Ponyo in 35mm

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in VistaVision

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

An ongoing conversation about wellness from two obsessive friends. Jacqueline Novak and Kate Berlant have been inviting eavesdroppers into their conversations since 2020, and now their award-winning podcast returns. New episodes every Tuesday.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this mesmerizing and suspenseful film, a woman becomes convinced that a ten-year-old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Poog hosts Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Poog Presents BIRTH

Aero Theatre

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

The Piano

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Dark City

Brain Dead Studios

**ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Bullseye *is a public radio show about what’s good in popular culture. Whether you’re already plugged in to the culture map, or looking for a signpost, *Bullseye *will keep you on target.

**ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this four-time Oscar nominated film (including Best Picture), Jason Robards stars as a nonconformist who is forced to find a conventional job.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Bullseye host Jesse Thorn ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Bullseye Presents A THOUSAND CLOWNS

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Hollywood’s golden era produced some of the greatest films ever made. *Ticklish Business* is the podcast where film critic Kristen Lopez digs into it with enthusiasm. Classic stars, forgotten gems and the chaos genius of Old Hollywood, examined with sharp humor and excellent guests.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The one film above all others by which Rita Hayworth is remembered, this feverish film noir was a monster hit and cemented her status as “The Love Goddess.” Glenn Ford stars as a wandering American in Buenos Aires who is befriended by wealthy casino owner George MacReady and given a job. Alas, the boss is married to the younger, very sensual Gilda (Hayworth), and pretty soon things really start to heat up. Steamily directed by Charles Vidor and starkly photographed by Rudolph Maté, this heady brew of sex, murder and betrayal is arguably Columbia’s most enduring film from the 1940’s, and Hayworth’s mock-striptease to “Put the Blame On Mame” is among the most memorable scenes from any movie ever.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Ticklish Business host Kristen Lopez ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Ticklish Business Presents GILDA

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Doughboys hosts Michael Mitchell and Nick Wiger Pre-show film and fast food trivia by Doughboys ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Doughboys: Fast Films’

Doughboys Present LITTLE CAESAR

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multiple times each week, Matt is joined by major executives, dealmakers and journalists, to discuss what is getting made and why, who is winning and losing and what people in show business are actually talking about.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Reese Witherspoon is Tracy Flick, a straight “A” go-getter who’s determined to be president of Carver High’s student body. But when popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) observes the zealous political locomotive that is Tracy, he decides to derail her obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate (Chris Klein) – with disastrous results!

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by The Town host Matt Belloni ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

The Town Presents ELECTION

Los Feliz Theatre

Moneyball

Pulp Fiction

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriters**: Melissa Mathison, Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

Dive into this breathtaking and heartwarming adventure from the legendary Studio Ghibli, and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale *The Little Mermaid*, Miyazaki’s breathtaking, imaginative world is brought to life!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Miyazaki magic on Blu-ray and DVD tonight!

*Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service*

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

Ponyo (Japanese with English Subtitles)

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

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

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

More encore screenings added in the microcinema from August 21-23 &#8211; screening only, no special guests

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Nowhere, Doom Generation, Smiley Face*

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

Mysterious Skin

**Screenwriter**: Christopher Hampton from the novel *Les Liaisons dangereuses* by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

**Producers**: Norma Heyman,  Hank Moonjean

Get ready for all the opulence, the intrigue, the seduction, and the betrayal of Stephen Frears&#8217; lush and salacious period piece. In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winner of Best Costumes, Art Direction, and Adapted Screenplay, and starring some of the best actors of any generation, this is one gorgeously sexy game of cat and mouse best watched in all its luxurious glory on our big beautiful screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more sexy period pieces? Slip into these swoon-worthy treasures!

*Ferdinando and Carolina, The Favourite, Women in Love*

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

Dangerous Liaisons

**Producers**: Caryn Capotosto,  Jodi Wille

The unbelievable but one-hundred percent true story of the Unarius Academy of Science —an extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in Southern California who in the 1980s became a prolific filmmaking collective and public access TV phenomenon under the direction of their outlandish spiritual leader Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.” Director Jodi Wille (*The Source Family*) brings this singular American story to the screen with the same wide-eyed fascination the subject demands. Engaging, enchanting, and extraterrestrial, *Welcome Space Brothers* is the most endearing cult documentary you&#8217;ve ever seen!

Welcome Space Brothers

**Screenwriter**: Sam Raimi

**Producer**: Rob Tapert

The original night of terror in all its weird and twisted glory! Sam Raimi&#8217;s all-time horror classic is a smorgasbord of gory violence, guttural laughs, wildly inventive demons, and top-notch practical effects all helmed by the boundlessly charismatic Bruce Campbell. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect demonic spirits through the Book of the Dead. Now there is no escape. The guilty must be punished.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more awesome low-budget deep cut horror classics?

*Messiah of Evil, Let&#8217;s Scare Jessica to Death, Fade to Black*

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

The Evil Dead on 35mm

Vidiots

The Fast and the Furious (25th Anniversary)

Jawbreaker/Idle Hands

Child's Play

Vista Theatre

TV Party, the smash-hit Moviepassed program, makes its long-awaited in-person debut! Join Hollywood Entertainment for a long-form, loose, and wild late-night video party. See old faves, rare episodes, unseen pilots, lost treasures, secret short films, and more. This evening of TV Roulette runs late with rolling admission: stay for a minute or stay all night. We don’t care! Be a part of everyone’s favorite party for TV: “TV Party”

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8pm to late… some snacks and drinks will be provided. Bring your own remote!

