Lightstruck presents *Jordan Belson: Knowledge Beyond Words pgm I.*

On June 25 and July 9, Lightstruck is honored to present two evenings devoted to one of cinema's unparalleled visionaries – Jordan Belson – an artist and filmmaker whose singular body of work has justifiably been the subject of devoted contemplation and ecstatic appreciation for over six decades. Belson's films defy concrete description, which is part of their deep and personal appeal, hinting as they do at "a knowledge that is beyond words", as Belson once told writer and curator Raymond Foye (to whom we are greatly indebted for being able to present these programs). While his earliest films embodied more familiar aspects of mid-century non-objective visual art, the early 1960s marked a radical shift into intensely mystical and elusive imagery – achieved largely through Belson's own remarkable photographic techniques – to give miraculous form to the innermost regions of imagination and consciousness.

For our first program, Lightstruck is excited and honored to welcome independent curator and scholar Raymond Foye in person for an illustrated talk on Belson and his art, informed in part by their many conversations over the last five years of Belson’s life. In addition to organizing exhibits of Belson’s paintings and drawings, Foye has been working with the Belson estate to preserve and restore his films photochemically as well as digitally. Following the presentation, we are thrilled to project an exhilarating selection of seven beautiful new 16mm prints, courtesy of the Belson estate and Raymond Foye.

Following the introductory illustrated lecture, the films screening in this program are: Caravan (1952), Allures (1961), Phenomena (1965), Samadhi (1967), World (1970), Meditation (1971), and Chakra (1972).

Huge thanks to (and all films courtesy of) Raymond Foye and the Jordan Belson estate. Notes and program by Zena Grey and Mark Toscano.

Lightstruck: Jordan Belson – Knowledge Beyond Words (I)

2220 Arts + Archives

Notorious with Guillermo del Toro

Shadow of a Doubt with Guillermo del Toro

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final fling at the big screen. Featuring all-new stunts and stupidity along with the greatest hits and biggest laughs from the past, Paramount Pictures’ JACKASS: BEST AND LAST, in theaters June 26, is a joyously raucous celebration of all the mischievous camaraderie that you’ve come to love and expect from these idiots over the past 25 years.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmakers Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine. Moderated by Paul Scheer. Advance Screening Co-Presented by Beyond Fest

JACKASS: BEST AND LAST

Aero Theatre

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

Talk to Her

Brain Dead Studios

**1PM**
Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast

Ecuador vs. Germany

**4PM**
Japan vs. Sweden 

Tunisia vs. Netherlands

**7PM**
USA vs. Turkey

Watch the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**12PM** Doors open
**1PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_v991xm)

World Cup Watch Party

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Early 18th century England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving.  A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at return to her aristocratic roots.  As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfil her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: Ireland/UK/USA

Introduction by filmmaker and screenwriter Andrew Ahn ‘Hollywood Pride Presents INT. Movie Theatre’

Andrew Ahn Presents THE FAVOURITE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Hitchcock creates a masterful psychological thriller about a compulsive liar and thief (Tippi Hedren), who winds up marrying the very man (Sean Connery) she attempts to rob. When a terrible accident pushes her over the edge, her husband struggles to help her face her demons as the plot races to an inescapable conclusion.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

‘Melo-drama Queens: MADDIE’S SECRET Inspirations’

MARNIE

Los Feliz Theatre

Creature from the Black Lagoon 3-D / It Came from Outer Space 3-D

New Beverly Cinema

We&#8217;re cranking up the 16mm projector for another program of celluloid rarities and in honor of Pride month, we&#8217;re going queer as f@$k with ***Sweet****** 16mm: Revolutionary Queer Cinema* &#8211; **a program of groundbreaking and jaw-dropping short films from the 1930s &#8211; 1970s that not only challenged the norms of gender and sexuality but of form and fluidity of filmmaking, including works by Jean Genet, Barbara Hammer, Coni Beeson, James Sibley Watson, and more! Films include Jean Genet&#8217;s ***Un Chant D&#8217;Amour ***(1950), full of homoerotic visual poetry, Barbara Hammer&#8217;s ***Dyketactics ***(1974), a super fun romp of Sapphic delights, Coni Beeson&#8217;s gorgeous ***Holding*** (1971) merging the erotic with experimental cinema, and James Sibley Watson&#8217;s pre-code breathtaking expressionistic ***Lot in Sodom ***(1933). With a few special surprises, and a secret pre-show for the early birds. Everything screened on 16mm film featuring prints generously on loan from Smokehouse Films and [Canyon Cinema.](https://canyoncinema.com)

Sweet 16mm: Revolutionary Queer Cinema

Vidiots

Disclosure Day (70mm)

But I'm a Cheerleader

Vista Theatre

Pom Poko

North by Northwest with Guillermo del Toro

There's No Business Like Show Business

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

BOOGIE NIGHTS in 70mm

Three months after a painful breakup, a Los Angeles based photographer drifts through Silver Lake&#8217;s creative chaos—dodging well-meaning friends, career pressures, and fleeting flings—as he navigates his way into the next chapter.

Situations

*Special thanks to our community partners: *[El Cine](https://www.somoselcine.org/), *[UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies](https://rothmanfoodinstitute.ucla.edu/)*

Director Alfonso Arua’s *Like Water for Chocolate *was an arthouse sensation when first released and still defines the evocative power of food in film. Based on Laura Esquivel’s novel, its sensuous tale of forbidden love unfolds in early 20th-century Mexico when Tita is bound by family tradition to remain unmarried to care for her mother. Prevented from acting on her love for the handsome Pedro, she pours her passion and heartbreak into her cooking which has a magical, intoxicating effect on those who consume it. The intimacy of the heart and the intimacy of the kitchen transform culinary preparation into a powerful expression of desire, rebellion and yearning.—*Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm*

Director: Alfonso Arau. Screenwriter: Laura Esquivel. With: Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torné. 

