Lightstruck presents a 3-program tribute to Gene Youngblood’s 1970 book Expanded Cinema!

Program 3: Television & Intermedia

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Our third and final installment of this three-part series devoted to Gene Youngblood’s 1970 book Expanded Cinema explores the outermost reaches of technological innovation spanning the late ‘60s to early ‘70s, highlighting creative connectivity through exceptional investigations of the cathode ray tube and other far-out forms of aesthetic-synesthetic interactivity.

To Youngblood, the possibility of film and video broadcast by way of television offered far more than just an endpoint of entertainment to a stultified, couch-bound public. TV and video proposed a new gateway to instantaneous global communication and with it a framework for the expansion of human awareness through the immediate convergence of millions on a massive scale. Youngblood optimistically pondered the “Videosphere”, chronicling and predicting near-infinite capabilities and opportunities for electronic transmission already being probed by filmmakers such as Nam June Paik, Scott Bartlett, Tom DeWitt Ditto, and Aldo Tambellini. Through use of projections, videotronics, light shows, sensory environments, and the fertile conjunctions of performance and media, fresh forms of self-expression were being synthesized by artists like Carolee Schneemann, Jud Yalkut, Yayoi Kusama, Single Wing Turquoise Bird, and other radical innovators.

Our Expanded Cinema series concludes with a selection of stimulating film and video works by these and many other artists, all of them seeking to redefine and extend the moving image as an artistic practice pushing far beyond the screen. The program will open with a live feedback installation by video artist Jennifer Juniper Stratford, and will culminate in a consciousness-altering 1969 television collaboration between kinetic sculptor Arlo Acton and visionary composer Terry Riley.

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Program by Zena Grey and Mark Toscano. Notes by Zena Grey. Series note by Mark Toscano. Poster art by Robert Beatty. Special thanks to Jennifer Juniper Stratford. All films courtesy of the artists/distributors, and supplied by (and with huge thanks to) David Lebrun, Jon Shibata at Pacific Film Archive, Karl McCool at Electronic Arts Intermix, Canyon Cinema, Light Cone, and The Film-makers’ Cooperative.

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This program is part of Lightstruck's 3-program tribute to Gene Youngblood's book Expanded Cinema:

June 5 - Program 1: Synaesthetic Cinema & The Myth of Entertainment

June 26 - Program 2: Cosmic Consciousness & Cybernetic Cinema

July 10 - Program 3: Television & Intermedia

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Additional program notes at: https://lightstruckfilm.org/screenings/

Lightstruck: Gene Youngblood’s EXPANDED CINEMA #3

2220 Arts + Archives

In person: pre-screening conversation with co-writer, director Brian Dannelly.

Saved! in 35mm

Academy Museum

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With THE SEARCHERS, John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won’t surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements, or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest, Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

THE SEARCHERS in 70mm

Aero Theatre

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife&#8217;s fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Brain Dead Studios

Maggie Fitzgerald has never had much, but she knows what she wants and she will do whatever it takes to get it. In a life of constant struggle, Maggie has gotten by on raw talent, unshakeable focus and a tremendous force of will--which persuade Frankie Dunn, against his better judgment, to train someone who's both female and too old to begin a career. With Dunn's experience and Fitzgerald's talent and determination, the boxer finds herself on track to be the first female to win one million dollars in prize money. But the risks are high, the odds long and the ring unforgiving--as Dunn and Fitzgerald will discover--in this lacerating, knockdown drama.

Million Dollar Baby

Nothing comes easy for Diana Guzman, a troubled girl on the brink of womanhood. Her teachers don't understand her, her father underestimates her and her friends are few. Diana struggles to find respect and dignity every day. Diana is a quick tempered young woman who finds discipline, self-respect and love in the most unlikely place -- a boxing ring.

Girlfight

Egyptian Theatre

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

A nurse serves inner-city drug dealers with some vigilante justice after her sister becomes their latest victim. Presented on 16mm film.

See It On 16mm Presents COFFY (1973)(R)(Thu 7/10) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Burt, a 69-year-old street musician living with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when Sammy, a wayward young man from New York, shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend at his home, where he lives with his grumpy landlord, Steve.

