### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Belarusian, Russian and German with English subtitles. *

This widely acclaimed film from Soviet director Elem Klimov is a stunning, senses-shattering plunge into the dehumanizing horrors of war. As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in present-day Belarus, teenage Flyora (Aleksei Kravchenko, in one of the screen’s most searing depictions of anguish since Renée Falconetti’s JOAN OF ARC) eagerly joins the Soviet resistance. Rather than the adventure and glory he envisioned, what he finds is a waking nightmare of unimaginable carnage and cruelty—rendered with a feverish, otherworldly intensity by Klimov’s subjective camerawork and expressionistic sound design. Nearly suppressed by Soviet censors who took eight years to approve its script, COME AND SEE is perhaps the most visceral, impossible-to-forget antiwar film ever made.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Soviet Union

Introduction by film critic Tim Grierson ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’

COME AND SEE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: A24

COUNTRY: USA

*Thank you to our airline sponsor, Delta Air Lines.*

Q&A with filmmaker Ari Aster. Moderated by Joshua Rothkopf. ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’ and ‘Ari Aster: A Bleak Week Retrospective’

EDDINGTON

Aero Theatre

INNER WAVE

SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK

SCREENING + Q&A

@ BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS

Merch available in the patio

Inner Wave - See You When I Get Back Screening + Q&A

Brain Dead Studios

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*Farhang Short Film Festival 2nd prize winner*

A visually striking story of a small town tragedy, *Abraham* follows a local policeman who stumbles into a family secret while investigating the murder of a young man whose body is found in a cave outside the city. 

DCP. Directors/Screenwriters: Elnaz Ghaderpour, Reza Gamini. With: Hamid Pour Azari, Sajad Afsharian, Safoora Khoshtinat.

Winner of the audience-voted Sean Connery Prize at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, *Mortician *is set in Canada where a schlubby émigré, Mojtaba (Nima Sadr), performs Islamic ritual washing of the dead as a cultural service of the Iranian government. When he loses his job he wonders how he’ll continue to send money to his family back home until an enigmatic, exiled pop star (Gola), an outspoken opponent of the regime, hires him to help her with one last public protest. The oddest of couples, they find common ground amidst the cold Canadian winter until their secret is exposed in writer-director Abdolreza Kahani’s slow-burn thriller. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Abdolreza Kahani. With: Nima Sadr, Gola, Pouya Razavi.

Mortician

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

A salesman and his son sexually abuse several generations of an indigent family’s women as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow with the abuser’s kids.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

U.S. Premiere of New Restoration 40th Anniversary ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’ and ‘Bo Widerberg: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE SERPENT'S WAY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian with English subtitles.*

Standing tall alongside classic coming-of-age films like SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE and THE 400 BLOWS, MISUNDERSTOOD is a beautiful and heartfelt exploration of the trials of life through the eyes of parents and children. John, having recently lost his wife, chooses to inform his oldest son, Andrew, but requests that he not tell Milo, his sickly younger brother. Forced to take a brave face, Andrew struggles with his impossible burden as Milo grows weaker and John’s grief blinds him to the plights of his son. With its incredible child performances and exquisite direction, MISUNDERSTOOD is a powerful rumination on family crisis and the painful weight of held secrets.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: Italy

Introduction by Caleb Hammond 60th Anniversary ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’

MISUNDERSTOOD

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

In Kyushu, southwest Japan, one hot summer morning, a municipal bus is hijacked. In the carnage only three people survive: the driver, Makoto, a school girl, Kozue, and her older brother, Naoki. Suffering from trauma, Makoto disappears. The children withdraw in silence. Two years later, their mother has divorced and their father dies at the wheel of his car. They now live alone in the family house. Makoto returns to town and takes up household with the children, who are soon joined by their cousin, Akihiko, a student on vacation from college. The body of a murdered woman is discovered on the river bank; and the police suspect Makoto. Soon after, he buys an old bus; fits it with beds; and invites the three young people to leave on a trip.

COUNTRY: Japan

Introduction by film critic Ryan Swen ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’

EUREKA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*Presented in Spanish.*

An old man pays a woman to live with him as if she were his wife, until one day he discovers that she’s sleeping with his son.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Argentina

Curated in partnership with Caligari, Argentina ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’

PALO Y HUESO

Los Feliz Theatre

Blonde Ransom / The Crime of the Century

Inglourious Basterds

New Beverly Cinema


Attention, students. The bell’s ringing, so grab your seat and don’t get caught in the hallway without a pass. Class is officially in session.

  

Step inside the halls of Willard R. Abbott Elementary for a one-night-only Live Read celebrating the heart, humor, and hustle of everyone’s favorite Philadelphia public school. Join Janine, Gregory, Ava, Melissa, Jacob, Barbara, and Mr. Johnson as they navigate another unforgettable school year where the resources may be limited, but the dedication and chaos are limitless.

  

Our cast of special guests will perform two standout episodes from Season 5 of **Abbott Elementary**, bringing the show’s signature mockumentary style and sharp comedy to the stage.

  

Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary premiered in 2021 to widespread acclaim, earning 30 Primetime Emmy nominations and four wins, including Lead Actress for Brunson.

