African Video Club presents MIRROR MIRROR VOL. 5, an ongoing screening series dedicated to filmmakers across the diaspora.

Join us for a special screening of *My Father's Shadow*, the debut feature from director Akinola Davies Jr. and the UK's submission for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.

Set on the day June 12th, 1993 during Nigeria's first presidential election following years of military rule, the film follows two young brothers as they spend the day with their estranged father, moving through Lagos amid a country on the cusp of political change.

An evening of film and good company.

MIRROR MIRROR VOL. 5: My Father's Shadow

2220 Arts + Archives

Grave of the Fireflies

Clash by Night with Don’t Bother to Knock

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English, Greek, Romanian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Kurdish with English subtitles.*

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

FORMAT: 35mm

COUNTRY: Greece

Rare 35mm collection print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive

ULYSSES' GAZE

Aero Theatre

Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story with Q&A with director Adam J. Wilde hosted by Chris Van Vliet

Synopsis: Slowburn Shoot is a feature length Documentary that takes an unvarnished look at the world of independent wrestling through the lens of Absolute Intense Wrestling. Rising stars and aging vets alike all pass through scrappy regional leagues like AIW. For some, it’s their only paycheck. For others, it’s their last chance. Slowburn Shoot also chronicles the trials and tribulations of founder John Thorne and his beloved co-owner “Chandler Biggins”. The story is told by some of the biggest names in professional wrestling today. They tell their own tales while revealing the tragedy and the ultimate triumph that is Absolute Intense Wrestling.

Slowburn Shoot with Q&A with director Adam J. Wilde hosted by Chris Van Vliet

Brain Dead Studios

Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 150,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.

LACMA members are invited to join FILM at LACMA for a special screening of *Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat*, followed by a conversation with creator and executive producer Lee Eisenberg, executive producer Todd Schulman, executive producer Nicholas Hatton, director and executive producer Jake Szymanski, and hero and non-actor Anthony Norman, moderated by Sean Evans.

*Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat* is a documentary-style comedy that captures a corporate offsite event at a family-owned hot sauce company from the perspective of Anthony, a recently hired temporary worker. Unbeknownst to Anthony, the entire experience is staged, every colleague around him is performing a role, and each moment—whether in conference rooms or during downtime—has been meticulously orchestrated. As the founder prepares to step down, the getaway transforms into a clash between big corporate ambitions and small business values, with control of the company hanging in the balance.

Watch the [official trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4q_0DtugOA)

You will receive a link to view the episodes on the event date.

**This screening is hosted by Slipstream, a LACMA-approved third-party screening platform. If you have not previously registered with Slipstream, you will be asked to provide a valid email address and set a password to create an account.**

Emmy Award®-Contender Series—Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat and Post-Screening Conversation

LACMA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most—each other.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: Australia

Introduction by filmmaker Adrian Chiarella and actors Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen Advance Screening Popcorn and soda courtesy of NEON

LEVITICUS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Firebrand auteur Nagisa Ōshima offers a devastating vision of moral rot within postwar Japanese society in the form of a hauntingly sad family tragedy. Inspired by a scandalous true story, BOY follows ten-year-old Toshio (Tetsuo Abe, an orphan whose real life mirrored the tumultuous upbringing of his character) whose grifter parents use him as a pawn in a scheme to stage car accidents and then extort money from the drivers. As the family crisscrosses Japan in an increasingly desperate attempt to elude the law, Toshio escapes into an imaginary world of science fiction fantasy and space aliens that he dreams will deliver him from his harrowing existence. Applying the blistering stylistic experimentation of his earlier Japanese New Wave touchstones with newfound restraint, Ōshima adopts a relatively sober docudrama approach that proves no less shocking and subversive in its emotionally annihilating portrait of a stolen childhood.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

Los Feliz Theatre

Days of Heaven / The Wild Child

New Beverly Cinema

Mezzanine and Now Instant present the Los Angeles premiere of the restoration of *Rosa de Areia* by the singular Portuguese husband-and-wife team António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro, a poet and a psychiatrist whose beautiful collaborations were a major influence on their contemporaries, including Manoel de Oliveira and their student Pedro Costa.