*35mm print courtesy of the Sundance Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.**
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Like Water for Chocolate

Join us for an evening of poetry featuring Daryl Gussin , Violetta Balkoff, Hanna Pachman, Candace Hansen, Charlie Stuip, Katherine Charney, Briana Gonzales, Laura Mathis, and Andra Knox.

This reading will also include a fundraiser with tons of prizes to benefit Heavy Manners Library!

An Evening of Poetry (6/26)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

The most controversial film of Bresson’s career, THE DEVIL, PROBABLY was off-limits to viewers under the age of 18 in France as an incitement to suicide. A film that caused Rainer Werner Fassbinder to threaten to walk off the Berlin Film Festival jury if his support for it was not made public, it traces the last six months in the life of a young Parisian in search of his own demise, who rejects the conventional solutions offered by politics and religion, saying “My sickness is that I see clearly.”

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: The Film Desk

COUNTRY: France

THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“The Hammer,” 1985, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 4 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Four minutes long, a commission, the hammer flies. A film on an artist.

FORMAT: DCP

**ONE DAY PINA ASKED…, 1983, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 57 Mins, INA, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Chantal Akerman followed famous Choreographer Pina Bausch and her company of dancers, The Tanzteater Wuppertal, for five weeks while they were on tour in Germany, Italy and France. Her objective was to capture Pina Bausch’s unparalleled art not only on stage by behind the scenes.

FORMAT: DCP

‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

“The Hammer” / ONE DAY PINA ASKED…

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Cairo As Seen by Chahine,” Dir. Youssef Chahine, 24 Min, Egypt**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

This concise masterpiece by famed Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine began as a commission by French television. Using his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transforms this portrait of a city into a self-portrait of a filmmaker. The film was banned in Egypt for its realistic portrayal of Cairo.

FORMAT: DCP

**CAIRO STATION, Dir. Youssef Chahine, 76 Min, Janus Films, Egypt**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

A newspaper hawker (portrayed by the director himself) at the eponymous train depot develops a frightening obsession with a sexy lemonade vendor (co-star Hind Rustom was nicknamed the “The Arab Marilyn Monroe.”) That’s the premise for this suspenseful drama which cunningly uses the bustling station to depict clashing strata of Egyptian society. Chahine’s combination of gritty authenticity and psychosexual Expressionism created a landmark of Egyptian cinema—despite public boycotts over its unflinching perversity and politics.

FORMAT: DCP

New 4K Restoration of CAIRO STATION ‘Youssef Chahine: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

“Cairo As Seen By Chahine” / CAIRO STATION

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 3, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Call for help.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 4, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 56 Mins, Paramount, USA**

…brings back some memories.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, 2017, Paramount, USA**

Directed entirely by David Lynch, this 18-part limited event series picks up 25 years after the residents of a quaint northwestern American town were stunned when their homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, was shockingly murdered. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN is written and executive produced by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, and is executive produced by Sabrina S. Sutherland.

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 3 & 4

Inglourious Basterds

A dreamy and lyrical meditation on language, memory, myth, and what human life might become beyond the ruins of the contemporary world

Ben Rivers's MARE'S NEST (2025) — LA Premiere!

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of *Spirited Away*, and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, comes an epic masterpiece that has dazzled audiences worldwide with its breathtaking imagination, exhilarating battles, and deep humanity.

Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there.

Princess Mononoke (Japanese with English subtitles)

**Producers**: Andrew Renzi,  Nick Boak,  Kyzza Terrazas,  Santiago Maza,  Sabrina Coulston, Colin Cadarette,  Travis Gutiérrez Senger

With Director **Travis Gutiérrez Senger** at the Sunday, June 28th screening!

From executive producers Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna *ASCO: Without Permission* challenges the limits of documentary conventions to tell the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s LA into their defiant canvas. Merging activism with radical artmaking, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media and are now considered amongst the 20th century&#8217;s most significant artists. Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger mirrors their boundary-breaking spirit through a groundbreaking approach, weaving nonfiction, and fiction together with a new generation of artists. The result is more than a profile &#8212; it&#8217;s a reimagining of what&#8217;s possible in art and cinema, celebrating iconoclasts who were decades ahead of their time.

ASCO: Without Permission

**Screenwriters**: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

**Producer**: Joel Silver

Lily and Lana Wachowski&#8217;s ground-breaking science fiction parable set the standard for both action movies and Science Fiction films for years to come with its innovative visuals and one-of-a-kind fight choreography. Set in the 22nd century, *The Matrix* tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers that now rule the earth. So, take your blue pills and join us for some futuristic fun.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Party like it&#8217;s 1999 with these throwbacks on glorious physical media!

*Criminal Lovers, Better Than Chocolate, Man on the Moon*

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

The Matrix

**Screenwriter**: Avalon Fast

**Producers**: Taylor Nodrick,  Jacob Glickman,  Jackie De Nivervilla,  Martin Cadieux-Rouillard, Maya Cadieux-Rouillard

Summer is finally here, and it&#8217;s time to bring your coven to the woods of our microcinema for Avalon Fast&#8217;s dark and witchy indie darling *Camp*. Emily is the root cause of two devastating tragedies very early in her life. She feels the weight of these accidents like a curse has been placed upon her. Her dad suggests she go to a Camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt; she can be a counsellor there. When Emily arrives, she is taken in by the other counselors, they accept her as she is and wrap her in a veil of peace & forgiveness. Emily stands at the forefront of a new kind of life, but there’s a voice out there in the woods she can’t quite seem to ignore. The voice is whispering, she’s telling Emily to go home.