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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.***

TV PARTY, pres. by Hollywood Entertainment

WHAMMY!

Nancy Drew

The Ten Commandments in VistaVision

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

This neorealist masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica follows an elderly pensioner as he strives to make ends meet during Italy’s postwar economic recovery. Alone except for his dog, Flike, Umberto struggles to maintain his dignity in a city where human kindness seems to have been swallowed up by the forces of modernization. His simple quest to satisfy his basic needs—food, shelter, companionship—makes for one of the most heartbreaking stories ever filmed, and an essential classic of world cinema.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Italy

UMBERTO D.

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Light the Fuse – The Official Mission: Impossible Podcast *is a weekly show where hosts Drew Taylor and Charles Hood interview people who worked on the franchise, including Oscar-winning filmmakers, writers, cinematographers, composers, editors and Tom Cruise.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

No plan. No backup. No choice. Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his elite team (Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg) go underground after a bombing of the Kremlin implicates the IMF as international terrorists. While trying to clear the agency’s name, the team uncovers a plot to start a nuclear war. Now, to save the world, they must use every high-tech trick in the book. The mission has never been more real, more dangerous or more impossible.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Light the Fuse hosts Drew Taylor and Charles Hood. Q&A with filmmaker Brad Bird (virtual) and composer Michael Giacchino (in-person). ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Light the Fuse Presents MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — GHOST PROTOCOL

### Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary!

**Saturday, August 22**

**Doors:** 12:00 PM  |  **Showtime:** 12:30 PM

**Mystery Feature Screenings of Four Unreleased New Titles on the Big Screen!**

Plus: Sneak Preview Trailers & Promos, Free Swag, Merch Table, DJ & More!

Severin’s Super-Shock Pop-Up Film Festival 2026

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Uhh Yeah Dude* is one of the longest-running podcasts of any genre, with more than 1,100 episodes and counting. Debuting in February 2006 during the earliest years of podcasting, it has remained active ever since with the same two hosts, Jonathan Larroquette and Seth Romatelli. The premise is intentionally simple: each episode features the duo discussing current events, pop culture, movies, television, sports, food, odd news stories, technology, internet culture, scientific studies, everyday life, and American culture. Rather than relying on elaborate production or celebrity guests, the show’s appeal comes from the chemistry between the hosts, conversational storytelling, and the running jokes and recurring themes that have developed over more than twenty years of episodes. Recently included in Chronicle Books’ first comprehensive history of the medium, *The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen*, author Sean Malin described the hosts and the show as “the Lewis and Clark of podcasting.” *Uhh Yeah Dude* is America through the eyes of two American Americans.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Career criminal Mac Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) promises to go straight after being released from a six-year prison sentence, but when the pressures of a mindless job and a pompous parole officer prove too much, he cracks, setting off a reckless crime spree.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Uhh Yeah Dude hosts Jonathan Larroquette and Seth Romatelli ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Uhh Yeah Dude Presents STRAIGHT TIME

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

A weekly film podcast hosted by Elric Kane (of the *Shock Waves* podcast) and Brian Saur (of the *Rupert Pupkin Speaks* film blog) featuring discussions of new films, old films, double features, cult movies, filmmakers and movie lists among a smorgasbord of other Cinema-related things.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has “larceny in his heart,” it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Pure Cinema hosts Elric Kane and Brian Saur ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Pure Cinema Presents BREAKING IN

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

*Upstairs Neighbors* is a podcast hosted by best friends, Dom Roberts and Maya Umemoto Gorman, who blend sharp humor, internet lingo, and heartfelt honesty to help young people feel a little less alone. After meeting one fateful night outside of a club in Los Angeles, what began as late-night conversations between two creatives quickly grew into a viral online community, celebrated for its relatable chaos and genuine connection. Through witty banter and candid storytelling, Dom and Maya create a space that feels like hanging out with friends, where laughter, vulnerability, and purpose coexist. With every episode, they remind listeners that even in an isolating world, we’re all just neighbors trying to figure it out together.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Upstairs Neighbors hosts Dom Roberts and Maya Umemoto Gorman ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’

Upstairs Neighbors Presents CHALLENGERS

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

This is the 17th year of the *Skylight Books Podcast*, featuring in-store author events recorded at our bookstore (right next door to the Los Feliz 3), exclusive interviews with authors and publishers about recent books and bookseller-led series like the monthly “Better Than the Movie” book-to-film comparison show. We serve our community and communicate with the world.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis, in a star-making performance) bemoans her stifling life in the backcountry, where her writerly ambitions receive little encouragement, and craves independence above all else. When a handsome landowner (Sam Neill), disarmed by her unruly charms, begins to court her, Sybylla must decide whether she can reconcile the prospect of marriage with the illustrious life’s work she has imagined for herself.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Australia

Introduction by Skylight Books Podcast hosts Justin Remer, Allan Traylor and Tyler Austin with Unnamed Press’ Allison Woodnutt ‘Friend of the Fest 2026’ and ‘Starring Sam Neill’

Skylight Books Podcast Presents MY BRILLIANT CAREER

The Mummy

The War of the Worlds  / Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Ghost World

As part of the annual El Segundo Art Walk, Old Town Music Hall will open its doors for visitors to stop by, have a chat, see the theatre, and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ. From 3:00pm to 9:00pm. NO TICKETS REQUIRED

OPEN HOUSE

Old Town Music Hall

**Screenwriter**: Alun Owen

**Producer**: Walter Shenson

Co-presented by the Eagle Rock** School of Rock**!

