

**Producer**: Martina Niland

Fall in love all over again with this dreamy Irish romance. Romance and musical ambition collide in this Irish charmer as two aspiring singer-songwriters begin to collaborate and end up falling in love. As their relationship deepens, the songs they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love. Featuring Hansard&#8217;s Oscar-winning song, and inspiring a stage musical, *Once* is a swoonworthy delight that will give you all the feels. So give yourself over to the music, the emotion, and the romance of this singular Irish treasure.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more musical romance? Fall in love with these physical media treasures!

*A Star is Born* (All of them!), *Pennies from Heaven*, *Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench*

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

Once

Niagara

The Beguiled

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

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

CRASH

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll can change lives.

The School of Rock

The spirit of an ancient evil queen possesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage.

Lady Terminator

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival and Film Preservation Society merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Now You Tell One,” 1926, Dir. Charley Bowers, 22 Mins, Blackhawk Films, USA**

Charley Bowers’ NOW YOU TELL ONE is a dazzling blend of slapstick, stop-motion animation and surreal visual invention. Long overlooked and only rediscovered decades after his death, Bowers has emerged as one of silent cinema’s most original comic filmmakers. His delightfully unpredictable comedy remains unlike anything produced by his contemporaries.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE BLACK PIRATE, 1926, Dir. Albert Parker, 101 Mins, Museum of Modern Art, USA**

Douglas Fairbanks reaches the height of his swashbuckling career in THE BLACK PIRATE (1926), one of silent cinema’s most spectacular adventure films. Produced at the peak of Fairbanks’ international popularity, the film follows a daring nobleman who infiltrates a band of pirates to avenge his father’s murder, leading to a succession of breathtaking action sequences staged with Fairbanks’ trademark athleticism and charm.

Equally remarkable is the film’s groundbreaking use of two-strip Technicolor. One of the earliest feature films photographed entirely in the process, THE. BLACK PIRATE demonstrated that color cinematography could become an integral part of dramatic storytelling rather than a novelty. This presentation features a beautiful new restoration that recreates the film’s original color design, allowing modern audiences to experience one of the silent era’s greatest technical and artistic achievements as it was originally intended.

*Restored by The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation in Cooperation with the British Film Institute. Funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Special thanks to Alexander Payne.*

FORMAT: DCP

Opening Night Introduction presentation by film historian Tracey Goessel. Live score by Cliff Retallick. 100th Anniversary Color Restoration Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’

"Now You Tell One" / THE BLACK PIRATE

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Directed by Roland West from the enormously successful Broadway play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, THE BAT (1926) helped define the “old dark house” mystery long before it became a Hollywood staple. A mysterious masked criminal known only as “The Bat” stalks the corridors of an isolated mansion where hidden wealth, suspicious houseguests, secret passageways and unexpected murders keep audiences guessing until the final moments.

West directs with extraordinary visual flair, using expressive lighting, elaborate camera movement and striking Art Deco-inspired production design to create an atmosphere of mounting suspense. The film’s shadow-filled imagery would prove enormously influential on later horror and mystery films, while its combination of suspense and humor established a formula that filmmakers would revisit for decades.

Presented in the West Coast premiere of a new restoration during its centennial year, THE BAT remains one of silent cinema’s most stylish and entertaining mysteries, a masterfully crafted thriller whose influence can still be felt throughout the genre today.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Undercrank Productions

COUNTRY: USA

Opening Night Introduction by horror and science fiction film historian David Del Valle. Live score by Dean Mora. West Coast Premiere of New Restoration 100th Anniversary Film preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive, digital restoration by Undercrank Productions ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’

THE BAT

Magnolia

Red Desert

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Coinciding with the opening of Luigi Mangione’s trial on September 8, Now Instant presents artist Stanya Kahn’s new short video work, *Deny, Defend, Depose*, a 30-minute film composed entirely of tweets posted in response to the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO in New York City on December 4, 2024.

The screening will be preceded by an introduction from Kahn.

Deny, Defend, Depose

Now Instant Image Hall

Three writers' rounds, featuring Adrian Bourgeois & friends, Sierra Drummund & friends, and Emily Laliotis & friends.

$12

Advance tickets available  here .

I Get A Round

Scribble

**Screenwriter**: Jane Schoenbrun

**Producers**: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt

Visionary director Jane Schoenbrun (*I Saw the TV Glow*) presents a new kind of horror remake in *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma*. Bursting with imagination and surreal wit, their latest genre-bending wonder affirms there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the *Camp Miasma* slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director (Hannah Einbinder) is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original’s star, a now-reclusive actress (Gillian Anderson), the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, delirium — under threat from the spear-wielding Little Death.

Winner of the Queer Palm, this transformative Cannes favorite leads its protagonists to true fulfillment, encouraging us to ask how we can reach our own.

The first step? Facing your fears fantasy.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

**Screenwriter**: M. Night Shyamalan

**Producers**: M. Night Shyamalan,  Barry Mendel,  Sam Mercer

M. Night Shyamalan twists the superhero genre into an introspective thriller in this genre-shattering slow burn. An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass. The closest cinema has come to picturing superheroes in real life, this banger is best on the big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Make it a M. Night Shyamalan weekend and take home these bangers on DVD, Blu-Ray, and 4K!

*The Last Airbender, Glass, The Sixth Sense*

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

Unbreakable

**Producers**: Gabriel Sedgwick,  Nickolas Hasse

Our microcinema is going to the birds with Penny Lane&#8217;s rapturous documentary about everyone&#8217;s favorite escaped zoo owl Flaco &#8211; *Wild Inside*.

In February 2023, a Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco escapes from the Central Park Zoo and sets off on a magical odyssey through the island of Manhattan. Flaco answers the call of the wild – and discovers he was wild inside all along. *Wild Inside* is an underdog story of resilience and self determination as Flaco the Owl beats the odds and accomplishes the impossible. Flaco busts out of his cage barely able to fly, but he adapts, he explores and eventually – it seems – he goes far beyond mere survival, becoming an internationally known icon of freedom, hooting from the highest water towers. He claims all of New York City as his wild kingdom.

The remarkable story of Flaco raises some questions: is it right to keep a bird in a cage? Is there any real distinction between “zoo animals” and “wild animals”? How can we be better to our nonhuman neighbors?

This one of a kind owl’s epic song is sung in *Wild Inside* by a chorus of besotted New Yorkers – young and old, bird-nerds and civilians, many of them immigrants themselves – all of them reaching for a glimpse of the wild, a glimmer of magic, or even just someone to believe in. Everywhere Flaco goes, he leaves that place and its people forever enchanted.

