Red Beard (Akahige) in 35mm

Once Upon a Time in China with Jet Li

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Paul Newman reprised his role as pool shark “Fast Eddie” Felson for this Martin Scorsese-directed sequel to THE HUSTLER, with Felson now mentoring a younger man (Tom Cruise). Newman won his first Best Actor Oscar just one year after receiving an Honorary Award from the Academy “in recognition of his many and memorable compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft.” The film was also nominated for Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio’s livewire supporting performance, art direction by Boris Leven and Karen A. O’Hara, and Richard Price’s screenplay, loosely adapted from the sequel novel by *The Hustler* author Walter Tevis.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

THE COLOR OF MONEY

Aero Theatre

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

Heat

Brain Dead Studios

Commune with the birds and the bees, the flowers and the trees, in a living work of art created by Robert Irwin.  Experience the wonder of the spring garden through the eyes of an artist in this 45-minute tour led by Getty Horticulturist Matthew Southall. 

National Public Gardens Day

Getty Center

Screen Time! is a video art screening featuring multimedia artists from across the globe.

Doors at 7pm, screening at 8pm :D

Featuring...

Diane Lac @diane_lac
Erica Sheu @sheu.lu
Jean Hsi @jeanhsi
Jessie Edelstein @jessie01000101
Maya Man @mayaontheinternet
Mia Murray @scaryspice737
Molly Soda @molly__soda
Nova Odette @novaodette
Samar Al Summary @backstoryache
Siobhan McCarthy @shivvmccarthy
Wednesday Kim @wednesdaykimm
Dan Ortiz Leizman @apocalypsephenomenology

Screen Time! (5/8)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English and Polish with English subtitles.*

A romantic vacation goes awry when a volcanic eruption strands Bethany (Charli XCX) and her soon-to-be fiancé, Rob (Will Madden) in Warsaw, Poland. Bethany takes the explosive event as a sign to ditch her baggage, reunite with childhood friend Nel (Lena Góra) and traipse across lofts, clubs and back alleys, all the while becoming entangled in an emotional web that challenges her sense of self.

From American maverick Pete Ohs, who wrote, directed, edited, photographed and produced this dizzyingly charming European postcard, comes ERUPCJA, a delightful anti-romantic comedy about the pains and pleasures of being in love.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: 1-2 Special

COUNTRY: USA/Poland

ERUPCJA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*“THE JOURNEY was born directly out of a collapsed project in 1982, when I tried to organize another antinuclear war film, to be funded by Central TV in England, and working with a number of peace groups across the UK. I felt that THE WAR GAME was out-of-date, and I was concerned about the escalating nuclear arms race, that was allied to the US foreign policy of a nuclear war that would be limited to Europe. My idea was to create a series of scenes, again depicting the consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain, on a larger scale than THE WAR GAME, that would allow citizens across Britain to express their concerns via their involvement in the production of this project. However, Central TV withdrew its funding, on the grounds that the budget was becoming too large, and the project collapsed. After rethinking the scale of the project into a more global film dealing with the general silence on the burgeoning nuclear arms race, I appealed for funding to a number of international TV channels. Without exception, every TV channel that I contacted refused, even though I was only requesting support for filming an ultra low-cost segment in each country, where I would ask local people what they knew and felt about the world arms race. *

*“During the time while I had no funding from the professional sector, I happened to be showing THE WAR GAME to the world’s oldest peace movement association, the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS), in Stockholm. In May 1983, during its 100th anniversary congress, SPAS unanimously decided to support fund-raising for a new film about the nuclear threat. Based in Stockholm, and with initial funding from SPAS, I immediately began to involve the network of friends and acquaintances that I had acquired over many years of travelling and lecturing, to build an international fund-raising drive for the new film, and to start research in those parts of the world where I would organize local productions groups for the actual filming.*

*“The film’s core concept started to emerge: I would visit families or groups of people in various countries, and interview them to find out what they knew about the state and consequences of the world arms race, and the effects of nuclear weapons. The interviews would also focus on the role that mass media and educational systems played in shaping a world view, and on the knowledge that these people had – or did not have – vis-à-vis these subjects.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: New Zealand/Australia/Canada/Denmark/Finland/Italy/Japan/Sweden/UK/Germany

‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE JOURNEY Parts 9-12

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Epic yet intimate, sweeping yet personal, THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of television as well as legendary director Maurice Pialat’s magnum opus. Commissioned for French TV in 1971, Pialat and screenwriter René Wheeler crafted a seven-episode, nearly 400-minute miniseries about the impact of World War I on a simple French family living in the countryside. Applying a naturalistic focus to their subject, Pialat and Wheeler capture both the historical scope of the conflict and the subtle ways that a small town’s quotidian routines and rituals—church, school, tavern—are indelibly touched by it. At the center of the richly detailed narrative are the Picards, headed by Albert (Pierre Doris), a game warden for the wooded estate of a local marquis (Fernand Gravey). He and his gentle wife, Jeanne (a heartbreaking Jacqueline Dufranne), raise two teenagers—Marcel (Henri Puff), at risk of being drafted; and Marguerite (Agathe Natanson), contemplating marriage—but also shelter three abandoned boys for the duration. Most rambunctious and soulful among them is Hervé (Hervé Lévy), whose journey from boyhood to adolescence, all while becoming a surrogate child to the Picards and hoping for a reunion with his soldier father (Paul Crauchet), lends a beating heart to THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS—a panoramic tale that explores the longing, loyalty and resilience that sustain humanity amid times of earth-shattering loss.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration ‘Maurice Pialat: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS Ep. 3, 4 & 5

Los Feliz Theatre

What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?