John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Paul&#8217;s grandfather bring Beatlemania to the big screen in Richard Lester&#8217;s 1964 pop fantasia *A Hard Day&#8217;s Night*. More than a concert film or jukebox musical, Lester&#8217;s revolutionary, freewheeling masterpiece captures the swinging &#8217;60s sensibility with an infectious, hilarious, and toe-tapping adventure. A snapshot of the Beatles when they were &#8220;bigger than Jesus,&#8221; *A Hard Day&#8217;**s Night *is a post-modern delight that introduced the world to a new kind of pop star, one that would not be defined by genre or haircuts. The band&#8217;s lightning-quick wits continue to win over crowds with their irreverent sense of humor and, yes, indelible songs. Don&#8217;t get stuck trying to watch this one at home, with a pathetic soundbar struggling to keep up with Ringo&#8217;s beat. Hear *A Hard Day&#8217;s Night *on speakers that won&#8217;t let you down. &#8220;Can&#8217;t Be Me Love&#8221; on Vidiots&#8217; sound system is worth the price of admission. Trust us.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Fall down a Beatles rabbit hole with all their movies and music on DVD and Blu-Ray

*Yellow Submarine, Help, the entire Beatles Anthology*

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

A Hard Day’s Night

**Producer**: Sasha Waters

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty years in order to open herself – and her readers – to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and the human relationship with the natural world – issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.

Featuring interviews with her close friends, including John Waters, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and Oprah Winfrey, *Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World *considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

**Screenwriter**: Taika Waititi

**Producers**: Carthew Neal,  Leanne Saunders,  Taika Waititi,  Matt Noonan

Vidiots remembers the life and legacy of the incredible **Sam Neill** with an especially heartwarming screening of Taika Waititi&#8217;s *Hunt for the Wilderpeople*.

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home a treasure trove of Sam Neill&#8217;s best work on glorious physical media!

*The Piano, In the Mouth of Madness, My Brilliant Career, and dozens more!*

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

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

**Screenwriters**: Amy Holden Jones, Perry Howze,  Randy Howze,  Alfred Uhry

**Producers**: Mark Levinson,  Scott M. Rosenfelt

We&#8217;ve got your Saturday night cooking in the oven with this tasty and endearing coming-of-age classic from the late 80s starring Julia Roberts in her breakout role! For Daisy Araujo, her sensible sister Kat and their wisecracking friend Jojo, the summer after high school is a summer they can never forget. Slinging pizza at a local restaurant, the three girls share their hopes, dreams and plans for escaping their small town. A warm and genuine romantic comedy that never leaves you hungry, *Mystic Pizza* is still cinematic comfort food for your soul!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more cinematic pizza shops? Head down to the video store for more tasty treasures!

*Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Chopping Mall, Delivery Boys*

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

Mystic Pizza

**Screenwriters**: Amat Escalante,  Gibrán Portela

**Producer**: Jaime Romandia

With a special introduction from writer/director **Amat Escalante**!

Join us for Amat Escalante&#8217;s mind- blowing, genre-bending tour-de-force, an unnerving, erotic, and chilling science fiction/ body horror/ existential thriller, you won&#8217;t want to miss on the big screen! Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male chauvinism exist. Veronica convinces them that in the nearby woods, inside an isolated cabin, dwells something not of this world that could be the answer to all of their problems. Something whose force they cannot resist and with whom they must make peace or suffer its wrath.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more Mexican horror? We&#8217;ve got you covered!

*Alucarda, Poison for the Fairies, The Witch&#8217;s Mirror*

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

The Untamed

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

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

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

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

The Crime of the Century

Beau James

Acropolis Cinema presents *The Periphery of the Base + The Rib of the Greater Bay Area*, two films by director Zhou Tau.

Co-presented by Alula.