Camp

**Producer**: Godfrey Reggio

Hold onto your eyeballs for one of the most dazzling and transcendent documentaries of all time &#8211; Godfrey Reggio&#8217;s hypnotic experimental masterpiece *Koyaanisqatsi*. Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning &#8220;life out of balance,&#8221; this renowned experimental documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes and elemental forces, the film gives way to many scenes of modern civilization and technology. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass. This mind-opening masterwork will change the way you think about documentary and cinema all together, so open your mind to the whole world with *Koyaanisqatsi*!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more mind-blowing experimental documentaries? We have got you covered!

*Proteus, Decasia, Sans Soleil*

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

Koyaanisqatsi

**Screenwriter**: Ryuya Suzuki

**Producer**: Kenji Iwaisawa

Our hero (voiced by rapper ACE COOL), called by a different name in each chapter of his life, becomes a J-pop idol, an outcast, a leader, and an oracle in this hundred-year chronicle spanning the past, present, and future. Through a chance encounter with a transfer student, he trains to become an idol, starting his search for self-identity and a journey toward greatness beyond superstardom. Written, directed, edited and entirely hand-drawn by newcomer Ryuya Suzuki over eighteen months, *Jinsei* (meaning “life” in Japanese) is an anime tour-de-force that announces Suzuki to the world as a bold new talent in independent animation.

Jinsei

The Invite

Race with The Devil

Los Angeles Filmforum presents *Filmforum 50, program 16: Star Spangled to Death*.

Program notes and complete info at: https://www.lafilmforum.org/

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In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, and in honor of the late Ken Jacobs, we present his epic tribute to the United States of America.

“Is an epic film shot for hundreds of dollars! Combining found-films with my own more-or-less staged filming, it pictures a stolen and dangerously sold-out America, allowing examples of popular culture to self-indict. Racial and religious insanity, monopolization of wealth and the purposeful dumbing down of citizens and addiction to war oppose a beat playfulness. A handful of artists costumed and performing unconvincingly appeal to audience imagination and understanding to complete the picture. Jack Smith's pre-Flaming Creatures performance as The Spirit Not Of Life But Of Living (the movie has raggedly cosmic pretensions), celebrating Suffering (rattled and impoverished artist Jerry Sims) at the crux of sentient existence, is truly a visitation of the divine. Assisted by Nisi Jacobs” – Ken Jacobs

Special Thanks to Azazel Jacobs.

*Star Spangled to Death*, by Ken Jacobs, Made 1956-60/2003-04, digital, 440 minutes or maybe 390 minutes?

Filmforum 50: Ken Jacobs – Star Spangled to Death

Giant in 4K

Private Property

Three Days of the Condor

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

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

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

THE SEARCHERS in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In French with English subtitles. *

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

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

PLAYTIME in 70mm

**Wired bodies. Networked ghosts.**

Join us for an early preview and exclusive panel celebrating the premiere of *THE GHOST IN THE SHELL*, the landmark cyberpunk series reborn as a new TV anime that will be streaming on July 7, 2026.

Beginning with Shirow Masamune&#8217;s 1989 manga, *Ghost in the Shell* has transcended media boundaries expanding into anime, live action film, and video games, and influenced countless creators worldwide. The new TV anime is produced by Science SARU, acclaimed for *Inu-oh*, *The Colors Within*, and *DAN DA DAN*!

#### 01 – Episode One, Screening #1

Early premiere screening of the new TV anime episode, *THE GHOST IN THE SHELL*, produced by Science SARU.

#### 02 – Q&A with the creators

A live conversation and audience Q&A with Director Mokochan, the visionary at the helm of *THE GHOST IN THE SHELL* who brought this iconic cyberpunk world to life for a new generation, and Character Design & Executive Animation Director, Shuhei Handa, the artist responsible for defining the look of every character in the series, ensuring visual consistency and striking design across the entire production.

#### 03 – Episode One, Screening #2

A second opportunity to experience the premiere episode immediately following the Q&A wth a fresh perspective after chatting with Director Mokochan and Shuhei Handa.

#### 04 – Ghost in the Shell (1995)

The iconic Mamoru Oshii feature film that helped define modern cyberpunk, screened as a tribute to the original work that inspired generations of creators and the new series itself.

©2026 Shirow Masamune / KODANSHA / THE GHOST IN THE SHELL COMMITTEE

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (2026) – New Episode Premiere

Matches start at 1PM and 5PM

Watch 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup Round of 16 matches live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**12PM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**1PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_8ppk18)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Nevada, the “leave it” state: a gathering ground for misfits, burnouts, empty bottles and spare atom bombs. It’s home to a host of interesting strangers: Roslyn; a beautiful but naive woman, reeling from a shotgun divorce, who has never stepped foot out of Reno, and Guido and Gay; a pair of erstwhile cowboys with a half-finished house in the sticks and bittersweet memories of a west that’s no longer wild. Roslyn moves out to the country and tentatively begins to build a home with Gay, but is soon on the move again when Guido returns and takes them on a road trip to round up wild mustangs, picking up a rodeo-rocked bull rider along the way to serve as an extra pair of hands. Arriving in the desert, tensions increase when Roslyn learns of the horses’ grisly fate and the men around her are forced to confront their anachronistic lifestyles and their individual failures.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Annapurna Sriram ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Annapurna Sriram Presents THE MISFITS

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**DEKALOG: SEVEN, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 57 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Majka to kidnap her own daughter, with unexpected emotional consequences.