Django Unchained

New Beverly Cinema

Michele O&#8217;Marah and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer join Now Instant for a special presentation of O&#8217;Marah&#8217;s 2012 *Blow Me!*, followed by a conversation between the two.

Blow Me!

Now Instant Image Hall

**Screenwriter**: Joel Alfonso Vargas

**Producer**: Paolo Maria Pedullà

In a tight-knit Dominican American community in The Bronx, Rico (Juan Collado) is hustling his way through the summer, selling bootleg &#8220;nutcracker&#8221; cocktails out of a beach cooler and chasing girls without a care in the world. But when his teenage girlfriend, Destiny (Destiny Checo), begins crashing at his place with his family, turning their small apartment into a stage for their messy, complicated young love, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before they’re hit with the sobering reality of growing up too fast in a city that waits for no one. Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas turns his hometown into the heartbeat of his debut feature, teaming up with discovery talent Collado and Checo, to deliver a raw and deeply authentic look at life in The Bronx. With humor and grit, Vargas paints a tender portrait of the chaos and charm of urban life, and the ups and downs of youthful abandon when things take an unexpected turn.

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

Vidiots

RZA’s One Spoon of Chocolate

Drunken Master

Police Story

Vista Theatre

Mezzanine presents VAGABOND (Sans toit ni loi), a film by Agnes Varda. 1985, France, 105m, DCP.

Followed by a conversation with writer Megan O’Grady and Carolina A. Miranda.

On occasion of the release of her new book, *How It Feels to Be Alive*, we are thrilled to have celebrated art critic and essayist Megan O’Grady in person to present Agnès Varda’s masterpiece, starring Sandrine Bonnaire as a young female hitchhiker wandering aimlessly through the unearthly winter landscape of southern France.

Special thanks to Thora Siemsen and Brian Belovarac (Janus Films).

**Megan O’Grady** is a critic and essayist whose writing draws from history, memoir, and the lyric essay. Her magazine and newspaper journalism on contemporary art and literature are often extensions of larger inquiries into representation and identity, explored through immersive reading and looking. The personal and social contexts of art and the way in which it negotiates cultural conversations over time are ongoing preoccupations. A frequent contributor to The New York Times, where she created the Culture Therapist column, her work also appears in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and Vogue, where she was once a contributing editor. Her book, How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) considers the influence of books and art on our attention and imagination, their rippling impact on our self-conception and the way we move in the world.

**Carolina A. Miranda** is a writer in Los Angeles who covers the intersection of design and visual culture with politics and society. Until 2024, she was a columnist at the Los Angeles Times, where she reported on subjects such as museums and race, architecture and the pandemic, and the ways in which communities are rethinking the nature of monuments. She has produced stories for the Atlantic, the New York Review of Books, Artnews, Alta Journal and Fresh Air, and is a regular contributor for public radio station KCRW. She was a winner of the 2017 Rabkin Prize in Visual Arts Journalism and a recipient of the 2024 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She is currently at work on a book about culture and authoritarianism in Chile.

Mezzanine: Agnès Varda's VAGABOND w/ Megan O'Grady

2220 Arts + Archives

Ponyo

Grand Guignol Silent Shorts

Bearing Witness: 10 Films by Kevin Jerome Everson

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A chorus girl loses her job and thus the room she owes back rent on, and ends up being rescued from the street by a dashing rich man. But his family isn’t over-accepting of chorus girls joining their family.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by Cassandra Moore, Vice President of Mastering and Archive at NBCUniversal World Premiere of New 4K Restoration

THE LOVE TRAP

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jack Nicholson is at his very best in this highly-acclaimed dramatic comedy about three sailors on the loose. Two hard-boiled career petty officers, Buddusky (Nicholson) and Mulhall (Otis Young), are detailed to take a young sailor, Meadows (Randy Quaid), from a Virginia Naval Base to a New Hampshire Naval Prison to serve an eight-year sentence for a trivial offense. Buddusky and Mulhall take a liking to Meadows and are determined to show him a good time on their journey north. Their escapades begin in Washington where they narrowly escape a bar fight, then get blind drunk in their hotel room. In New York, they tangle with some Marines, and in Boston, Buddusky takes Meadows to a brothel for his first sexual experience. Finally, after reluctantly turning in Meadows, Buddusky and Mulhall realize they are as much prisoners of their own world as Meadows now is of his.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by screenwriter Samy Burch ‘INT. MOVIE THEATRE’