Inspired by the real-life of Burt Berger, who stars in the film alongside actor Oliver Cooper, this deeply personal movie captures Burt’s authentic portrayal as a musician living with Parkinson’s, offering a powerful love letter to Burt, his music, and the filmmaker’s own father, who also lives with Parkinson’s Disease. Executive produced by David Gordon Green.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Joe Burke, cinematographer Daniel Kenji Levin and actor Oliver Cooper

BURT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A COUPLE is a film about a long term relationship between a man and a woman. The man is Leo Tolstoy. The woman is his wife, Sophia. They were married for 36 years, had 13 children, nine of whom survived. Each kept a diary. Although they lived together, in the same house, they wrote letters frequently to each other. The Tolstoy’s were also a dysfunctional couple, arguing frequently and being very unhappy with each other while occasionally enjoying passionate moments of reconciliation. The film is Sophia’s monologue about the joys and struggles of their life together, loosely drawn from their letters to each other and their diary entries. The film was shot in a beautiful garden on Belle Ile, an island off the coast of Brittany.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Zipporah Films

COUNTRY: France/USA

Co-presented by ‘This Is Not a Fiction’ ‘Frederick Wiseman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

A COUPLE

Los Feliz Theatre

To Kill a Mockingbird

New Beverly Cinema

Decades later, writer & civil rights activist James Baldwin tours America & retraces his time in the South during the civil rights movement

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (1982)– Restored James Baldwin Documentary

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: John Carpenter

**Producer**: Larry J. Franco

*I came in here to kick ass and chew bubblegum&#8230; and I&#8217;m all out of bubblegum*. WWF wrestling superstar Rowdy Roddy Piper stars in this prescient and subversive action sci-fi flick from master John Carpenter. When Nada (Piper) stumbles across a pair of sunglasses that reveal a nefarious plot from otherworldly forces, he is determined to kick their evil asses all the way back to wherever they came from. He&#8217;s got to team up with badass Keith David and the stunning Meg Foster to take on this vast conspiracy and save the world from total domination. More fun than you can imagine with as important a message about advertising, consumerism, and compliance as ever, *They Live* remains one of the most enduring action films of all time.

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

They Live on 35mm

**Screenwriters**: Josh Appelbaum,  Andre Nemec,  Evan Daugherty

**Producers**: Michael Bay,  Andrew Form,  Brad Fuller,  Galen Walker,  Scott Mednick,  Ian Bryce

The green fighting machines are back and ready to save the world from the evil Shredder and his gang! Spawned from a lab experiment gone awry, teenage terrapins Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael live in the sewers beneath New York. Although their rodent sensei, Splinter, advises against showing themselves above ground, the justice-loving, pizza-eating brothers can&#8217;t stand idly by while evil Shredder and his minions terrorize the city. With help from intrepid reporter April O&#8217;Neil (Megan Fox) and her cameraman (Will Arnett), the Turtles set out to save New York. Crawl out of the ooze and get ready for a pizza party with this tubular gang of green avengers!

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

**Screenwriters**: R.T. Thorne,  Glenn Taylor

**Producer**: Jennifer Holness

After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere&#8230; so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy.

40 Acres

**Producer**: Henry S. Rosenthal

Vidiots is excited to welcome director **Jeff Feuerzeig** and producer **Henry S. Rosenthal** for a special 20th Anniversary screening of their groundbreaking documentary *The Devil and Daniel Johnston.*

*Hi, how are you?* One of the most thoughtful documentaries about creativity and mental-health ever made, this entertaining and ectsatically imaginative film sings with a heartfelt portrait of a brilliant, but tortured artist. Filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig chronicles the life of a manic-depressive musician and artist, using a blend of home movies, Johnston&#8217;s own audiotapes, vintage performances and current footage. Johnston has recorded more than 10 full-length albums and amassed a prolific portfolio of sketches, and has among his supporters Matt Groening, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Beck, and Tom Waits. Raw, riveting, and reverent &#8211; this portrait of madness and music will leave you captivated from beginning to end.

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

The Devil and Daniel Johnston on 35mm

Vidiots

Reservoir Dogs/ Pulp Fiction

Barbary Coast

Vista Theatre

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*WANNA-BE STARS IN A NO-STAR HOTEL*

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*‍Required viewing for every Angeleno, whether you’ve been here just a few months or your entire lifetime!*  In the early Aughts, aspiring Canadian comic Steve Markle comes to Hollywood with little more than a MiniDV camera and a dream.  He rents a room at the fabled Highland Gardens, a grubby residential hotel where optimists like himself land at what they hope to be a temporary crash pad on their way to the top (fun note: the hotel still exists!).  Previous residents like Errol Flynn, L. Ron Hubbard, Brad Pitt and Janis Joplin give the dusty place its enduring mystery and luster, while its current occupants – some of whom viewers will recognize after recovering from a double-take – seem enamored with its history, hoping that Golden Age magic will transfer onto them.

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‍Here, just a few blocks away from the Walk of Fame, Markle starts recording this off-kilter collection of chain-smoking creatives, ex-cons, outcasts, poets, addicts and industry-adjacent aspirants during his two-month stay at the Gardens.  First broadcast on Canadian television two decades ago, CAMP HOLLYWOOD is a heartbreaking, continuously fascinating snapshot of a community and what one resident dubs “the myth of people who have the guts to live their dreams.”