  

_Special thanks to ABC Entertainment for making this event possible._

  

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LIVE READ: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

The Wallis

**Screenwriters:** David Mickey Evans, Robert Gunter

**Producers:** Dale De La Torre, William S. Gilmore

*You&#8217;re killing me Smalls!* This much-cherished home run of a family film hits its the Vidiots big screen for a championship screening. During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team, and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall. Bring your teammates and swing for the fences!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more underdog sports movies? Take home these winners tonight!

*The Bad News Bears, The Mighty Ducks, Little Big League*

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

The Sandlot

**Screenwriter**: Amanda Kramer

**Producers**: Jacob Agger,  Miranda Bailey,  Sarah Winshall,  Natalie Whalen,  Jake Agger

With filmmaker **Amanda Kramer** in person on Saturday, June 6th!

Our microcinema is about to get strange with Amanda Kramer&#8217;s latest absurd and surreal vision of material and interpersonal desires as a woman (Juliette Lewis) swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair. Upon seeing a gorgeous chair in a showroom, Camille (Juliette Lewis) realizes that she truly envies the life of this perfect piece of furniture. If only she could be someone’s favorite thing. When she and the chair swap forms, Camille learns that she is better liked as an inanimate object than she was as a person: her mother (Betty Buckley) finds her to be a better listener, and her best friends (Samantha Mathis and Robin Tunney) enjoy a newfound, friction-free rapport. As the chair, Camille is unable to speak or move and winds up in the hands of Olivier (Mamoudou Athie), a minimalist bachelor who gradually becomes romantically fixated on his elegant new possession. Narrated by Melanie Griffith, this modern fable celebrates the messiness of female interiority with deadpan humor, surrealist flourishes, and interpretative dance numbers. An absurdist spin on the body-swap comedy, *By Design* is a bold new work from singular filmmaker Amanda Kramer.

By Design

**Screenwriters**: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

**Producers**: Ethan Coen,  Graham Place

With a special introduction by Founding Member **Noah Segan**, writer/director of John Turturro&#8217;s latest film *The Only Living Pickpocket in New York!*

One of the darkest of Joel and Ethan Coen&#8217;s catalogue of brilliant dark comedies, *Barton Fink* is one of the best and strangest retellings of the classic era of Hollywood with monumental performances by John Turturro and John Goodman. Barton Fink is a young New York playwright with a bright future in bleak drama on the Great White Way, when his agent lands him a deal in Hollywood. Adrift in a world of wheelers and dealers, Barton strikes up an acquaintance with his neighbor at his tenement hotel and learns the dark truths of his favorite author and the real way Hollywood works behind the scenes. With some of the best sound design in the history of cinema, remarkable period set design, and a magnificent balance of unnerving bleakness and humor, *Barton Fink* ranks amongst the Coen&#8217;s greatest achievements.

**Picks from the Video Store**

There&#8217;s so much to love about John Turturro! Take home decades worth of stellar performances like these deep cuts tonight!

*Fear X, The Source, Monkeybone*

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

Barton Fink on 35mm

**Screenwriter**: Robert Rodriguez

**Producers**: Robert Rodriguez, Bill Borden

Antonio Banderas and Robert Rodriguez team up again for an action film like no other! Rodriguez goes balls to the wall with his playful mixture of B-movie elements, beautiful badass stars, and a cacophony of vengeful violence. This time around, El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his best friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, the Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves a trail of blood of his own.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home these deep cut Banderas bangers tonight!

*Matador, The House of the Spirits, Femme Fatale*

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

Desperado

Join us in the microcinema for a double dose of horror shorts sure to unnerve and mystify: Kiyoshi Kurosawa&#8217;s newly released NFT ***Chime*** and Renee Zhan&#8217;s lauded ***Shé (Snake)***.

***Chime***

**Director**: Kiyoshi Kurosawa **Runtime**: 45 min. **Language**: Japanese with English subtitles

A masterclass in escalating dread and shocking violence, *Chime *reaffirms Kiyoshi Kurosawa as one of modern horror’s most innovative and unpredictable visionaries. During a class, culinary instructor Matsuoka (Mutsuo Yoshioka) witnesses the suicide of a young student (Seiichi Kohinata), driven to insanity by what he claims is a chiming sound that controls his mind. Soon, Matsuoka begins hearing it, too, and descends into a mental abyss that warps his perception of reality and gives vent to his darkest impulses. Expertly blending psychological portraiture and hallucinatory mystery, Kurosawa offers a chilling depiction of madness that interrogates the very stability of our everyday existence, with the director’s patented creeping tracking shots and complex sound design fashioning an immersively terrifying and unnerving cinematic experience.

Screening with:

***Shé (Snake)***

**Director**: Renee Zhan **Runtime**: 15 min. **Language**: English and Mandarin

Fei, a 16 year old British-Chinese girl, is the top violinist in an elite youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place, Fei’s anxieties and internalized racism grow to take monstrous physical form. They whisper to her, urging her to be the best, no matter the cost.

