Monkey Business in 4K

The Women

Academy Museum

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

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

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

Your Name.

Brain Dead Studios

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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. Moderated by David Bruckner. 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

Los Feliz Theatre

The Invite / Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

New Beverly Cinema

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

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

Philosophical Research Society

Writing Salon

Stories Books & Cafe

**Screenwriter**: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

**Producer**: Satoko Ishida

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

The Samurai and the Prisoner

**Screenwriter**: John Carney

**Producer**: Martina Niland

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Once

Vidiots

Dance Band/Hong Kong Nights

Speed Racer

Vista Theatre

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

2220 Arts + Archives

Barry Lyndon in 35mm

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CITY LIGHTS, the most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin, is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical Virginia Cherrill) and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form. The result was the epitome of his art and the crowning achievement of silent comedy.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

‘Programmed by Mel Brooks: 100 Years at the Movies’

CITY LIGHTS

Aero Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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 world premiere of the new restoration of Derek Jarman's hypnotic dream world of magic and ritual

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

Every 1st Thursday of the month we’ll be hosting a music open mic night for kids and teens.


Our intention is to create a supportive and joyful space where young people can come together, share their love of music, practice performing regularly, make mistakes, try again & grow!

All performers must be under 18 & guardians must be present.

5pm - 7pm

No cover charge

Please email info@scribblecommunity.com with any questions.




Glow Big: Youth Open Mic

North Star Sessions is a free showcase that strives to be a safe and inclusive place for artists and music lovers in the LA music scene. This month we will highlight the work of Gyasi Ross, Taylor Sackson, Marina Mia, with an open mic draw between sets.

8pm

North Star Sessions

Scribble

Best trivia night in town hosted by Justin Hantz

$10 entry fee, teams of 4 or less

Winners take home the $$$!

Trivia Night!

Free. Bad artist welcome

Hosted by an art group based in Echo Park

BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen Drink & Draw!

**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

The Black Swan/The Spanish Main

*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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**dir. Mike Diana, 1990***United States, digital projection*151 min

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## $10 general admission.

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

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**‍***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

WHAMMY!

The Monster Squad in 35mm

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: American Genre Film Archive

COUNTRY: New Zealand

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

SLEEPING DOGS

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

*Program notes by author Jeremy Arnold*

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

MIRAGE / STRAIT-JACKET

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

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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

Legend

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

"Help Yourself" / THE SLANDERERS

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

"Love in an Apartment Hotel" / THE QUARTERBACK

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

Format: DCP

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

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

Format: DCP

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

"Cinderella Cinders" / THE DEVIL’S CIRCUS

The Iron Giant

Back to the Future Part II

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

Christine

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

Lassie Come Home

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

Scarface

Old Town Music Hall

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

OLIVIA & THE CLOUDS —  co-presented by El Cine

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

**Producers**: Doug Mitchell,  Bill Miller

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Happy Feet

**Producers**: Gabriel Sedgwick,  Nickolas Hasse

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

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

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

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

Wild Inside

**Screenwriter/ Producer**: Abbas Kiarostami

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Close-Up, Shirin, Certified Copy*

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

The Traveler

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

**Producer**: Brian Grazer

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Crazy for mermaids? Try out these aquatic gems!

*The Lure, Aquamarine, The Daydreamer*

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

Splash

**Screenwriters**: Nastasya Popov,  Tess Cohen

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

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

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

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

Idiotka

**Screenwriter**: Wendell Mayes

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Death Wish

**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

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Onslaught

The Court Jester

Streets of Fire

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

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

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

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**dir. David "The Rock" Nelson, 1999***United States, digital projection*136 min

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## $10 general admission.

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

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**‍***Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

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

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

World premiere! Lew Klahr in person!