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Co-presented by [Museum of Home Video](https://www.museumofhomevideo.com/) (a weekly broadcast of found footage for stoners, seekers, archivists, and drinkers) & L.A. Daze, an occasional stream on MoHV’s network offering transmissions from the city of fallen angels.

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**dir. Steve Markle, 2004***Canada, digital projection,* 72 min

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## 7:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

CAMP HOLLYWOOD (2004) pres. by Museum of Home Video & LA Daze

WHAMMY!

Young Man with a Horn

In person: filmmaker Phillip R. Ford in conversation with filmmaker and Midnight Mass podcast cohost Michael Varrati

Vegas in Space

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The evil leaders of Planet Spaceball, having foolishly squandered their precious atmosphere, devise a secret plan to take every breath of air away from their peace-loving neighbour, Planet Druidia. They send the evil Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa on the day of her wedding, in the hope of holding Druidia to ransom. But the princess skips town and joins forces with a mercenary named Lone Starr and his sidekick, Barf.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2025’ and ‘Bot Girl Summer’

SPACEBALLS in 70mm

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Henry IV,&#8221; Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike&#8217;s estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

My Own Private Idaho

Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador &#8220;Nacho Libre&#8221; to earn money for the monastery &#8212; not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación.

Nacho Libre

The Eastwood offers two versatile spaces for theatrical productions, film screenings, dance performances, and more: the 99-seat Eastwood Mainstage and the intimate, 40 seat Oxford Underground blackbox. Both spaces come equipped for various productions, catering to artists and audiences of all levels.

Def By Temptation

Enjoy a short program before 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.

Secure Paid Parking is available at 5301 Sierra Vista Ave.

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No outside food or drinks allowed into the theater.

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DEF BY TEMPTATION (James Bond III, 1990)

Eastwood Performing Arts Center

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

From Damien Chazelle, BABYLON is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

BABYLON in 70mm

Indiana Jones is tasked with locating a legendary ancient power, the Ark of Covenant, before the Nazis get it first.

RAIDERS OF THE  LOST ARK (1981)(PG)(Fri 7/11) 7:30p 10p (Sat 7/12) 2p 4:30p

Summer 1993 / System Crasher

Hammer Museum

Join host Katja Bartholmess for an open writing studio at Heavy Manners Library from 1-3! No frills, no prompts, just write!

Manuscripts, Screenplays, Articles … whatever you’re working on, let’s do it in each other’s company!

**Afternoon Writing Session**

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Drop in and stay a while!

Writing Gets Lonely: Open Writing Studio (7/11)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

TELEVISION EVENT is an archive-based feature documentary that views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Film Desk

COUNTRY: USA/Australia

Q&A with participant and filmmaker of THE DAY AFTER, Nicholas Meyer. Moderated by filmmaker Dylan Meyer. Limited Engagement

TELEVISION EVENT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

America’s favorite family of the future stars in their first animated feature film! When George Jetson gets a promotion, he moves to outer space with the entire family: Jane, Judy, Elroy, Rosie the Robot and Astro the family dog. But soon the family discovers that George’s company is destroying the homes of the Grungies, the friendly underground creatures who live on the same asteroid. With his family’s help, George is able to work out a peaceful arrangement that benefits both the ecology and the factory’s modern technology. See a 2,000-level shopping mall, anti-gravity basketball and other wonders of the space age in this delightful movie, featuring songs by Tiffany.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Steven McClintock, soundtrack co-writer and singing voice of “Cosmic Cosmo” ‘Bot Girl Summer’

JETSONS: THE MOVIE

Wet Hot American Summer

Inglourious Basterds

One of Herzog's great masterpieces, a hilarious and heartbreaking outsider's view of the fantasy and fallacy of The American Dream.

Werner Herzog's STROSZEK (1977) – A Tragicomic American Dream Masterpiece

Discover the funny, unsettling, affectionate and remarkable American tableaux of Rhody Streeter & Tony Ganz's 1970s documentary short films!

AMERICA: EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DREAMED OF - dir. Tony Ganz in person!

**Screenwriters**: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

**Producer**: Stanley Kubrick

*Just what do you think you&#8217;re doing Dave?* Stanley Kubrick heads into the far reaches of the galaxy and the limits of artificial intelligence in the epic masterpiece that spans from the dawn of man into the future of the species in one of the most artistic and philosophically drenched science fiction films of all time. Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world&#8217;s most advanced super-computer. And HAL has the *utmost* confidence in its mission. Join us in anti-gravity as we reach for the monolith of knowledge and head off on this singular trip.

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

2001: A Space Odyssey

**Producer**: Michael Fiore

Join us in the Mubi Microcinema for aa glimpse into the revolutionary life and work of animation legend Floyd Norman. Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up &#8220;trouble&#8221; after the company forced him to retire at age 65. An engaging and inspiring documentary of a man that changed the animation game forever!