Chime and Shé (Snake)

Vidiots

Basic Instinct

Lock Up

The Doors

Vista Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

This fascinating follow-up to 1978’s landmark WATERSHIP DOWN follows lab test dogs Snitter and Rowf, who jailbreak from their torture in a secret facility only to find that the outside world’s even more bleak. Since the dogs accidentally broke a vial used by plague researchers on their way out, the human world launches a lethal hunt. Here is a world where animals are not a blank slate for our ideals and morality, but are the direct expression of the animals themselves; Humanity’s the bad guy, and the audience is not left off the hook. Featuring a slew of top-tier British voice talents: John Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Judy Geeson and Patrick Stewart.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: UK/USA

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’

THE PLAGUE DOGS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

What happened in that town in 1948 should have been a “love story.” A socially awkward high school girl is taken advantage of by teenagers in a rural Southern town… until the most popular boy at school starts to date her. Their fragile relationship becomes increasingly threatened by gossip, cruelty, and violence, leading to a tragic ending.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Zephina Media

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with actor Robert Englund. Moderated by Larry Karaszewski. World Premiere of New Restoration ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’

BUSTER AND BILLIE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Skipping back and forth through time, we open with a catatonic Theresa Russell undergoing a mysterious operation while Art Garfunkel(!) looks on and recalls their stormy relationship in the city of Vienna, beginning with a chance meeting at a party and soon degenerating into a series of psychologically violent games that treat sex and power interchangeably. Harvey Keitel(!) also makes a surprise appearance as the police detective tasked with figuring out just what exactly happened. Critically lambasted upon its release, this off-the-cuff study in obsession is still capable of wildly polarizing viewers.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: UK

Q&A with actor Theresa Russell. Moderated by Xan Cassavetes. ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’ and final screening of ‘Watch Local: Z Channel’

BAD TIMING

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

The Cremator

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

Nacho Libre

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

Max and his sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches killed in the 17th century.

HOCUS POCUS (1993)(PG) Live Cast Commentary In-Person 2:30pm

Gardena Cinema

The latest film in Getty’s Artist Dialogues series features Ofelia Esparza and her daughter, Rosanna Esparza Ahrens, whose multigenerational practice of creating *ofrendas*, or altars, weaves together memory, customs, and community. Long recognized for their role in helping establish and sustain Día de los Muertos traditions in the city, the Esparzas have shaped the practice as both a communal ritual and a contemporary art form. In the short film, *Ofelia and Rosanna Esparza: Made to Remember* (11:55 min), they reflect on the ofrenda as both cultural obligation and art: a bridge between the living and the dead, and between the stories of generations past and those yet to come.

Ofelia, born in East Los Angeles in 1932, learned the practice from her mother, who brought her traditions from Huanimaro, Mexico. She has spent decades building elaborate ofrendas that honor ancestors through handmade paper flowers, textiles, photographs, objects and layered narratives grounded in the conviction that to be forgotten is the most final death of all. Rosanna carries this legacy forward, exploring how the making itself, the gathering, the storytelling, the shared labor, is as much the offering as the altar it produces.

Together, Ofelia and Rosanna illuminate the ofrenda as a form of ephemeral art: carefully composed with attention to focal point, dimension, and material, yet always temporary by design. Here, conservation carries different meaning than it typically does in cultural heritage contexts. Rather than relying on permanence, the artform is sustained through intergenerational continuity, carried forward by storytelling, teaching and community solidarity. 

Following the screening, Ofelia and Rosanna Esparza will join Los Angeles County's Civic Art Conservation and Collections Manager Laleña Vellanoweth for a conversation on the conservation of their work and audience Q&A. 

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Artist Dialogues is part of the Getty Conservation Institute's Art in L.A. project, exploring art, conservation, and Los Angeles' cultural heritage. This film was conceived in collaboration with independent curator jill moniz.



Ofelia and Rosanna Esparza: Film Screening and Artist Q&A

Getty Center

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After his girlfriend emigrates to Italy with the expectation that he will soon follow, bike messenger Amir (Amirhossein Hosseini) is still neither fully committed to leaving nor fully clear on what the future holds if he stays in Iran. Instead, he spends his in-between days hanging with friends who have themselves settled into a life of drift, playing poker, cooking meals together and biking around the city and country. Nothing ever really happens, which is precisely the point of writer-director Amir Azizi’s warm and loving portrait of a generation that has learned to embrace simple freedoms and pleasures where they can find them in a world where even that can feel like an act of resistance. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Amir Azizi. With: Amirhossein Hosseini, Hadis Nazari, Nader Pourmahin.

Iranian writer-director Bahram Ark (*Skin*, *Animal*) plays Bahram, an Iranian writer-director who has achieved fame on the international festival circuit but has yet to have one of his films screened in Iran. After his latest is again denied a permit, he and his producer Sadaf (Sadaf Asgari) set out on her moped determined to find a way to get it on screen with the help of a hodgepodge of decidedly eccentric characters. Bahram’s situation is all too familiar to co-writer-director Ali Asgari (*Terrestrial Verses*) and his regular collaborators here, who use romantic comedy tropes to illuminate the absurdities — and dangers — faced by filmmakers in Iran. 

DCP. Director: Ali Asgari. Screenwriter: Alireza Khatami, Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark, Ali Asgari. With: Bahram Ark, Sadaf Asgari, Hossein Soleimani.

