### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Episode 101 “Step Into My Office,” Dir. Harry Bradbeer, 47 Mins**

It won’t end the way you want it to.

FORMAT: DCP

**Episode 102 “Tread Lightly,” Dir. Harry Bradbeer, 43 Mins**

You’re an investigator. Investigate.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**SPIDER-NOIR, 2026, Amazon Prime, USA**

SPIDER-NOIR is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. SPIDER NOIR tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.

Q&A with co-showrunner, writer and executive producer Oren Uziel. Moderated by Jenelle Riley.

SPIDER-NOIR

Aero Theatre

Hollywood Entertainment is proud to host director Henry Hanson and star Milo Talwani for the LA premiere of *Puppygirl*, the remarkable hyperpop docu-porn-madness, presented alongside their beloved comedy, *Dog Movie*! Their bright and beautifully lo-fi digital tales of deranged intracommunal dynamics are bracing and funny slices of intricately weaponized discomfort. In their condensed runtimes, they provoke us with brutal and brilliant observations about bad friends, boundaries, queer community and sexuality, porn, dogs, and so much more.

### Dog Movie

*Release Year:* 2023

*Run Time:* 56 mins

A passive-aggressive tenderqueer couple sends their household into a quiet tailspin when they adopt an elderly dog who shares the same name as the unemployed couch surfer they just can’t seem to confront in *Bros Before* filmmaker Henry Hanson&#8217;s improvised microbudget debut feature, which he/they describe as “the trans *Curb Your Enthusiasm*.”

### Puppygirl

*Release Year:* 2025

*Run Time:* 55 mins

A semi-delusional trans woman (Milo Talwani) embarks on a shocking, bizarre, and oddly touching personal odyssey to undo years of sexual repression by performing in puppygirl fetish porn in Henry Hanson&#8217;s new gonzo documentary.

Dog Movie + Puppygirl

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**PADDINGTON, 2014, Dir. Paul King, 95 Mins, Lionsgate, UK/France**

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

FORMAT: DCP

**PADDINGTON 2, 2017, Dir. Paul King, 104 Mins, Warner Bros., UK/France/Luxembourg**

Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

FORMAT: DCP

**PADDINGTON IN PERU, 2025, Dir. Dougal Wilson, 106 Mins, Sony Pictures, UK/France/USA**

Full of Paddington’s signature blend of wit, charm, and laugh-out-loud humor, PADDINGTON IN PERU finds the beloved, marmalade-loving bear lost in the jungle on an exciting, high-stakes adventure. When Paddington discovers his beloved Aunt Lucy has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the wilds of Peru to look for her. The only clue to her whereabouts is a spot marked on an enigmatic map. Determined to solve the mystery, Paddington embarks on a thrilling quest through the rainforests of the Amazon to find his aunt…and may also uncover one of the world’s most legendary treasures.

FORMAT: DCP

‘Paddington’s Bleak Week Marmalade Chaser – Chapter 5’

PADDINGTON / PADDINGTON 2 / PADDINGTON IN PERU

Los Feliz Theatre

Snake in the Monkey’s Shadow / Snake Deadly Act

New Beverly Cinema

The Silent Partner/ Narrow Margin

Vista Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A prequel to the smash hit TV series, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME follows Agent Dale Cooper as he investigates a murder in the final days of the infamous Laura Palmer’s life. In this small town, teens trade drugs and soap opera one-liners while a phantasmagoric serial killer is on the loose. Featuring a beloved score from Angelo Badalamenti and a soulful collaboration with “Falling” songstress Julee Cruise.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A feature film which presents deleted scenes from TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) assembled together for the first time in an untold portion of the story’s prequel.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES

Days of Heaven / The Wild Child

Mezzanine and Now Instant present the Los Angeles premiere of the restoration of *Trás-os-Montes* by the singular Portuguese husband-and-wife team António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro, a poet and a psychiatrist whose beautiful collaborations were a major influence on their contemporaries, including Manoel de Oliveira and their student Pedro Costa.

“Largely unknown outside Portugal, filmmakers António Reis (1927-1991) and Margarida Cordeiro (b. 1939) are legendary figures in their native country. Reis was a poet, a folklorist, and an ethnographer; Cordeiro, a psychiatrist by trade. Across the four films they made together, the duo forged a cinema of profound commitment, deeply rooted in the language, labors, myths, dreams, and material realities of a land and a people: namely, the peasants of Trás-os-Montes in Portugal’s remote Northeast. With one foot firmly anchored in the earth and the other in the cosmos, Reis and Cordeiro conjure up the deep, cyclical time of folk tradition. Their films are a collision of the forces of documentary and poetry, fact and fabulation, the ancient and the avant-garde, a vertigo of contradictions at once harmonious and sharply unreconciled. Employing simple and direct means, their work is all the more mystical for being so concrete. ‘Here and nowhere else. Here and anywhere else’—this is the paradoxical space-time of their films, in the words of Serge Daney.

Tras-os-Montes

Now Instant Image Hall

Join us in the microcinema for a double dose of horror shorts sure to unnerve and mystify: Kiyoshi Kurosawa&#8217;s newly released NFT ***Chime*** and Renee Zhan&#8217;s lauded ***Shé (Snake)***.