Samy Burch Presents THE LAST DETAIL

*Screening as part of the Programmers’ Jam: an annual gathering of repertory exhibitors and distributors!*

One of the beating hearts of classic film noir-dom.  This searing 1940s tale from iconic crime author Cornell Woolrich (“The Bride Wore Black”) takes every opportunity to go moodily dark and arthouse.  Director Robert Siodmak sets PHANTOM LADY in an alternate-reality NYC, with expressionistic camerawork and an artificial setting that influenced the likes of DARK CITY and EYES WIDE SHUT.

Phantom Lady

*Screening as part of the Programmers’ Jam: an annual gathering of repertory exhibitors and distributors!*

Freedom is never free, no matter how stunning the scenery.  In this meditative feminist highway tale by unsung Swiss auteur Alain Tanner, an intense friendship quickly forms between two young vagabonds: Jeanne from the big city and Marie from the countryside.  Their impulsive hitch-hiking day trip morphs into an endless cyclical wandering from village to village, from roadway to mountain trail as the pair evade predatory men, the despair of hunger and the long banal arm of the law.  This is THELMA & LOUISE for the Alps, with fantastic long takes and two perfect performances from Clémentine Amouroux and Catherine Rétoré.

Messidor

Join us for a special Earth Day celebration featuring ecological artist and herbalist Paige Emery, which will include a talk and brunch inspired by historical cookbooks from the Getty Library collection.

While visitors enjoy select recipes, Paige will be joined in conversation with Melissa Goldstein—founder and editor of *Mother Tongue* magazine—to explore rituals of remembering the earth. Together, they will reflect on how art, healing practices, and ecological thought can reconnect us to ancestral memory and inspire more just and embodied futures. 

Following the talk, Emery will perform a sound piece in the Getty Central Garden, weaving together the healing arts and critical ecology, ecopoetics and socio-environmental practice, inviting us to imagine deeper relationships with the natural world.

This event is part of the Getty Research Institute’s [*Tastemakers*][1] series, featuring communal gatherings inspired by cookbooks from the Getty Library. 

Visit the Getty Research Institute's [Exhibitions and Events page][2] for more free programs.


  [1]: https://www.getty.edu/whats-on/tastemakers/
  [2]: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/

Tastemakers: Earth Mother with Paige Emery

Intro to Leatherworking

While making a small accessories pouch, learn the basics of working with leather. This will cover different types of leather, terms and tools for working with chrome tanned pieces. This is a hands class on with sharp tools and Sharpies and is intended for beginners 14 years and older. Leave the class with a new appreciation for leather and take home a small finished pouch and a pattern to make more if you fall in love with the craft!

For more work by C&J Goods visit...

[http://www.candjgoods.com](http://www.candjgoods.com/)

Intro to Leatherworking w/ C & J Goods (5/9)

Encore!!! It’s a HAPPENING! Saturday May 9th! 6-9 pm!
A new remixxed program and another chance to catch WATERFALL Devin’s new short film!Screening will commence at 7Pm, but i recommend arriving early so you
don’t miss the critically acclaimed poster exhibition everyone is raving about! Poster show closes May 10th.Donation based event! $10 = free poster! $40 = poster and silkscreened Squamous T shirt.

TEDIOUS LIMBS Encore Screening

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

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’

REPAST

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Epic yet intimate, sweeping yet personal, THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of television as well as legendary director Maurice Pialat’s magnum opus. Commissioned for French TV in 1971, Pialat and screenwriter René Wheeler crafted a seven-episode, nearly 400-minute miniseries about the impact of World War I on a simple French family living in the countryside. Applying a naturalistic focus to their subject, Pialat and Wheeler capture both the historical scope of the conflict and the subtle ways that a small town’s quotidian routines and rituals—church, school, tavern—are indelibly touched by it. At the center of the richly detailed narrative are the Picards, headed by Albert (Pierre Doris), a game warden for the wooded estate of a local marquis (Fernand Gravey). He and his gentle wife, Jeanne (a heartbreaking Jacqueline Dufranne), raise two teenagers—Marcel (Henri Puff), at risk of being drafted; and Marguerite (Agathe Natanson), contemplating marriage—but also shelter three abandoned boys for the duration. Most rambunctious and soulful among them is Hervé (Hervé Lévy), whose journey from boyhood to adolescence, all while becoming a surrogate child to the Picards and hoping for a reunion with his soldier father (Paul Crauchet), lends a beating heart to THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS—a panoramic tale that explores the longing, loyalty and resilience that sustain humanity amid times of earth-shattering loss.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France

THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS Ep. 6 & 7

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Bridges was nominated for an Oscar for his role in this action-filled crime caper in which he plays Lightfoot, the naïve sidekick to the veteran bank robber Thunderbolt. The two revisit an old crime site after losing the loot the first time and decide to retrieve the stash. But some of the original robbers have different plans and it soon becomes every man for himself…

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

*Between a script and a film, there is a whole territory to cross.*

*LES ANNÉES 80 is the time spent in this territory.*

*A love battle with reality and its elements: actors, singers and dancers bound and constrained by a story in a set under a light crossed by music.*

*How, between the script (which is always unrepresentable) and its future performance, the different elements of reality gradually come together to make a film. How to turn reality into fiction.*

*We shot 40 hours of ¾-inch video with 4 different cameras. We edited this into a one-hour film in which only the actors who would be taking part in GOLDEN EIGHTIES appeared.*

*We then transferred this cut to 1-inch film which we transferred to a 16mm negative from which we printed a 35mm positive (without using an internegative).*

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Chantal Akerman Foundation

COUNTRY: France/Belgium

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

LES ANNÉES 80

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Akeelah and the Bee

The Brigand / Mask of the Avenger

The Kentucky Fried Movie

The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizarre characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.

Human Highway

Jaromil Jireš’s mesmerizingly dreamlike Czech New Wave fantasy—a lush, surreal tale of transformation, enchantment, & dark fairytale wonder

Jaromil Jireš’s VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970)

Philosophical Research Society

Alexandre Estrela: *RedSkyFalls *is an installation that responds in real time to Earth’s internal rumblings – an artificial ecosystem with pre-digital sensibility. In *RedSkyFalls*, the mountainous landscape of a computer desktop serves as a habitat for aquatic plants and small luminous organisms with an animal intuition, the *Réplicas*, nestled inside the grooves of aluminium plates. Alexandre Estrela: *RedSkyFalls *is on view at the Portugal Pavilion of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia from **May 9 to November 22**, and is curated by Ana Baliza and Ricardo Nicolau.

Built from a calibrated mix of animal parts drawn from a dark cauldron, each *Réplica* borrows its vital pulse from the beat of a heart in a fly’s leg, the wave of a fish larva’s tail, and the quiver of a rat’s whisker. This patchwork of movement engraves onto the metal plate a linear fossil, a path where light generates a figure that continuously fulfills its hollow-graphic fate.

From **May 9-July 5,** REDCAT hosts a reproduction of one of the *Réplicas* of *RedSkyFalls*. In Los Angeles, as in Venice, the piece reacts to live seismic activity worldwide. Other *Réplicas* will be installed in San Francisco, California (CCA Wattis Institute); Lima, Peru (Museo de Arte de Lima, MALI); and Lisbon, Portugal (Galeria Zé dos Bois). The piece is installed in highly seismic geographies, where it responds to tectonic events with higher synchronicity, building an extended relational infrastructure. 

[More about *RedSkyFalls*](http://www.redskyfalls.com) by Alexandre Estrela at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

RedSkyFalls (Réplica): 61st La Biennale di Venezia – Portuguese Pavilion

REDCAT

**Producers**: Diane Ademu-John,  Carl Deal,  Tia Lessin,  Karen Ranucci,  Caren Spruch, Tony Tabatznik

Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from war zones and the *Democracy Now!* newsroom. In *Steal This Story, Please!*, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – and peril – in an era of corporate control and political attacks on truth.

Undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians, and riot police, Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. *Steal This Story, Please!* is a gripping account of the trailblazing journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show *Democracy Now!*, Goodman amplifies stories and voices too often silenced by commercial media.

Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (*Trouble the Water, Citizen Koch, The Janes*) take us behind the scenes with the warm, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a media landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation, and political assaults on the press and on truth itself. Urgent, provocative and unexpectedly funny, *Steal This Story, Please!* is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press stops challenging power?

Steal This Story, Please!

**Screenwriters**: Jules Feiffer, E.C. Segar

**Producer**: Robert Evans

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome stars and comedic legends **Paul Dooley **and** Donovan Scott** for a post screening conversation! 

Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall exude overpowering charm in Robert Altman&#8217;s endearing tribute to the original Fleischer Brothers spinach-scarfing sailor man. Popeye goes searching for his father but washes ashore after a storm and winds up meeting his beloved Olive Oyl. But Olive&#8217;s fiancé, Bluto isn&#8217;t going to step aside without a fight. A delightful and quirky manic musical fantasy world from one of the great masters of American cinema.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Robert Altman was one of the best directors to ever live! Take home some of his many masterpieces tonight!

*3 Women, California Split, Nashville* (and dozens more!)

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

Popeye

**Screenwriter**: Abbas Kiarostami

**Producer**: Hassan Agha Karimi

Internationally revered Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and *Close-up* is his most radical, brilliant work. This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, *Close-up* has resonated with viewers around the world.