Inside Amir / Divine Comedy

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved film from writer and director Ari Aster.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: A24

COUNTRY: USA

*Thank you to our airline sponsor, Delta Air Lines.*

Q&A with filmmaker Ari Aster ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’ and ‘Ari Aster: A Bleak Week Retrospective’

BEAU IS AFRAID

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish and Italian with English subtitles.*

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Argentina/Germany/Spain/Uruguay

Introduction by filmmaker Fede Álvarez Co-presented by Cinemateca Uruguaya ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 5’

WHISKY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When the record book closed on Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall’s career, it showed 17 seasons in the major leagues and an impressive lifetime batting average of .272. But before he racked up those numbers, Piersall faced a foe much tougher that a 90-m.p.h. fastball: mental illness. Anthony Perkins stars as Piersall in this powerful true story. FEAR STRIKES OUT also marks the filmmaking debut of Alan J. Pakula and Robert Mulligan, the team whose credits include TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. From top to bottom, the film fields a stellar lineup of talent. And the result is a drama of unflinching force and effectiveness.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Senior Director of Film Preservation and Restoration, Paramount Archives Charlotte Barker World Premiere of New 4K Restoration ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’

FEAR STRIKES OUT

### **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

Introduction by Josh Ethier, ACE ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’

THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

A Hard Day’s Night / I Wanna Hold Your Hand

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

**Screenwriters**: Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer

**Producer**: Pam Coates

Why be a princess when you can be a warrior? As her father faces certain death in the army, a young woman poses as a man and takes his place, becoming an enduring heroine for the Chinese people throughout the ages. Based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, with beautiful animation, great songs, and an empowering message, this is the perfect film to share with your little warrior.

Mulan

**Producer**: Richard Schmiechen

A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world. The Oscar-winning *The Times of Harvey Milk,* directed by Robert Epstein and produced by Richard Schmiechen, was as groundbreaking as its subject. One of the first feature documentaries to address gay life in America, it’s a work of advocacy itself, bringing Milk’s message of hope and equality to a wider audience. This exhilarating trove of original documentary material and archival footage is as much a vivid portrait of a time and place (San Francisco’s historic Castro District in the seventies) as a testament to the legacy of a political visionary.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more incredible queer documentaries tonight on fabulous physical media!

*Portrait of Jason, The Queen, Kamikaze Hearts*

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

The Times of Harvey Milk

**Screenwriters**: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon

**Producer**: Lawrence Bender

*How do you like them apples?* School may be out for summer, but we&#8217;re giving you the chance to audit one of the great masterclasses in acting of the 1990s &#8211; Gus Van Sant&#8217;s heartfelt ode to unsung genius and working-class heroes, written by and starring then up-and-comers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck with earnest and magnificent performances by Stellan Skarsgård and Robin Williams. Will Hunting is the most brilliant janitor you&#8217;ve ever met, but his hot temper is holding him back. With the help of an empathetic psychology professor and the love of a good woman, maybe he can break through to the life his mind deserves. With nine Oscar nominations and wins for Robin Williams and Affleck and Damon for original screenplay and a soundtrack that includes Elliot Smith, this moving drama is in a class by itself!

**Picks From the Video Store**

Our Gus Van Sant director&#8217;s section is stocked with the indie legend&#8217;s whole ouevre &#8211; take home more bangers tonight!

*Mala Noche, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho*

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

Good Will Hunting

**Screenwriter**: Stephen Peters

**Producers**: Steven A. Jones,  Rodney Liber

Your Saturday night is about to get a whole lot sexier and twistier when we dive into the late 90s cult classic thriller *Wild Things*. When teen debutante Kelly (Denise Richards) fails to attract the attention of her hunky guidance counselor, Sam (Matt Dillon), she cries rape, igniting a scandal that results in his arrest. Sam appeals to Ken (Bill Murray), a hack personal-injury lawyer who has never handled a case that couldn&#8217;t be helped by a prop neck brace. Soon, a second victim, Suzie (Neve Campbell), comes forward, and Detective Duquette (Kevin Bacon) discovers that the unfolding case is far from what it seems.

Wild Things

L.A. Story

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Incident at Oglala/The Dark Wind

Only Yesterday

The French Connection in 35mm

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire (Pamela Anderson) moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire (Victoria Rowell) wanders into Barb’s establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood (Temuera Morrison), who is now Cora’s husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Salem Horror Film Fest founder and film lecturer Kay Lynch 30th Anniversary ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents BARB WIRE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

*“In 1974, Sveriges Radio in Stockholm invited members of the Swedish public to submit teleplay scripts dealing with the “future.” One of the scripts selected was by Bo Melander, a noted journalist working for The Gothenburg Times. I accepted to direct the play when it was chosen for production, and in January 1975 Bo and I worked on developing the script, deciding to concentrate on the nuclear reactor issue which was becoming a major political concern in Sweden in 1974. THE TRAP is set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end of 1999, and the TV in the oppressive living room inhabited by John (the scientist), his wife, Margereta, and their son Peter, is proclaiming optimistic statements about the promise of the New Millennium. John’s brother Bertil, accompanied by young Bo, the son of a third brother – imprisoned by the Swedish authorities for ‘antisocial’ activities – arrives at the waste site to celebrate the new century; they are first seen via monitor screens – making their slow progress through the security checks. Their visit with John and his family is tense and soon breaks down. Bertil holds a political position completely opposed to that of his establishment brother, denounces the consumerist society which has led to the need for all the nuclear waste embedded in the nearby rocks, and argues bitterly with John, telling him that he and his colleagues are like caged rats, trapped within the confines of a system they defend blindly. Too angry to stay on, Bertil takes Bo and attempts to leave, but is arrested at a security checkpoint. Margareta watches the security guards grab a protesting Bo, and asks her husband, “What kind of life is this we’re living?” Meanwhile, on the Swedish television channel, a Minister of State expresses his belief that, ‘The century to come will be a century for humanity, filled with humanity.'” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Sweden

‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE TRAP

The Death of Robin Hood

**Screenwriters**: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy

**Producer**: Karen Murphy

Hey teens! Join us for the first Movie Den of the season with a  special screening of the howlingly hilarious mockumentary *Best in Show*. Christopher Guest and an incredible ensemble of the funniest people on earth are ready to improv their way to a blue ribbon in this furry comedy phenomenon. From start to finish, you&#8217;ll bark with laughter as an eccentric blend of dog owners from across the country gear up to compete at the Mayflower Dog Show.