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

**Screenwriter**: Frank Darabont from the novella by Stephen King

**Producer**: Niki Marvin

*Get busy living or get busy dying.* One of the most beloved movies of all time (it’s currently the top-rated film on IMDB), this adaptation of Stephen King’s novella finds hope and friendship in the most unlikely of places. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) arrives at Shawshank State Prison in 1947 and quickly develops a bond with Ellis “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), another inmate serving a life sentence. As the years pass, the two men hold on to their dream of seeing the outside world again, but their fragile hope is complicated by both Andy’s insistence that he’s really innocent and his participation in a financial scheme run by the prison’s warden. Initially a box-office disappointment, this thoughtful drama garnered universal acclaim, 7 Oscar nominations and plenty of word of mouth love and grew to the beloved staple it is today and the top video rental of 1995!

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

The Shawshank Redemption

**Screenwriter**: Morihito Inoue

Only the Japanese could bring us one of the most insane shark movies in recent history &#8211; just in time for a hot summer night! There have been cases of mysterious disappearances of hot springs visitors in Atsumi city. A ridiculous blood bath ensues as scores of influencers are eaten alive in hot tubs and the city is in a shark frenzy! Low-budget, highly bonkers, and ridiculously entertaining, *Jaws* ain&#8217;t the only fish in the cinematic sea this summer!

Hot Spring Shark Attack!

**Screenwriter:** Bill Lancaster

**Producers:** David Foster, Lawrence Turman

As the temperature rises, join us in the air conditioning for a chilling trip to Antarctica with one of the best horror/sci-fi films ever made. At a remote Antarctica outpost, a research team of misfits and malcontents comes under attack by a shape-shifting alien lifeform that had been trapped in the ice for 100,000 years. As the creature rages through the men, assuming one identity after another, the paranoia rises as the temperatures outside plummet. A fantastic cast, lead by the never-better Kurt Russell, amazing, now-legendary practical effects, and John Carpenter&#8217;s atmospheric direction make *The Thing* a chilling classic.

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

The Thing on 35mm

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (70mm)

Ichabod and Mr. Toad (I.B. Tech)/Tower of London

Heavy Metal

From the creators that brought you **Triple Thriller: Horror Anthology**, comes a new series of short films exploring a different realm of human horrors. . .

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Black & White Night marks a departure from their signature SOV horror, embracing black-and-white technology, grounded performances, apocalyptic unease and dogs.

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*Gold Standard Productions is the vanguard entertainment entity representing the diaspora of Old Hollywood as it seeps into the current underground and creates a new cinematic language.*

Gold Standard Productions presents: Black & White Night

Mezzanine presents Chris Marker’s IMMEMORY: GUTENBERG VERSION. A multimedia event presented with Exact Change.

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- 12pm - 5pm - IMMEMORY installation on view in the Archives
- 12:30pm - presentation by editor Isabel Ochoa Gold
- 1pm - SANS SOLEIL (1983, 100m) - screening in the 2220 Theater
- 3pm - LEVEL FIVE (1996, 106m) - screening in the 2220 Theater

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The enigmatic French multimedia artist and filmmaker Chris Marker (1921-2012) was known for his sprawling and constantly evolving body of film and video work, defined by an abiding interest in the nature of time and memory, and a physical and intellectual wanderlust. In 1997, Marker produced an interactive CD-ROM, IMMEMORY, that had resurfaced in Flash and bootleg copies but is otherwise impossible to view on a modern computer. Towards the end of his life, he began to plan a more durable and widely accessible version of this work.

The original publisher, Exact Change, has finally adapted IMMEMORY into a physical book, the Gutenberg Edition, which resembles a Cortazar-esque hopscotch text with footnotes and annotations. To celebrate this heroic act of preservation, we have endeavored to present IMMEMORY as a free limited-time installation, featuring computers where visitors can peruse the original piece at their leisure and view a projection of the video recording. We will also hold free screenings of SANS SOLEIL and LEVEL FIVE concurrently in the 2220 Theater, and have a presentation from the volume’s editor, Isabel Ochoa Gold, and designer/co-publisher Naomi Yang.

Copies of the Gutenberg Version will be sold at the event.

Special thanks to Naomi Yang and Damon Krokowski (Exact Change), Isabel Ochoa Gold, Sandi Tan, Ed Halter and Thomas Beard (Light Industry), Brian Belovarac (Janus Films) and Bob Hunter (Icarus Films).

Chris Marker’s IMMEMORY: GUTENBERG VERSION

LA Filmforum and Beijing International Short Film Festival present *Developing China: Films from the Beijing International Short Film Festival, Program 1.*

Full program and info at:

https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/spring-summer-2025/developing-china-films-from-the-beijing-international-short-film-festival-program-1/

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Conversation after the program with filmmakers Wenqian Zhang with curators Iris Sang and Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu, in person and remotely.

