In December, our Drop-In Tours will focus on innovations in filmmaking from special effects, animation, and directing. 

Drop-in Tours: Innovations in Filmmaking

The Academy Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art present Derek Jarman’s Blue  

The Academy Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art present Derek Jarman’s Blue in 35mm  

Academy Museum

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with director Peter Sohn, producer Denise Ream, p.g.a., and composer Thomas Newman. Moderated by Drew Taylor.

ELEMENTAL 

Aero Theatre | ‘Jean-Luc Godard : L’influenceur’

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN / PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

Aero Theatre - American Cinematheque

Detective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.

I, The Jury (1953)

Having already once revolutionized the coming-of-age story with her debut LADY BIRD, Greta Gerwig has somehow outdone herself with this gorgeous and thoroughly original rendition of the beloved Louisa May Alcott classic. Bringing her effusive humor, authenticity, and irresistible warmth to the otherwise mannered Civil War-era New England, Gerwig's adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN breathes visceral new life into the March sisters – portraying them as unique, complicated, flawed, and astonishingly human. So human that you will leave the theater wanting to text Jo March and, for several reasons, this will not be a possibility.
You may also find it physically impossible not to chef's kiss at the cast, which is as close to pitch-perfect as it gets. Starring Saoirse Ronan as Jo, Emma Watson as Meg, Florence Pugh as Amy, and Eliza Scanlen as Beth, LITTLE WOMEN also features Laura Dern (!), Meryl Streep (!), Bob Odenkirk (!), and Timothée Chalamet as the dashing but lovelorn Laurie (!!!).
Save for a fireworks show, sky-written ode, or Mount Rushmore-type situation, we cannot recommend this rich, heartrending wonder of a film anymore. Its timeless charm is sure to capture the hearts of little women (and men) everywhere.

Little Women (2019)

Santa’s got a brand new bag in this bloody, holly-jolly action comedy and he’s stuffed it with some explosive toys for some very naughty mercenaries. These dangerous grinches (led by John Leguizamo) are trying to steal Christmas (technically $300 million) but they didn’t count on ‘ol Kris Kringle (David Harbour) throwing a candy cane in the works. Now it’s time for Santa to (chest)nut up, channel his inner John McClane, and cross a few names off his naughty list for good.
VIOLENT NIGHT is fun, bloody, gleefully over the top, and the perfect way to kick off the holidays. This is the grumpy, rumpled, bar-diving Santa that David Harbour was apparently born to play, because he perfectly embodies this kickass St. Nick with weariness, warmth, and wrath. John Leguizamo is amazing as always as the leader of the mercs, while Leah Bradley charms as a young girl on Santa’s nice list trapped in the house with them. It’s time to deck the halls and lock and load – Santa’s comin’ to town.

Violent Night

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

UCLA Student Film Restorations: Present Preserving the Past

Billy Wilder Theater

Javier Bardem got the weird haircut and the crazy gun thing, and he’s unstoppable in this grim update on the the whole no future policy. What I mean to say is that I think Corman McCarthy sees the world as doomed from the start, but still there is no god. Yeesh! I went to see this on a bright, sunny New Years Day and someone behind me was so dumbfounded at the end, they just said “what the fuck?”. Drug money is blood money, it never goes well and it’ll chase you all the way down no matter what.

No Country for Old Men

Brain Dead Studios

Los Feliz 3 | Limited Engagement&nbsp;

ANATOMY OF A FALL 

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Happy Hours: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Series’

SHADOWS IN PARADISE 

Los Feliz 3 | Limited Engagement&nbsp;&nbsp;

"The Daughters of Fire” / IN WATER 

PSYCHO

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Back in Business’

THE PLAYER 

Los Feliz 3 Theatre - American Cinematheque

Eastern Promises

The Thing / The Blob (1988)

Kill Bill: Volume 1

New Beverly Cinema

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Nuart Theatre

Come celebrate the new year with your friends at Old Town Music Hall! Hosted by renowned theatre organist/pianist Mark Herman, the evening will feature Vitaphone musical shorts of the 1920s and rarely seen comedy shorts from both Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy. Complimentary desserts will be served during intermission. Join us as we ring in our 56th year!