Wild Inside

**Screenwriters**: Willard Huyck,  Gloria Katz

**Producers**: Gloria Katz,  Robert Latham Brown

Get your brain ready for maximum meltage with this bizarro cult classic and one of the strangest superhero movies of all time. When a laser beam zaps a wise-cracking duck from Duckworld to Cleveland, he&#8217;s got to make the best on Earth and he makes friends with a rocker chick with enormous hair, and picks up a cigar habit. Can Howard make it back to his home planet? Will evil scientists blast something even more evil through their laserbeams? Does the plot even matter when you&#8217;ve got a smoking superhero duck made by human hands in a time before CGI? Do your Friday night a favor and lose your mind over *Howard the Duck*!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home more gonzo comic book adaptations on DVD and Blu-Ray!

*Flash Gordon, Dick Tracy, Tank Girl*

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

Howard the Duck

**Screenwriters**: Nastasya Popov,  Tess Cohen

**Producers**: Tess Cohen,  Camila Mendes,  Rachel Matthews,  Saba Zerehi,  Nastasya Popov

With filmmaker **Nastasya Popov** in person at the Sunday, September 13th screening!

*&#8220;Doing it for the girls and the gays.&#8221;*

Our microcinema is catching the fashion bug with Nastasya Popov&#8217;s fiercely funny and endearing indie comedy of fashion, family, and desperation! In West Hollywood’s Russian district, Margarita lives out the American Dream: competing on a reality show. Will she slay, serve, or survive? In this sharp, irreverent comedy, a disgraced fashion designer with a dangerously low credit score, Margarita (Anna Baryshnikov) enters a reality show with a six-figure cash prize to save her babushka&#8217;s West Hollywood apartment. But as the competition intensifies, slick producer Nicol (Camila Mendes) pushes her to spin her family&#8217;s struggle into spectacle, forcing Margarita to decide whether to play along or take control of her own narrative, one unhinged look at a time.

Idiotka

Onslaught

Streets of Fire

## Followed by a post film discussion with author Vincent Albarano & filmmaker Devon Green!

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

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Jason is back for vengeance in the most sprawling and substantial of Bryan Fortin’s original Zones of Evil productions! Growing out of the 1980s fanzine and cable access program of the same name, Peabody, MA-based Fortin and collaborators Jim Demers and Steven Mallas (comprising FDM productions) produced a score of feature-length projects that never aired outside of Cablevision. Though their meditative *Happy Halloween* series is better known, *Jason’s Curse* is a more concise endeavor, full of atmospheric locations, impressive night-lensed chase scenes,and plenty of inventive kills.

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Fortin plays Rick, who, alongside his friend David (Brian Less), confronts Jason’s past killing spree that landed his sister in an asylum. As with other FDM productions, a lot of time is spent in Fortin’s house (standing in for a cabin) as he discusses the plot details and his character’s history, while a series of bloody kills occur outside. These moments are imbued with quiet charm in Bryan’s world, proving that he and his team created the peak of cable access programming experience. Despite the fact that there are rarely more than two people onscreen at one time, Fortin manages to transcend the sophomoric fan film heap and deliver a perfect bit of seasonal fun. Xposure Video is proud to present *Jason’s Curse* for the first time outside of the MA area. (Vincent Albarano)

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**dir. Bryan Fortin, 1994***United States, digital projection*84 min

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Followed by a post film discussion with author Vincent Albarano & filmmaker Devon Green!

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Courtesy of [XPOSURE VIDEO](https://experimentalkindergarten.bigcartel.com/products) - a distribution company founded by Vincent Albarano, author of [AESTHETIC DEVIATIONS: A Critical View of American Shot-on-Video Horror 1984-1994](https://experimentalkindergarten.bigcartel.com/product/aesthetic-deviations-signed-copy). AESTHETIC DEVIATIONS delves deep into several of the most famous SOV horror titles to give credit for their unique and singular contributions to independent genre cinema. Informed equally by a fan’s passion and the studied approaches of scholarly analysis, Albarano offers the first-ever detailed examination of the SOV horror cycle, proving that this strain of amateur filmmaking is deserving of proper appraisal. Sure to enlighten and provoke thought among fans and converts to the unique charms of SOV cinema, as well as inspire newcomers, Albarano’s book proves an invaluable resource for a neglected area of cinematic inquiry.

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SOV SEP: Jason's Curse (1994) pres. by Xposure Video

WHAMMY!

The Monster Squad in 35mm

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Sam Neill is Smith, a man escaping the break-up of his marriage by finding isolation on a coastal island. As he settles in, the country experiences its own turmoil: an oil embargo has led to martial law and civil war, which Smith is increasingly sucked into. 

This was the first feature film for both Sam Neill and filmmaker Roger Donaldson, as well as the first feature length film in color to be shot in New Zealand.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: American Genre Film Archive

COUNTRY: New Zealand

Q&A with filmmaker Roger Donaldson ‘Starring Sam Neill’

SLEEPING DOGS

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**MIRAGE, 1965, Dir. Edward Dmytryk, 109 Mins, Universal, USA**

During a blackout in a Manhattan skyscraper, accountant David Stillwell (Gregory Peck) descends a darkened staircase and encounters a mysterious woman (Diane Baker) who seems to know him. Then he learns a prominent philanthropist has fallen to his death… strangers begin hunting him… and Stillwell realizes he can’t remember the last two years of his life. Desperate for answers, he hires a wisecracking private detective (Walter Matthau) to help untangle the mystery—but the deeper they dig, the more danger they find. Stylish and atmospheric with a paranoid edge, Mirage blends noir-like suspense and comedy into a disorienting thriller that keeps us questioning what is real. With memorable supporting turns from Kevin McCarthy, George Kennedy, and Leif Erickson, a taut screenplay by Peter Stone (Charade), striking B&W location photography by Joseph MacDonald (Call Northside 777), a vibrant Quincy Jones score, and assured direction from Edward Dmytryk (Murder My Sweet), Mirage is expert entertainment.

FORMAT: 35mm

**STRAIT-JACKET, 1964, Dir. William Castle, 93 Mins, Sony Pictures, USA**

After spending 20 years in a psychiatric institution for the brutal axe murders of her husband and his mistress, Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) is finally released into the care of her daughter, Carol (Diane Baker). Returning to a life she barely recognizes proves unsettling enough, but when a series of grisly murders begins, old suspicions and new fears quickly surface. Produced and directed by William Castle from a screenplay by Psycho novelist Robert Bloch, Strait-Jacket is a deliciously lurid blend of psychological suspense, gothic horror, and dark humor, with Crawford commanding the screen as a woman whose grip on reality may be slipping once again. Castle surrounds Crawford and Baker with a colorful supporting cast, including George Kennedy, Leif Erickson, and Rochelle Hudson, while milking the story for shocks and sinister surprises. Strait-Jacket is vintage Castle: stylish, campy, and macabre.