***Chime***

**Director**: Kiyoshi Kurosawa **Runtime**: 45 min. **Language**: Japanese with English subtitles

A masterclass in escalating dread and shocking violence, *Chime *reaffirms Kiyoshi Kurosawa as one of modern horror’s most innovative and unpredictable visionaries. During a class, culinary instructor Matsuoka (Mutsuo Yoshioka) witnesses the suicide of a young student (Seiichi Kohinata), driven to insanity by what he claims is a chiming sound that controls his mind. Soon, Matsuoka begins hearing it, too, and descends into a mental abyss that warps his perception of reality and gives vent to his darkest impulses. Expertly blending psychological portraiture and hallucinatory mystery, Kurosawa offers a chilling depiction of madness that interrogates the very stability of our everyday existence, with the director’s patented creeping tracking shots and complex sound design fashioning an immersively terrifying and unnerving cinematic experience.

Screening with:

***Shé (Snake)***

**Director**: Renee Zhan **Runtime**: 15 min. **Language**: English and Mandarin

Fei, a 16 year old British-Chinese girl, is the top violinist in an elite youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place, Fei’s anxieties and internalized racism grow to take monstrous physical form. They whisper to her, urging her to be the best, no matter the cost.

Chime and Shé (Snake)

**Screenwriter**: Carlos Cuarón

**Producers**: Alfonso Cuarón,  Alejandro González Iñárritu,  Guillermo del Toro, Frida Torresblanco

Co-presented by the** Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles**

Get ready to score goal after goal with two of the dreamiest soccer players you&#8217;ve ever seen &#8211; Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna &#8211; in Carlos Cuarón&#8217;s hilarious and skewering satiric fútbol classic *Rudo y Cursi*. Tato and Beto are poor stepbrothers living on a banana plantation in Mexico. Both are talented soccer players, but their dreams lay elsewhere: tone-deaf Tato wants to be a singer, while Beto is content to remain on the plantation. One day, a sports agent sees the two young men playing soccer and offers to take one of them to Mexico City for a chance at sports stardom. With a production team and cast that read like a who&#8217;s who of Mexican cinema, this biting and engaging story of sibling rivalry, fame, and excess scores &#8211; don&#8217;t miss your chance to see it in all its celluloid glory!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Mexican masterpieces tonight on DVD and Blu-Ray

*Who the Hell is Juliette, Deep Crimson, Cabeza de Vaca*

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

Rudo y Cursi on 35mm

Vidiots

Superstition/Bloodmoon

Angel Heart/ Jacob's Ladder

Acropolis Cinema presents *An Injury to All* (Dir. Travis Wilkerson, 2026). World premiere sneak preview of a new work in progress, presented as a singular live documentary!

Total runtime: 90 min. In person: Travis Wilkerson.

~

*An Injury to All* is both the prequel to *An Injury to One* (2001) and its urgent postscript. It traces the life of I.W.W. Organizer Frank Little before his arrival and infamous murder in Butte, Montana. Following his peripatetic, restless journey from his childhood in Oklahoma to his astonishing rise as a visionary organizer criss-crossing the American West, struggling for immigrant rights, for militant labor, for free speech and always and forever against the social catastrophe of war—his is a singular and irreplaceable story of American resistance and the inspiring vision of a different kind of world. Most of all, it restores his incompatible life—rather than the horror of his eventual death—to the place it always deserved to be. A ferocious antidote to the present moment and conscious riposte to the 250th anniversary of the USA.

Acropolis Cinema: Travis Wilkerson's An Injury to All (2026)

2220 Arts + Archives

10th Anniversary of Spa Night

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/UK

Ultra rare screening! Last screened in L.A. in 1998 ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’

BATMAN in 70mm

Exclusive screening of "STRIKING" a film by Khufu Najee.

Doors 7PM.

RSVP required. Entry is first come, first served. A standby line will be available.

STRIKING (Screening) starring Ovrkast.

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. 6/18) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*“In 1966, following the collapse of a film which I hoped to develop with Albert Finney’s production company, on the 1916 Easter uprising in Dublin, I was approached by John Heyman, a British artists’ agent, to make a film based on an original screenplay by Johnny Speight, which dealt with the influence of Steven Shorter, a pop star in the 1960s. American novelist Norman Bognor and I adapted the script, which we retitled PRIVILEGE, to emphasize the significance of Steven Shorter as an allegory for the manner in which national states, working via religion, the mass media, sports, Popular Culture, etc., divert a potential political challenge by young people. In case this theme appears exaggerated, it is important to keep in mind that it was set in the ‘swinging Britain’ of the 1960s, and was prescient of the way that Popular Culture and the media in the US commercialized the anti-war and counter-culture movement in that country as well. PRIVILEGE also ominously predicted what was to happen in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain of the 1980s – especially during the period of the Falkland Islands War.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures

COUNTRY: UK

‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

PRIVILEGE

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 1, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 60 Mins, Paramount, USA**

My log has a message for you.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 2, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 54 Mins, Paramount, USA**

The stars turn and a time presents itself.

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 1 & 2

One Battle After Another

The world theatrical premiere of the restoration of a fascinating and singular 70s artifact of California's new age movement.