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*The Periphery of the Base* (Dir. Zhou Tao, 2024, 53 min)

In the scorching heat of the desert, where the ground is blistering and the air thick with pervasive sand, an infrastructure project unfolds in the unforgiving natural environment. The scale of this endeavour is so immense that the individuals navigating through it appear minuscule in comparison. Within the haze of sand and dust, those who have relocated for the construction of the infrastructure, returning from a day’s toil, find their way back to the tented area hastily assembled. As the roaming lens of the camera moves through the living area and returns to the expansive terrain where this massive engineering project is unfolding, the sun begins to set. Trucks and figures gradually disappear into the swirling winds and sand. At this moment, the camera’s eye, constantly worn down by the persistent dust, suddenly loses its usual ability to discern light and shadow. Nevertheless, it persists in its attempt to capture, to the point where it seizes the abstract interplay of light and shadow in this world. The light itself becomes akin to etched marks on the virtual canvas of digital imagery, leaving behind traces and lingering impressions. (Berlinale)

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*The Rib of the Greater Bay Area* (Dir. Zhou Tao, 2026, 70 min)

Over nearly two decades, China’s Zhou Tao has earned a venerated position as one of the most unique and surprising moving-image artists of his generation. One constant across Zhou’s practice is his ability to deploy basic filmic devices like composition, depth, and camera movement to play with perspective in ways that are not only visually dazzling but subtly political. Here, the artist recasts photogenic coastal locations from the Guangdong/Hong Kong/Macau Greater Bay Area famed for their social media virality by privileging the candid, the hazy, and the abstract over crisp poses engineered for likes. Constantly shapeshifting, with its scroll-like camera movements accented by a mix of on-site and sourced sound, *The Rib of the Greater Bay Area* is another transfixing entry in Zhou’s rich body of work. (MoMA)

TRT: 123 min

Acropolis Cinema: Two Films by Zhou Tau

2220 Arts + Archives

One-Eyed Jacks in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

A vibrant time capsule of the gritty East Village and its young Eighties punk life, SMITHEREENS earned much praise and even competed for the Palme d’or — making it one of America’s trailblazing indies before the movement kicked into high gear at the end of the decade. Wild teen Wren (Susan Berman) trades NJ for NYC, where she hopes to join what’s left of punk culture. She hangs out with fellow transplant Paul (Brad Rijn), but he’s too safe for her tastes — which run to narcissistic rockers. She finds one in Eric (punk icon Richard Hell), about to cut a record in LA. Before long, Wren plans to accompany Eric out west, but it’s clear she’s trusted the wrong person. SMITHEREENS marked the directorial debut of Susan Siedelman, whose career includes DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (featuring Madonna) and charming mob comedy COOKIE. Here, she turns all the dyed hair, striped shirts, checkered miniskirts, and dingy street settings into an snapshot of a subculture teetering on oblivion.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: USA

35mm print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents SMITHEREENS

The Blade / Love In The Time Of Twilight

**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.

And don&#8217;t miss **Gregg Araki in person** for a screening of **[*Mysterious Skin*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/mysterious-skin/)** in the Eagle Theatre on August 5th and take home all his films on DVD and Blu-Ray from our video store!

I Want Your Sex

**Screenwriter**: Steven Soderbergh

**Producer**: Bobby Newmyer,  John Hardy, Nancy Tenenbaum

Get ready for Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s Palme d&#8217;Or Winning feature debut masterpiece of sexuality and neuroses to hit our big screen! Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage. An impressive debut by any standards, Soderbergh burst onto the scene at 26 with the sure hand of a fully-fledged master, and with this as his start, it&#8217;s no wonder he has become one of America&#8217;s most prolific auteurs &#8211; even if he tries to retire from time to time!

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

sex, lies, and videotape

Speed Racer

### **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

Monkey Business in 4K

The Women

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.

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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 Advance Screening

PORTAL TO HELL

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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

**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

Vidiots remembers the life and talent of the great musician and actor **Glen Hansard** with a special screening of the delightful musical romance *Once*.

Fall in love all over again with this dreamy Irish romance starring folk musician Glen Hansard. 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

Lightstruck presents *Sonic Outlaws* (1995) by Craig Baldwin, shot and edited by Bill Daniel. 16mm, bw & color, 87m.

Preceded by: *Craig's Cutting Room Floor* (2011) by Linda Izcali Scobie, 16mm, bw & color, 1.5m

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As mass media gets ever massier, and as the unbidden tide of its content/sewage has reached unimaginable, epic proportions, Lightstruck finds itself eagerly and urgently needing to present Craig Baldwin’s iconic experimental collage essay film *Sonic Outlaws* (1995) as a crucial antidote.

Exploring and illuminating the culture jamming and media appropriation work of Negativland, John Oswald, Tape-beatles, Barbie Liberation Organization, and Emergency Broadcast Network, *Sonic Outlaws* remains one of the defining (and most entertaining) informational/educational texts exploring what we as a citizenry might do to creatively defang and critically feed back into this unchecked, unregulated, unenlightening mass- and social-media hellscape. Even if it feels like throwing a single vial of vaccine at a virus the size of Vermont, we guarantee you will come away from this film inspired and activated to weather the daily screen-based onslaught that comprises our collective daily adventure.

Shot on eight different formats by longtime friend and collaborator Bill Daniel, Baldwin’s film is far more than a documentary or critical appraisal of a movement, as it actively engages in the sample-based, pastiche linguistics of radical collage that are Sonic Outlaws’ core focus. The film’s centerpiece is the storied lawsuit brought against Bay Area band Negativland, whose 1991 release “U2” badly pissed off Island Records and nearly got the band sued out of existence. But Baldwin intimately understands that the Negativland-U2 debacle is merely the most conveniently archetypal reference point for a much larger investigation of the underlying implications and overriding ideologies he and his subjects eloquently articulate throughout the film. By 1995, mass media had increasingly taken the form of an endless wave of unrequested content that engulfed society and its denizens, freely occupying real estate in everyone’s brains. By 2026, the word “exponential” doesn’t even begin to describe the scale shift we’re navigating, though it’s still essentially the same muck attempting to clog our neural pathways and overtax our pleasure/pain centers. But resistance isn’t futile, and response is required; *Sonic Outlaws* is a deeply insightful and engaging document of such responses, but also an ever-relevant argument both for their validity and their essential necessity.