Annual New Year&#39;s Eve Celebration

Old Town Music Hall

Screenwriter: John Cassavetes
Producer: Sam Shaw
Nominated for multiple Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes (and taking home her share of wins), Gena Rowlands is a legend forever.  Across her extensive career, she’s worked with Jim Jarmsuch, Paul Mazursky, William Friedkin, Terence Davies — and John Cassavetes, with whom she had one of the greatest ongoing actor-director collaborations in film history.
Charting Rowlands’ transformation as “Mabel” from endearingly kooky to bleakly incoherent and back again, A Woman Under the Influence is perhaps the most important examination of mental health ever captured onscreen.
Cassavetes observes the ricochets between Mabel’s health and her in-laws’ “influence”— but at the heart of this film is her relationship with her conservative husband (an equally amazing Peter Falk), who struggles in vain to pull Mabel out of her ever-worsening decline.  Both tough-as-bricks and delicate, WOMAN goes straight for the throat.

A Woman Under the Influence

Screenwriter: James Vanderbilt
Producers: Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Ceán Chaffin
Crack the code and track down a killer in David Fincher’s atmospheric true crime thriller. This dark and haunting film delves into the notoriously unsolved and much speculated on Zodiac Killer, the serial killer that held Northern California in a vice grip of panic for decades, and has moved into Jack the Ripper territory of a mystery that may never be solved. It can be obsessed over, however, and it was, by so many, including crime reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.), police inspector Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), a cartoonist with a penchant for puzzles who cracks the cipher of the enigmatic madman’s taunting letters to the police and the press. This taut and suspenseful thriller won’t provide any solid answers on the Zodiac’s identity, but it will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.

Zodiac

Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Nothing says Christmas like this wickedly funny crime caper. Some director/actor collaborations were made with the stars: Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, or more recently, Martin McDonagh with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. In McDonagh’s monumental feature directorial debut, Farrell and Gleeson play two Irish hitmen working for Ralph “You’re an inanimate f***in’ object!” Fiennes hiding out in Bruges, Belgium. A perfect marriage of a pitch-black comedy, a crime thriller, and existential arthouse fare, this bleakly original take on the classic mafia story made McDonagh a filmmaker to watch and introduced the world to the brilliant combination of Ireland’s finest on-screen bromance.

In Bruges

Vidiots

COUNTER WEIGHTS curated by Zack Parrinella &amp; Anna Kipervaser

WHAMMY!

The Education team invites families to join museum educators every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings to create, learn, and have fun! 

Drop-In Workshops for Families: 3D

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with filmmaker J.A. Bayona and cinematographer Pedro Luque Briozzo, SCU
Free Screening!
Spain’s Official Oscar Submission for Best International Feature Film

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW

BARRY LYNDON

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with actor Gael García Bernal. Moderated by America Ferrera.
‘Gael García Bernal: An American Cinematheque Tribute’
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CASSANDRO / Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN

Don’t think ELF is one of the best holiday films ever? You sit on a throne of lies!
Christmas movies come and go, but few join the pantheon of the greats. You know the ones – A CHRISTMAS STORY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, and MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. These are just a few that are invited to sit at the adult table of holiday movies. While the last couple of decades have been pretty sparse when it comes to quality Christmas movies, ELF, the 2003 Will Ferrell comedy, undoubtedly has taken a corner seat at this proverbial table of fame.
Directed by Jon Favreau, ELF is one of those Christmas movies that's impossible to not love It's funny in all the right places, highly quotable, and surprisingly tender. It's Will Ferrell at his Ferrellist.
Don't miss a full night of pointy-toed, jingle bell bliss – especially if you need a pick-me-up in the holiday cheer department – because attending ELF is the Christmas spirit equivalent of putting syrup on your spaghetti.