FORMAT: DCP

*Program notes by author Jeremy Arnold*

Q&A with actress Diane Baker, moderated by author Jeremy Arnold

MIRAGE / STRAIT-JACKET

When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won&#8217;t go down without a fight.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

Legend

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Help Yourself,” 1927, Dir. Joe Pasternak, 20 Mins, Dino Everett/USC, USA**

Long believed lost, “Help Yourself” (1927) stars Swedish-born comedian El Brendel as a hungry drifter whose search for a meal unexpectedly leads to romance. Produced by future Hollywood legends Joe Pasternak and William R. Wilkerson before either achieved fame, the film was never released, and its negative was eventually destroyed. Surviving elements, discovered more than ninety years later, have now been painstakingly reconstructed by USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive Curator Dino Everett and film collector Louie Despres, making this screening the first opportunity in nearly a century to experience this forgotten comedy.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE SLANDERERS, 1924, Dir. Nat Ross, 60 Mins, Dino Everett/USC, USA**

The world premiere restoration of THE SLANDERERS (1924), a previously lost feature preserved from the only known surviving copy, a 16mm print recently discovered in the USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive. Directed by Nat Ross, the film follows a World War I veteran who returns home only to find himself confronting the corruption, rumor and small-town bureaucracy that threaten both his reputation and his future. Blending timely social commentary with compelling drama, THE SLANDERERS explores how quickly false accusations can overwhelm truth, a theme that remains remarkably relevant a century after the film was made.

FORMAT: DCP

Introduction by University of Southern California HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive Curator Dino Everett. Live score by Cliff Retallick. World Premiere of New Restorations ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’

"Help Yourself" / THE SLANDERERS

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Love in an Apartment Hotel,” 1913, Dir. D.W. Griffith, 17 Mins, Film Preservation Society, USA**

A lively comedy of romance, mistaken identity and theft, the film marks an important turning point in motion picture history, as Griffith and cinematographer G.W. Bitzer completed production while transitioning from Biograph’s legendary New York studio to California, where the American film industry would soon establish its permanent home.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE QUARTERBACK, 1926, Dir. Fred C. Newmeyer, 74 Mins, Paramount, USA**

The plot revolves around Jack Stone (Richard Dix), whose father (Harry Beresford) vowed that he would not leave Colton College until his team defeats its archrival, State University. Unfortunately, they lose, year after year after year. Rather than graduate, the father keeps his promise and remains enrolled for the next 27 years. By the 1920s, he is an aging perpetual student attending classes alongside his son Jack, who becomes the school’s new quarterback. Jack must not only win the championship game but also evade attempts by the State team to derail his football success while pursuing a romance with Louise Mason (Esther Ralston).

FORMAT: DCP

Introduction by President of Artcraft Pictures and Film Archivist for American Zoetrope James Mockoski. Live score by Dean Mora. World Premiere of New Restoration 100th Anniversary

"Love in an Apartment Hotel" / THE QUARTERBACK

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Ilka’s Birthday at Egyptian Theatre,” 1925, 1 Min, Library of Congress, USA**

A delightful Hollywood newsreel capturing a canine birthday celebration in the forecourt of Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre. Featuring some of silent cinema’s most famous four-legged stars—including Rin-Tin-Tin—the short offers a charming glimpse into Hollywood’s fascination with celebrity, both human and animal.

FORMAT: DCP

**WHAT PRICE GLORY, 1926, Dir. Raoul Walsh, 123 Mins, MoMA USA**

Based on a story by THE BIG PARADE writer Laurence Stallings, Raoul Walsh’s WHAT PRICE GLORY is the tale of friendly rivals, Captain Flagg (Victor McLaglen) and Sergeant Quirk (Edmund Lowe) who battle each other over women in their travels around the world. Reconnecting in France during WWI, the two compete for Charmaine’s (Dolores Del Rio) love while enduring the cruelties of war. One of the first male buddy films, WHAT PRICE GLORY takes a coarse, unsentimental look at the horrors and chaos of war, timely even today. Director Raoul Walsh and second unit director John Ford demonstrate their eye for composition and strong, male relationships on their road to iconic success.

*Restored by The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation, in collaboration with George Eastman Museum and Academy Film Archive. With the support of the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.*

FORMAT: DCP

Introduction by film historian Marc Wannamaker. Live score by Cliff Retallick. 100th Anniversary West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival’

"Ilak's Birthday at Egyptian Theatre" / WHAT PRICE GLORY

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Cinderella Cinders,” 1920, Dir. Frederick J Ireland, 21 Mins, Ben Model/Blackhawk Films, USA**

Alice Howell, one of silent film’s most gifted, and too often overlooked, comediennes, stars in this whirlwind parody of the classic fairy tale. The film showcases Howell’s extraordinary blend of graceful physical comedy and fearless slapstick that earned her comparisons to later comic legends. Beautifully restored, the short offers a welcome opportunity to rediscover one of the silent screen’s funniest performers.

Format: DCP

**THE DEVIL’S CIRCUS, 1926, Dir. Benjamin Christensen, 74 Mins, Danish Film Institute, USA**

THE DEVIL’S CIRCUS marks Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen’s debut in America. The director of such classics as HAXAN (1922) and SEVEN FOOTSTEPS TO SATAN (1929) weaves his signature thematic motifs around the striking image of a grim, devilish figure pulling the strings of fate. The film tells the gripping story of Mary, played by the radiant Norma Shearer, a naive young woman from the country who is befriended by Carl, a professional pickpocket, played by Charles Emmett Mack. When Mary finds employment in a circus, Carl is arrested but promises to go straight for her sake. However, the corrupt world under the Big Top threatens Mary’s safety and innocence. Despite its breathtaking tragedies, the film is ultimately a deeply moving ode to the redemptive power of love.