Program by Zena Grey & Mark Toscano. Notes by Mark Toscano. 16mm print courtesy of Craig Baldwin!

Lightstruck: Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws

Barry Lyndon in 35mm

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Alcoholism, nymphomania, impotence, and deadly jealousy fill the screen in Douglas Sirk’s Technicolor operatic tragedy, WRITTEN ON THE WIND. Mitch Wayne, played by Rock Hudson, works hard as a geologist for the Texan oil-rich degenerate Hadleys who envelope him in their maelstrom of psychosexual angst and fury.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

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

WRITTEN ON THE WIND

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*In German with English subtitles. *

Simone (the magnetic Désirée Nosbusch) is a teenage runaway who is obsessed with the pop singer known as “R.” Soon, that obsession takes over her life. When “R” uses Simone with machine-like coldness, she plots her revenge with an unholy ceremony that’s equally romantic and horrifying. Fueled by a killer minimalist synth soundtrack from Rheingold and a gorgeous design aesthetic, DER FAN is a subversive and electric shocker that goes harder than you’d ever expect it to go.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Fun City Editions

COUNTRY: West Germany

DER FAN

7th House and Dirty Looks present the Los Angeles premiere of the new restoration of Derek Jarman's hypnotic dream world of magic and ritual

Derek Jarman's THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION (1985)  — LA RESTORATION PREMIERE!

Free. Bad artist welcome

Hosted by an art group based in Echo Park

BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen Drink & Draw!

Stories Books & Cafe

**Screenwriters**: Ryûzô Kikushima,  Akira Kurosawa

**Producer**: Akira Kurosawa

Eternal icon Toshirō Mifune stars in this darkly comic and visually arresting masterpiece from the inimitable Akira Kurosawa. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, the wise ronin Sanjuro pits two evil clans against each other to his own advantage. Remade twice officially (which included a plagiarism lawsuit filed against Sergio Leone) with ripples of influence throughout the Western genre in both America and Italy, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time. Don&#8217;t miss all the samurai action you can handle on the big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Bring home all the Akira Kurosawa you can watch on gloriously tangible physical media!

*High and Low, Sanjuro, Dreams,* and so many more!

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

Yojimbo

*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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Infamous for his arrest, trial and conviction - in the 1990s for his self-published comic, artist Mike Diana also made a string of homemade films. Starting with 8mm in the early '80s and graduating to video, Diana enlisted his own family and neighborhood kids in an array of bizarre, gross, and hilarious movies, to varied levels of completion.

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1990's Baked Baby Jesus is a loud, unapologetic shot-on-video revolt against the downfall of American society. As if it was designed to be seen by Diana's enemies instead of his peers, the shorts marry together real abortion rally footage, a necrophiliac love story, and perhaps the most infamous sequence of all, a tour of the infant-only cemetery Babyland. (Factory 25)

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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: Baked Baby Jesus (1990) pres. by Factory 25

Mezzanine and This Friday co-present a special evening around Chantal Akerman’s underseen, revelatory portrait of Jewish-American immigrant life: HISTOIRES D’AMÉRIQUE (AMERICAN STORIES: FOOD, FAMILY, PHILOSOPHY).

Directed by Chantal Akerman, 1989, Belgium, 92m, digital.

With readings (tba) curated by This Friday.

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“What are a Jewish girl’s three favorite things?” So asks a character in Chantal Akerman’s American Stories, her singular attempt to capture the essence of the modern American Jewish diaspora in all its hangdog melancholy and anecdotal bliss. A stark departure from the Jeanne Dielman filmmaker’s commitment to real-time duration, the film nevertheless embodies Akerman’s typical directness and absence of sentimentality, with an engaging series of monologues and hilarious sketches performed by Yiddish theater veterans and locals, brought together in an impressionistic stream. Conveying a genuine ethnographic curiosity, the film at times resembles Akerman’s similarly episodic Toute une nuit as filtered through Borscht Belt theatrics, with the idea of heritage constantly questioned and displaced among its characters. At a time when Jewish-American identity feels at its most fragmented, Histoires d’Amérique is notable as an authentic vision of Judaism without Zionism, and deserves to be appreciated as a film of Jewish folk tales par excellence. -Micah Gottlieb

In French and English with English subtitles. A Janus Films release. Special thanks to Brian Belovarac, Evan Laffer and Ruby Zuckerman.

Mezzanine + This Friday: Chantal Akerman's American Stories

Romeo + Juliet in 35mm

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

GARDENA CINEMA Presents... the 40th Anniversary of FRIDAY THE 13TH Part VI: JASON LIVES & ONE DARK NIGHT with Tom McLoughlin!