Curators: Iris Sang 桑霓, Lou Baiyang 娄白杨 / Beijing International Short Film Festival

Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu / LA Filmforum.

Beijing International Short Film Festival and Filmforum present Developing China, two programs showcasing eight works from the festival between 2020 and 2024. Filmforum is pleased to invite four filmmakers to join in a post-screening conversation with Iris Sang, curator of BISFF, and Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu, moderator and curator from Los Angeles Filmforum. Program 1 centers on “searching” as a gesture that crosses temporal boundaries.

Developing China: Chinese Short Films Program 1

LA Filmforum and Beijing International Short Film Festival present *Developing China: Films from the Beijing International Short Film Festival, Program 2.*

Full program and info at:

https://www.lafilmforum.org/

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Conversation after the program with filmmakers Zhang Shengjia, Cai Caibei, Zhao Yanbin, Zhao Gang with curators Iris Sang and Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu, in person and remotely. Total runtime: 74 mins.

Program 2 showcases diverse filmmaking styles, including ethnographical essay, experimental animation, political film-poem, and documentary. The critical and aesthetic explorations of these Chinese filmmakers extend from their homeland to abroad and back to their homeland: reflecting on the influence of Western culture through the ritual of birthday cakes, tracing the history of Chinese labor and immigration in the U.S. from the standpoint of a Chinese student, exploring the realm of desire within and beyond the screen, and finally returning to local traditional folk beliefs.

Curators:

Iris Sang 桑霓, Lou Baiyang 娄白杨 / Beijing International Short Film Festival

Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu / LA Filmforum

Developing China: Chinese Short Films Program 2

Logan's Run

The Brady Bunch Movie

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The greatest love story ever told… in the most acclaimed musical of all time! Winner of ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet” against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York. Featuring an unforgettable score, exuberant choreography and powerful performances by Natalie Wood, Russ Tamblyn, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris, WEST SIDE STORY will forever resonate as a true cinematic masterpiece.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

WEST SIDE STORY in 70mm

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Directed by the esteemed Robert Altman and featuring a huge cast of recognizable stars like Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Lyle Lovett and Buck Henry, this innovative episodic drama is based on nine short stories and a poem by the late Raymond Carver, detailing the longings and thwarted lives of a disparate group of individuals in contemporary Southern California.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Presented in partnership with Eastman Museum Los Angeles. Print courtesy of the George Eastman Museum, gift of SabuCat Productions. ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2025’

SHORT CUTS in 70mm

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

MirrorMask

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again&#8230; and again &#8211; as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Edge of Tomorrow

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*In French with English subtitles. *

Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PLAYTIME is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

PLAYTIME in 70mm

The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Boogie Nights

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

During disco’s 1970s heyday, 17-year-old busboy Eddie Adams is looking for a break when he is spotted by veteran porn director Jack Horner. Horner rechristens Eddie ‘Dirk Diggler’ and makes him a star of adult cinema. Enjoying his new-found fame and a hedonistic lifestyle to match, Eddie is little prepared for the changes in the porn industry that are to come with the arrival of the 1980s and the rise of video tape.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

BOOGIE NIGHTS in 70mm

Movie theater chain established in 1938 showcasing the latest independent, foreign & art films.

Special Event. Double Feature of AIRPLANE & TOP SECRET.  In person, Jerry & David Zucker.  Hype, spoof, with the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin, who always "gets his man". Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot: Queen Elizabeth II of England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player. PLUS Drowning his sorrows after that botched mission during World War II, Ted Striker, a traumatized ex-fighter-pilot with a neurotic fear of flying, still has not gotten over his old flame, flight attendant, Elaine Dickinson. Determined to win her back, Ted boards a domestic flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, only to come face-to-face with a severe case of in-flight food poisoning that is threatening everyone's lives. With most of the passengers and the entire cockpit crew down with the food-borne illness, Striker must confront his inner demons and take over the control of the ungovernable aircraft with the help of a gruff air-traffic controller and his former commander. Can Ted Striker land the airplane and save the passengers?
This time Zucker and Abrahams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine (Lucy Gutteridge) and becomes involved with the French Resistance


ABRAHAMS/ZUCKER DOUBLE FEATURE

Fine Arts Theatre

Flow

Bye Bye Tiberias

Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 150,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.

Filmmaker, educator, and ancestral ecologist Petna Ndaliko Katondolo curates possibilities of remembering—a program of ritualization through storytelling and film from Congo and beyond. 

This event is part of a series in conjunction with [*Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics*](https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/imagining-black-diasporas-21st-century-art-and-poetics) that presents video works, in-person discussions, and somatic participations to tap into the contemporary resonances of the Black diaspora.

Co-presented with the William Grant Still Arts Center.