Join us for a family adventure aboard THE POLAR EXPRESS! Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (FORREST GUMP, CAST AWAY) reunite for THE POLAR EXPRESS, an inspiring adventure based on the beloved children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. 
We believe...do you?

The Polar Express

Male and Female

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The Room

Landmark Westwood Theatre

Los Feliz 3 | Q&amp;A with Filmmakers
‘Here’s to Her’&nbsp;

Film Girlz Brunch Presents: An Afternoon of Shorts 

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Watch Local: Breaking the Law at Bob’s Big Boy’&nbsp;

ONE HOUR PHOTO 

Los Feliz 3 | ‘How Tasty Was My Colonizer’

CLEARCUT

Los Feliz 3 | ‘An American Cinematheque Retrospective of Ben Affleck’

GONE BABY GONE

Los Feliz 3 | ‘There’s Good and Evil in Everyone: The Films of William Friedkin’

CRUISING

I Come in Peace

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1925- Charlie Chaplin- Live accompaniment by Robert York on the Mighty Wurlitzer- One of the best movies ever made. The first half hour itself is worth the price of admission, containing some of the funniest scenes you&rsquo;ll ever see in a movie. &nbsp;The bottom line is that The Gold Rush is still funny after almost a century, and that's a feat few comedies in any year can ever accomplish.&nbsp;

The Gold Rush

Screenwriters: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman, William Steig
Producers: Aron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg
It’s not easy being green — especially if you’re a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a journey to retrieve a princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon and reclaim power over his own swamp, Shrek teams up with an unlikely sidekick — a wisecracking donkey. A sly and subversive turn on the fairy tale, Shrek not only won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, this offbeat and hilarious film even competed in the Cannes Film Festival – the first animated film since Peter Pan to have the honor.

Shrek

Screenwriters: Robert Wilder, George Zuckerman
Producer: Albert Zugsmith
A deliciously tawdry and twisted soap opera from the maestro of the melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle’s unsatisfied wife, Lucy — a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder. Gorgeous, engrossing, and slyly subversive, this utterly enjoyable melodramatic masterpiece also includes an all-star cast including Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, and Robert Stack.

Written on the Wind

Screenwriters: Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel
Producer: Lawrence Gordon
To paraphrase Olivia Newton-John’s #1 hit song, you have to believe Xanadu is magic. What else could explain the dazzling delights — the songs, the costumes, the neon — of this musical fantasia on wheels? Newton-John stars as an otherworldly muse who inspires a struggling artist (Michael Beck, star of The Warriors, also screening this month) and an aging song-and-dance man (Gene Kelly in his final screen performance) to follow their dreams and open up the greatest roller disco Los Angeles has ever seen.

Xanadu

Writer/Producer: Barry Sandler
In the early 1980s, British filmmaker Ken Russell (The Devils, Tommy) traveled to America and placed his unorthodox imprint on Crimes of Passion—a crazed erotic thriller starring Kathleen Turner (Serial Mom) and Anthony Perkins (Psycho). Fashion designer Joanna Crane (Turner) leads a double life. At night, she is China Blue, a sex worker who has attracted the attention of a psychopathic priest (Perkins). With its outrageous script by gay screenwriter Barry Sandler and sparkling score from Rick Wakeman of the band Yes, Crimes of Passion is a movie that could only have been realized by the gonzo creativity of Ken Russell.

Crimes of Passion

Screenwriters: Bob Kane, Sam Hamm, Daniel Waters
Producers: Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi
Fire up the batmobile and set your sights on Gotham City for Tim Burton’s second sinister and campy installment of the Batman franchise featuring two of our favorite villains – Danny DeVito as the Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer’s phenomenally feline turn as Catwoman, and of course, we’ve got Michael Keaton’s Batman at the wheel. So break out of Arkham Asylum and head down to Vidiots for some epic fun!