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

Close-Up

**Screenwriters**: Daniel Roher, Robert Ramsey

**Producers**: JoAnne Sellar, Lila Yacoub, Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler

**KCRW**, **Vidiots,** and **Black Bear Pictures **invite you to a special advance screening of ***Tuner*** followed by a conversation with actress **Havana Rose Liu** and producers **JoAnne Sellar** and **Lila Yacoub**.

In *Tuner*, Academy Award®-winning director Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature, written by Daniel Roher & Robert Ramsey, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki’s safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory.

Doors will Open at 7:00pm, Screening will start at 8:00pm with conversation to follow.

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

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.

Tuner

**Screenwriter**: Hiroshi Takahashi

**Producer**: Nobuhiro Iizuka

Kiyoshi Kurosawa&#8217;s dark gangland thriller with philosophical overtones. Obsessed with avenging his young daughter’s murder, yakuza subordinate Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa) recruits Nijima (Aikawa), a brilliant yet strangely detached math teacher, to help carry outcarry out a scheme to kidnap and torture the man allegedly responsible. But the plan goes awry when their target, Otsuki (Yurei Yanagi), fingers another mobster as the mastermind behind Miyashita’s tragedy. As the two partners ascend the yakuza chain of command in search of the true culprit, Miyashita and Nijima follow the cold, calculating logic of revenge, descending into a moral abyss from which they may never surface. Featuring Kurosawa’s patented long takes and his claustrophobic arrangement of space, *Serpent’s Path* is one of the legendary director’s most chilling investigations into the endless cycle of violence and the evil that lodges in every heart.

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

Serpent’s Path

Go West

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Barton Fink in 35mm

The Passionate Friends

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A widow who works at a local aquarium finds joy again when she forms an unlikely bond with a Giant Pacific Octopus and a wayward young man who comes to town in search of family. Together, they will uncover a mystery that will lead them to a life-changing discovery and restore their sense of wonder. Based on the best-selling book.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Olivia Newman and editor Tamara Meem Popcorn and soda courtesy of Netflix

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker (David McKnight) is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist’s supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of Isaac (Glynn Turman), a mild-mannered law student. After inhabiting Isaac, Walker decides to hunt down the Rev. Elijah Bliss (Louis Gossett Jr.), a former criminal who helped the authorities find and assassinate the mobster years ago.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

50th Anniversary Co-presented by 36 Cinema ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents J.D.'S REVENGE

I Love Maria / Aces Go Places IV

**Producers**: David Zeiger,  Evangeline Griego,  Aaron Zarrow

Vidiots is overwhelmed to welcome actor, activist, and eternal icon **Jane Fonda** for a special 20th Anniversary screening of the documentary *Sir! No Sir!* followed by a conversation with Fonda, director **David Zeiger**, and **Viet Thanh Nguyen** (*The Sympathizer*).

Easily the most timely and resonant film about the soldiers on the front lines of antiwar resistance, the award-winning breakout theatrical hit *Sir! No Sir!*  Tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who helped force the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War. Contrary to the popular image of long-haired hippies spitting on returning soldiers, *Sir! No Sir!* vividly demonstrates that GIs were the heart and soul of the anti-war movement. Poignantly narrated by a diverse cast of veteran GI resisters who recall the ferocious days of peace marches and stiff jail sentences, SIR! NO SIR! pulls no punches in its raw depiction of the power of people, especially those in uniform. Directed by David Zeiger, *Sir! No Sir!* is *&#8220;powerful stuff, offering us not only a new look at the past, but to the unavoidably relevant insights into the present&#8221;* (New York Daily News).

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home tons of Jane Fonda deep cuts from our video rental collection, including:

*They Shoot Horses, Don&#8217;t They? In the Cool of the Day, Joy House*

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

Sir! No Sir!

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Season 2, Episode 19, “Variations on Relations,” Dir. Jonathan Sanger, 47 Mins**

Pete and Catherine open the first puzzle box.

FORMAT: DCP

**Season 2, Episode 20, “The Path to the Black Lodge,” Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal, 46 Mins**

Cooper convinces Annie to enter the Miss Twin Peaks contest.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS, 1990, Paramount, USA**

A crime drama mixed with healthy doses of the surreal, this series is about FBI Agent Dale Cooper, who travels to the small logging town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of seemingly innocent high schooler Laura Palmer. Almost nothing is as it seems, however, and the show’s sometimes eerie visuals, oddball characters and wild dream sequences drive the point home.

“Variations on Relations” and “The Path to the Black Lodge” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 2, Ep. 19 and 20

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Le Déménagement,” 1992, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 39 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Surrounded by unpacked boxes, a man delivers an extended monologue on indecision and regret.

FORMAT: DCP

**L’HOMME À LA VALISE, 1984, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 61 Mins, INA, France**

*In French with English subtitles.*

A woman returns to her apartment after a two-month absence. She finds a distant acquaintance settled in as if he owned the place and seemingly unwilling to leave. Disheartened, she retreats to a bedroom. A game of cat and mouse ensues between the invader and the captive.