**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.

Best in Show

**Screenwriter**: Boots Riley

**Producers**: Aaron Ryder,  Andrew Swett,  Allison Rose Carter,  Jon Read,  Boots Riley

Get your eyeballs and brain ready for maximum explosiveness as Boots Riley&#8217;s newest inventive, hilarious, surreal, stylish, stop-motion-sprinkled, and utterly singular masterpiece hits our microcinema in all its dazzling propagandistic glory! The fashion, the fun, the gonzo satire &#8211; it&#8217;s the wildest ride in cinema this year and an absolute revelation for those of us who have been craving the return of originality to filmmaking. Keke Palmer heads a crew of professional fashion boosters out to resell expensive clothes at a discount, but when a fashion maven (Demi Moore at her bitchy best) vows to take them down, and an unexpected guest with a magical gadget appears &#8211; their quest begins to turn global. Boots Riley solidifies his place among America&#8217;s most inventive auteurs with yet another brilliantly bonkers but perennially relevant capitalist critique that will keep you laughing, gagging (at the FASHION), and cheering throughout.

I Love Boosters

Disclosure Day

You’ve heard the whispers. You’ve seen the hype. Now experience the horror phenomenon that has audiences obsessed. Come see what everyone is talking about&#8230;or come back because you love this movie more than anything in the whole f***ing world!

Obsession

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Part 1, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 60 Mins, Paramount, USA**

My log has a message for you.

FORMAT: DCP

**Part 2, 2017, Dir. David Lynch, 54 Mins, Paramount, USA**

The stars turn and a time presents itself.

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 1 & 2

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A hapless man’s romantic obsession with his ex-wife draws him into a deadly caper in this definitive noir.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

CRISS CROSS

Breakfast at Tiffany’s / Roman Holiday

**Screenwriter**: Takehiko Inoue

**Producer**: Toshiyuki Matsui

Get on the court with this dynamic and inspiring animated sports story that scores both visually and emotionally.

Shohoku’s “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota has been following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player.

Addicted to the sport from a young age, and now in his second year of high school, Ryota and his teammates must face the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

**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.

The First Slam Dunk

**Screenwriters**: Harry Dodge, Silas Howard

**Producers**: Silas Howard,  Harry Dodge,  Steak House

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome filmmakers **Silas Howard, Harry Dodge, **and **Steak House** for a special 25th Anniversary screening of their trailblazing trans and butch buddy comedy ***By Hook or By Crook***! Conversation moderated by filmmaker **Vera Drew**!

Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, *By Hook or By Crook* is a butch and trans buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a &#8220;life of crime.&#8221; He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birthmother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of &#8220;poise under pressure&#8221; in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more phenomenal trans cinema tonight on fabulous physical media!

*Funeral Parade of Roses, Women in Revolt, Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean*

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

By Hook or by Crook

Bound

Aardman Animations Celebration

A treasure chest of narrative fragments, *The Decay of Fiction* lacks the itinerary and “instructions for use” that automatically comes with a linear story. The shards of its many implied plotlines are the fruit of O’Neill’s all-encompassing sense of form, which for better or worse is conceptual rather than technical or material. – Jonathan Rosenbaum, *The Chicago Reader*, May 30, 2003,

https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/03/ghosts-of-hollywood/

***Skies***  | 9 min  | 35mm transferred to digital  |World Premiere

We&#8217;ll also premiere Pat&#8217;s new film, *Skies*, composed of excerpts from his 35mm film timelapse documentation of the skies above the western United States landscape. This minimalist piece is a collaboration with the composers Thollem McDonas and Terry Riley, performing a vocal duet as the soundtrack.

“I am interested in exploring the boundaries of believability. The narrative tradition insists that, no matter how fantastic the story, its surface must be seamless. By contrast, I call attention to the artifice, all the staged aspects, and allow the well-worn stories to slip over and through one another. The film’s intention could be described as wanting to take stories off the screen and into the imagination. I like to work within the gaps between reality and story, to look at what is going on around the story, its context, and to make that a part of my conversation with the audience.” – Pat O’Neill

**Tickets:** $15 general, $10 students/seniors (purchased at door), free for Filmforum members.

The Decay of Fiction

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

This unique series is hosted by filmmaker Stanley Sheff, who worked closely with Welles as a collaborator, editor, and un-credited co-director on his unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show. Sheff will share stories from their professional collaboration and personal friendship, giving audiences a rare first-hand glimpse into the private world of Orson Welles.Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm and film at 8pm.