FORMAT: DCP

**DEKALOG: EIGHT, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 56 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

**DEKALOG, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, Janus Films, Poland**

This masterwork by Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements in visual storytelling. Originally made for Polish television, DEKALOG focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth and the passage of time. Shot by nine different cinematographers, with stirring music by Zbigniew Preisner and compelling performances from established and unknown actors alike, DEKALOG arrestingly explores the unknowable forces that shape our lives.

Co-presented with the Polish Cultural Institute New York ‘Krzysztof Kieślowski: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

DEKALOG: SEVEN & EIGHT

A rare screening of an under-seen and under-sung gem of Angeleno cinema—a playfully inventive, hippie sleuth noir satire!

Jon Jost's ANGEL CITY (1976) 50th Anniversary of the Sly Satirical LA Noir!

**Screenwriters**: Roger Allers,  Ron Clements,  Ted Elliott,  John Musker,  Terry Rossio

**Producers**: Ron Clements, John Musker

It&#8217;s time to hop on your magic carpet for this enchanting tale of rags to riches.  When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp &#8212; and for Princess Jasmine. But can Aladdin save Princess Jasmine and his love for her after she sees that he isn&#8217;t quite what he appears to be? Winner of two Oscars and a Grammy, this beloved animated masterpiece from the great Disney renaissance of the 1990s still fulfills all your wishes of great music, an endearing performance from the legendary Robin Williams, and an enduring story of magic and romance. Let us share this whole new world with you!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love 1990s-era Disney? Take home these treasures and more tonight!

*Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, A Goofy Movie*

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

Aladdin

**Screenwriters**: Tin Shu Mak,  Zhilong Lei,  Kwan-Sin Shum,  Frank Hui

**Producers**: William Kong,  Shan Tam,  Frank Hui

Martial arts fan rejoice &#8211; there&#8217;s a new masterpiece to add to your favorites list and it&#8217;s hitting our microcinema with a vengeance! With absolutely unbelievable martial arts choreography and an endless onslaught of bad ass hand-to-hand combat, no one can resist this unrelenting action spectacular. After Wang Wei&#8217;s daughter is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out to find her himself. His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly battle the kidnappers in this jaw-droppingly dynamic martial arts showdown. Who needs fireworks when you&#8217;ve got non-stop explosive action!

The Furious

**Screenwriter**: Peter Stone

**Producer**: Stanley Donen

Want a glamorous vacation to Paris but don’t want to spring for airfare? Then just buy a ticket to *Charade*, a zesty cocktail of macabre thriller, exotic romance, and madcap caper comedy! Reggie (Audrey Hepburn, chic as ever) is on vacation in France when she learns that her husband is dead — and worse, that a criminal gang believe the loot he stole is in her possession. Enter Peter Joshua, an American mystery man so charming he could only be played by Cary Grant, who appears out of nowhere as Reggie’s new traveling companion and protector. But is he a helpful ally or another sinister crook? Find out in this mid-century slice of movie magic, complete with a jazzy score by Henry Mancini and elegant fashions for Hepburn from Givenchy!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Can&#8217;t get enough Cary Grant? Neither can we! Take home decades worth of physical media from his incredible career!

*She Done Him Wrong, Bringing Up Baby, Big Brown Eyes*

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

Charade

**Screenwriter**: Leslie Dixon

**Producers**: Alexandra Rose,  Anthea Sylbert

*Man overboard is kissing woman overboard! It&#8217;s a hell of a day at sea!* Fall in a sea of love all over again with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn in this very 80s fairy tale of riches to rags from the always endearing Garry Marshall! Everyone&#8217;s favorite Hollywood couple comes together in this unlikely love story of finding what really matters &#8211; when you&#8217;ve entirely lost yourself. Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it&#8217;s done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even. Now she&#8217;s cleaning his house, raising his kids, getting covered in poison ivy, and glued to the dishware. As the prissy debutante adjusts to life in the sticks, she begins to see the riches all around her and she and the hunky carpenter begin to fall in love, that is until she regains her memory. With beyond iconic 80s fashions, the most lovable of casts, and tons of quotable lines, this 80s charmer is sure to sail into your heart!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Make it a Goldie weekend with these delightful treasures on DVD and Blu-Ray

*Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Shampoo, Housesitter*

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

Overboard

**Screenwriter**: Mark Jenkin

**Producer**: Denzil Monk

Prepare yourself for a hypnotic analog time machine of a filmgoing experience with Mark Jenkin&#8217;s otherworldly 16mm science fiction artifact *Rose of Nevada*.  In a small fishing village, a mysterious boat returns 30 years after vanishing into the vastness of the ocean. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew, and trapped in this other time, unable to return to their own lives in the future. Like a long-form extra existential *Twilight Zone* shot on gorgeous 16mm film with perfectly unnerving sound design, *Rose of Nevada* looks and feels like the time-traversing vessel of its story. In a world of 4K digital imagery, take a step back and appreciate the ultra-saturated 4:3 beauty of 16mm film as you marvel at the disquieting magic of this timeless and ageless masterpiece.

Rose of Nevada

Jaws

Princess Mononoke in 35mm

30th Anniversary of Bottle Rocket with Wes Anderson

The Night of the Hunter in 35mm

Matches start at 12PM and 5PM

Watch 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup Round of 16 matches live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**11AM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**12PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_gjj40r)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A rich housewife murders her husband with the help of her overweight maid, and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town providing refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover, before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of Mortville…

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Cinematic Void Presents DESPERATE LIVING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/Denmark

THE IRON GIANT

**Screenwriters**: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr.

**Producers**: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson

The high-flying action film with something for everyone &#8211; daring aerial scenes, a steamy love story, and a homoerotic volleyball game! The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman (Val Kilmer). But Maverick isn&#8217;t only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he&#8217;s also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor, Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis). Pilot your jet towards Vidiots airfield and get ready to fly with us!