Batman Returns

A summer in rural O'ahu takes an exciting turn for two Brooklyn-raised siblings, Pili (Kea Peahu) and Ioane (YouTube star Alex Aiono), when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an epic adventure with new friends, and leads them to reconnec

Finding 'Ohana

Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic period drama about childhood friends Alfredo (Robert De Niro) and Olmo (Gérard Depardieu) as viewed across a widening class divide in mid-century Italy finds composer Ennio Morricone

1900 (Novecento) 

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with filmmaker Patty Jenkins for&nbsp;20th Anniversary Screening!
Co-presented by <a href="https://www.notyourdaddysfilms.com/">Not Your Daddy’s Films!</a> 
‘Here’s To Her’&nbsp;

MONSTER 

Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once, especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Bruce Wayne? Like the groundbreaking 1989 original, BATMAN RETURNS is directed by the wizardly Tim Burton. And like the first blockbuster, it’s a dazzling adventure that leaves you breathless.

Egyptian Theatre | Q&amp;A with filmmaker Andrew Haigh. Moderated by&nbsp;Alonso Duralde.
‘Andrew Haigh: An American Cinematheque Tribute’

45 YEARS / WEEKEND

Egyptian Theatre 🥳🥳

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Terence Davies: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE LONG DAY CLOSES

Los Feliz 3 |&nbsp;Closing Night of the Annual <a href="https://hbrff.org/attend/">Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival, Nov 6 – Nov 11, 2023</a>

PIXOTE 

Los Feliz 3 | New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman and Jon Davison 
Co-presented by Beyond Fest!&nbsp;‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

PIT AND THE PENDULUM

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents THE DEAD ZONE

Black Christmas / Silent Night, Deadly Night

Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
Producer: Michael Finnell
Satire, special effects, and sentiment collide in Joe Dante’s adorably twisted Christmas classic. When Billy’s well-meaning father gifts him the cutest pet you’ve ever seen – the absurdly adorable Mogwai Gizmo – no one is ready for the havoc about to be released when Gizmo’s rules are broken. When a fiendish frenzy of little monsters is unleashed on town, it’s up to Billy and his girlfriend to save Christmas. With a commercially-skewering undertone, delightful puppety practical effects, and a warmth, humor, and charm only Joe Dante could blend so perfectly, Gremlins is the gift that keeps on giving.

Gremlins

Mezzanine presents *Time Bomb Y2K*, directed by Brian Becker and Marley Mcdonald. 2023, 84m, U.S., DCP.

Los Angeles premiere, followed by a conversation with directors Brian Becker and Marley Mcdonald

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At the turn of the millennium, a rumor started to spread into the mainstream consciousness about a ubiquitous error in computer code that would cause computers to reset during the transition from 1999 to 2000, making the world’s computerized systems grind to a halt. In this highly entertaining, all-archival documentary, directors Brian Becker and Marley McDonald recall the phenomenon of the “Y2K bug” and the potential technological and societal breakdown it might cause (as well as the merchandising boom it sparked) through a treasure trove of candid footage. Part nostalgia trip, part history lesson, TIME BOMB Y2K is an immersive time capsule of a moment when the warnings of tech experts radiated out of cubicles and into the public domain, causing a wave of mass hysteria.

Official Selection: True/False Film Festival, 2023

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“A wild ride through the final days of the ’90s and a compelling portrait of a turning point in the digital revolution.” -DC/DOX

“Perfectly captures the cocktail of looming dread and nervous optimism that was the order of the day at the turn of the millennium – and picks up on a few harbingers of how things got this bad.” - Boston Hassle

Mezzanine: Time Bomb Y2K 

2220 Arts + Archives

Director Isaac Julien’s debut feature film is a fascinating look at London youth culture in the late 1970s.

Young Soul Rebels

One of the most romantic of all film noirs stars Dana Andrews as a police detective who finds himself falling for a gorgeous murder victim.