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

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

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

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

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

LA Filmforum: Lew Klahr's Fable by the Door

Black Narcissus

20th Anniversary of Marie Antoinette with Sofia Coppola

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

*In French with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

*In French with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

*In French with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

FANTASTIC PLANET / THE TIME MASTERS / GANDAHAR

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

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

SILENT MOVIE

Q&A with Director MARK PELLINGTON

Synopsis:

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

Trailer:

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

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

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

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

We Direct Music Videos Vol. #10 - MARK PELLINGTON

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

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

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

FORMAT: 35mm

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

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

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: KINO LORBER

COUNTRY: Germany

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

FAUST

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

The More the Merrier

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

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

**Screenwriter**: Beverley Cross

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Clash of the Titans

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

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more haunted ethereal masterpieces tonight!

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

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

The Virgin Suicides

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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**‍***Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

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

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Others in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grindhouse Releasing

COUNTRY: USA

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

Cinematic Void Presents SCARLET WARNING 666

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Cantonese with English subtitles.*

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cult Epics

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE

Joysticks / Zapped!

**Screenwriter**: Ngozi Onwurah

**Producer**: Simon Onwurah

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Afrofuturist deep cuts from our video collection!

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

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

Welcome II the Terrordome

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A wandering medium, Airi spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience. As she digs deeper into the house’s past, a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Magnolia Pictures

COUNTRY: Japan

Q&A with filmmaker Dave Boyle Advance Screening Co-presented by Beyond Fest

NEVER AFTER DARK

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:**

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

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by You Must Remember This host Karina Longworth

You Must Remember This Presents THE CHEAT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

GANDAHAR

Peeping Tom / See No Evil

**Screenwriter/Producer**: Karen Sperling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Waiting Room

Thief

Emma in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Fixafilm

COUNTRY: Poland

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

THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Dolly Parton on physical media tonight!

*9 to 5, Rhinestone, Steal Magnolias*

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

Twin Husbands/Murder at Glen Athol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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**‍***Whammy!*** *is located at* **1***2***00 N Alvarado St***, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please* ***do not park*** ***in the library parking lot****, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines*, the** 2, the ***4****, and the* ***93.***

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

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

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

TRT: 74 min

In person: James Benning

Acropolis Cinema: James Benning's Little Boy

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

Monthly short film festival. Watch and vote. Audience award to the best short film each month. Annual championship in DECEMBER.

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 8/20) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW

Fight Club

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

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

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

Stepney Western + In With Both Feet

Now Instant Image Hall

**Screenwriter**: John Cassavetes

**Producer**: Al Ruban

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Husbands

Camelot

The King of Comedy with Dave Karger and Jason Bateman

The Uncles in 16mm with Tacita Dean and Laurence Kardish

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

Mind Game

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Ichi the Killer

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In this hysterical comedy, Armand and Albert have built the perfect life for themselves tending to their gaudy Miami nightclub. But their pastel tranquility is shaken when Armand’s son announces that he’s getting married to the daughter of ultra-conservative Senator Keeley… and they’re all getting together for dinner! Can Armand and Albert transform themselves into Mr. and Mrs. Family Values in time? It’ll take the performance of their lives!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

### **ABOUT ONE INSTITUTE:**

Founded in 1952, One Institute (formerly ONE Archives Foundation) is the oldest active LGBTQ+ organization in the country, dedicated to telling LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS history and stories through education, arts, and social justice programs. One Institute’s one-of-a-kind exhibitions and public programs connect LGBTQ+ history and contemporary culture to effect social change. Through unique K-12 teacher trainings, lesson plans, and youth mentorship programs, the organization empowers teachers and students to bring queer history into classrooms and communities. As the independent community partner of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, One Institute promotes the largest collection of LGBTQ+ materials in the world. In 2026, One Institute became stewards of STORIES: The AIDS Monument, in partnership with the City of West Hollywood.

Pre-screening Q&A with art director Tom Duffield 30th Anniversary Co-presented by One Institute Supported by the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation

Monkey Business in 4K

2:30 PM

The Women

7:30 PM

Your Name.

8:00 PM

PORTAL TO HELL

7:00 PM

JURASSIC PARK III

10:00 PM

The Invite

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

7:30 PM

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

7:00 PM

Writing Salon

7:00 PM

The Samurai and the Prisoner

7:00 PM

Once

7:30 PM

Dance Band/Hong Kong Nights

2:00 PM

Speed Racer