Format: DCP

Introduction by Director of Graduate Programs in Film at Mount Saint Mary’s University Kelby Thwaits. Live score by Dean Mora. 100th Anniversary “Cinderella Cinders” preserved by Blackhawk Films Collection, digital restoration by Undercrank productions. ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’

"Cinderella Cinders" / THE DEVIL’S CIRCUS

The Iron Giant

Back to the Future Part II

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! / The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Christine

1943 • Film Historian Randy Haberkamp brings another Canine Classic, this time focusing on the career of “Pal”, the collie who plays Lassie. And while Pal steals the show, Roddy McDowall is terrific, and it’s also a fun to see a young Elizabeth Taylor appears so early in her career. Come see how Pal became one of Hollywood's most popular and influential canine actors, starring in seven Lassie films!  • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Lassie Come Home

1932 • Introduced by author Kim Luperi • This is pre-Code Hollywood when the gloves were off. Howard Hughes produced it, and the film famously ran into censorship trouble, which is part of why it became a legend. Paul Muni goes all in, and the filmmaking has a bite that influenced all later gangster movies.  • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Scarface

Old Town Music Hall

The 3rd ever animated film from the Dominican Republic — a surreal and tender fantasia of love, loss, & memory, co-presented by El Cine!

OLIVIA & THE CLOUDS —  co-presented by El Cine

**Screenwriters**: Warren Coleman,  John Collee,  Judy Morris,  George Miller

**Producers**: Doug Mitchell,  Bill Miller

Get ready to shake a tail feather with George Miller&#8217;s joyously animated treasure of putting your best foot (and wing) forward. Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, Mumble, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce! So bring your feathered flock for an icy musical adventure that will warm your heart!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Have a bird-binge with your little avian-lovers!

*Bill and Coo, The Three Caballeros, Fly Away Home*

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

Happy Feet

**Screenwriter/ Producer**: Abbas Kiarostami

Join us for Abbas Kiarostami&#8217;s remarkable feature debut with this simple, intimate, and haunting tale of childish obsessions and the means we&#8217;ll use to fulfill them. Hassan Darabi, a troublesome, amoral 10-year-old boy in a small Iranian town wishes to see the Iran national football team play an important match in Tehran. In order to achieve that, he scams his friends and neighbors. A quest film that’s also a study of youthful obsession, it’s filmed in edgy black and white with a quiet energy that matches its hero’s. *The Traveler* has an acridly ironic ending and one of the best performances by a child in Kiarostami’s early work.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Visit our Kiarostami director&#8217;s section to take home more beautifully observed Iranian cinema!

*Close-Up, Shirin, Certified Copy*

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

The Traveler

**Screenwriter**: Lowell Ganz,  Babaloo Mandel,  Bruce Jay Friedman

**Producer**: Brian Grazer

A rom com with fins, get ready to fall in love all over again with Ron Howard&#8217;s very 80s fairytale starring Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks (not to mention Eugene Levy and John Candy)! A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There&#8217;s one big complication though; he&#8217;s fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid. Now, she&#8217;s given up her fins, is learning English from cable TV, and maxing out his credit cards with an epic 80s makeover. Can their love transcend the fact they&#8217;re different species? Will the meddling scientist ever give up trying to study her like a specimen? Take the plunge and find out!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Crazy for mermaids? Try out these aquatic gems!

*The Lure, Aquamarine, The Daydreamer*

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

Splash

**Screenwriter**: Wendell Mayes

**Producers**: Hal Landers,  Bobby Roberts,  Michael Winner

Bronson&#8217;s gonna get you, punk! After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark. The ultimate vigilante film with a tough-as-nails Charles Bronson &#8211; vengeance has never felt better!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got a whole section for Bronson &#8211; so take home a bunch of bad-assery tonight!

*Death Wish 1-3, The Valachi Papers, Once Upon a Time in the West*

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

Death Wish

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

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

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Dubbed “The Ed Wood of the 21st Century”, Des Plaines, Illinois based former marine and Golden Gloves boxer turned gonzo filmmaker David “The Rock” Nelson has been churning out his bizarre and mesmerizing brand of backyard monster movies for over 30 years. Often playing multiple onscreen roles simultaneously while utilizing local friends, his parents, and his girlfriend Janet Okulanis as his co-stars, “The Rock” has amassed a robust SOV filmography and persevered undaunted in the face nonexistent funds, unfavorable reviews, and outdated video equipment. Nelson’s work represents a singular viewing experience like no other: landing somewhere between the earnest monster romps of Paul Naschy and the eccentric video diaries of George Kuchar; where the filmmakers’ real life day to day activities and interactions sometimes outweigh the forwarding of the narrative. Equipped with dime store rubber fright masks and his camcorder, David “The Rock” Nelson has unapologetically crafted a legacy that remains an inspirational testament to the spirit of fulfilling your cinematic dreams at any cost.

Over 4 1/2 years in the making and clocking in at a staggering 2 1/2 hour runtime, The Devil Ant from 1999 is considered by many to be Nelson's magnum opus and mission statement. When the sardine gobbling mad doctor (Nelson) and his absent minded assistant (also Nelson) dump a pail of nuclear waste into the nearby water supply, an ordinary ant (Nelson’s infamous dime store rubber toy) is transformed into an unstoppable, marauding menace! With Detective Rock (Nelson again) not-so hot on the trail, the radioactive ant (as well as David’s probing camcorder) wreaks havoc on the streets, restaurants, and horror conventions of Illinois as Nelson brazenly flings his rubber ant at unsuspecting civilians, exasperated friends and family members, and confused convention attendees and celebrities. Featuring “appearances” by cult film luminaries including Forest J. Ackerman, Roger Corman, Fred Olen Ray, Bill Hinzman, Conrad Brooks, John Russo, Carl J. Sukenick, and even former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton!! (Saturn's Core)

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Courtesy of [Saturn's Core Audio & Video](https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/saturns-core), a New Jersey based home video label devoted to releasing underground oddities and shot on video cinema on VHS, and now, blu-ray discs! In partnership with OCN Distribution, Saturn's Core will exhume forgotten or under-seen genre cinema from the 80s and 90s, with an emphasis on SOV horror features.

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SOV SEP: The Devil Ant (1999) pres. by Saturn's Core

Los Angeles Filmforum presents *Lew Klahr: From 45 To 33-- Part 1: Fable by the Door*.

World premiere! Lew Klahr in person!

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This will be the world premiere of *Fable by the Door* (2026, 64m), the second completed feature of Klahr's umbrella series ***From 45 To 33***.