THE PYRAMID (1976) presented by Analog Outlaw and Enlighted Artists

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriters**: Kevin McDonald,  Mark McKinney,  Scott Thompson,  Bruce McCulloch, Norm Hiscock

**Producer**: Lorne Michaels

Vidiots is tickled pink to welcome comedy legend ***Scott Thompson*** for a special 30th Anniversary screening of the comedy cult classic ***Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy.***

Your serotonin is about to shoot through the roof when everyone&#8217;s favorite Canadian sketch comedy troupe takes on Big Pharma in this ridiculously demented laugh riot. In a rush to launch a new anti-depressant onto the market, a shifty pharmaceutical company fast-tracks a scientist&#8217;s breakthrough pill Gleemonex that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it&#8217;s successful, it has unfortunate side effects that the company is all too willing to hide to protect their profit margins! Like any true cult classic, this brilliantly bonkers social satire opened to an underwhelming reception, but over the last 30 years an ever-growing cult of *Candyphiles* have recognized the forward-thinking brilliance of the *Kids* and their gender-bending, consumerist-skewering, oddball-extravaganza that is *Brain Candy*!

**Picks from the Video Store**

You can take home every last episode of *The Kids in the Hall *on DVD tonight, as well as these absurd specials!

*The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses, The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty, The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town*

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

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Disclosure Day (70mm)

Happiness

Only Yesterday

The Seven Year Itch with Kim Morgan

The Parallax View in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Often misunderstood, Malcolm X was one of the leading forces of the United States’ Civil Rights Movement. He inspired many—and frightened many—but is destined to be remembered as one of the greatest men of his era. This riveting biography directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington in an Academy Award-nominated performance reveals the man at the center of a storm of change.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

MALCOLM X in 70mm

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

Killer of Sheep

It&#8217;s a hot one on a summer day in Brooklyn as the pizzas get delivered, ice is used for foreplay and boomboxes play on. Hyper-colourful, righteously angry and showcasing Spike Lee at peak power, this one rides the tightrope of human emotion/drama and political indignation. Good soundtrack too.

Do the Right Thing

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 (6/19)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Having built his career as both an actor and director of silent cinema with comedic short films starring his wildly popular Little Tramp character, Charles Chaplin confounded audiences when he followed up his first feature, The Kid, with a serious melodrama—sans the Tramp! A major departure from his previous output, A WOMAN OF PARIS centers around the title character (frequent Chaplin Studios actor Edna Purviance), who is betrayed by her lover and then cast aside by her would-be fiancé (Adolphe Menjou). Applauded by the press but rejected by the public, then pulled from distribution by Chaplin himself, A WOMAN OF PARIS, with its influential, understated acting and deft storytelling, now stands as one of Chaplin’s greatest directorial achievements.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $7.02 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

A WOMAN OF PARIS

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Le Jour Ou…,” 1997, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 7 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, Switzerland**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Chantal Akerman ruminates on the future of cinema from her bed.

FORMAT: DCP

**MAKING OF TOMORROW WE MOVE, 2004, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 80 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

What a revelation and a privilege it is to see Chantal Akerman at work. Its French title a pun, this film offers behind-the-scenes footage from the production of TOMORROW WE MOVE: makeup and costume tests, script readings, scene blocking and rehearsals and on-set interviews with Aurore Clément and Sylvie Testud, her lead actresses, as well as Akerman herself.

FORMAT: DCP

Photo courtesy of Collections CINEMATEK © Chantal Akerman Foundation ‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

“Le Jour Ou…” / MAKING OF TOMORROW WE MOVE

Inglourious Basterds

The first night of a rare, momentous 2-evening retrospective of the Basses' remarkable short films, feat. beautiful archival 16mm prints!

THE FILMS OF SAUL & ELAINE BASS —Night 1: Short Films feat. WHY MAN CREATES

**Screenwriters**: Michael Tolkin,  Henry Bean

**Producers**: Pierre David,  Henry Bean

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome actor/director/legend **Bill Duke** for a special screening of his neon-soaked neo-noir ***Deep Cover*!**

We are going undercover with Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum in Bill Duke&#8217;s slick crime thriller set in the underbelly of early 90s Los Angeles. Fishburne plays Russell Stevens, an undercover LAPD officer determined to infiltrate the cartel of LA&#8217;s biggest drug kingpin, played by none other than Jeff Goldblum, in one of his most menacing roles. Stevens has to walk the line between criminal and cop as he plunges into ever darker territory to keep his cover and bring down the operation. Smart and stylish with a killer early 90s hip hop soundtrack and incredible performances by Fishburne and Goldblum, this sizzling slice of neo-noir will pull you deep under its sinister spell!

Screening followed by a conversation with Bill Duke. And the fun doesn&#8217;t stop there! Join us for [*Predator*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/predator/) with Bill Duke and Richard Chaves on Sunday the 21st.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got decades of Bill Duke deep cuts you can take home tonight on Blu-Ray and DVD!

*Street of No Return, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, Car Wash*

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

A Weekend with Bill Duke: Deep Cover

**Screenwriter**: Angela Robinson

**Producers**: Jasmine Kosovic,  Andrea Sperling

Everyone&#8217;s favorite teen girl secret agent squad movie finally comes to Vidiots&#8217; big screen in all its queer and girl power glory! A quartet of girls from a prep high school are recruited by a secret paramilitary academy to conduct cloak-and-dagger missions, all while maintaining their Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength! This campy cult classic is the gayest sendoff to *Charlie&#8217;s Angels* the cinema world has produced! So grab your squad and get ready for a campy kick-ass queer time!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Searching for more Sapphic cinema? Take home these queer classics tonight!