Top Gun

Match starts at 1 PM

Watch 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup Round of 16 matches live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**12PM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**1PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_v9910m)

**Hammer Forum is made possible by the Rosenbloom Family**

Co-presented with the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law

With rulings on major issues expected by the start of summer 2026, the United States Supreme Court is once again at the center of key legal and policy debates. An all-star panel of legal scholars analyzes the meaning and implications of the latest Supreme Court cases and rulings on issues including: birthright citizenship, gun rights, tariffs, voting rights, election and campaign finance rules, the president’s power to fire agency commissioners and members of the Federal Reserve, the treatment of transgender athletes, and much more. The panelists will also consider the implications of these rulings on the role of the courts in response to the Trump Administration’s broad assertions of executive power.

Panelists include: **Cary Franklin**, the McDonald/Wright Chair of Law Faculty Director of the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy and Faculty Director of the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles; **Justin Levitt**, the White House's first Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights (2021-22) and Professor of Law at Loyola Marymount University; **Eugene Volokh**, the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles and Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution; and **Kimberly West-Faulcon**, Professor of Law and James P. Bradley Chair in Constitutional Law at Loyola Marymount University. Moderated by **Rick Hasen**, the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law, Professor of Law and Political Science, and Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Under the Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term in Review

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 7, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 57 Mins, Paramount, USA**

There’s a body all right.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 8, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 58 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Gotta light?

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, 2017, Paramount, USA**

Directed entirely by David Lynch, this 18-part limited event series picks up 25 years after the residents of a quaint northwestern American town were stunned when their homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, was shockingly murdered. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN is written and executive produced by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, and is executive produced by Sabrina S. Sutherland.

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 7 & 8

**Screenwriters**: Jean-Luc Godard, from the novel *Fool&#8217;s Gold* by Dolores Hitchens

One of Jean-Luc Godard&#8217;s most charming crime capers, cinema doesn&#8217;t get much cooler than this laissez-faire dalliance with love, danger, friendship, and amateur criminality. Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile (the iconic Anna Karina at her most adorably luminous). The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory &#8212; which could be just what they want. With a soundtrack from Michel Legrand and an infectious nonchalance, this is fizzy French fun at its best!

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Band of Outsiders (1964)

**Screenwriter**: Cliff Green from the novel by Joan Lindsay

**Producers**: Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy

Get lost in Peter Weir&#8217;s haunting dream of a film &#8211; an enduring and enigmatic mystery, and considered to be the greatest Australian film of all time. Weir achieves atmospheric perfection with the help of his cinematographer Russell Boyd and an eerie pan flute score by Zamfir in addition to the desolate and daunting Australian scenery and elegant and ethereal costumes. When a group of English school girls set out on a field trip to a stunning but treacherous rock formation, no one could imagine that several of the girls and one of the teachers would never arrive home, setting off a spiral of grief and enduring unanswerable questions. A breathtaking vision and a &#8220;dream within a dream,&#8221; this haunting masterpiece is best seen on the big screen.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Australian treasures tonight on glorious physical media!

*Sweetie, Starstruck, Next of Kin, Muriel&#8217;s Wedding*

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

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Lovers on the Bridge (Les amants de Pont-Neuf) in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

BABYLON in 70mm

Synopsis:

Q&A with Jon Lovett of Pod Save America

LA's former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Noguchi gained fame through high-profile celebrity autopsies. His controversial findings on cases like Monroe and Kennedy advanced forensic science despite pressure from Hollywood and politicians.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHIlgyYy0Z4

Coroner To The Stars Screening + Q&A with Jon Lovett of Pod Save America @ Brain Dead Studios

Coroner to the Stars is a documentary film directed by Ben Hethcoat and Keita Ideno about the extraordinary life and controversial career of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose celebrity autopsies forever shaped American culture. From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Dr. Noguchi&#8217;s death investigations pushed forensic science into the spotlight — even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese American who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi&#8217;s commitment to “tell it like it is” often put him within the crosshairs of controversy.

Coroner to the Stars

Join us on July 8th for a whole night of jamming in 7/8 time! All are welcome, no experience with odd time signatures necessary. Bring your preferred instrument! A few amps and DI boxes will be provided. This will be a free and leaderless jam! Please be considerate of your fellow jammers make sure everyone has a chance to join in.

8pm

FREE!

7/8 Night!

Scribble

**Screenwriters**: Todd W. Langen, Bobby Herbeck

**Producers**: David Chan, Kim Dawson, Simon Fields

Crawl out of your shell and bring the kids or your best pizza-scarfing buds to join the coolest turtles in town for the original TMNT cinematic adventure. In New York, mysterious radioactive ooze has mutated four sewer turtles into talking, upright-walking, crime-fighting ninjas. The intrepid heroes &#8212; Michelangelo (Robbie Rist), Donatello (Corey Feldman), Raphael (Josh Pais) and Leonardo (Brian Tochi) &#8212; are trained in the Ninjutsu arts by their rat sensei, Splinter. When a villainous rogue ninja &#8211; the dastardly Shredder &#8211; who is a former pupil of Splinter, arrives and spreads lawlessness throughout the city, it&#8217;s up to the plucky turtles to stop him. 

**Movie Den** is a community initiative generously supported by **Golden Globe Foundation.******

All tickets come with a free small popcorn. Please enter through the video store. Doors will open 45 minutes before showtime.