FORMAT: DCP

“Le Déménagement” / L'HOMME À LA VALISE

Tobruk / Rough Night in Jericho

**Producers**: Danielle Varga,  Sasha Wortzel

Artist and Filmmaker **Sasha Wortzel** joins us in the microcinema for a screening of her dreamy and poetic documentary *River of Grass*.

*River of Grass* is a present-day reimagining of environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s celebrated book, “*The Everglades: River of Grass*,” (1947), which transformed the public’s understanding of the area from worthless swamps to an essential source of freshwater, enabling the ecosystem to endure, just barely, today.

Interweaving Douglas&#8217;s writing, present-day verité, and archival glimpses, *River of Grass* reveals how this country’s origin story haunts and inextricably shapes contemporary American life, while asking how we might weather coming storms better together.

“*Wortzel’s film is a clarion call to protect Florida’s greatest resource.*” &#8211; RogerEbert.com

&#8220;*A variety of perspectives add up to something as exquisitely crystalline, allowing you to get lost in its beauty without losing sight of how easily broken it can be*.&#8221; -The Moveable Feast

&#8220;*A rare environmental film to succeed both in expressing collective grief about climate change and inspiring activism to adapt and resist further depredations.*&#8220;- Filmmaker Magazine

Sasha Wortzel is a celebrated artist, with work is in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Studio Museum of Harlem, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, and Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places.

River of Grass

The Scarlet Empress

Mezzanine presents PHANTOM BEIRUT (أشباح بيروت), a film by Ghassan Salhab. 1998, France/Lebanon, 117m, DCP.

U.S. premiere of a brand-new 2K restoration

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"An intelligent thriller of deception, loyalty and betrayal.” -The New York Times

“\[Salhab\] weaves the familiar Lebanese themes of exile, destruction, memory, hope and illusions into a poem to a beloved city and its people, as scarred as its buildings." -Variety

Among the most beautiful cinematic evocations of the Lebanese Civil War, director Ghassan Salhab’s remarkable feature debut captures the everyday rhythms of Beirut in the late ‘80s, where citizens live a potent mixture of nostalgia and fear amid a seemingly endless conflict. After faking his own death during battle, Khalil (Aouni Kawas) returns to Beirut under a new identity, forced to confront the old friends and comrades he left behind a decade earlier. Interspersed with onscreen interviews with cast members, Salhab’s offbeat thriller is a time capsule of a city and a people continuing to live with the ghosts of their past.

In Arabic with English subtitles. A Several Futures release. Special thanks to Graham Carter.

Mezzanine: Ghassan Salhab's Phantom Beirut

Being There in 35mm

A night in the life of two best friends. Is this the greatest, truest depiction of the teenage feeling? Shoulda been handing out the Oscars here, that&#8217;s for damn sure.

Superbad

When a single mother and her two sons move to the sleepy seaside California town of Santa Carla, they discover much more than they anticipated in this visually stunning blend of hip humor, horror and rock 'n' roll about the most compelling group of contemporary vampires ever to put fang to vein.

The Lost Boys

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

Ocean's Eleven

In the sun-drenched expanse of the New Mexico desert lies The Boroughs, a picturesque retirement community promising its residents the time of their lives. But for new arrival Sam Cooper, paradise feels more like a prison. Everything changes when a terrifying nighttime encounter reveals that something monstrous is stalking the manicured cul-de-sacs. Dismissed by the powers that be as just another confused old man, Sam finds unlikely allies in a band of neighborhood misfits: a sharp-witted former journalist, a spiritual seeker, a cynical music manager, and a brilliant doctor running out of options. Overlooked and underestimated, these unlikely heroes must band together to unravel the dark truth at the heart of The Boroughs before their time runs out.

The Boroughs

Egyptian Theatre

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:THE STRANGER Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler's former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson's only clue is Kindler's fascination with antique clocks; but, though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.

THE STRANGER

Fine Arts Theatre

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

Before he stunned the cinematic world with the epic DEKALOG series and the Three Colors trilogy, the great Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski made his first work of metaphysical genius, BLIND CHANCE, a compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek (the magnetic Bogusław Linda), a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; Kieślowski dramatizes Witek’s journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice does. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government, BLIND CHANCE is here presented in its complete original form.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Poland

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

BLIND CHANCE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Monique (Monique Melinand) is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband, Roger (Hubert Deschamps), carries on with life, groping the female customers. Her son, Philippe (Philippe Léotard), remains aloof and impatient. Her daughter-in-law, Nathalie (Nathalie Baye), wonders if she is witnessing her own future decline. The four individuals struggle to express, or even feel, their love for one another, as they await the inevitable. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cohen Media Group

COUNTRY: France

‘Maurice Pialat: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE MOUTH AGAPE

A portrait of Pritzker award winning architect BV Doshi—a meditative exploration of his deeply philosophical design mission

THE PROMISE: ARCHITECT BV DOSHI (2023) — Philosophy of Design screening

**Screenwriter**: Ed Solomon

**Producers**: Iain Canning,  Jim Parks

Join us in the microcinema for Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s latest triumph, a brilliant artistic character study with phenomenal performances from Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel. A mainstay of the London art scene since his starry breakout in the creative explosion of the 1960’s, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into a cluttered, self-imposed seclusion. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) enlist Lori (Michaela Coel), a young painter and sometime-forger, to pose as a prospective assistant and gain access to a fabled series of unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in his home studio, in a deceptive bid to secure an inheritance for themselves.