*But I&#8217;m a Cheerleader, Desert Hearts, Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love*

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

D.E.B.S.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Acropolis Cinema presents *An Injury to One - 4K Reconstruction* (Dir. Travis Wilkerson, 2001/2026).

*U.S premiere of the reconstruction of the 2001 film for its 25th anniversary using gorgeous new 4K scans, texts, and animations.*

Total runtime: 53 min. In person: Travis Wilkerson.

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*An Injury to One* provides a corrective—and absolutely compelling—glimpse of a particularly volatile moment in early 20th century American labor history: the rise and fall of Butte, Montana. Specifically, it chronicles the mysterious death of Wobbly organizer Frank Little, a story whose grisly details have taken on a legendary status in the state. Much of the extant evidence is inscribed upon the landscape of Butte and its surroundings. Thus, a connection is drawn between the unsolved murder of Little, and the attempted murder of the town itself.

Archival footage mixes with deftly deployed intertitles, while the lyrics to traditional mining songs are accompanied by music from William Oldham, Jim O'Rourke, and the band Low, producing an appropriately moody, effulgent, and strangely out-of-time soundtrack. The result is a unique film/video hybrid that combines painterly images, incisive writing, and a bold graphic sensibility to produce an articulate example of the aesthetic and political possibilities offered by filmmaking in the digital age.

This version is not precisely a “remaster” but rather a meticulous reconstruction of the original vision of the film. Where the original material was available, it was used, in the highest quality available. Where such material no longer exists, adequate substitutions were made. The result is something new, both resolutely of the past while firmly in the present. The richness of the film material is almost unimaginable from the original version—more lush, more expressive, more heartbreaking, too.

Acropolis Cinema: Travis Wilkerson's An Injury to One - 4K Reconstruction (2001/2026)

The Rescuers

River of No Return

Car Wash 50th Anniversary Screening in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on the daring campaigns of real-life British military figure T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole, in his first feature) during WWI, this sweeping epic of Arab infighting and British colonialism won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. The amazing cast includes Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains and Alec Guinness as Prince Feisal.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: UK

‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’ The American Cinematheque’s own pristine 70mm archival print!

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Hank (Frederic Forrest) and Frannie (Teri Garr) argue while celebrating their fifth anniversary. Yearning for a life of excitement and romance, Frannie fears that she is wasting her life on a man who shows no interest in her dreams of traveling to far-off places. The argument escalates and they break up. Heading in separate ways and taking to the streets, they both meet and spend the night with strangers. Hank with the seductive Leila (Nastassja Kinski), a runaway circus performer and Frannie with Ray (Raul Julia), a handsome waiter who moonlights as a cocktail pianist and singer.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

In remembrance of Dean Tavoularis Last screened in L.A. in 1990 ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’

ONE FROM THE HEART in 70mm

An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named &#8216;Prisney,&#8217; he rallies an orchestra of geriatric women, a bullish conductor, and an animator that he keeps locked in the dungeon. What could go wrong?

Allegro non troppo

After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Green Room

Oh hi Mark! A double feature you won't believe and an epic meet & greet with Greg Sestero with exclusive merch for fans. Do NOT Miss This!

THE ROOM (2003)(R) & BIG SHARK (2023)(PG-13) w Greg Sestero In-Person 6pm

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**Please note**: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis.

Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons.

Family secrets and betrayals explode in the most riveting video call you’ve ever seen. Writer-director Homayoun Ghanizadeh transforms the familiar stacked boxes of talking heads we all live with these days into a dazzling, high-wire act of storytelling and performance when three generations of an Iranian family are confronted by the son of a former family servant over the fate of the stately family home back in Iran. Ghanizadeh’s riveting, all-star ensemble — Golshifteh Farahani, Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nasirian, Shirin Neshat — delivers an acting tour de force that deliberately transcends the bounds of the film’s form. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Homayoun Ghanizadeh. With: Golshifteh Farahani, Shirin Neshat, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nasirian, Payman Maadi.

Oh, What Happy Days

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In NO BLOOD RELATION, a gripping early example of Mikio Naruse’s cinematic boldness, featuring a screenplay by Ozu’s famed collaborator Kogo Noda, an actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

35mm print courtesy of The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Series co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities ‘Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

NO BLOOD RELATION

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

A period piece that forgoes nostalgia in favor of a stark examination of working-class struggle, Bo Widerberg’s second feature unfolds in 1936 in the director’s hometown of Malmö. It’s there, in the poor district of Raven’s End, that young Anders (Widerberg’s regular collaborator Tommy Berggren) chases his dream of becoming a writer while growing increasingly disillusioned with the dead-end world that surrounds him: an alcoholic father, a toiling mother and the ominous specter of Nazism. Delivering a bracing jolt of kitchen-sink realism to Swedish cinema, Widerberg paints an unsparing portrait of youthful idealism bumping up against economic despair.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

West Coast Theatrical Premiere of 2K Restoration ‘Bo Widerberg: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

RAVEN'S END

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After being falsely convicted of murdering his wife, Vincent Parry escapes San Quentin and shacks up with Irene Jansen, a woman whose innocent father died in prison. Undergoing plastic surgery to change his appearance, Vincent sets off on the hunt for the real killer under a new identity.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTIRBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

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

The Greg Proops Film Club Presents DARK PASSAGE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Julianne Moore stars with Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack and Robert Pattinson in this unforgettable drama from acclaimed director David Cronenberg. Hollywood actress Havana Segrand (Moore) is unraveling as her career flounders. Her therapist (Cusack) and his wife are busy managing the career of their child-star son. But when a mysterious young woman named Agatha (Wasikowska) befriends a limo driver (Pattinson) and ties all their lives together, nothing will ever be the same as they try to survive a world of money, fame, envy and relentless hauntings.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: Canada/France/Germany/USA

‘Watch Local: Sex, Lies, and… Fame at the Chateau Marmont’

MAPS TO THE STARS

Lilo & Stitch

Mars Attacks!