If online tickets are no longer available HAVE NO FEAR, we will ALWAYS have walk-ups available starting 45 minutes before showtime (which give you plenty of time for free popcorn and a browse of the video store)!

This series was designed for audience members 12 and up, please note some films may contain more mature content than others. We encourage parents, caretakers, and guardians to explore the program and titles prior to ticket purchases. We will include MPAA ratings for all films in this series. Parental discretion is advised.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

**Screenwriter**: John Hodge from the novel by Irvine Welsh

**Producer**: Andrew Macdonald

Join us for the 30th Anniversary of this addictive cult classic, newly restored in 4K! Smart, funny, sickly and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero for our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never dreamed of, *Trainspotting* is the story of Mark and his so-called friends &#8211; a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed, seemingly inevitably, towards self-destruction. Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate &#8211; but then again, does he really want to &#8216;choose life&#8217;?

**Picks from the Video Store**

Who doesn&#8217;t want to take home Ewan McGregor tonight?

*Shallow Grave, Velvet Goldmine, Beginners*

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

Trainspotting

Lightstruck presents *Jordan Belson: Knowledge Beyond Words pgm II.*

On June 25 and July 9, Lightstruck is honored to present two evenings devoted to one of cinema's unparalleled visionaries – Jordan Belson – an artist and filmmaker whose singular body of work has justifiably been the subject of devoted contemplation and ecstatic appreciation for over six decades. Belson's films defy concrete description, which is part of their deep and personal appeal, hinting as they do at "a knowledge that is beyond words", as Belson once told writer and curator Raymond Foye (to whom we are greatly indebted for being able to present these programs). While his earliest films embodied more familiar aspects of mid-century non-objective visual art, the early 1960s marked a radical shift into intensely mystical and elusive imagery – achieved largely through Belson's own remarkable photographic techniques – to give miraculous form to the innermost regions of imagination and consciousness.

Our second program devoted to the films of Jordan Belson spans his career up to the early 1970s, with a selection of ever-evolving and -expanding techniques of singularly mystical expression, most films screening on recently struck 16mm prints, courtesy of the Belson estate and Raymond Foye. Inspired by relationships to the worlds of Non-Objective art, jazz, meditation, and encounters with West Coast artist friends such as Harry Smith and James Whitney, Belson was consistently exploring and discovering new methods and mediums of visualization that engage with a level of consciousness which feels thrilling and otherworldly, yet somehow deeply familiar. In the late 1950s, through his planetarium “Vortex Concerts” in collaboration with sound artist Henry Jacobs, Belson amplified his vision with complex multimedia light shows which helped define the concept of “expanded cinema” and greatly influenced his filmmaking techniques. In the late 1960s, he began exploring the medium of video, synthesizing multilayered contemplations in such films as Cosmos. In 1974, Belson would team up with video artist, musician, and polymediast, Stephen Beck, to produce one of the ultimate visionary fusions of film and video in Cycles, which will conclude the evening in a glorious 16mm print.

The films screening in this program are: Bop Scotch (1952), Mandala (1952), Séance (1959), Re-Entry (1964), Momentum (1968), Cosmos (1969), Light (1973), Union (1975, by Stephen Beck), and Cycles (1974, by Jordan Belson & Stephen Beck).

Huge thanks to (and all films courtesy of) Raymond Foye and the Jordan Belson estate, with additional thanks to Stephen Beck and Electronic Arts Intermix for providing Union. Notes and program by Zena Grey and Mark Toscano.

Lightstruck: Jordan Belson – Knowledge Beyond Words (II)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is a mentally unstable WWII veteran whose search for purpose is complicated when he forms a profound yet explosive bond with author Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the leader of a mysterious philosophical movement known as “the Cause.” Driven by astonishing performances, this deep character study is also a visually stunning exploration of religion, power and social structures.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate

COUNTRY: USA

THE MASTER in 70mm

**In Person: James N. Kienitz Wilkins**

In a tragicomedy about millennials turning forty, *The Misconceived* continues the journey of Tyler from *The Plagiarists* (2019). *The Misconceived* is a 3D-rendered feature film about home renovation that doubles as an acidic and comic treatise on the working conditions of the contemporary creative class.

Starring John Magary, Jesse Wakeman, Jess Barbagallo, J. Dixon Byrne, and Callie Hernandez.

#### Director&#8217;s Statement

*The Misconceived* is a tragicomedy about millennials turning forty, which follows a struggling yet entitled white American male found throughout the annals of indie film who apprehends his likely cultural irrelevance during the Biden era.

The film utilizes experimental 3D-rendered processes entirely within a video game engine, utilizing motion capture, facial recognition, voice performance, and a vast library of stock media. *The Misconceived* takes full advantage of the new ability to shoot in virtual worlds and a marketplace of 3D architectural and character models to create an uncanny mirror to contemporary society (notably, not using generative AI).

In many ways, the movie is an argument for and against its right to exist.

Acropolis Presents: The Misconceived

Match starts at 1 PM

Watch the Quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**12PM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**1PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_9rrzd0)

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In French, Farsi, and German with English subtitles. *

Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power — forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics

COUNTRY: France/Iran/USA

Introduction by filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour In remembrance of Marjane Satrapi

PERSEPOLIS

A very special evening with founding members of the revolutionary East LA art collective, feat. the world premiere of their long lost film!

An ASCO Evening — feat. the World Premiere of SEÑOR TERESHKOVA (1974-75)!

A documentary film screening of Lightworkers, followed by a Q&A with Charley Lang and Director Bobby Roth.