Ejo-Lobi Storytelling: Ritualization through Image and Movement with Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

BELOW THE BELT is a gritty and humorous drama about life on the road as a female professional wrestler, in the tradition of ROCKY and FAT CITY. Based on the memoir *To Smithereens* by Rosalyn Drexler (who wrestled as the “Mexican Spitfire”), it is a realistic and moving take on the highs and lows of life on the mat. Rosa Rubinsky (Regina Baff) is a natural at fending off unwanted sexual advances while working at a sports arena concession stand. So when she’s discovered by promoter Bobby Fox (John C. Becher) and trained by real-life legend Mildred Burke, Rosa soon finds herself competing in the turbulent world of pro wrestling.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by co-founders of Hagfish, Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo Rosalyn Drexler’s memoir To Smithereens will be available for purchase prior to the screening at 3:30pm at the Los Feliz 3, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

BELOW THE BELT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the late 1970s, celebrated director Francis Ford Coppola (THE GODFATHER, THE CONVERSATION) and his cast, crew, and family ventured into the dense jungles of the Philippines to begin work on what would eventually become his masterpiece, APOCALYPSE NOW. But the journey from page to screen soon spiraled into a hellish, life-threatening nightmare that echoed the film’s narrative. Plagued with adversity, one of the most influential films ever made had one of the most notorious shoots in cinema history that few survived unscathed.

Meticulously documented at the time by Eleanor Coppola (PARIS CAN WAIT), Fax Bahr (IN LIVING COLOR), and George Hickenlooper (DOGTOWN) revisited the footage in 1991 and filmed new interviews with the cast and crew, resulting in HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER’S APOCALYPSE, a groundbreaking and intimate portrait of what went into making one of the best films ever made. HEARTS OF DARKNESS is the ultimate feature-length documentary, capturing the explosive events that led to APOCALYPSE NOW becoming a worldwide classic film and a constant favorite with film critics.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Fax Bahr New 4K Restoration Limited Engagement

HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Point Break

Riverboat Dixie Jazz Band

Old Town Music Hall

A special fundraiser screening of Gregory Nava's groundbreaking and breathtaking immigrant saga masterpiece presented by El Cine.

EL NORTE (1983) – Screening & Fundraiser co-presented by El Cine

**Screenwriter**: Lorenzo Semple Jr., from the comic book created by Bob Kane

**Producer**: William Dozier

Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman &#8230; one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960&#8217;s television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking over the world? With a wham! and a pow! and a zip! &#8230; our heroes just might win.

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

Batman

**Producers**: Sheila Nevins,  Jeffrey Friedman,  Rob Epstein

The world of cinema has always been Queer! Dive into homosexuality in Hollywood as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein (&#8220;The Times of Harvey Milk&#8221; and &#8220;Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt&#8221;) and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.

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

The Celluloid Closet

**Screenwriter**: Adam Brooks

**Producers**: Tim Bevan,  Meg Ryan,  Kathryn F. Galan,  Eric Fellner

With a special introduction by editor **Terilyn A. Shropshire, A.C.E.**

Vidiots is heading to Paris with romance, intrigue, and a devilish Kevin Kline in Lawrence Kasdan&#8217;s lovable *French Kiss. *Dumped by her fiancee and facing her fear of flying to win him back in Paris, Kate meets a roguish French thief on the plane, who unbeknownst to her smuggles a stolen necklace in her baggage. Will she win back her fiancee, or just up and fall in love with the dashing international man of mystery? A delightful Parisian romp with gorgeous scenery shot by the great Owen Roizman (in his final picture) and tons of dreamy love songs from Lousi Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, it&#8217;s a romantic Parisian vacation on the big screen!

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

French Kiss

Buck Privates

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Many Sundays throughout the year we will be highlighting a few titles that are considered to be "stuck" on VHS, with no physical releases since the format (discounting VHS transfers on DVDs, etc.) for various reasons, i.e. legal ownership disputes, music licensing issues, or perhaps just perceived lack of interest.

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Once again join us for the intersection of Stuck on VHS & $5 Wings Night! We continue our work plumbing the depths of the "less than 500 Letterboxd logs" category, and coming up with gold this time from director Gregory Dark (NEW WAVE HOOKERS, NIGHT OF THE LIVING BABES), and co-starring G. Gordon Liddy(!). Upper tier bonkers performance from Wings in this one in this sci-fi crime thriller set on the sleazy streets of Hollywood.

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## From the back of the box:

"Hollywood, CA--Cybernetic mind-control devices are being implanted into the bodies of the members of S.Q.U.A.D.: an elite anti-crime and terror team of this city's police force. These officers have been programmed to annihilate terrorists, muggers, pimps, thugs, and street scum in general, then secretly self-destruct. Patrolman Arliss Ryder is about to reveal this horrific plan when he makes a chilling discovery: He's been assigned to S.Q.U.A.D.!!