The Christophers

Blonde Dynamite/No Holds Barred

The Hidden Room (aka Obsession)

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 87 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

An expanded version of episode VI in Kieślowski’s legendary DEKALOG, this film examines love, longing and sex through the story of a young postal worker who spies on a promiscuous woman in an adjacent housing project.

FORMAT: DCP

**A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 85 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

A shocking, powerful film expanded from episode V of Kieślowski’s legendary DEKALOG, A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING considers societal violence in its many forms through the story of an idealistic young lawyer and the brutal murderer he is called to defend.

FORMAT: DCP

A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE / A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

Poltergeist

In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure.

The Goonies

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

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 5/21) 7:30pm

Gardena Cinema

Join us for after-hours walk-throughs of *Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials* and *SPACE IS THE PLACE: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection* led by curators **Pablo José Ramírez** and **Erin Christovale**, respectively, accompanied by drinks and appetizers on the Annenberg terrace. 

Swing by **LULU **or the **Hammer Store** before the tours for 10% off your purchases. 

This event is exclusive to Hammer members at the Immerse level ($250) and higher. 

[Become a member today](https://hammer.ucla.edu/support/membership). 

If you would like to upgrade your membership, contact us at [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu) or 310-443-7050.
 
RSVP required; capacity is limited. Kindly reply by Friday, May 15 to 310-443-7050 or [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu).

Cocktails with a Curator

Post-screening conversation with UCLA English Professor **Elizabeth DeLoughrey**, UCLA Design Media Arts Professor **Rebeca Méndez**, and the film’s co-director, investigative journalist **Rosanna Xia**

Co-presented with the UCLA Department of Media Arts and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

From the *Los Angeles Times* and Pulitzer Prize-finalist **Rosanna Xia**, *Out of Plain Sight* is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California. 

Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovers a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In the years after World War II, as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean—and the consequences continue to haunt the world today.

2024, Dir. Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia, DCP, color, 94 min.

Out of Plain Sight

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Donissan, a mediocre seminarist, haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission, mortifies his body and is unable to establish any rapport with his parishioners…until the day the abbot meets young Mouchette, who has just committed a mortal sin. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cohen Media Group

COUNTRY: France

UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN

The Hallelujah Trail

Artistic polymath Adam Green presents an exploration of Harry Smith's esoteric artistic practices + a screening of Smith's landmark film!

Adam Green Explains Harry Smith + HEAVEN & EARTH MAGIC (1962)

Bring a project you've been working on or try one of ours!

Presented by Art Hang.

6-8pm

FREE! Some materials provided. First come, first serve.




Art Night at Scribble!

Scribble

Christine/Maximum Overdrive

Dersu Uzala in 35mm

Join us for a celebratory Los Angeles screening of *Joshua Bailey’s*

**Stolen Kingdom.**

**Synopsis:**

*Stolen Kingdom* is a documentary that delves into the history of mischief,

scandal and theft at Walt Disney World, ultimately leading to the theft of an

animatronic valued at nearly half a million dollars. The film features key

figures from the park&#8217;s underground community, each sharing their unique

stories.
As the narrative unfolds, early pranks and antics are shown to have inspired

more recent crimes, culminating in a true crime mystery. What begins as a tale

of friendship and passion ends with one lingering question:

**Who stole Buzzy?**

Stolen Kingdom

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian&#8217;s megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

Escape to Witch Mountain

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Canada/Hungary

BLUE HERON

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Three super-stars lead a great cast: head-of-the-geisha-house Isuzu Yamada looks on the bright side, while daughter Hideko Takamine works that sewing machine. But quietly observing maid Kinuyo Tanaka is the only one who actually realizes the inevitable end of their world in a harsh post-war Tokyo.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

FLOWING

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Circle Collective

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and actor Greg Vrotsos

SITUATIONS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French and English with English subtitles.*

Swapping homes means swapping lives. In this Lubitschian romantic comedy of mistaken identities, misunderstandings, inverted roles, and motherly love, the free-spirited, straight-talking Béatrice (Juliette Binoche) trades her messy Parisian apartment with Henry (William Hurt), a buttoned-up New York shrink with a pristinely curated Fifth Avenue penthouse, a golden retriever, and a fiancée. Henry discovers on his return to New York that Béatrice is conducting therapy sessions with his neurotic patients. Intrigued, he pretends to be one of them and soon finds himself on the proverbial couch. As the transference and countertransference inevitably take hold, so too does their love. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Le Bureau Films