Full program at: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/summer-fall-2026/lewis-klahr-from-45-to-33-part-1-fable-by-the-door/

"This 10-film collage work, like many other film series I’ve created since the early 1980’s, is a “media autobiography”. To clarify -- this is not a memoir, but rather a personalized repurposing of my diverse and voluminous source materials into a cinematic collage that explores “the pastness of the present”. Just like the first completed section of *From 45 to 33 -- Part 2 -- The Blue Rose of Forgetfulness* (2022, 63.5 min.) -- this new series is a cinema of shifting moods and engagements that offers a tactile exploration of elliptical narrative and poetic montage. Like a waking dream, what can be clearly described in words is less significant than what can be felt. — Lew Klahr

"Above all, Klahr's great subject is time, which certainly explains the exquisitely melancholy tone that pervades his work. He traffics in modes that are pitched just bevond the realm of reason. Somewhere between waking and sleeping, we can find that wavelength and achieve understanding-- only to have it slip away as we enter one state or the other." -- Chris Stults Film Curator, The Wexner Center

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Lew Klahr is a Los Angeles based filmmaker and collage artist who uses found images and sound to explore the pastness of the present where the intersection of memory and history, both personal and cultural, occurs. He began creating his uniquely idiosyncratic films in 1977. These have screened extensively in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Included 3 times in the Whitney Biennial and a Guggenheim Fellow, Lewis Klahr teaches in the Theater School of the California Institute of the Arts.

LA Filmforum: Lew Klahr's Fable by the Door

2220 Arts + Archives

Black Narcissus

20th Anniversary of Marie Antoinette with Sofia Coppola

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**FANTASTIC PLANET, 1973, Dir. René Laloux, 72 Mins, Janus Films, France/Czechoslovakia**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux’s animated marvel FANTASTIC PLANET*,* a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants (Draags). After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags’ oppression and violence. With its eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation by Roland Topor, brilliant psychedelic jazz score by Alain Goraguer and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-awarded 1973 counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE TIME MASTERS, 1982, Dir. René Laloux, 79 Mins, Janus Films, France/Switzerland/UK/West Germany/Hungary**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Directed by visionary science-fiction animator René Laloux (FANTASTIC PLANET) and designed by the legendary Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Mœbius), THE TIME MASTERS is a visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure. After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel (voiced by Frédéric Legros) survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar (Jean Valmont), a pilot transporting the exiled Prince Matton (Yves-Marie Maurin) and Princess Belle (Monique Thierry) from their former kingdom. Jaffar seeks the help of Silbad (Michel Elias), a cheerful old-timer who knows how to circumvent Perdide’s hazards, including brain-devouring insects and watery graves. Along the way, Jaffar and company encounter a pair of impish homunculi stowaways, identity-less angels controlled by an amorphous hive mind, and the Masters of Time, mysterious beings who can bend reality and perhaps reveal to the heroes their secret origins and destinies.

FORMAT: DCP

**GANDAHAR, 1987, Dir. René Laloux, 93 Mins, Janus Films, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

An entire civilization must confront its destiny in alternative-animation pioneer René Laloux’s final feature, a cult classic of mind-bending science fiction. In a distant world, a merciless army of automata attacks Gandahar, turning its peace-loving people to stone. Hoping to discover the source of these Men of Metal, a council of matriarchs enlists the brave yet inexperienced warrior Sylvain (Pierre-Marie Escourro), who, while journeying through his planet’s outer regions, teams up with the Deformed, a race cast out from Gandahar after failed science experiments rendered them mutants. Soon, Sylvain learns that a gargantuan brain called Metamorphis (Georges Wilson) is responsible for his utopian society’s strife and—together with the beautiful Airelle (Catherine Chevallier)—travels through time to defeat him, in the process risking their lives and Gandahar’s very existence. Featuring stunningly surreal creatures and wondrously bizarre environments designed by renowned comic-book artist Caza, GANDAHAR is a visceral, visionary head-trip in which animation opens a gateway to the furthest reaches of the imagination.

FORMAT: DCP

FANTASTIC PLANET / THE TIME MASTERS / GANDAHAR

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

50th Anniversary ‘You Can’t Stream That On Television’

SILENT MOVIE

Q&A with Director MARK PELLINGTON

Synopsis:

is a documentary by director Mark Pellington that explores the fast-paced, influential 1990 MTV collage series Buzz, serving as a look back at an early, radical precursor to modern internet and meme culture.

Trailer:

youtube.com/watch?v=q8tFAF2M9i8&themeRefresh=1

THIS IS BUZZ w/ Director Mark Pellington Q+A @ Brain Dead Studios

We Direct Music Videos is thrilled to present Volume 10 of The Directors Series. This time, our guest is icon of the medium Mark Pellington. Through his celebrated work for artists like Pearl Jam, U2, Foo Fighters, The Fray, Nine Inch Nails, The Flaming Lips, Alice in Chains, Public Enemy, INXS, Leonard Cohen, and numerous others, Mark has crafted a highly influential, completely singular style. Join us for a program of music videos selected by Mark Pellington, alongside a career-spanning discussion.

The Directors Series is a celebration of the artistry of music videos and those who make them. As the music video continues to change and mutate in unknowable directions, we want to take stock of the directors and art we love, presenting hand-picked collections of videos in a format rare to the music video: theatrically, with a live audience, and with the filmmakers on hand to discuss their work.

We Direct Music Videos Vol. #10 - MARK PELLINGTON

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“First National Family of Stars,” 1926, 8 Mins, UCLA Film and Television Archive, USA**

This promotional reel for First National Pictures features glimpses of their family of stars including Norma Talmadge, Colleen Moore, Richard Barthelmess, Harry Langdon and more. As the film announces the stars’ latest coming attraction, you may see the only surviving footage of a lost film.

FORMAT: 35mm

**FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, 1926, Dir. Sam Taylor, 58 Mins, UCLA Film and Television Archive, USA**

In FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE (1926), Lloyd stars as J. Harold Manners, a carefree millionaire whose chance encounter with a young mission worker inspires him to become a better man, though not without leaving a trail of comic chaos behind him. What begins as a romantic comedy builds toward one of Lloyd’s most exhilarating finales, featuring an unforgettable runaway wedding procession through the streets of Los Angeles.

Produced during the height of Lloyd’s remarkable run of silent features, FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE perfectly showcases his unique screen persona: optimistic, resourceful and irresistibly likable. Combining spectacular stunt work with warmth, romance and genuine emotional sincerity, the film remains one of the comedian’s most satisfying achievements. Presented in its original tinted 35mm format, this special screening offers audiences the opportunity to experience Harold Lloyd’s work much as moviegoers did a century ago.