FRIDAY THE 13TH Part VI: Jason Lives & ONE DARK NIGHT (Fri. 9/4)

Gardena Cinema

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Will Poulter and Noah Centineo deliver pitch-perfect performances as brothers Cody and Jack Parsons, each navigating a court-mandated drug rehabilitation program in a pocket of rural Ohio hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Provided with hope for the first time since their struggles began and with the support of a tireless counselor (Annette Deao), the brothers work toward a brighter, sober future.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Oscilloscope Laboratories

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with cinematographer Stefan Weinberger and producer Faye Tsakas

UNION COUNTY

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: New Zealand

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

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Sandusky, Ohio is hell on earth for goth misfits and Stevie Nicks superfans Gypsy Vale (Sara Rue) and her younger, queer protégée Clive Webb (Birkett Turton). When they discover a New York City club is hosting a “Night of 1000 Stevies,” the pair hit the road with high hopes that Gypsy will be able to perform. Along the way, they encounter other misfits who pave the way to their salvation, all while discovering profound truths about themselves. Costarring John Doe of the legendary punk band X and the great Karen Black as a has-been lounge singer, Todd Stephens’s cult favorite puts a queer, outsider spin on both the road movie and the coming-of-age journey, with plenty of black eyeliner to spare.

For its 25th Anniversary, GYPSY 83 has been completely reimagined as a brand-new Director’s Cut, restored in 4K from the 35mm camera negative. Now featuring over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage and containing more legendary goth songs from bands like The Cure, Cocteau Twins and Echo and the Bunnymen, the Director’s Cut is sure to satiate longtime fans and create a generation of new ones.

FORMAT: DCP

Distributor: Altered Innocence

Country: USA

GYPSY 83

Still, Minab: a short doc series by Helen Doutaghi at Scribble Community Center. 

Suggested $15 donation. 100% of proceeds donated to Minab victims and children in Iran.

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Still, Minab

Scribble

**Screenwriters**: Michael Showalter, David Wain

**Producer**: Howard Bernstein

Vidiots is kvelling to welcome back writer/director **David Wain **and camp counselor **Marguerite Moreau** for a special 25th Anniversary screening of their cult comedy classic ***Wet Hot American Summer***!

Summer may be nearly over, but we&#8217;ve saved one last summer camp blowout with the 25th Anniversary of one of the funniest films ever, the massively hilarious cult classic from master-absurdist David Wain. Head back to the short shorts and arts and farts and crafts of the summer of 1981 with the happy campers of Camp Firewood who have one last day to to live their dreams, ask out their crush, get ready for the big talent show, and save the Earth from a colliding satellite. This non-stop barrage of laughter stars a cavalcade of brilliant comedians and then-up-and-comers like Bradley Cooper, Christopher Meloni, and Elizabeth Banks. So grab your sunscreen and your bug spray and get ready for the most fun you&#8217;ve ever had at camp!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for films that inspired *Wet Hot*? Camp it up with these vintage gems!

*Little Darlings, Meatballs, Gorp*

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

Wet Hot American Summer

**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**: Alejandro Jodorowsky

**Producers**: Roberto Viskin, Alejandro Jodorowsky

Pack your bags for the head-trip of a lifetime with Alejandro Jodorowsky&#8217;s dazzling masterpiece and one of the most mind-bending feature films of all time. The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept&#8217;s intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe. You&#8217;ll want to hold onto your eyeballs as you witness this psychedelic treasure on the big screen!

**The Holy Mountain score:**

The soundtrack for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 surrealist masterpiece, The Holy Mountain, was composed by Jodorowsky himself, the late Ron Frangipane and jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. Ron turned Jodorowsky’s melodic fragments into orchestral arrangements and Don improvised music as the film was projected in silence &#8211; with a group reported to have been more than 100 musicians! Although the film only features synthesizer in a specific segment (track 17, entitled “F*ck Machine”), given the period in which the film was released, the utilization of the synthesizer underscores its emerging significance in the world of music and film scoring. After all, commercial synthesizers were only released five years prior to the film&#8217;s making.

The film was produced by the Beatles’ manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music and was funded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono after they fell in love with Jodorowsky’s previous film, *El Topo*.

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

The Holy Mountain

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

CatVideoFest 2026

Onslaught

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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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Teenage twins Alan and Joseph are sent to spend time at their aunt's farm. Little do they know that Aunt Lacy has an unhealthy obsession with her deceased husband, whose body she keeps in her home, and her handyman is a serial killer who dismembers his victims and stores their body parts in the barn.

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Made by teenage twin brothers Mark and John Polonia in rural Pennsylvania, *Splatter Farm* is a well loved, gore-drenched testament to the power of the 1980s no-budget, shot-on-video boom - filmaking made through sheer power of will (and the help of your friends, neighbors, and siblings).