Featuring the Basses' strange sci-fi cult classic PHASE IV and their most cosmic explorations of the natural world and the otherworldly

THE FILMS OF SAUL & ELAINE BASS —Night 2: PHASE IV and Beyond — feat. QUEST

**Screenwriters**: Dennis Lee, Jim Henson, Terry Jones

**Producer:** Eric Rattray

Step into one of Jim Henson&#8217;s most beloved fantasy worlds with Rock God and Goblin King David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, and a plethora of magical puppets from foxes to worms in a psychedelic Escheresque landscape. When teen Sarah is forced to babysit Toby, her baby stepbrother, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him. A musical puppet banger for any age of cinephile, make sure you head to Vidiots for all the dance magic we can muster!

**Picks From the Video Store**

Take home more David Bowie tonight!

*Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Linguini Incident*

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

Labyrinth

**Produced by**: Elliot Page, Megan Ellison, Matt Jordan Smith, Jennifer Steinman Sternin, Drew Denny

With producer/director **Drew Denny** in conversation after the screening!

Elliot Page narrates this hilarious and heartening romp through the animal world, led by brave scientists fighting censorship as they reveal the truth about our nature. *Second Nature* — everything you didn’t learn in high school biology!

Did you know that clownfish change sex from male to female? (*So if Nemo’s mom had died in real life, his dad would have become his mom!*) Did you know that albatross, penguins and swans parent in same sex pairs? Or that bonobos, who are just as closely related to us as chimps, are matriarchal and have same-sex sex every day?!

Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” *Second Nature* follows trailblazing trans Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets other groundbreaking scientists exploring the 1500+ animal species who engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more.

Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World

**Screenwriter**: Ronald Bass

**Producers**: Ronald Bass,  Jerry Zucker

You are cordially invited to a very special occasion: Vidiots is playing the wildly entertaining *My Best Friend’s Wedding*, one of the best romantic comedies of an impressive decade. Julianne (Julia Roberts) realizes she has feelings for her longtime platonic guy friend Michael (Dermot Mulroney) just as he announces he’s marrying Kimmy (Cameron Diaz), but will her attempts to break up the couple lead to true love with Michael or utter disaster? Make sure you RSVP to this fizzy delight that has everything you’d want from a ‘90s rom-com: impromptu musical numbers, giant flip phones, characters with glamorous jobs like “restaurant critic” and “sportswriter,” and Rupert Everett as the impossibly charming gay BFF!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Have you got wedding fever? Take home these gems full of fabulous nuptials

*The Wedding Banquet, Muriel&#8217;s Wedding, Margot at the Wedding*

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

My Best Friend’s Wedding

**Screenwriter**: Aleshea Harris

**Producers**: Tessa Thompson,  Kishori Rajan,  Riva Marker,  Janicza Bravo,  Aleshea Harris

Summer is just getting started and we&#8217;ve got one hell of a roadtrip planned for you with Aleshea Harris&#8217; miraculous debut feature &#8211; a vengeance film so incendiary and kick-ass, we had to bring it back for more! In *Is God Is*, two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that will push them to extraordinary lengths. The film is Aleshea Harris’ directorial debut and is based on Harris’ adaptation of her award-winning play of the same name.

Is God Is

**Writer/Producer**: David Cronenberg

Co-Presented by Community Partner **The Cinegogue**

Car culture has never been more bizarrely erotic than in David Cronenberg&#8217;s take on J.G. Ballard&#8217;s disturbing novel in this audacious and twisted fetishistic phenomenon. James Spader plays James Ballard, a television producer in a passionless marriage. After a car accident involving Dr. Helen Remington (Holly Hunter), he uncovers a dark sub-culture of car-crash victims who embrace their scars and indulge in auto-obsession. Not streaming on any online platforms, you won&#8217;t want to miss this singular work of vehicular eroticism.

Stop by the video store early (between 8:00pm and 9:30pm) for a special Cinegogue pop up shop with special giveaways and exclusive merch!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Our David Cronenberg section is stocked with nearly 50 years of creepy treasures!

*Shivers, The Brood, Videodrome*

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

Crash

Pather Panchali

Phantom Thread in 70mm

Summertime in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele reinvents the summer blockbuster with an epic sci-fi pop nightmare that will have you never looking at clouds the same way ever again.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

NOPE in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who experiences a close encounter of the first kind – witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. Meanwhile, government agents have close encounters of the second kind – discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in an unusual place. Roy and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind – contact.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’ The American Cinematheque’s personal newly struck 70mm print of Director’s Cut!