“Largely unknown outside Portugal, filmmakers António Reis (1927-1991) and Margarida Cordeiro (b. 1939) are legendary figures in their native country. Reis was a poet, a folklorist, and an ethnographer; Cordeiro, a psychiatrist by trade. Across the four films they made together, the duo forged a cinema of profound commitment, deeply rooted in the language, labors, myths, dreams, and material realities of a land and a people: namely, the peasants of Trás-os-Montes in Portugal’s remote Northeast. With one foot firmly anchored in the earth and the other in the cosmos, Reis and Cordeiro conjure up the deep, cyclical time of folk tradition. Their films are a collision of the forces of documentary and poetry, fact and fabulation, the ancient and the avant-garde, a vertigo of contradictions at once harmonious and sharply unreconciled. Employing simple and direct means, their work is all the more mystical for being so concrete. ‘Here and nowhere else. Here and anywhere else’—this is the paradoxical space-time of their films, in the words of Serge Daney.

Rosa de Areia

Now Instant Image Hall

**Screenwriters**: Carole Eastman,  Bob Rafelson

**Producers**: Richard Wechsler,  Bob Rafelson

Join us as we embark on a road trip with legends Jack Nicholson and Karen Black in Bob Rafelson&#8217;s iconic drama. Following Jack Nicholson’s breakout supporting turn in *Easy Rider, *director Bob Rafelson devised a powerful leading role for the new star in the searing character study *Five Easy Pieces. *Nicholson plays the now iconic cad BobbyDupea, a shiftless thirtysomething oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of responsibility, who returns to his upper-middle-class childhood home, blue-collar girlfriend (Karen Black, in an Oscar-nominated role) in tow, to see his estranged, ailing father. Moving in its simplicity and gritty in its textures, *Five Easy Pieces *is a lasting example of early-1970s American alienation and was nominated for four Oscars and five Golden Globes.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We love Karen Black, and we&#8217;ve got you covered to fall down her physical media rabbit hole!

*Day of the Locust, Trilogy of Terror, Rubin and Ed*

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

Five Easy Pieces

Vidiots

Disclosure Day (70mm)

Deadly China Doll

Vista Theatre

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Monkey Business in 4K

Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cut with Michael Mann

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/UK

Ultra rare screening! Last screened in L.A. in 1998 ‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’

BATMAN in 70mm

**NEW DATE:** Friday Jun 12

“After the Revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?” asked artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles in 1977. With that provocation, she shattered the divide between art and everyday labor, becoming the first artist in residence at New York City’s Department of Sanitation. Her collaborations with municipal workers injected art directly into the city’s bloodstream and redefined what creative practice could be. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp, Ukuleles pioneered the radical idea that routine maintenance—from changing diapers to picking up city trash to caring for the earth—could be acts of performance art.

Join us for a screening of *MAINTENANCE ARTIST*, the first feature documentary to explore this revolutionary public artist’s career. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, the film traces a half-century of social and artistic upheaval through the lens of essential labor and public art. *MAINTENANCE ARTIST* celebrates Ukeles’s call for a “Maintenance Revolution,” honoring the workers who keep our world running and the artist who insisted that their labor deserves to be seen.

The screening will be introduced by multimedia artist Debra Scacco, the first civic-appointed artist in residence in the City of Santa Monica’s Water and Waste divisions (2023–25). 

DIRECTED BY: Toby Perl Freilich; PRODUCED BY: Toby Perl Freilich & Judith Mizrachy; EDITED BY: Anne Alvergue. 95 minutes, 2025.

This program is part of the [Art on Screen][1] series, which celebrates moving-image media and its intersection with art and art histories. The event is inspired by the Getty Research Institute’s collections of [feminist performance artists’ archives][2].