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**dir. Mark Polonia, 1987***United States, digital projection*70 min

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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: Splatter Farm (1987) pres. by Wild Eye Releasing

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Fanny & Alexander in 35mm

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*In English, German, French, Japanese and Italian with English subtitles*

In order to enable his blind wife (Jeanne Moreau) to see, Dr. Farber (Max von Sydow) invents a process that makes it possible to transmit the images recorded in the brains of sighted people directly into the visual systems of blind people. Farber’s son Sam (William Hurt) sets out on a journey around the world in order to “see” and record the various stations of his mother’s life for her. The Frenchwoman Claire (Solveig Dommartin) falls in love with him and sets out in pursuit of him. She, in turn, is followed by the author Eugene (Sam Neill), who is recording her adventure.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Germany/France/Australia

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD

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The only surviving accomplice of a gas station robbery gone bad, Samba Traoré flees the scene of the crime with a suitcase full of cash for his native village in rural Burkina Faso. There he attempts to make a fresh start while hiding how he came by his new fortune from those around him. Despite marrying the beautiful Saratou, earning the affection of her ten-year-old son, and opening a bar with his childhood friend, Samba’s newfound happiness is put to the test as he struggles to cope with the moral crisis of his crimes.

Considered a masterpiece of West African cinema – and recently named one of the top 10 films of all time in Luca Guadagnino’s Sight and Sound list – SAMBA TRAORÉ is a “taut study of guilt” (Film Comment), wrestling with both Samba’s desire for redemption and his fear of retribution. Silver Bear-winning filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo’s empathetic direction imbues the story with “extraordinary humanity” (The New York Times), recognizing in Samba the many contradictions of modern life in Burkina Faso. SAMBA TRAORÉ was selected for Locarno Heritage Online’s Histoire(s) du Cinéma restoration program.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Switzerland/France/Burkina-Faso

SAMBA TRAORÉ

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**“There They Go-Go-Go!,” 1965, Dir. Chuck Jones, 7 Mins, Warner Bros., USA**

Wile E. Coyote is so hungry that he forms a chicken out of mud, bakes it and tries to eat it, causing one of his teeth to fall out. He throws the mud bird away when a real one comes along – the Road Runner, who runs so fast that he literally burns up the road, setting Wile E.’s feet on fire!

FORMAT: DCP

**A FEW GOOD MEN, 1992, Dir. Rob Reiner, 138 Mins, Sony Pictures Repertory, USA**

Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore star in Rob Reiner’s unanimously acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one’s conscience. Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who’s teamed with a gung-ho litigator (Moore) in a politically explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor, including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior (Nicholson). Superbly directed with a trio of powerhouse performances and an outstanding supporting cast including Kevin Pollak, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon.

FORMAT: DCP

‘You Can’t Handle The Toons! COYOTE VS. ACME Inspirations’

"There They Go-Go-Go!" / A FEW GOOD MEN

1954 • Introduction by Film Historian Randy Haberkamp • Hitchcock pulls us right in the middle of the experience as James Stewart and builds a whole world across an apartment courtyard, full of human dramas, laughs and danger. Come see why this film remains one of Hitchcock’s most beloved. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

Rear Window

1973 • Introduction by Film Historian Randy Haberkamp • Directed by George Lucas before Star Wars, this movie feels like a great 1960s memory you can step into. The soundtrack is half the fun with wall-to-wall hits. • Show begins with music on the Mighty Wurlitzer and an old fashioned sing-along.

American Graffiti

**Screenwriter**: Jared Bush

**Producer**: Osnat Shurer

Sing along with this modern animated classic of a powerful girl pursuing her destiny and identity! Moana is on a daring mission to save her people, sailing out in the seas of the mighty Pacific with determination. Along the way she meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her towards her goal of becoming a master way-finder. Together they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds. Along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she always sought: her own identity. With a fun and inspiring soundtrack that includes tracks by Lin-Manuel Miranda, here&#8217;s your chance to belt out your favorite tunes with folks who love it as much as you do!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got a whole section for Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson, including bangers for you AND the kiddos!

*Jumanji, Rampage, Southland Tales*

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

Moana Sing-Along

**Screenwriter**: Jack B. Sowards from the work of Gene Roddenberry

**Producer**: Robert Sallin

*I have been and always shall be your friend.* Beam yourself up to the Starship Enterprise for a double shot of intergalactic fun and twice the Ricardo Montalban with one of the best films in the franchise, and an all-time classic of Science Fiction cinema *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan* plus a bonus episode of the original series that inspired the film: *Space Seed*. Spock, Kirk, and the stalwart crew of the iconic Starship Enterprise are pulled back into action when old nemesis, the menacing villain Khan, steals a top-secret device called Project Genesis. Now the Enterprise is heading towards an intergalactic showdown in space! We&#8217;re setting our phasers (and projector) to stun!

Screening with:

**Space Seed** (Season One: Episode 22, 50 min, 1967)

**Director**: Marc Daniels

While on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically-engineered world conqueror (Ricardo Montalban in his first role as Khan) and his compatriots from Earth&#8217;s Twentieth Century.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Check out our ***Star Trek*** section for all the shows, movies, and documentaries in the galaxy on DVD and Blu-Ray!

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

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan + Bonus Episode – Space Seed

**Screenwriters/Producers**: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock

There&#8217;s something under the ground! An isolated town is on the menu for the giant, subterranean Graboids and it is up to Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire to get everyone out alive! With some of the best monster effects of the entire 1990s on full display in the desert sun, this cult-classic delivers the scares, thrills, and laughs of a creature feature that is truly Perfection.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want to play &#8220;6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon&#8221; horror edition? Bring home all the classic Bacon and more!