FORMAT: 35mm

Introduction by film historian Randy Haberkamp and President of Harold Lloyd Entertainment Suzanne Lloyd. Live score by Dean Mora. 100th Anniversary 35mm Preservation Print of “First National Family of Stars” courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive 35mm Restored Print of FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’ and ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Los Angeles Silent Film Festival Presents "First National Family of Stars" / FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE

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A look at commercial 3-D images created during the silent era. Promotional stereo photographs featured behind the scenes looks at movie stars and productions, such as Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. And stereo cards for penny arcade machines featured many silent movie actors including Ben Turpin, Snitz Edwards, and Chaplin impersonator Charles Amador, who performed on screen as Charlie Aplin. Harold Lloyd and Douglas Fairbanks even commissioned their own personal stereo photographs during the filming of their movies. The presentation will also offer the first public exhibition of recently discovered 3-D photos taken on the set of a 1920 western picture.

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**“Gugusse and the Automaton,” 1897, Dir. Georges Méliès, 1 Min, France, UCLA**

Gugusse, a clown, is both astounded and bewildered upon seeing the mechanical movements of an automaton.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Felix In Love,” 1922, Dir. Otto Messmer, 6 Mins, USA, UCLA**

While serenading Kitty, Felix is knocked off the fence by a lamp that is thrown at him. It turns out to be a magic lamp, and when the genie of the lamp appears and grants Felix a wish, he decides to make a trip to Africa, which he believes will make Kitty love him even more.

FORMAT: 35mm

**“Do Women Pay?,” 1923, Dir. Paul Terry, 6 Mins, USA, Thad Komorowski**
A mouse’s girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious cat. The boy mouse sets out to rescue his sweetheart from the clutches of the evil feline.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Fifteen Minutes,” 1921, Dir. Charley Chase, 9 Mins, USA, UCLA**

While his wife is shopping, Snub attempts to take a fifteen minute break. Starring Snub Pollard.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Koko’s Earth Control,” 1928, Dir. Dave Fleischer, 6 Mins, USA, UCLA**

Koko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-control.

FORMAT: 35mm

**“Alice Rattled By Rats,” 1925, Dir. Walt Disney, 7 Mins, USA, UCLA**

Alice leaves her home and has asked her cat to take care of the house. But the rats are trying to keep the cat out of their way, especially, when they discover Alice’s home-brew, it is not that difficult…

FORMAT: 35mm

3D presentation by Executive Director of 3-D SPACE, The Center for Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema, and Education Eric Kurland. Followed by a wonderful selection of animated and live action shorts with Nicholas White performing live sound effects on authentic 1920s sound effects devices, plus live music by Cliff Retallick: “KoKo’s Earth Control” 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive “Alice Rattled By Rats” 35mm collection print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’

Beyond Silence: Sound Effects, Animation and 3D in the Silent Era

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“The Sheriff’s Baby,” 1913, Dir. D.W. Griffith, 17 Mins, Film Preservation Society, USA**
Directed by D.W. Griffith, this deceptively simple one-reel Western tells the story of an outlaw unexpectedly entrusted with the care of an infant. Combining suspense, humor and genuine emotional depth, the film demonstrates Griffith’s extraordinary ability to create memorable characters and emotional complexity within a single reel.

FORMAT: DCP

**SO THIS IS PARIS, 1926, Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 68 Mins, Park Circus, USA**

Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller star as a happily married couple whose lives become delightfully entangled with flirtatious neighbors, mistaken identities and one of silent cinema’s most celebrated comic dance sequences. At the height of his Hollywood career, Lubitsch demonstrates the sophisticated wit and effortless elegance that became known as the “Lubitsch Touch,” balancing romance, satire and visual invention with remarkable precision. Still as witty and sophisticated today as when it premiered, SO THIS IS PARIS remains one of Lubitsch’s most irresistible comedies and a brilliant example of silent cinema at its most stylish.

FORMAT: 35mm

Silent Film Advocacy Award ceremony for film critic and author Leonard Maltin presented by film historian Randy Haberkamp. Introduction to the films by Turner Classic Movies writer and producer Austin Gold. Live score by Cliff Retallick. 100th Anniversary Preserved by the Library of Congress Book signing with film critic and author Leonard Maltin prior to the screening at 6:30pm at Los Feliz 3. ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival’

"The Sheriff's Baby" / SO THIS IS PARIS

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Prior to the screening, Los Angeles Silent Film Festival merch will be available for purchase in the auditorium.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

One of the earliest horror films, FAUST (1926) was renowned director F. W. Murnau’s last film in Germany before moving to Hollywood for the making of SUNRISE. A visually stunning example of German Expressionism, the film takes a mythic look at the battle of good versus evil just before the rise of Nazi Germany. Elder alchemist Faust (Gösta Ekman) sells his soul to the devil (Emil Jannings) to gain youth and power, only to succumb to temptation and lust, before finding the redemptive power of love. FAUST combines ingenious special effects and gorgeous visual sequences that later influenced other films such as FANTASIA and forces viewers* *to confront difficult moral choices and values.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: KINO LORBER

COUNTRY: Germany

Introduction by film historian and author Mary Mallory. Live score by Dean Mora. 100th Anniversary ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival 2026’

FAUST

1943 • Introduction by Author / Filmmaker Steven C. Smith • One of the funniest, most endearing actresses of the 20th century, Jean Arthur epitomized the everywoman. See her at her Oscar-nominated best, in this romantic WWII-era comedy directed by George Stevens. Jean plays a young woman in overcrowded Washington, D.C., forced to take in two unlikely flatmates. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

The More the Merrier

The LA premiere of the new restoration of a long-lost gem of American independent cinema — a claustrophobic & hallucinatory psychodrama!

Karen Sperling's MAKE A FACE (1971) - LA Restoration Premiere!

**Screenwriter**: Beverley Cross

**Producers**: Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer

If you love Greek mythology, stop-motion animation, or an all-star adventure, ride your pegasus over to Vidiots for a mythical quest like no other! To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfill his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa&#8217;s head and battling the feared Kraken. With incredible practical creature effects from the legendary Ray Harryhausen, Harry Hamlin in his hunky prime, and a Mount Olympus that includes Deities Ursula Andress, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Dame Maggie Smith, this 1980s sword and sandal classic has been enchanting audiences for 45 years!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Check out our Ray Harryhausen section in Fantasy for the best monsters in cinema!

*The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island*

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

Clash of the Titans

**Screenwriter**: Sofia Coppola from the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides

**Producers**: Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Costanzo, Dan Halsted, Chris Hanley

Slip into the dark and dreamy world of Sofia Coppola&#8217;s directorial debut based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. Suburban Michigan, 1975. Cecilia, one of the five shadowy Lisbon sisters, attempts suicide—an event that unravels the lives of the Lisbon family. Little by little, the family shuts itself off from the world. With the girls forbidden to go out, an obsessed group of local boys plots to rescue them. A hypnotic and ethereal work supported by the sublime soundtrack from Air.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more haunted ethereal masterpieces tonight!