Tonight's show:TOUCH OF EVILMexican Narcotics officer Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas has to interrupt his honeymoon on the Mexican-US border when an American building contractor is killed after someone places a bomb in his car. He's killed on the US side of the border but it's clear that the bomb was planted on the Mexican side. As a result, Vargas delays his return to Mexico City where he has been mounting a case against the Grandi family crime and narcotics syndicate. Police Captain Hank Quinlan is in charge on the US side and he soon has a suspect, a Mexican named Manolo Sanchez. Vargas is soon onto Quinlan and his Sergeant, Pete Menzies, when he catches them planting evidence to convict Sanchez. With his new American wife, Susie, safely tucked away in a hotel on the US side of the border - or so he thinks - he starts to review Quinlan's earlier cases. While concentrating on th

TOUCH OF EVIL

Fine Arts Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: 1-2 Special

COUNTRY: UK

Q&A with filmmaker Mark Jenkin Advance Screening

ROSE OF NEVADA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: UK

ENYS MEN

**Screenwriters**: Jacques Tati, Jacques Lagrange, Art Buchwald

**Producer**: Bernard Maurice

Join Monsieur Hulot in Paris in this breathtaking comedy masterpiece. *“A film that comes from another planet, where they make films differently.”* So sayeth legendary French auteur Francois Truffaut about *PlayTime*, a movie that looks and feels like nothing else you’ve ever seen before. Director Jacques Tati spent a small fortune constructing an artificial city to shoot in (the set was big enough to require its own power plant!), all for a surreal comedy about a lonely Everyman (Tati himself) wandering around a bizarre, modernist metropolis he can’t quite comprehend. You’ll want to see this on the big screen so you can take in every detail of Tati’s unforgettable masterpiece, one of the greatest movies ever made about the absurdity of modern life.

**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.

PlayTime

**Screenwriter**: Leah McKendrick

**Producers**: Todd Black,  Becky Sanderman,  Jason Blumenthal,  Steve Tisch, David J. Bloomfield

**KCRW**,** Vidiots**, and** Netflix **invite you to a special advance screening of ***Voicemails for Isabelle ***followed by a conversation with director **Leah McKendrick** and actress **Zoey Deutch**.

Jill copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.

Doors will Open at 6:30pm, Screening will start at 7:30pm, with conversation to follow.

Guests must RSVP to attend. For more information and to RSVP click [here](https://events.humanitix.com/kcrw-partner-screening-voicemails-for-isabelle).

Please note that this screening is first-come-first-served, and your RSVP does not guarantee entry. As we are hoping to accommodate as many people as possible, all free screenings are overbooked to account for no-shows. We recommend an early to on-time arrival, we may not be able to accommodate late entries.

Voicemails for Isabelle

Beginners

Acropolis Cinema presents *An Injury to All* (Dir. Travis Wilkerson, 2026). World premiere sneak preview of a new work in progress, presented as a singular live documentary!

Total runtime: 90 min. In person: Travis Wilkerson.

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*An Injury to All* is both the prequel to *An Injury to One* (2001) and its urgent postscript. It traces the life of I.W.W. Organizer Frank Little before his arrival and infamous murder in Butte, Montana. Following his peripatetic, restless journey from his childhood in Oklahoma to his astonishing rise as a visionary organizer criss-crossing the American West, struggling for immigrant rights, for militant labor, for free speech and always and forever against the social catastrophe of war—his is a singular and irreplaceable story of American resistance and the inspiring vision of a different kind of world. Most of all, it restores his incompatible life—rather than the horror of his eventual death—to the place it always deserved to be. A ferocious antidote to the present moment and conscious riposte to the 250th anniversary of the USA.

Acropolis Cinema: Travis Wilkerson's An Injury to All (2026)

2220 Arts + Archives

10th Anniversary of Spa Night

Exclusive screening of "STRIKING" a film by Khufu Najee.

Doors 7PM.

RSVP required. Entry is first come, first served. A standby line will be available.

STRIKING (Screening) starring Ovrkast.

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 6/18) 7:30pm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*“In 1966, following the collapse of a film which I hoped to develop with Albert Finney’s production company, on the 1916 Easter uprising in Dublin, I was approached by John Heyman, a British artists’ agent, to make a film based on an original screenplay by Johnny Speight, which dealt with the influence of Steven Shorter, a pop star in the 1960s. American novelist Norman Bognor and I adapted the script, which we retitled PRIVILEGE, to emphasize the significance of Steven Shorter as an allegory for the manner in which national states, working via religion, the mass media, sports, Popular Culture, etc., divert a potential political challenge by young people. In case this theme appears exaggerated, it is important to keep in mind that it was set in the ‘swinging Britain’ of the 1960s, and was prescient of the way that Popular Culture and the media in the US commercialized the anti-war and counter-culture movement in that country as well. PRIVILEGE also ominously predicted what was to happen in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain of the 1980s – especially during the period of the Falkland Islands War.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures

COUNTRY: UK

PRIVILEGE

One Battle After Another

The world theatrical premiere of the restoration of a fascinating and singular 70s artifact of California's new age movement.