Laura

Joe Dante's hilariously funny, wickedly scary film is about a lovable, furry little Christmas gift that multiplies into many little Christmas gifts, with savage consequences.
Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) is an inventor who hasn't successfully invented anything. But this Christmas, he's bringing his family something special – a small, cuddly creature known as a mogwai. The little fella comes with three crucial instructions: Keep him out of the sunlight, never get him wet, and never, ever, ever feed him after midnight. If Rand and his son Billy (Zach Galligan) can adhere to these rules, sure, mogwai are great pets.
But, of course, they don’t follow the rules and all hell breaks loose in sleepy little Kingston Falls. It’s up to Billy and his girlfriend (Phoebe Cates) to stop the mischievous, murderous little monsters. Part science fiction, part comedy, part family drama, and 100% pure Christmas terror, GREMLINS is a cinematic gift that just keeps on giving year after year.

Egyptian Theatre | LA Premiere of New 4k Restoration!

L'AMOUR FOU   

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Sunday ‘Rest’orations’ and ‘The Latin American Canon of Cruelty’
Limited Engagement

VICTIMS OF SIN

Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by author Justin Humphreys&nbsp;
Book signing with author Justin Humphreys for his new biography, <a href="https://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9798887710426">George Pal: Man of Tomorrow</a>, prior to the screening at 6:30pm

THE TIME MACHINE

Director Ang Lee brought Yann Martel’s 2001 bestseller to the screen in a dazzling adaptation that demonstrated the potential of computer-animated visual effects and 3D cinematography

Life of Pi in 3D 

Every day is "Garbage Day!" Ricky—the traumatized brother of the psychopathic Billy from SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT—has been released from the mental hospital. But before he can start life anew, Ricky must destroy Mother Superior, the powerful nun that caused his brother's violent demise. Be it by knife, umbrella, or car battery, Ricky unleashes a bloodbath of carnage on unsuspecting victims as he makes his way to Mother Superior's home on Christmas—Santa suit in tow. Making clever use of recycled footage from its predecessor and featuring an unhinged performance by star Eric Freeman, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2 is an unforgettable yuletide horror experience.

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Psychedelic horror of the highest order. Go down the river into the the jungle to find madness and nothing else. An epic masterpiece, one of the top shelf ones you need to see. Saigon, shit indeed. 
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, “does not exist, nor will it ever exist.” His goal is to locate – and eliminate – a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Apocalypse Now

AUNTIE MAME 

Fanny & Alexander

Laemmle

Cinematic Void Presents HALLOWEEN II

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Irwin Winkler: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’&nbsp;

GUILTY BY SUSPICION 

Carol

**Lightstruck** presents **Haile Gerima's Wilmington 10 - USA 10,000 (1978)**

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This remarkable film by the extraordinary Haile Gerima (*Bush Mama*, *Sankofa*) is a true masterclass in radical documentary filmmaking. It’s a masterclass in filmmaking, period. It feels almost like a blueprint for an alternative approach to documentary and film activism which privileges inclusion, empathy, urgency, emotion, and engagement over the more typical assembly of organized facts and anecdotes.

*Wilmington 10 - USA 10,000* is about so much more than the Wilmington 10. Gerima instead shows us how the wrongful conviction of the group is one component of a much larger and more complex issue, centered on both the racism of the criminal justice system and the systematic oppression of political activism and activists. But movingly, the film is also about family, community, and resilience. Gerima shows us that to talk about injustice and oppression, one must also talk about and to those who are affected by and who are fighting to dismantle these systems. The attention, devotion, respect, and love he clearly shows his subjects is inspiring and dimensionalizes and humanizes the notion of a struggle, the details of which can sometimes be lost on a larger scale.

I had the extreme honor of working on a restoration of this riveting film at the Academy Film Archive, and I've been very eager for it to screen again in LA, since few people were able to attend its only previous local showing two years ago. Please join us to close out the Fall 2023 season of Lightstruck by experiencing this amazing, crucial film. This film screens courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. Program and notes by Mark Toscano.

Lightstruck: Haile Gerima's Wilmington 10 - USA 10,000 (1978)

Added to the National Film Registry in 2019.