*Picnic at Hanging Rock, 3 Women, Let&#8217;s Scare Jessica to Death*

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

The Virgin Suicides

## Director Mike Bowler and actor/collaborator Steve Jarvis in person!

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

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## Guaranteed the Last Health Club You’ll Ever Join!

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At Benson’s Health Spa business is booming. And why not? With the, “Look beautiful and stay fit or never pay a dime” promotion, people are literally selling their souls to join.

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**dir. Mike Bowler, 1992***United States, digital projection*108 min

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**Doors Open**: SUNDAY, 9/13NOTE EARLY "MATINEE" TIME!3:30 4:00 SCREENING

**Screening Starts**: SUNDAY, 9/13NOTE EARLY "MATINEE" TIME!3:30 DOORS4:00

Followed by an in-person Q&A with director Mike Bowler and actor/collaborator Steve Jarvis, hosted by writer & filmmaker Chris Shields.

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[TERROR VISION](https://www.terror-vision.com/) is a Savannah, GA based DIY independent releasing company from Savannah who specializes in 80s horror LPs, tapes and blu-rays.

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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.***

SOV SEP: Hell Spa (1992) dir. Mike Bowler in person! pres. by Terror Vision

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Others in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

SCARLET WARNING 666 stars Rockey as twin brothers in a story of Satanic skullduggery, bizarre occult rituals and “demonic assassination” on a country estate.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grindhouse Releasing

COUNTRY: USA

L.A. Premiere of New Restoration ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents SCARLET WARNING 666

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Cantonese with English subtitles.*

After a fatal hit-and-run, three high school friends flee the crime scene. They are witnessed by Pearl, a sadistic young girl, who pursues the group and blackmails them into more crimes, with increasingly disastrous consequences.  

DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE (a.k.a. DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND), directed by Tsui Hark (A BETTER TOMORROW), is one of the most controversial and violent crime films from the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cult Epics

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE

Joysticks / Zapped!

**Screenwriter**: Ngozi Onwurah

**Producer**: Simon Onwurah

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome writer/director **Ngozi Onwurah** for a special 30th Anniversary screening of her visionary Afrofuturist gem ***Welcome II the Terrordome***! Co-presented by our friends at [**Monkeypaw Productions**](https://www.monkeypawproductions.com) and featuring a merch pop-up and limited giveaways!

Ngozi Onwurah’s radically ahead-of-its-time Afrofuturist vision *Welcome II the Terrordome* made history as the first theatrically distributed British feature directed by a Black woman. Nevertheless, it was largely dismissed upon its release by critics unable to see the urgency in its evocation of a gritty dystopia in which Black people have been relegated to living in a slum called the Terrordome, where simmering racial tension threatens to boil over in the wake of a young boy’s death. Over thirty years later, Onwurah’s fusion of political commentary and genre spectacle looks positively prescient, and her ability to build an entire cosmology that connects the history of slavery to present-day police brutality is nothing less than visionary.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Afrofuturist deep cuts from our video collection!

*Space is the Place, Born in Flames, The Brother from Another Planet*

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

Welcome II the Terrordome

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*You Must Remember This* is the podcast dedicated to exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century.

THE CHEAT is featured in the new season of *You Must Remember This*, called ‘The Bisexuals,’ which debuts September 15.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Elsa Carlyle (Tallulah Bankhead) is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she’s spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, she bets and loses big at a casino, and then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingstone, a wealthy Casanova just back from the Orient, makes a play for her. Elsa dallies with Hardy, but soon, his insistence and her dire financial affairs seem destined to lead to adultery. Who’s the cheat?

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by You Must Remember This host Karina Longworth

You Must Remember This Presents THE CHEAT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

An entire civilization must confront its destiny in alternative-animation pioneer René Laloux’s final feature, a cult classic of mind-bending science fiction. In a distant world, a merciless army of automata attacks Gandahar, turning its peace-loving people to stone. Hoping to discover the source of these Men of Metal, a council of matriarchs enlists the brave yet inexperienced warrior Sylvain (Pierre-Marie Escourro), who, while journeying through his planet’s outer regions, teams up with the Deformed, a race cast out from Gandahar after failed science experiments rendered them mutants. Soon, Sylvain learns that a gargantuan brain called Metamorphis (Georges Wilson) is responsible for his utopian society’s strife and—together with the beautiful Airelle (Catherine Chevallier)—travels through time to defeat him, in the process risking their lives and Gandahar’s very existence. Featuring stunningly surreal creatures and wondrously bizarre environments designed by renowned comic-book artist Caza, *Gandahar* is a visceral, visionary head-trip in which animation opens a gateway to the furthest reaches of the imagination.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

GANDAHAR

Peeping Tom / See No Evil

**Screenwriter/Producer**: Karen Sperling

Filmmaker **Karen Sperling** in Person! Presented in collaboration with **7th House** and the **Philosophical Research Society**.

Join 7th House and Vidiots in our microcinema as we rediscover Karen Sperling&#8217;s newly unearthed groundbreaking film, *The Waiting Room*, shot with an all-female crew at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island and virtually unseen for 50 years! Don&#8217;t miss your opportunity to be one of the first to revisit this mind-bending lost film at Vidiots!

Karen Sperling emerged as a pioneering yet underrecognized figure in American independent cinema of the 1970s. The granddaughter of Hollywood mogul Harry Warner, Sperling carved her own artistic path, directing two highly distinctive films in the early part of the decade. In 1971, at just 25 years old, she wrote, produced, directed, starred in, and composed the score for *Make a Face*, an experiential psychodrama reminiscent of *Repulsion* (1967). Two years later, she made history by assembling an all-woman film crew to create *The Waiting Room*, an enigmatic exploration of personal, familial, and institutional relationships between women. Shot entirely within the Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island, the film blends naturalism with avant-garde techniques—incorporating elements of dance, theatricality, and video art.

As Sperling remarked in a *Daily Times* article in 1973, “the production crew is made up of women whose feelings, and the unique environment women create together extends right into the filming of the story, reinforcing the conception.” The total creative and financial freedom Sperling enjoyed was double-edged: after a handful of press and industry screenings in 1973, the film went undistributed and was never publicly screened again.