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STREET ASYLUM stars WINGS HAUSER as Arliss Ryder, the cop in a race against time to save his friends, his sanity, and his own life; the notorious G. GORDON LIDDY stars as the psychotic mastermind of the sinister scheme.

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STREET ASYLUM. The most dangerous criminals aren't terrorizing the streets, they're patrolling them."

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**dir. Gregory Dark, 1990.***United States, VHS projection*94 mins

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**Doors Open**: Sunday, 7/207:30 8:00 SCREENING

**Screening Starts**: Sunday, 7/207:30 DOORS8:00

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Special ticket price: $5 general admission, $4 members!

STUCK ON VHS: Street Asylum (1990)

Singin’ in the Rain in 4K

But I'm a Cheerleader in 4K

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners&#8217; strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he&#8217;s naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

Billy Elliot

James Stewart and Doris Day give magnificent performances as Ben and Jo McKenna, an American couple vacationing in Morocco, whose son is kidnapped and taken to England. Caught up in international espionage, the McKennas' lives hang in the balance as they race to save their son in the chilling, climactic showdown in London's famous Royal Albert Hall.

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Hitchcock’s original and praised renditioning of the melodramatic tale of a child’s kidnap and recovery from spies trying to ensure her father’s silence... While on holiday in Switzerland, Jill Lawrence and her husband accidentally become involved in murder and intrigue, when an undercover Secret Service agent whispers the whereabouts of a vital message to Lawrence, as he lies dying from a gunshot wound.

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Academy Award winner Henry Fonda stars in director Alfred Hitchcock's real-life thriller of an innocent man trapped as the victim of a heartless criminal justice system--even though he's The Wrong Man. When an eyewitness to a robbery identifies musician Christopher Balestrero (Fonda) as the culprit, Balestrero cannot prove where he was on the day of the crime. Now, the wheels of justice--driven by the testimony of witnesses--mercilessly grind away the life of a man who looks remarkably like the real thief. Based on the novel The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson.

The Wrong Man

Harrison Ford stars as an American doctor who is pulled into a Byzantine underworld of crime and corruption when his wife is kidnapped in Paris in this tightly wound thriller--Frantic. With shattering suddenness, an ordinary man is thrust into an extraordinary adventure. When Richard Walker (Ford) steps out of his hotel room shower, he realizes that his wife (Betty Buckley) is gone--and that the nearby suitcase is not hers. Now, a stranger in a strange land, Walker must perform acts of heroism of which he never suspected himself capable--and forms a wary alliance with a beautiful young Parisienne (Emmanuelle Seigner) who holds the key to the mystery of his wife's disappearance.

Frantic

Join us for a screening of three short documentary films about about fashion designers Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, and Alexander McQueen.

***Vivienne Westwood: God Save The Queen,*** **2023 (42m)**

***Yohji Yamamoto: This is My Dream,*** **2011 (30m)**

***Cutting Up Rough,*** **1997** **(29m)**

Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, and Alexander McQueen Doc Screening

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A powerful, unflinching glimpse into the dark, bizarre world of the pornography industry. George C. Scott gives a strong, sensitive portrayal of a deeply religious Midwestern businessman whose daughter, while on a church-sponsored outing, runs away from home. He hires an oddball detective, who learns that the daughter has been making cheap sex films. When the father realizes that he can no longer trust the detective, he decides to hunt for his daughter himself. Posing as a porno film producer casting a new movie, he gathers clues with ferocious determination. His treacherous journey gives him a fast, hard lesson in big-city life and a close-up view of the world of porn, its victims and exploiters. Finally, with the help of a prostitute, he locates his daughter. But is it too late?

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

Cinematic Void Presents HARDCORE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mandarin with English subtitles.*

Along the banks of the Suzhou River, Mardar falls in love with a young woman named Moudan. When he loses her in an attempted kidnapping gone wrong, she seems to disappear into the river forever—until he meets Meimei, a woman who performs in a nightclub and who happens to look exactly like Moudan.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Strand Releasing

COUNTRY: China/Germany

SUZHOU RIVER

Summer of ’42  / The Pursuit of Happiness

**Screenwriter**: Nida Manzoor

**Producer**: Tim Bevan,  Eric Fellner,  Olivier Kaempfer,  John Pocock

A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, POLITE SOCIETY follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **MUBI** and **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.

Polite Society

**Screenwriter**: Scott Rosenberg

**Producers**: Jerry Bruckheimer,  Mike Stenson

Co-presented by our friends at **Super-Yaki**!

*I just stole fifty cars in one night! I&#8217;m a little tired, a little *wired*, and I think I deserve a little appreciation!* Nic Cage puts the pedal to the metal in this high-octane summer blockbuster. Memphis Raines was once the premiere car booster in LA, but has long since retired. When his brother&#8217;s life is threatened, he&#8217;s got to get back behind the wheel and steal 50 luxury vehicles in one night with the help of some &#8220;boost happy&#8221; pals from his criminal days. Strap in for this big, loud, and super fun speed ride with our favorite madman Nic Cage at the wheel!