THE PYRAMID (1976) presented by Analog Outlaw and Enlighted Artists

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriters**: Kevin McDonald,  Mark McKinney,  Scott Thompson,  Bruce McCulloch, Norm Hiscock

**Producer**: Lorne Michaels

Vidiots is tickled pink to welcome comedy legend ***Scott Thompson*** for a special 30th Anniversary screening of the comedy cult classic ***Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy.***

Your serotonin is about to shoot through the roof when everyone&#8217;s favorite Canadian sketch comedy troupe takes on Big Pharma in this ridiculously demented laugh riot. In a rush to launch a new anti-depressant onto the market, a shifty pharmaceutical company fast-tracks a scientist&#8217;s breakthrough pill Gleemonex that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it&#8217;s successful, it has unfortunate side effects that the company is all too willing to hide to protect their profit margins! Like any true cult classic, this brilliantly bonkers social satire opened to an underwhelming reception, but over the last 30 years an ever-growing cult of *Candyphiles* have recognized the forward-thinking brilliance of the *Kids* and their gender-bending, consumerist-skewering, oddball-extravaganza that is *Brain Candy*!

**Picks from the Video Store**

You can take home every last episode of *The Kids in the Hall *on DVD tonight, as well as these absurd specials!

*The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses, The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty, The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town*

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

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Happiness

The Seven Year Itch with Kim Morgan

The Parallax View in 4K

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

Killer of Sheep

It&#8217;s a hot one on a summer day in Brooklyn as the pizzas get delivered, ice is used for foreplay and boomboxes play on. Hyper-colourful, righteously angry and showcasing Spike Lee at peak power, this one rides the tightrope of human emotion/drama and political indignation. Good soundtrack too.

Do the Right Thing

Join us for day of riso printing! Come by and participate in this quick turnaround open riso studio. Beginners and experiences artists can bring a simple photograph or design, or make something on the spot, and have us print it on our riso with a quick turnaround time. We will have supplies to make drawings, collages, or print an existing image. This session will be limited to one color or two color designs. We will print 20 copies of each design. To print extra copies, feel free to pay a small material fee.

1-Hour Risograph Printing (6/19)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Having built his career as both an actor and director of silent cinema with comedic short films starring his wildly popular Little Tramp character, Charles Chaplin confounded audiences when he followed up his first feature, The Kid, with a serious melodrama—sans the Tramp! A major departure from his previous output, A WOMAN OF PARIS centers around the title character (frequent Chaplin Studios actor Edna Purviance), who is betrayed by her lover and then cast aside by her would-be fiancé (Adolphe Menjou). Applauded by the press but rejected by the public, then pulled from distribution by Chaplin himself, A WOMAN OF PARIS, with its influential, understated acting and deft storytelling, now stands as one of Chaplin’s greatest directorial achievements.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $7.02 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

A WOMAN OF PARIS

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Le Jour Ou…,” 1997, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 7 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, Switzerland**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Chantal Akerman ruminates on the future of cinema from her bed.

FORMAT: DCP

**MAKING OF TOMORROW WE MOVE, 2004, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 80 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

What a revelation and a privilege it is to see Chantal Akerman at work. Its French title a pun, this film offers behind-the-scenes footage from the production of TOMORROW WE MOVE: makeup and costume tests, script readings, scene blocking and rehearsals and on-set interviews with Aurore Clément and Sylvie Testud, her lead actresses, as well as Akerman herself.

FORMAT: DCP

Photo courtesy of Collections CINEMATEK © Chantal Akerman Foundation ‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

“Le Jour Ou…” / MAKING OF TOMORROW WE MOVE

The first night of a rare, momentous 2-evening retrospective of the Basses' remarkable short films, feat. beautiful archival 16mm prints!

THE FILMS OF SAUL & ELAINE BASS —Night 1: Short Films feat. WHY MAN CREATES

**Screenwriters**: Michael Tolkin,  Henry Bean

**Producers**: Pierre David,  Henry Bean

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome actor/director/legend **Bill Duke** for a special screening of his neon-soaked neo-noir ***Deep Cover*!**

We are going undercover with Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum in Bill Duke&#8217;s slick crime thriller set in the underbelly of early 90s Los Angeles. Fishburne plays Russell Stevens, an undercover LAPD officer determined to infiltrate the cartel of LA&#8217;s biggest drug kingpin, played by none other than Jeff Goldblum, in one of his most menacing roles. Stevens has to walk the line between criminal and cop as he plunges into ever darker territory to keep his cover and bring down the operation. Smart and stylish with a killer early 90s hip hop soundtrack and incredible performances by Fishburne and Goldblum, this sizzling slice of neo-noir will pull you deep under its sinister spell!

Screening followed by a conversation with Bill Duke. And the fun doesn&#8217;t stop there! Join us for [*Predator*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/predator/) with Bill Duke and Richard Chaves on Sunday the 21st.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got decades of Bill Duke deep cuts you can take home tonight on Blu-Ray and DVD!

*Street of No Return, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, Car Wash*

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

A Weekend with Bill Duke: Deep Cover

**Screenwriter**: Angela Robinson

**Producers**: Jasmine Kosovic,  Andrea Sperling

Everyone&#8217;s favorite teen girl secret agent squad movie finally comes to Vidiots&#8217; big screen in all its queer and girl power glory! A quartet of girls from a prep high school are recruited by a secret paramilitary academy to conduct cloak-and-dagger missions, all while maintaining their Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength! This campy cult classic is the gayest sendoff to *Charlie&#8217;s Angels* the cinema world has produced! So grab your squad and get ready for a campy kick-ass queer time!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Searching for more Sapphic cinema? Take home these queer classics tonight!