COUNTRY: France/Germany/Belgium

30th Anniversary ‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

A COUCH IN NEW YORK

**Screenwriter**: Ildikó Enyedi

**Producers**: Reinhard Brundig,  Mónika Mécs,  Nicolas Elghozi,  Meng Xie

At the heart of a German university grows a majestic ginkgo tree, its lifespan measured in centuries. As the years pass, the distinguished plant bears witness to the private lives of those who seek shade under its boundless branches, forming a nexus that connects three generations of students and teachers across time and space. In 2020, a visiting neuroscientist conducts a series of experiments into the possibilities of botanical consciousness. In 1972, a young student is profoundly changed by studying the behavior of a simple geranium. And in 1908, the university’s first female student’s photographic inquiries reveal sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants. Over time, each is transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature.

From Ildikó Enyedi, the director of Academy Award-nominated *On Body and Soul, *comes* Silent Friend*, an epic, awe-inspiring exploration of the natural world. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Tony Leung, Léa Seydoux and Venice Prize-winning newcomer Luna Wedler, Enyedi crafts a thoughtful meditation on the essential question of what it means to be human.

Silent Friend

**Screenwriter**: Scott Rosenberg

**Producer**: Jerry Bruckheimer

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with this high-flying banger with one of the best casts in an action blockbuster including a triumvirate of bad-asses Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, AND Danny Trejo. Nicolas Cage stars as  former US Army ranger Cameron Poe, newly paroled and sporting some glorious long hair, who is hitching a ride on home aboard the &#8220;Jailbird,&#8221; a prison transport flight taking the “worst of the worst” to a new super-prison. When the plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country, led by genius serial killer Cyrus &#8220;The Virus&#8221; Grissom (John Malkovich at his most Malkovich), Poe must find a way to stay undercover, stay alive, and keep the bunny in the box. This explosive action spectacular is the best kind of popcorn movie to watch big and loud with a crowd of Vidiots!

**Picks from the Video Store**

You know you can&#8217;t get enough Steve Buscemi! Take home deep cut treasures on glorious physical media tonight!

*Animal Factory, Trees Lounge, In the Soup*

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

Con Air

**Screenwriters**: Nick Kocher,  Brian McElhaney

**Producers**: Kelly McCormick,  David Leitch,  Aram Tertzakian,  Nick Spicer,  Guy Danella, Lee Kim

We want your Memorial Day weekend getaway to Vidiots to be a bloody good time, so we booked you a cabin in the woods to relax, unwind, and survive a half dozen murder plots! When miserable couple Dan and Lisa retreat to a remote cabin for a romantic reset, each arrives with a secret plan to kill the other. However, their carefully plotted traps and counterplots quickly unravel when strangers crash the weekend with plans of their own. As the toxic getaway spirals into chaotic carnage, Dan and Lisa must soon figure out if they want to save their marriage or survive it.

Over Your Dead Body

**Screenwriter**: Roger Waters

**Producer**: Alan Marshall

*All in all you&#8217;re just another brick in the wall*. Penned by Pink Floyd&#8217;s own Roger Waters and directed by musical veteran Alan Parker, this psychedelic visual album is one of the most notorious rock musical movies ever. A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. With a mix of animation, gory imagery, war flashbacks, angst, drama, and an iconic soundtrack, this is a rock opera that needs to be heard through our killer speakers and seen on our big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Pink Floyd in concert and on these soundtracks tonight on DVD and Blu-Ray!

*More, La Vallee, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii*

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

Pink Floyd: The Wall on 35mm

The Man In The Moon

The Dark Knight

Kiki’s Delivery Service

The Yellow Balloon

Ran (Chaos) in 35mm

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

The Tales of Hoffmann

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world &#8220;U&#8221; and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U&#8217;s eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

Belle

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse’s finest hour—a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko (played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine), who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo’s very modern postwar Ginza district, who entertains businessmen after work. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS

THE JOURNEY Parts 17-19

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollars on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men recruit a small-town bartender, Bennie (Warren Oates), to help them do their dirty work. He sets off with his girlfriend, Elita, on a tequila-fueled trek across the desolate Mexican frontier, which grows more intense, gruesome and bloody with every savage murder they leave in their wake!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Red Beard (Akahige) in 35mm

7:00 PM

Once Upon a Time in China with Jet Li

7:30 PM

THE COLOR OF MONEY

7:30 PM

Heat

6:00 PM

National Public Gardens Day

10:00 AM

Screen Time! (5/8)

7:00 PM

ERUPCJA

1:00 PM

THE JOURNEY Parts 9-12

3:00 PM

THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS Ep. 3, 4 & 5

6:30 PM

What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?

7:30 PM

Django Unchained

11:59 PM

Blow Me!

7:00 PM

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

8:00 PM

RZA’s One Spoon of Chocolate

Drunken Master

8:00 PM

Police Story

11:59 PM