6:30pm

suggested donation of $10 at the door

NOTAFLOF

Lightworkers: a Documentary Film Screening

**Screenwriter**: Na Hong-jin

**Producers**: Suh Dong Hyun, Ho Sung Kim

Co-presented by **GYOPO** and **Luaka Bop,** the record label founded by David Byrne. The screening will be followed by a conversation with **Jang Young-gyu**, the film’s composer and founder of the award-winning Korean psych-pop band **Leenalchi**.

Korean director Na Hong-jin delivers the ultimate supernatural horror experience in *The Wailing*, where sinister mystery meets surreal diabolism. A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

**[Leenalchi](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYUZajOt90M/)**, will be playing their first ever show in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11, at [The Getty](https://www.getty.edu/calendar/off-the-405-leenalchi/). 

*“Leenalchi has changed the way I think about music and Korea. I have never heard anything quite like this.”* – Brian Eno 

For music and more background on Leenalchi, please go [here](https://luakabop.lnk.to/leenalchi).

Second screening added (screening only) Friday, July 10th

The Wailing

Blow Out in 35mm

Match starts at 12PM

Watch the Quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**11AM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**12PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_n88vng)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish with English subtitles.*

Medellin, 1987. A group of teen outcasts steals a news camera to document every detail of their dangerous lives. The first feature from acclaimed photographer and Bad Bunny music video director Stillz redefines the found footage genre as a haunting, poignant coming-of-age story with a disturbing twist. Set to an awe-inspiring score by Arca and produced by Harmony Korine’s collective EDGLRD, the film taps into the anxieties of a youth culture from the margins of history yearning to be understood. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Colombia/USA

BARRIO TRISTE

Now Instant and [Acropolis Cinema](https://www.acropoliscinema.com/) present James N. Kienitz Wilkins latest, *The Misconceived*, followed by a conversation between Kienitz Wilkins and Jordan Cronk.

The Misconceived

Now Instant Image Hall

Cassavetes' warmest, most hilarious, and most tender film—a gleefully ragged rom-com that doubles as a vivid snapshot of 70s LA!

John Cassavetes' MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (1971)

**Screenwriter**: John Early

**Producers**: Harris Mayersohn,  John Early,  Luca Intili,  Luca Intili

*Maddie&#8217;s Secret* is comedian, writer, and actor John Early&#8217;s critically acclaimed directorial debut starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company. While her life seems picturesque &#8212; complete with an adoring husband (Eric Rahill), ride-or-die best friend (Kate Berlant) and a cupboard full of woman-owned ethically-sourced chili crisp to boot &#8212; mounting professional pressures threaten to reawaken a hidden secret from her troubled past. A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances, the film marks a bold new voice in contemporary cinema.

Maddie’s Secret

**Screenwriters**: Jonathan Levine,  Peter Rader,  David Twohy

**Producers**: Charles Gordon,  John Davis,  Kevin Costner

The most expensive movie ever made at the time of its release, *Waterworld* puts every dollar up on the screen with stunning production design, incredible practical effects, and awe-inspiring stunts that look even better today when most movies just rely on CGI. Kevin Costner stars as an unnamed mariner in an post-apocalyptic world where the icecaps have melted, forcing everyone to live on the high seas. When he encounters a young girl (Tina Majorino) with a tattoo map that could lead to dry land, the mariner must protect her from a pirate gang led by Dennis Hopper. This exciting action thriller is absolutely worth a second look — there’s a reason it inspired a long-running stunt spectacular at Universal Studios!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more dystopian science fiction? We&#8217;ve got you covered with these bangers and more!

*Logan&#8217;s Run, Dead End Drive In, Starship Troopers*

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

Waterworld

**Screenwriters**: Len Blum,  Daniel Goldberg,  Cornelius Cole,  Dan O&#8217;Bannon

**Producer**: Ivan Reitman

One of the most bad ass animated films of all time, this science fiction adventure will take you on one hell of a trip &#8211; to the far reaches of the galaxy and beyond! Adventures from deep space to futuristic New York, and beyond. Each world and story is dominated by the presence of the Loch&#8217;nar &#8212; the sum of all evils manifest as a glowing green sphere whose power infects all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. To some, it appears as treasure, a green jewel they must possess. Others worship it as a god. Few escape it. Even in death and through death its powers continue. From war to war and world to world it seems invincible.

Heavy Metal

Dances With Wolves

Hollywood 90028

Co-written by experimental filmmakers James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Robin Schavoir, *The Plagiarists* is at once a hilarious send-up of low-budget American indie filmmaking and a probing inquiry into race, relationships, and the social uncanny.

A young novelist (Lucy Kaminsky) and her cinematographer boyfriend (Eamon Monaghan) are waylaid by a snowstorm on their way to visit a friend in upstate New York and are taken in by the kindly yet enigmatic Clip (Michael “Clip” Payne of Parliament Funkadelic), who puts them up for the night. But an accidental discovery months later recasts in an unnerving light what had seemed like an agreeable evening, stoking resentments both latent and not-so-latent. Exhilaratingly intelligent and distinctively shot on a vintage TV-news camera, *The Plagiarists* is a work whose provocations are inseparable from its pleasures.

TRT: 76 min

In person: Peter Parlow

Acropolis Cinema: The Plagiarists

Clue

Elevator to the Gallows

Careful in 4K with Guy Maddin

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

One of the great guilty pleasures of the 1980s, director Walter Hill’s spectacular, rock & roll-fueled pulp classic roars at you like a souped-up roadster with the radio going full blast. B-movie god Michael Paré stars as an enigmatic loner who comes back to town to save former gal-pal Diane Lane from the clutches of sinister biker chieftain Willem Dafoe.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

STREETS OF FIRE in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Beauty, wonder and thrilling adventure spin together in a grand legend that transcends time as the evil and jealous fairy Maleficent, one of imagination’s most spectacular villains, casts a curse on the kingdom’s beloved Princess Aurora. 