*But I&#8217;m a Cheerleader, Desert Hearts, Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love*

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

D.E.B.S.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Acropolis Cinema presents *An Injury to One - 4K Reconstruction* (Dir. Travis Wilkerson, 2001/2026).

*U.S premiere of the reconstruction of the 2001 film for its 25th anniversary using gorgeous new 4K scans, texts, and animations.*

Total runtime: 53 min. In person: Travis Wilkerson.

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*An Injury to One* provides a corrective—and absolutely compelling—glimpse of a particularly volatile moment in early 20th century American labor history: the rise and fall of Butte, Montana. Specifically, it chronicles the mysterious death of Wobbly organizer Frank Little, a story whose grisly details have taken on a legendary status in the state. Much of the extant evidence is inscribed upon the landscape of Butte and its surroundings. Thus, a connection is drawn between the unsolved murder of Little, and the attempted murder of the town itself.

Archival footage mixes with deftly deployed intertitles, while the lyrics to traditional mining songs are accompanied by music from William Oldham, Jim O'Rourke, and the band Low, producing an appropriately moody, effulgent, and strangely out-of-time soundtrack. The result is a unique film/video hybrid that combines painterly images, incisive writing, and a bold graphic sensibility to produce an articulate example of the aesthetic and political possibilities offered by filmmaking in the digital age.

This version is not precisely a “remaster” but rather a meticulous reconstruction of the original vision of the film. Where the original material was available, it was used, in the highest quality available. Where such material no longer exists, adequate substitutions were made. The result is something new, both resolutely of the past while firmly in the present. The richness of the film material is almost unimaginable from the original version—more lush, more expressive, more heartbreaking, too.

Acropolis Cinema: Travis Wilkerson's An Injury to One - 4K Reconstruction (2001/2026)

The Rescuers

River of No Return

Car Wash 50th Anniversary Screening in 4K

An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named &#8216;Prisney,&#8217; he rallies an orchestra of geriatric women, a bullish conductor, and an animator that he keeps locked in the dungeon. What could go wrong?

Allegro non troppo

After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Green Room

Oh hi Mark! A double feature you won't believe and an epic meet & greet with Greg Sestero with exclusive merch for fans. Do NOT Miss This!

THE ROOM (2003)(R) & BIG SHARK (2023)(PG-13) w Greg Sestero In-Person 6pm

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[REGISTER FOR THIS SCREENING](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-celebration-of-iranian-cinema-oh-what-happy-days-2025-tickets-1987863994720?aff=oddtdtcreator)**

**Please note**: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis.

Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons.

Family secrets and betrayals explode in the most riveting video call you’ve ever seen. Writer-director Homayoun Ghanizadeh transforms the familiar stacked boxes of talking heads we all live with these days into a dazzling, high-wire act of storytelling and performance when three generations of an Iranian family are confronted by the son of a former family servant over the fate of the stately family home back in Iran. Ghanizadeh’s riveting, all-star ensemble — Golshifteh Farahani, Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nasirian, Shirin Neshat — delivers an acting tour de force that deliberately transcends the bounds of the film’s form. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Homayoun Ghanizadeh. With: Golshifteh Farahani, Shirin Neshat, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nasirian, Payman Maadi.

Oh, What Happy Days

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In NO BLOOD RELATION, a gripping early example of Mikio Naruse’s cinematic boldness, featuring a screenplay by Ozu’s famed collaborator Kogo Noda, an actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

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

NO BLOOD RELATION

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

A period piece that forgoes nostalgia in favor of a stark examination of working-class struggle, Bo Widerberg’s second feature unfolds in 1936 in the director’s hometown of Malmö. It’s there, in the poor district of Raven’s End, that young Anders (Widerberg’s regular collaborator Tommy Berggren) chases his dream of becoming a writer while growing increasingly disillusioned with the dead-end world that surrounds him: an alcoholic father, a toiling mother and the ominous specter of Nazism. Delivering a bracing jolt of kitchen-sink realism to Swedish cinema, Widerberg paints an unsparing portrait of youthful idealism bumping up against economic despair.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

West Coast Theatrical Premiere of 2K Restoration ‘Bo Widerberg: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

RAVEN'S END

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After being falsely convicted of murdering his wife, Vincent Parry escapes San Quentin and shacks up with Irene Jansen, a woman whose innocent father died in prison. Undergoing plastic surgery to change his appearance, Vincent sets off on the hunt for the real killer under a new identity.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTIRBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Program begins with a live recording of the Greg Proops Film Club podcast. Feature starts at 7:30pm ‘The Greg Proops Film Club’

COME AND SEE

3:00 PM

EDDINGTON

7:30 PM

Inner Wave - See You When I Get Back Screening + Q&A

7:00 PM

Abraham

Mortician

7:30 PM

THE SERPENT'S WAY

1:00 PM

MISUNDERSTOOD

4:00 PM

EUREKA

6:30 PM

PALO Y HUESO

10:30 PM

Blonde Ransom

The Crime of the Century

7:00 PM

Inglourious Basterds

11:59 PM

LIVE READ: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

7:30 PM

The Sandlot

4:00 PM

By Design

Barton Fink on 35mm

7:00 PM

Desperado

9:45 PM

Chime and Shé (Snake)

10:00 PM

Basic Instinct

7:30 PM

Lock Up

8:00 PM

The Doors

11:00 PM