Zoot Suit in 70mm

Aero Theatre | Chapters 1-4 + Q&amp;A with filmmaker Chad Stahelski, producer Erica Lee and Academy Award nominated supervising sound editor Mark Stoeckinger
Marathon includes&nbsp;JOHN WICK, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM and JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4&nbsp;

John Wick-A-Thon

Egyptian Theatre | Q&amp;A with filmmaker John Sayles
World Premiere of New 4K Restoration!

LONE STAR 

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Happy Hours: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Series’&nbsp;

THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL 

Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by Americana at Brand Memes

Americana at Brand Memes presents THE NICE GUYS

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Terence Davies: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Join the Academy Museum for a musical conversation with singer Paravi. 

Gallery Spotlight: Music and Film with Paravi

The Education team invites teens to join museum educators on the third Friday of every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings, explore the museum, hang out, and get creative.  

Drop-In Workshops for Teens: Claymation

Visionary French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s first feature without partner Marc Caro is a charming and exquisitely crafted comedic fantasy about an eccentric young woman

Amelie

A ray of Sergio Leone shines through Kim Jee-woon’s spaghetti Western, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, but with a twist of irresistible “weirdness,” witty sensation, and stunning visual and sound elements.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (놈놈놈) in 35mm

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with filmmaker Alexander Payne and actor Paul Giamatti
‘Alexander Payne Inspirations on Film’
Free Members-Only Screening!
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THE HOLDOVERS / SIDEWAYS

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with actor Alma Pöysti
Advance Screening!&nbsp;&nbsp;Finland’s Official Oscar Submission for Best International Feature Film.
‘Happy Hours: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Series’&nbsp;

FALLEN LEAVES 

In addition to being known as one of the finest actors of his generation, Charles Laughton also delivered one of American cinema's most indelible directorial one-offs with his and James Agee's adaptation of Davis Grubb's The Night of the Hunter.
Laughton's picture stars Robert Mitchum as Rev. Harry Powell, a widow-making flimflam man who hides his serial killing ways behind his priest garments – that's before getting to his "love" and "hate" knuckle tattoos. On the hunt for a missing batch of stolen cash, Powell sets his sights on Willa Harper (Shelley Winters) as his next target, while her two children John and Pearl fight to protect a secret.
A hallmark of visual expressionism and storytelling that has influenced Robert Altman, Joel &amp; Ethan Coen, Spike Lee, and countless others, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER will keep you leaning into its everlasting arms.

The Night of the Hunter

A thematic and tonal “sequel” to Wong Kar-wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, the visually lush film 2046 takes us into the mind of journalist/writer Chow Mo Wan (played by the always fascinating, devilishly charming, and seductive Tony Leung Chiu-wai) as he has affairs with a variety of women, some of whom live next door in room 2046.
But he is haunted by memories of one particular woman in Singapore. Regretting his loss, he becomes a womanizer, seemingly sweet at the beginning but in full control of the ending of each romance. As he explores writing fiction, he begins to wonder about the year 2046, when Hong Kong will be finally and completely integrated into China and its political system, whatever that might be by then.
Chow imagines 2046 as a time and place where one goes to forget, but also from which no one ever returns. As always with Wong Kar-wai and his lush visuals worked out with cinematographer Christopher Doyle, mood, tone, and feeling are perhaps even more important than story.

2046

A bureaucrat in an Orwellian, retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error, and in doing so, becomes an enemy of the state. Orwell, Huxley, Kafka, and Eisenstein are all touchstones of this darkly humorous, wildly imaginative, satirical master stroke of Terry Gilliam’s career.
Diving deep into the twisted recesses of his mind, Gilliam crafts one of the most haunting versions of the future ever put to screen. Featuring an all-star cast of Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Robert DeNiro, and Bob Hoskins, BRAZIL is the perfect storm of lunacy and social commentary. It’s a 1984 *FOR* 1984. 
It's about flights of fantasy and the nightmare of reality. Terrorist bombings and late-night shopping. True love and creative plumbing.