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

Rare archival print ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’

SLEEPING BEAUTY in 70mm

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

John Massari Presents... a Special Event PUNK ROCK celebration of the cult-classic film Killer Klowns from Outer Space featuring LIVE Music!

THE 3rd ANNUAL KILLER KLOWNS PUNK ROCK FEST (Sat. 7/11)

Gardena Cinema

Matches start at 2PM and 6PM

Watch the Quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup live at the Hammer—on big screens, with friends and fellow fanatics, in an indoor/outdoor setting where art and sport come together. Between matches, explore our free exhibitions, shop the store, or grab a bite at our restaurant. Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

Admission is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

**1PM** Doors open, onsite bar open
**2PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_kookgw)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won’t help and then her husband becomes jealous of the loan officer.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Toho

COUNTRY: Japan

35mm print courtesy of National Film Archive of Japan Series co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities ‘Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

A WIFE'S HEART

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men. Rohmer’s first color film, LA COLLECTIONNEUSE pushes the Moral Tales into new, darker realms. Yet it is also a grand showcase for the clever and delectably ironic battle-of-the-sexes repartee (in a witty script written by Rohmer and the three main actors) and luscious, effortless Néstor Almendros photography that would define the remainder of the series.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

LA COLLECTIONNEUSE

Join us for a very rare theatrical screening of the widely celebrated 1972 episode starring John Cassavetes!

COLUMBO: ÉTUDE IN BLACK — The Great Disheveled Detective on the Big Screen!

A free clown class taught by Grayson Morris, for those who have never tried clown. 

1:30 - 4:30pm

Free! Rsvp  here .

Free Clown

**Producers**: Tommy Andres, Billy Ray Brewton, Ben Hethcoat, John Henry Hinkel

Join us in the microcinema for a fascinating documentary at the intersection of Hollywood, morbid curiosity, and the American immigrant experience*, Coroner to the Stars &#8211; *a chronicle of the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture. From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi’s outspoken expertise pushed forensic science into the spotlight—even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese immigrant who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.

**Screenwriter**: Jon Kilik, Spike Lee

**Producer**: Victor Colicchio,  Spike Lee,  Michael Imperioli

Spike Lee turns up the heat by revisiting one terrifying Bronx summer during the ongoing rampage of the .45 Caliber Killer (also known as the Son of Sam) who terrorized New York residents through a series of deadly shootings. But this isn&#8217;t your average true crime flick &#8211; this is a Spike Lee Joint and the focus is on the neighborhood, the characters, and the frenzy surrounding the string of murders. When Vinny (John Leguizamo) almost finds himself in Berkowitz&#8217;s line of fire he ignites fear, distrust and panic in his circle of friends. A time capsule to another era with the paranoia dialed up with the temperature and a killer soundtrack to match, *Summer of Sam* is still a scorcher!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Our Spike Lee shelf is stocked with the maestro&#8217;s complete catalog, go on a binge tonight!

*She&#8217;s Gotta Have It, Bamboozled, BlacKkKlansman*

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

Summer of Sam

**Screenwriter**: Kevin Smith

**Producers**: Kevin Smith,  Scott Mosier

All the action is behind the counter in Kevin Smith&#8217;s micro-budget indie breakthrough. *Clerks* was a game changer in the early 1990s, ushering in an era of small budgets and big laughs with its Gen-X irreverence. Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives. So meet us at the Quik Stop for all the snarky ridiculousness (and all the glorious video store footage!) because you are definitely *supposed to come in today*!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love a scrappy low-budget indie? Take home tons, including these unsung gems!

*Mary Jane&#8217;s Not a Virgin Anymore, Chan is Missing, Fruit Fly, The Beaver Trilogy*

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

Clerks

Snoopy Come Home

Los Angeles Filmforum presents Yoko Ono’s film *“RAPE”* with a talk by Jennifer Doyle.

In conjunction with The Broad’s exhibition *Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind*, Filmforum presents her rarely screened film “RAPE” followed by a talk on the film by writer and educator Jennifer Doyle. The film is not included in the exhibition, so this is your only chance to see it currently.

*Note that there is no sex or nudity or conventional physical violence in the film.*

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Yoko Ono’s score for *Film No. 5 RAPE (or CHASE) (1968)* begins with the instruction: “A cameraman will chase a girl on a street with a camera persistently until he corners her in an alley, and, if possible, until she is in a falling position.’

“In one sense, Rape is a particularly brutal dramatization of the Warholian discovery that the camera‘s implacable stare disrupts ‘ordinary’ behavior to enforce its own regime. In another, the film is a graphic metaphor for the ruthless surveillance that can theoretically attach itself to any citizen of the modern world.” – J. Hoberman, “John Lennon/Yoko Ono. *Film No 5. RAPE (or CHASE) (Clip)*”, in *Rhetoric of Surveillance from Bentham to Big Brother*, Thomas Y. Levin, Ursula Frohne, Peter Weibel (eds), ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, 2002, p. 406f.

Jennifer Doyle is a writer, curator, and scholar. She has published books about harassment dynamics (*Shadow of My Shadow*, 2024) and difficulty in contemporary art (*Hold It Against Me*, 2013). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at UC Riverside.

Special Thanks to Ed Patuto, The Broad, Connor Monahan, Yoko Ono’s studio.

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