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

Gone in Sixty Seconds

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Super cop Bruce Willis battles terrorists inside a Los Angeles skyscraper in this action classic.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

DIE HARD in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: UK

Introduction by podcaster Karina Longworth ‘You Must Remember This: The Old Man is Still Alive’

BEDAZZLED

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), but he forgets all about her when he falls for dazzling socialite Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor).

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

‘Face the Voice – Paul Frees, voice of Boris Badenov’

A PLACE IN THE SUN

Lost in America / Modern Romance

**Screenwriter**: Pam Brady

**Producers**: Lorne Michaels,  John Goldwyn

The Lonely Island&#8217;s 2007 cult classic hits Vidiots with the power of eagle, fox, bottlenose dolphin, octopus, and house cat! Aspiring stuntman Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) attempts the biggest jump of his life to raise money for his stepfather&#8217;s (Ian McShane) conveniently priced surgery. One of the most unabashedly silly comedies of the last 20 years, *Hot Rod* pulls up with a dynamite cast, including Bill Hader, Sissy Spacek, Isla Fisher, Will Arnett, and Chris Parnell as an AM Radio enthusiast with very original tattoo ideas. 

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **MUBI** and **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.

Hot Rod

Summertime

Acropolis Cinema presents *The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire* (Dir. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, 2024).

An actress and new mother (played by Zita Hanrot) is haunted by voices as she embarks on inhabiting the role of surrealist writer Suzanne Roussi-Césaire. In the sleepy palm groves of the tropics, a small group of filmmakers and actors confront the history of writer Suzanne Césaire in her youth and then stage scenes from her life, troubling the “paradise” of historical memory. Moving between narrative filmmaking and abstraction—a night at a 1940s cafe, and the garden where a film’s cast and crew discuss and bring to life the missing pieces of the writer’s legacy—this is a film that leaves room for the unknown. This is Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s first feature. The film stars César-award-winning actor Zita Hanrot and Motell Foster, and features a soundtrack by singer Sabine McCalla.

TRT: 75 min

Acropolis Cinema: The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

Selected by the Actors BranchFree for Museum members

Moonstruck in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A tender and stylish blend of road movie and romance, HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND is a moving story of love and motorcycles from Japanese cinema magician Nobuhiko Obayashi (HOUSE). Aimless biker Ko finally finds purpose when he falls in love with Miyo, a young woman with an obsession for motorcycles. When she gets her own bike, Ko worries that her ravenous hunger for the road may lead to dire consequences. Shot in an evocative mix of color and black-and-white and threaded with wistful melancholy, feel your heart race on the stunning highways of HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA/Cult Epics

COUNTRY: Japan

L.A. Premiere of New Restoration! ‘Teenage Dream: Obayashi in the ’80s’

HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND

**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.

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **MUBI** and **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.

Labyrinth

**Screenwriters**: John W. Cunningham, Carl Foreman

**Producer**: Stanley Kramer

Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Katy Jurado star in this thrilling and Oscar-winning Western that blazed new trails in cinema. Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople. Gary Cooper won an Academy Award for his performance in this classic Western, but the real triumph was Katy Jurado, who became the first Latina actress to win a Golden Globe for her role as the local saloon owner and Kane&#8217;s former flame.

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

High Noon

**Screenw****riter:** Joel Schumacher

**Producer:** Art Linson, Gary Stromberg

A funny and funky look at 1970&#8217;s LA *Car Wash* is a lasting laugh riot that Roger Ebert called a &#8220;wash-and-wax M*A*S*H*&#8221; This slice-of-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar&#8217;s Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers &#8212; including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict &#8212; while cracking jokes to a constant groovin&#8217; soundtrack of the best of disco and funk. Some of the workers might find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to make it through another shift.

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

Lightstruck: Gene Youngblood’s EXPANDED CINEMA #3

8:00 PM

Saved! in 35mm

7:30 PM

THE SEARCHERS in 70mm

7:30 PM

Desperately Seeking Susan

8:00 PM

Million Dollar Baby

Girlfight

See It On 16mm Presents COFFY (1973)(R)(Thu 7/10) 7:30pm

7:30 PM

BURT

7:00 PM

A COUPLE

10:00 PM

To Kill a Mockingbird

7:30 PM

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (1982)– Restored James Baldwin Documentary

7:30 PM

They Live on 35mm

4:30 PM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

4:30 PM

40 Acres

7:00 PM

The Devil and Daniel Johnston on 35mm

7:30 PM

Reservoir Dogs/ Pulp Fiction

Barbary Coast

7:30 PM

Camp Hollywood

8:00 PM