*Flatliners, Stir of Echoes, Friday the 13th*

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

Tremors

**Screenwriter**: Quentin Tarantino

**Producer**: Lawrence Bender

Your Saturday night just got a whole lot more kick ass as Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s *Kill Bill* ignites our big screen with an onslaught of celluloid action! A former assassin, known simply as The Bride (Uma Thurman), wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill (David Carradine) attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies. So, hop in your p***ywagon and get ready for a maelstrom of revenge so bad ass and bloody, you might never recover!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love watching women kick ALL THE ASS? So do we! Take home these bad ass delights!

*China O&#8217;Brien, Supervixens, Savage Streets, Switchblade Sisters, Magnificent Warriors*

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

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 on 35mm

*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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*Video Violence* finds a normal and unsuspecting couple, Steve and Rachel, completely immersed in a town of blood-drunk crazies. Led by sickos Howard and Eli, these backwater psychopaths create and watch their own snuff films. One day an unmarked tape shows up in the return bin of Steve's video store, and it's the town postmaster being savagely mutilated. Can it be real, or is it just a gag? He’ll soon discover the horrifying answer… (Terror Vision)

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**dir. Gary P. Cohen, 1987***United States, digital projection*98 min

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**Doors Open**: SATURDAY, 9/5NOTE EARLY "MATINEE" TIME!3:30 4:00 SCREENING

**Screening Starts**: SATURDAY, 9/5NOTE EARLY "MATINEE" TIME!3:30 DOORS4:00

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## $10 general admission.

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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: Video Violence (1987) pres. by Terror Vision

Top Hat in 35mm

Amadeus in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics

COUNTRY: Australia/France

4K Restoration ‘Starring Sam Neill’, ‘Transcendental Appointments’ and ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

THE PIANO

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Iconic director David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO) deftly explores the thrill, pain and tenderness of an illicit romance in dour, gray post-war Britain. After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) enter into a muted, passionate but ultimately unconsummated situationship. This depiction of powerful feelings kept under wraps is a definitive example of a particularly English style of emotional restraint. BRIEF ENCOUNTER is also a potent beacon for queer subtext, as its subject of forbidden love holds special resonance.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: UK

Introduction by screenwriter Michael Waldron ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Michael Waldron Presents BRIEF ENCOUNTER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, and John Gavin discover that it takes the realities of life to help us discover who we truly are in this classic, stirring drama of ambition directed by Douglas Sirk. Featuring Susan Kohner as Sarah Jane, a troubled teenager caught between dueling identities in the complicated social landscape of mid-century America.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

‘Magnificent Melodramas: Douglas Sirk & Russell Metty’

IMITATION OF LIFE

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**PROBLEM CHILD, 1990, Dir. Dennis Dugan, 81 Mins, Universal, USA**

John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck and Jack Warden star in this hilarious comedy with an offbeat sense of humor. Good-natured Ben Healy (Ritter) and his social-climbing wife Flo (Yasbeck) adopt seven-year-old Junior (Michael Oliver) to help brighten their lives. But Junior soon turns an ordinary camping trip, an innocent birthday party and even a little league baseball game into full-scale comic nightmares. Thinking all his new son needs is some loving attention, Ben puts up with Junior’s mishaps—but only to a point. Just as he’s ready to take drastic action, Ben realizes that beneath the little monster lurks an angel craving affection in this satire on the trials of modern-day family life.

FORMAT: 35mm

**PROBLEM CHILD 2, 1991, Dir. Brian Levant, 91 Mins, Universal, USA**

John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Amy Yasbeck and Jack Warden return in this hysterical comedy with an offbeat sense of humor. Junior (Oliver) and his dad, Ben Healy (Ritter), relocate to a town with an over abundant supply of single women. Junior resorts to his naughty tricks to survive and protect his dad from the clutches of the town’s kid-hating millionairess (Laraine Newman). On the way, Junior manages to create havoc at a carnival and sabotage an ill-fated wedding with the help of the town’s other pint-size terror, Trixie (Ivyann Schwan). The unlikely pair plot to bring their unsuspecting parents together in this subversive satire on the trial of modern-day family life.

FORMAT: 35mm

Q&A with filmmaker Brian Levant, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and actors Amy Yasbeck, Ivy Schwan and Eric Edwards ‘Cinematic Void’

Ponyo in 35mm

2:30 PM

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in VistaVision

7:30 PM

Poog Presents BIRTH

7:30 PM

The Piano

6:45 PM

Dark City

9:45 PM

Bullseye Presents A THOUSAND CLOWNS

1:00 PM

Ticklish Business Presents GILDA

4:00 PM

Doughboys Present LITTLE CAESAR

7:00 PM

The Town Presents ELECTION

10:00 PM

Moneyball

7:30 PM

Pulp Fiction

11:59 PM

Ponyo (Japanese with English Subtitles)

4:00 PM

Mysterious Skin

4:30 PM

Dangerous Liaisons

7:00 PM

Welcome Space Brothers

The Evil Dead on 35mm

9:45 PM

The Fast and the Furious (25th Anniversary)

Jawbreaker/Idle Hands

8:00 PM

Child's Play

11:59 PM

TV PARTY, pres. by Hollywood Entertainment

8:00 PM