Despite its groundbreaking nature, *The Waiting Room* was largely forgotten, though its approach anticipated the work of legendary filmmakers like Yvonne Rainer and Chantal Akerman. Many members of its pioneering all-woman crew, including Roberta Findlay and Alexis Krasilovsky, Nancy Schreiber are notable filmmakers and film industry professionals themselves, while Sperling pursued interests outside the film industry. As an act of cinematic archaeology, it’s fascinating, but it wouldn’t be so exciting if the films themselves weren’t also incredible works of art.

Note courtesy of Michael Metzger, Pick-Laudati Academic Curator for Cinema and Media Arts at the Block Museum in Chicago.

And don&#8217;t miss Karen Sperling&#8217;s other lost feature [***Make A Face***](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/karen-sperlings-make-a-face-1971-la-restoration-premiere-tickets-1998998067030?aff=oddtdtcreator) at the **Philosophical Research Society** on Sunday, September 13th at 7:00pm.

The Waiting Room

Emma in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, in which Michał witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child. He is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Fixafilm

COUNTRY: Poland

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

THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT

Join scholar of mythological studies Maryam Sayyad, Ph.D. for an in-person & online exploration of jinn in stories, myth, and film

Cinemyth Presents: Jinn, Angel, Demon: The Spirit of the Wish in Fairy Tale

Free. Bad artist welcome

Hosted by an art group based in Echo Park

BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen Drink & Draw!

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Dolly Parton on physical media tonight!

*9 to 5, Rhinestone, Steal Magnolias*

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

Twin Husbands/Murder at Glen Athol

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

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A ravenous, predatory creature from deep space arrives on Earth and unleashes its insatiable appetite for flesh and blood on an unsuspecting, seaside town. Assigned by his superiors to hunt down the creature, former starship commander David Riggs (Greg Scott) recruits the assistance of a reluctant psychic investigator named Sandra Lynn (Kathy Monks), who’s been haunted by gruesome, clairvoyant visions of the monster savagely mutilating the towns’ local teenagers. When her innocent young daughter is killed, Sandra tracks the beast to its underwater lair in a kamikaze attempt to detonate a thermonuclear termination device and obliterate the creature (and herself) once and for all.

A mind-shattering, analog splatterfest that blissfully unfolds amidst the late ‘80s shopping malls, rock clubs, and shorelines of Ocean and Monmouth County, NJ, **Flesh Eaters from Outer Space** (aka *A Taste for Flesh & Blood*) marked the headbanging SOV feature debut of legendary Neptune, New Jersey-based writer/director Warren F. Disbrow (*Invasion for Flesh and Blood*, *Scarlet Moon*). In the tradition of *Humanoids from the Deep* and *Nightbeast*, big teeth, big hair, and big riffs abound in this regional, “man in a suit” monster epic that’s bursting at the seams with jaw-dropping nudity and practical gore FX. A 1980s love letter to the monster movies of the ‘50s featuring homespun dismemberments, disembowelments, and decapitations at every turn, Disbrow’s Flesh Eaters from Outer Space remains one of the seminal ‘80s horror features that would help put New Jersey on the map as a hub for micro-budget, shot on video filmmaking in the decades to come. (Saturn's Core)

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**dir. Warren F. Disbrow, 1989***United States, digital projection*88 min

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

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Courtesy of [Saturn's Core Audio & Video](https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/saturns-core), a New Jersey based home video label devoted to releasing underground oddities and shot on video cinema on VHS, and now, blu-ray discs! In partnership with OCN Distribution, Saturn's Core will exhume forgotten or under-seen genre cinema from the 80s and 90s, with an emphasis on SOV horror features.

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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.***

SOV SEP: Flesh Eaters from Outer Space (1989) pres. by Saturn's Core

Acropolis Cinema presents *Little Boy*, by James Benning. 2025. Director in person!

James Benning’s mesmerizing new film spans decades of U.S. history with simple and seemingly minor gestures. Foregrounding its own structural form, *Little Boy* shows us a series of prefabricated toy models being painted in close-up, accompanied by the rallying cries of folk and pop standards, followed by images of the models’ final construction overlaid with passages of political oratory, from voices inspiring or nefarious. The cumulative image is one of a society doomed to cycles of domestic decline and implicated in international terror in the name of “peace-making” interventionism. A companion piece to *American Dreams: Lost and Found*, Benning’s 1984 film composed entirely of baseball card memorabilia, *Little Boy*—its title recalling the lyrics from Pete Seeger’s “What Did You Learn in School Today?”—is an American epic in miniature.

TRT: 74 min

In person: James Benning

Acropolis Cinema: James Benning's Little Boy

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. 8/20) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

70th Anniversary ‘Magnificent Melodramas: Douglas Sirk & Russell Metty’

THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW

Fight Club

*Stepney Western* is an experimental documentary by Harry Lawson, made in collaboration with a group of young inner-city horse riders from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Recasting their neighbourhood as the Wild West, the film sits at the porous boundary between fact and fiction, combining recontextualised iPhone clips shot by the riders and archival material with Lawson’s own footage. It is loosely centred on their Alternative Provision programme — a unique alternative for young people in England who struggle in mainstream education settings. 

*In With Both Feet* is a unique oral history of the stables, written by Kathryn Scanlan in response to the film. The audience will listen to a recording of Scanlan’s piece, read by Paula Archer, one of the founders of Stepney Bank Stables. What emerges is a kind of collective portrait, made up of edited fragments of speech from Lawson’s rushes.

The screening and reading will be followed by a conversation between Lawson and Scanlan.

Stepney Western + In With Both Feet

**Screenwriter**: John Cassavetes

**Producer**: Al Ruban

The quiet, simple family lives of Gus, Harry and Archie (John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk) are shattered when their best friend, Stuart, has a heart attack and dies suddenly. Now facing their mortality, the three men fall into their own midlife crises. First by spending their days playing basketball and nights drinking, and eventually by ditching their families altogether for a sudden getaway to London, where they face the temptation to cheat on their wives for the first time.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got a full Cassavetes Director&#8217;s section, but we&#8217;ve also got these gems he stars in!

*Mikey and Nicky, Columbo: Étude in Black* (S.2 D.1), *The Fury*

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

Tuesday, 9/1

Aero Theatre

THE UPRISING,

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS,

7:30 PM

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Los Feliz Theatre

THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

7:00 PM

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THE END OF EVANGELION

10:00 PM

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New Beverly Cinema

The Invite

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

7:30 PM

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Vidiots

I Want Your Sex

7:30 PM

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Vista Theatre

Batman (1966)

2:00 PM

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Speed Racer

3:30 PM, 7:30 PM

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Tuesday, 9/1