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND in 70mm

The French language production of Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice&#8217;s united mob.

Dick Tracy

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**Please note**: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis.

Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons.

*Farhang Short Film Festival 1st prize winner*

After ill-conceived irrigation projects and drought rendered Lake Hāmūn on the Iran-Afghanistan border a dust bowl, hundreds of villagers migrated away, except for an old woman whose solitary routine of gathering up dead fish is the subject of this quietly compelling documentary.

DCP. Directors/Screenwriters: Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard.

After the powerhouse family drama *Leila’s Brothers* (2023 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema) led to a jail sentence in Iran, writer-director Saeed Roustaee returned to Cannes last year with this more diffuse but still devastating story about a woman seemingly under siege from all sides. Parinaz Izadyar stars as Mahnaz, a nurse and widow with two children, including a rebellious teenage son, looking forward to starting over with new partner Hamid (Payman Maadi) until a sudden tragedy and a shocking betrayal sets Mahnaz on a desperate course of revenge against the school system, the courts and her own family. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Saeed Roustaee. With: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi, Soha Niasti.

Woman and Child

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**DEKALOG: THREE, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 58 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when their affair was discovered three years ago, and with the value of their present lives.

FORMAT: DCP

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

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

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

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

DEKALOG: THREE & FOUR

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague–inspired energy, Bo Widerberg’s feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism’s call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker (Inger Taube) finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships with two very different men, and leaves behind the only home she has ever known. Abetted by fellow filmmaker Jan Troell’s coolly beautiful monochrome cinematography, Widerberg takes a bold first step in his mission to create a cinema that is both engaged and engaging.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

THE BABY CARRIAGE

That Certain Thing  / So This Is Love?

**Screenwriters**: Jim Thomas, John Thomas

**Producers**: Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, John Davis

In celebration of an epic weekend with the Hollywood legend **Bill Duke**, he and actor **Richard Chaves **will be joining us for a for a special screening of one of the best action-sci-fi films of all time &#8211;  ***Predator***!

*If it bleeds, we can kill it!* Join the ultimate team of bad-asses in the jungles of Central America as they face off against an unseen warrior from another universe and dimension. Kick-ass fun from start to finish, this action-sci fi classic has the unique distinction of having two of the stars going on to the governor&#8217;s mansions of California and Minnesota. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to watch it the way it was meant to be seen &#8211; on the big screen, booming through our speakers and in the presence of the legend Bill Duke!

And don&#8217;t miss more fun with Bill Duke on Friday, June 19th when we screen Duke&#8217;s sizzling neo-noir [*Deep Cover*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/deep-cover/)!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got decades of Bill Duke deep cuts you can take home tonight on Blu-Ray and DVD!

*Street of No Return, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, Car Wash*

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

A Weekend with Bill Duke: Predator on 35mm

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

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more classics from our beloved Rob Reiner tonight!

*Misery, The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap*

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

Stand by Me

What is it? We can't say.

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**dir. Lucio Fulci, ????***United States, digital projection*?? min

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## SUNDAY, 6/217:30P DOORS8:00P SCREENING

Special ticket prices! $6 general admission. Sign in to your membership at checkout for member discounts. Don't have a membership? Get one [here](https://shop.whammyanalog.com/pages/get-a-membership).

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*Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*

SECRET LUCIO FULCI MOVIE

WHAMMY!

Pom Poko

Crash in 4K

Join us for a screening of four documentary short films about Fugees, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Captain Beefheart, and William Onyeabor.

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*Fugees: The Score,*** **1996 (29m)**

***There is No Modern Romance,*** **2003 (28m)**

***The Artist Formally Known as Captain Beefheart, 1997*** **(49m)**

***Fantastic Man,*** **2014 (31m)**

Fugees, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Captain Beefheart, William Onyeabor Doc Screening

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Joel grew up in the church but has recently started questioning his beliefs. After sensing a supernatural presence from his deceased father, Joel becomes compelled to visit his cousin in New York. But shortly after arriving, they become embroiled in a series of mysterious homicides of local men, all of whom were last seen in the company of a mysterious and beautiful woman. Beautifully photographed by Ernest Dickerson (DO THE RIGHT THING) and starring Kadeem Hardison (I’M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA) and Samuel L. Jackson (PULP FICTION), this sole directorial effort from child actor James Bond III is a macabre, neon-tinged portrait of late 1980s Brooklyn. The movie blends supernatural horror and religious mysticism, punctuated by an electrifying hip hop and R&B soundtrack. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by strategist and cultural commentator Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents DEF BY TEMPTATION

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

A film director has problems coping with his wife and marriage. The daughter is their only connecting link. He is looking for love and sex elsewhere. A married woman becomes his new partner for a while.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTIRBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

LOVE 65

Scream Bloody Murder / Deranged

**Screenwriters**: Akira Fushimi, Geibei Ibushiya, Yasujirō Ozu

One of Ozu&#8217;s most popular films, *I Was Born, But . . .* is a blithe portrait of the financial and psychological toils of one family, as told from the rascally point of view of a couple of stubborn little boys. For two brothers, the daily struggles of bullies and mean teachers is nothing next to the mortification they feel when they realize their good-natured father’s low-rung social status. Reworked decades later as Ozu&#8217;s Technicolor comedy *Good Morning*, it&#8217;s a poignant evocation of the tumult of childhood, as well as a showcase for Ozu&#8217;s expertly timed comedy editing.