Brazil: The Director's Cut

Run Lola Run

Bela Tarr always takes his time, sure, but it’s done to capture the minutiae of society on the verge of collapse. Each scene always relishes in the moment of walking through windy streets, drunken dancing and lights flickering out. There’s a giant whale in the room, and we all know what it is (a whale, duh). I met Bela Tarr one time, and he said my question sucked so I just yelled bazdmeg back to him, kinda top tier hero encounter. 
A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn’t perform.

Werckmeister Harmonies

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Gael García Bernal: An American Cinematheque Tribute’

BABEL

Los Feliz 3 | ‘The Latin American Canon of Cruelty’
Limited Engagement

Jackie Brown

Drop Dead Fred

THE ABSENCE OF MILK IN THE MOUTHS OF THE LOST (2023)

A grumpy widower (voiced by Ed Asner) trying to recapture his lost spirit of adventure takes his entire house on a daring balloon ride, accompanied by a young stowaway and a squirrel-obsessed dog.

Up in 3D 

Sick and tired of the mundane, exhausting life of being a white-collar bank clerk, Dae-ho (Song Kang-ho), emboldened by the new inspiration of becoming a pro-wrestler, decides to follow his heart and revolt against daily norms. 

The Foul King (반칙왕) with Broker (브로커) 

Young Lt. Drogo (Jacques Perrin) receives his first assignment in a remote outpost, where isolation and boredom threaten to drive him to the edge of sanity.

The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari)

Added to the National Film Registry in 1992.

Detour in 4K

Aero Theatre | Q&amp;A with cinematographer Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF&nbsp;&nbsp;

SALTBURN / LA LA LAND 

Rod Serling’s Nuclear Nightmare: Carol for Another Christmas

Don’t listen to the government. Listen to Bowie. When they blow it all up, the mattress won’t save nuthin’. 
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

When the Wind Blows

A genius conceit to have a ghost represented by literally the most last minute halloween outfit. Also a very insightful stare at what grieving looks and feels like. Love and life inevitably slip away, but you can always cry-eat your way through a pie. Hey man, we’ve all been there one way or another! 
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

A Ghost Story

The bitter melodrama and cruel passions of the classic Fassbinder style. An aging movie star, a series of dashed hopes, love affairs/despairs and unyielding corruption + a sprinkling of morphine. Bratwurst SUNSET BOULEVARD, yeah? How come Lynch and Hitchcock get the -ian suffix, but we’re yet to go full Fassbinderian? 
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple’s relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen — only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.

Veronika Voss

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Alexander Payne Inspirations on Film’

PAPER MOON

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Watch Local: Breaking the Law at Bob’s Big Boy’

Drop-in Tours: Innovations in Filmmaking

1:00 PM

The Academy Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art present Derek Jarman’s Blue

7:30 PM

The Academy Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art present Derek Jarman’s Blue in 35mm

7:30 PM

ELEMENTAL

7:30 PM

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN

PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

7:30 PM

I, The Jury (1953)

12:30 PM

Little Women (2019)

2:30 PM

Violent Night

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In Transit: The Chinese in California

Rich

7:30 PM

No Country for Old Men

7:30 PM

ANATOMY OF A FALL

1:00 PM

SHADOWS IN PARADISE

7:00 PM

"The Daughters of Fire” / IN WATER

7:00 PM

PSYCHO

10:00 PM

THE PLAYER

10:00 PM

Eastern Promises

2:00 PM

The Thing

The Blob (1988)

6:30 PM

Kill Bill: Volume 1

11:59 PM

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

10:30 PM

Annual New Year's Eve Celebration

9:00 PM

A Woman Under the Influence

Zodiac

3:30 PM

In Bruges

7:30 PM

COUNTER WEIGHTS curated by Zack Parrinella & Anna Kipervaser

8:00 PM

Second Campaign