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

Monkey Business in 4K

Barry Lyndon in 35mm

Academy Museum

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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

Los Feliz Theatre

The Invite / Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

New Beverly Cinema

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!

Philosophical Research Society

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!

Stories Books & Cafe

**Screenwriters**: Ryûzô Kikushima,  Akira Kurosawa

**Producer**: Akira Kurosawa

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Yojimbo

Vidiots

Speed Racer

The Black Swan/The Spanish Main

Vista Theatre

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

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

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

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

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

WHAMMY!

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

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

With readings (tba) curated by This Friday.

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

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

Mezzanine + This Friday: Chantal Akerman's American Stories

Romeo + Juliet in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) meet in college and spend years debating whether it’s possible for men and women to be friends – all the while falling in love without realizing it. Nora Ephron’s landmark screenplay is filled with quotable lines and sharp insights, and costars Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher lend hilarious support. One of the definitive romantic comedies of the ’80s.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

*Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong, 2000, DCP , 98 min. In Cantonese with English subtitles. *

Hong Kong, 1962: neighbors Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung) suspect their spouses business trips to Japan are cover for an affair; as the truth becomes clearer, so do the feelings of Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan. Cinematographers Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing bring to life — in vivid detail — an elegant pile-up of affections, memories, and illusions. A slow seduction of stolen glances; the “Quizás, Quizás, Quizás” of restrained passions prove, once again, Wong Kar Wai can wring more emotions out of a silk dress than stains at a laundromat.

In the Mood for Love

A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor&#8217;s husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.

Drive (2011)

Brain Dead Studios

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

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

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

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Lodge Kerrigan began his succession of utterly unique, visually and aurally dazzling character studies with the raw, ravaging CLEAN, SHAVEN. A compelling headfirst dive into the mindscape of a schizophrenic (played by the remarkable Peter Greene) as he tries to track down his daughter after he is released from an institution, Kerrigan’s film brilliantly uses sound and image to lead audiences into a terrifying subjectivity. No one is left unscathed.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTROR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $7.11 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

CLEAN, SHAVEN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Oscilloscope Laboratories

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with cinematographer Stefan Weinberger and producer Faye Tsakas

UNION COUNTY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: New Zealand

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

Distributor: Altered Innocence

Country: USA

Introduction by editor Anderson Matthew New 4K Restoration Director’s Cut

GYPSY 83

Trainspotting

The Maltese Falcon / The Petrified Forest

Kill Bill: Volume 1

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

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

RSVP  here !

You can send donations to @ReynReyn1 on Venmo. 

Find more information on Instagram @reynstormm_

Still, Minab

**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

**Screenwriters**: Frederic Tuten, Andrzej Żuławski

**Producer**: Marie-Laure Reyre

Vidiots remembers the life and legacy of the incredible **Sam Neill** with a special screening of Andrzej Żuławski&#8217;s twisted body horror *Possession*.

Lose yourself in this disturbing tale of obsession, sexuality, and transformation from the fecund mind of Polish provocateur Andrzej Żuławski. Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that earned her Best Actress at Cannes) insistent on a divorce. As Anna&#8217;s frenzied behavior becomes ever more alarming, Mark discovers a truth far more sinister than his wildest suspicions. With its pulsating score, visceral imagery, and some of the most haunting performances ever captured on screen, *Possession* is cinematic delirium at its most intoxicating.

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Possession

**Screenwriters**: Michael Showalter, David Wain

**Producer**: Howard Bernstein

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

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

Second Screening added September 11th. No guests will be in attendance at the encore screening.

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Little Darlings, Meatballs, Gorp*

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

Wet Hot American Summer

**Screenwriter**: Jane Schoenbrun

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

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

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

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

The first step? Facing your fears fantasy.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

**Screenwriter**: Alejandro Jodorowsky

**Producers**: Roberto Viskin, Alejandro Jodorowsky

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

**The Holy Mountain score:**

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

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

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

The Holy Mountain

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

CatVideoFest 2026

Onslaught

Same Time Next Year

Steel

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back to the Future Part II

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

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

Old Town Music Hall

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

**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**: 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

**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

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Others in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grindhouse Releasing

COUNTRY: USA

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

Cinematic Void Presents SCARLET WARNING 666

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Cantonese with English subtitles.*

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

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cult Epics

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE

Joysticks / Zapped!

**Screenwriter**: Ngozi Onwurah

**Producer**: Simon Onwurah

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Afrofuturist deep cuts from our video collection!

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

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

Welcome II the Terrordome

### **ABOUT THE 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.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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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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

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

### **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**: Rafael Manuel

**Producers**: Jeremy Chua,  Alex Polunin,  Bianca Balbuena,  Bradley Liew,  Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi,  Rafael Manuel

Join us in the microcinema for one of the best films of the year and a masterwork of international cinema &#8211; Rafael Manuel&#8217;s phenomenally composed deadpan social satire *Filipiñana*. With jaw-dropping shot composition, immaculate color coding, a biting and satiric wit, and a slow deliberateness that builds to a shocking ending, this is a dazzler on another level with class consciousness to boot. If Ruben Ostlund and Wes Anderson had a Filipino baby, it still wouldn&#8217;t be as good as *Filipiñana*! Don&#8217;t miss your chance to see this stunner on a big screen!

Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to the job, she wanders the immaculate grounds sampling its luxuries as members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the club president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the club’s doting and subservient staff. But something is rotting beneath the pristine fairways of the elite resort, as Isabel discovers when she tries to return a mislaid golf club to its patriarchal director, Dr. Palanca (Teroy Guzman). The deeper she journeys into its most exclusive corners, the closer she gets to the violent truths of the club, her native Philippines, and her own past.

Filipiñana

**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

Resident Evil

The King of Comedy with Dave Karger and Jason Bateman

The Uncles in 16mm with Tacita Dean and Laurence Kardish

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

At the height of his career, Dane Cook wasn’t just selling out arenas, he was redefining what a stand-up comedian could be. Then, in a shocking betrayal, the person he trusted most, his brother, stole multi-millions of dollars, forever changing his life. FUNNY MONEY: THE DANE COOK STORY is a gripping documentary about fame, family, greed and survival, revealing the extraordinary true story behind one of comedy’s biggest icons.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: UpStreamFlix

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with comedian Dane Cook World Premiere

FUNNY MONEY: THE DANE COOK STORY

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

THE BIRDCAGE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.*

International superstar Maggie Cheung embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the “Greta Garbo of China,” in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan. Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan’s private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kwan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic yet intimate portrait of the ill-fated actress, deftly blending lush period drama, archival footage and metatextual documentary sequences of Cheung reflecting on Ruan’s legacy. The result is, much like the films of Ruan Lingyu themselves, “tender, vivid and almost overwhelmingly moving” (Time Out).

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Hong Kong

CENTER STAGE

Heat

Now Instant presents a double bill of Harry Lawson&#8217;s experimental documentary *Stepney Western*, and Kelly Reichardt&#8217;s revisionist Western, *Meek&#8217;s Cutoff*.

Stepney Western + Meek’s Cutoff

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

Join us for a screening of the universally acclaimed and beloved animated film *Spirited Away* from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious porcine transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. A visually astounding feat of imagination and heart, this brilliant and beautiful film was the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and is considered one of the greatest animated films of all time.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Studio Ghibli treasures on Blu-ray and DVD tonight!

*The Secret World of Arrietty, Sherlock Hound, The Cat Returns*

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

Spirited Away (Japanese with English Subtitles)

**Screenwriter**: Allan Moyle

**Producer**: Sandy Stern,  Rupert Harvey

Co-presented by our friends on the airwaves at [KPBJ](http://www.kpbj.fm/)!

Long live Pirate Radio and long live this bangin&#8217; early 90s cult classic starring Christian Slater as a teenage airwave bandit! In Arizona, an introverted and insightful teenager, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater), finds an outlet for his viewpoints through a shortwave radio. Broadcasting as Hard Harry, Hunter uses his pirate radio show to rant against the injustices and hypocrisies taking place in the area, and in society in general. After a tragedy, his principal seeks to get Hunter off the air once and for all. So get ready to stick it to the man, and the FCC with this banger as we pump the killer soundtrack through our dynamite speaker system!

KPBJ is a Freeform LPFM radio station serving the east San Fernando Valley and streaming online at [www.kpbj.fm](http://www.kpbj.fm/).

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Christian Slater cult classics tonight!

*The Legend of Billie Jean, Heathers, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie*

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

Pump Up the Volume

**Screenwriters**: Sylvester Stallone,  Norman Wexler

**Producers**: Robert Stigwood,  Sylvester Stallone

Your Friday night is never going to be the same because the steamiest, sweatiest, musclyest sequel of all time is about to scorch the Vidiots big screen in all its oiled up 80s glory! That&#8217;s right &#8211; Sylvester Stallone&#8217;s very 80s sequel to *Saturday Night Fever* is about to give you chills with killer tunes from Frank Stallone (with a few Bee Gees numbers for continuity), the sweatiest John Travolta you&#8217;ll ever see, and the fieriest dance bonanza to ever hit the big screen! It&#8217;s five years later and Tony Manero&#8217;s *Saturday Night Fever* is still burning even if he can&#8217;t book any gigs. Now he&#8217;s strutting toward his biggest challenge yet &#8211; making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage. Don&#8217;t ask why there&#8217;s an all dancing show on Broadway or why it highly resembles some of the *Goddess* numbers from *Showgirls*, just sit back and take in all the campy, sweaty glory with a crowd of Vidiots &#8211; you&#8217;ll catch the fever too!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more obscure 80s musicals tonight!

*Times Square, The Apple, Breaking Glass, Delivery Boys*

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

Lightstruck: Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws

8:00 PM

Monkey Business in 4K

2:30 PM

Barry Lyndon in 35mm

7:00 PM

CITY LIGHTS

7:30 PM

WRITTEN ON THE WIND

7:00 PM

DER FAN

10:00 PM

The Invite

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

7:30 PM

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

7:30 PM

Glow Big: Youth Open Mic

5:00 PM

North Star Sessions

8:00 PM

Trivia Night!

7:00 AM

BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen Drink & Draw!

6:00 PM

Yojimbo

7:30 PM

Speed Racer

The Black Swan/The Spanish Main

8:00 PM

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

8:00 PM