**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.

I Was Born, But…

**Screenwriters**: Lizzie Borden,  Sandra Kay

**Producers**: Lizzie Borden, Andi Gladstone

One of the unsexiest films about sex workers ever, Lizzie Borden&#8217;s sophomore feature is a frank and funny portrait of the ladies of the night and a non-glamorized view of their work and their world. Sex work is portrayed with radical nonjudgment in Lizzie Borden’s immersive, richly detailed look at the rhythms and rituals of society’s most stigmatized profession. Inspired by the experiences of the sex workers Borden met while making her underground feminist landmark *Born in Flames, Working Girls* reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (Louise Smith), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances nurturing relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam, and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred. In viewing prostitution through the lens of labor, Borden boldly desensationalizes the subject, offering an empathetic, humanizing, often humorous depiction of women for whom this work is just another day at the office.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more entertaining and humanistic portraits of sex workers?

*Love & Anarchy, Angel, Streetwalkin’*

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

Working Girls

Rotations presents Caroline Golum's *Revelations of Divine Love*. Post-screening Q+A with director in person!

See trailer at the Rotations website: https://rotations-la.net/screenings/comingsoon

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An irreverent biopic vividly realized through fantastic psychedelia and handmade sets with an ever-topical feminist approach, *Revelations of Divine Love* is inspired by and adapted from the memoir of 14th-century mystic and philosopher Julian of Norwich and an account of religious ecstasy, plague, and revolt considered to be the first book to be authored by a woman in English.

The film envisions the life of Julian in the lead up to her anchorage—through her illness and the onset of her godly visions—and follows her through the years as she indulges in her desire to write and becomes a revered and holy figure to those in her town and beyond the city walls.

Rotations: Caroline Golum's Revelations of Divine Love

You’ve heard the whispers. You’ve seen the hype. Now experience the horror phenomenon that has audiences obsessed. Come see what everyone is talking about&#8230;or come back because you love this movie more than anything in the whole f***ing world!

Obsession

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 3, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Call for help.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 4, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 56 Mins, Paramount, USA**

…brings back some memories.

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 3 & 4

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Danish with English subtitles.*

*“In October 1975, I was invited by Stig Björkman, a Swedish filmmaker in charge of production for the Danish Film Institute, to begin research on a feature film which was to be funded chiefly by the Institute, and two private producers, Steen Herdel and Ebbe Preisler. Together with Danish director/writer Poul Martinsen and journalist Carsten Clante, we co-wrote the script of what became EVENING LAND. Like most of my other films, this one involved extensive research, a brief outline, and almost no written dialogue. I began filming in March 1976 – with a cast of 192 non-professional actors, and Joan Churchill (PUNISHMENT PARK) as cinematographer. EVENING LAND depicts ‘fictional’ events in Europe at that time – beginning with a strike at a shipyard in Copenhagen over the building of four submarines for the French navy: not only because the financially troubled management has proposed a wage freeze to secure the contract, but because it is discovered that the vessels can be fitted with nuclear missiles. At the same time, a summit meeting of European Common Market ministers takes place in Copenhagen, and a group of radical demonstrators kidnap the Danish EEC Minister in protest against the production of nuclear submarines in Denmark, and in support of the strikers’ demands. The Danish police not only brutally attack a demonstration by the strikers, they also locate and rescue the kidnapped minister, and capture or kill the ‘terrorists.'” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Denmark

50th Anniversary ‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

EVENING LAND

The Stone Killer / Newman’s Law

**Screenwriter**: Alan Jay Lerner

**Producer**: Arthur Freed

Put on your dancing shoes and join us for Vincente Minnelli&#8217;s infectiously joyous and exuberant musical with some of the most eye-popping musical numbers ever staged with dance icons Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who&#8217;s a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art. A gorgeous Technicolor confection of music, dance, and romance, this slice of movie magic never loses its step! Screened on a beautiful IB Technicolor 16mm print from the generously donated James Hollander collection.

**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.

An American in Paris on 16mm

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Los Angeles Filmforum, Black Revivalist, and CaribbeanLens Film Festival are proud to present a double feature of films by French-Martinican playwright and filmmaker Julius-Amédée Laou. We’ll be screening Laou’s 2002 film *French Wedding, Caribbean Style* along with his 1987 film *The Old Sorceress and the Valet*. Both films will feature a pre-recorded introduction by the filmmaker!

Full info: http://www.lafilmforum.org

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In *French Wedding, Caribbean Style*, a supposedly joyful interracial wedding descends into chaos when long-buried prejudices and family secrets rise to the surface. Shot on self-reflexive MiniDV by the bride’s cocky younger brother, what begins as a lighthearted summer affair turns nightmarish as scandal threatens to destroy the unlikely couple’s big day.

The *Old Sorceress and the Valet* follows Eugénie and Armand, an elderly couple who have lived in Paris since 1921 as part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugénie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker’s Black Revue, has become a professional quimboiseuse, practising black magic for a white clientele. Armand, who had been a servant, is retired. Now, they are both old and bitter, still quarreling with each other. One day, they set out arm-in-arm for one last walk through the metropolis, confronting their past, their stifled dreams, and long-kept secrets.

Julius-Amédée Laou, born on February 9th, 1950, is a distinguished filmmaker, playwright, theatre director, and writer. Hailing from Paris with Martinican roots, Laou made his mark with the short films *Open Mic Solitaire* and *Mist Melodies in Paris*. He later expanded his cinematic vision with two notable feature films: *The Old Sorceress and the Valet* (1987) and *French Wedding, Caribbean Style* (2002).

A compelling voice representing the Caribbean diaspora, Laou masterfully blends sharp-witted comedy to unveil the stark contrasts of a Black individual's experience in France. His films, imbued with fervent outrage, range from the fiery and thought-provoking to the tranquil and comical.

Program curated by Camm Harrison. Flier by Jay Curry.

Thanks to Julius-Amédée Laou, Guillaume Launay of TALITHA, and Steve Macfarlane for their support in making this event possible.

A Night of Films by Julius-Amédée Laou

Notorious with Guillermo del Toro

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Fading TV star, Rick Dalton, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his best friend and stunt double, played by Brad Pitt, struggle to find work in the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age Los Angeles. As they navigate an industry they hardly recognize, Rick dreams of befriending neighbors Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski in hopes they can revive his career, while Booth encounters the hippies of Spahn Ranch.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD in 70mm

Antenna Releasing and Pure Cinema Podcast present “Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Wednesdays” at Braindead Studios, a collaboration between the newest indie distributor on the block and the official podcast of Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema – invading the coolest spot to see underground movies on the West Side. Next up: the West Coast Premiere of the restoration of Takashi Miike&#8217;s long sought after 2001 classic, *Visitor Q*.

Join Pure Cinema hosts Elric Kane and Brian Saur as they present this newly restored work from the acclaimed master behind classics like *Audition* and *Ichi the Killer*, among others.

A deeply dysfunctional family is pushed to the brink when a mysterious stranger enters their home, unleashing long-suppressed tensions and laying bare their most disturbing taboos. His silent presence sets off a series of shocking transformations, compelling each member to confront their darkest impulses.

Blending pitch-black humour with razor-sharp social commentary, *Visitor Q* fearlessly explores subjects such as incest, necrophilia, and bullying, laying bare the absurdity, cruelty, and unexpected resilience of modern family life. Shot in just five days on raw MiniDV, it stands as one of Takashi Miike’s most audacious and unforgettable films.

Visitor Q

**12PM**
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Qatar

Switzerland vs. Canada

**3PM**
Scotland vs. Brazil

Morocco vs. Haiti

**6PM**
Czechia vs. Mexico

South Korea vs. South Africa

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

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

**11AM** Doors open
**12PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_meek71)

World Cup Watch Party

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

"The Web" / THE GLADIATORS

**Screenwriter**: Richard Kelly

**Producer**: Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Adam Fields

*I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to. *Lose track of time and your mind with this twisted fantasy of anarchic rabbits, vortexes, time-travel, and adolescent angst. After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, Donnie is haunted by a giant rabbit that urges him towards chaos and violence as the end of the world approaches and strange occurrences run rampant. With a slow start at the box office, but a dedicated fanbase that continued to grow, *Donnie Darko* is truly the first cult classic of the century.

**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.

Donnie Darko

Death Valley

Lightstruck presents *Jordan Belson: Knowledge Beyond Words pgm I.*

On June 25 and July 9, Lightstruck is honored to present two evenings devoted to one of cinema's unparalleled visionaries – Jordan Belson – an artist and filmmaker whose singular body of work has justifiably been the subject of devoted contemplation and ecstatic appreciation for over six decades. Belson's films defy concrete description, which is part of their deep and personal appeal, hinting as they do at "a knowledge that is beyond words", as Belson once told writer and curator Raymond Foye (to whom we are greatly indebted for being able to present these programs). While his earliest films embodied more familiar aspects of mid-century non-objective visual art, the early 1960s marked a radical shift into intensely mystical and elusive imagery – achieved largely through Belson's own remarkable photographic techniques – to give miraculous form to the innermost regions of imagination and consciousness.

For our first program, Lightstruck is excited and honored to welcome independent curator and scholar Raymond Foye in person for an illustrated talk on Belson and his art, informed in part by their many conversations over the last five years of Belson’s life. In addition to organizing exhibits of Belson’s paintings and drawings, Foye has been working with the Belson estate to preserve and restore his films photochemically as well as digitally. Following the presentation, we are thrilled to project an exhilarating selection of seven beautiful new 16mm prints, courtesy of the Belson estate and Raymond Foye.

Following the introductory illustrated lecture, the films screening in this program are: Caravan (1952), Allures (1961), Phenomena (1965), Samadhi (1967), World (1970), Meditation (1971), and Chakra (1972).

Huge thanks to (and all films courtesy of) Raymond Foye and the Jordan Belson estate. Notes and program by Zena Grey and Mark Toscano.

Monday, 6/8

Aero Theatre

SPIDER-NOIR

7:30 PM

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Brain Dead Studios

Dog Movie + Puppygirl

7:30 PM

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Los Feliz Theatre

PADDINGTON,

PADDINGTON 2,

PADDINGTON IN PERU,

7:00 PM

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New Beverly Cinema

Snake in the Monkey’s Shadow

Snake Deadly Act

7:30 PM

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Vista Theatre

The Silent Partner/ Narrow Margin

7:00 PM

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Monday, 6/8