The conversation will be available on the [Getty Research Institute YouTube channel][3] following the event.

Visit the Getty Research Institute's [Exhibitions and Events page][4] for more free programs.


  [1]: https://www.getty.edu/whats-on/art-on-screen/
  [2]: https://www.getty.edu/projects/study_of_performance_woman_artists_archives/
  [3]: https://www.youtube.com/c/gettyresearch
  [4]: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/

Screening: *MAINTENANCE ARTIST*

Getty Center

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*Farhang Short Film Festival 3rd prize winner*

A Kurdish city in western Iran, Sardasht was the target of a chemical weapons attack in 1987. Director Pejman Alipour captures the moment the city’s peaceful calm was shattered in this powerful, watercolor-style animated short. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Pejman Alipour. 

Tajikistan's submission to the Oscars for Best International Feature Film, *Black Rabbit, White Rabbit* finds writer-director Shahram Mokri working at the top of his cinematic game. On a film set for the remake of a classic Iranian film, the crew’s armorer worries that a prop gun may not be what it seems and a mysterious young woman arrives to demand an audition. Meanwhile, at a well-appointed villa, a woman recovering from a car accident discovers she may be the target of a murder plot. In Mokri’s inimitable style, long camera takes and elliptical editing blur time and space, visions and reality, history and fiction. 

DCP. Director: Shahram Mokri. Screenwriters: Shahram Mokri, Nasim Ahmadpour. With: Babak Karimi, Hasti Mohammaï, Kibriyo Dilyobova.

Black Rabbit, White Rabbit

Hammer Museum

Featuring Chris Allison, Elizabeth Chee, Julia Mata, Wynton Redmond, Kenzie Bugg, Chris Cornwell, Abby Jo Turner, and Isa Hanssen

Comics O&#x27;Clock is a comics reading featuring live readings by local cartoonists hosted by Mikey Heller. This event will be pay what you want, with donations going to Heavy Manners Library.

Featuring:

Mariah-Rose Marie ([https://www.instagram.com/mariahrosemariee/](https://www.instagram.com/mariahrosemariee/))

Mon Nguyen-Vo ([https://www.instagram.com/monwinvo/](https://www.instagram.com/monwinvo/))

Tommy Attwood ([https://www.instagram.com/spiritualcardboard/](https://www.instagram.com/spiritualcardboard/))

Janelle Feng ([https://www.instagram.com/smileyfaceorg/](https://www.instagram.com/smileyfaceorg/))

Patrick Harpin ([https://www.instagram.com/patrickharpin/](https://www.instagram.com/patrickharpin/))

Emily Clouse ([https://www.instagram.com/emilyfclouse/](https://www.instagram.com/emilyfclouse/))

Eric Kubli ([https://www.instagram.com/ekubli/](https://www.instagram.com/ekubli/))

Chalky Wong ([https://www.instagram.com/pbchalky/](https://www.instagram.com/pbchalky/))

Comics O'Clock: A Comic Reading (6/12)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An older man (Lionel Atwill) warns a younger man (Cesar Romero) about a temptress (Marlene Dietrich) in 19th-century Spain.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $7.20 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Spider (Ralph Fiennes) is in a constant struggle to overcome a traumatic event early in his life. He has been allowed a second chance at life after a long stay in a mental institution and returns to the streets where he grew up; sent to a halfway house under the stern but unsupervised watch of Mrs. Wilkenson (Lynn Redgrave). The sights, sounds and smells of revisiting the familiar streets of his old neighborhood send Spider further down a shadowy path that reawakens memories of his where his mother (Miranda Richardson) and his father (Gabriel Byrne) raised him. He soon begins to uncover the real truth shifting seamlessly back and forth between the tragic events that polarized a boy’s adolescence to the shell of a man enduring the surreal plausible reality of today.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics

COUNTRY: Canada/UK

SPIDER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Inspired by her love of William Faulkner and James Baldwin, renowned director Chantal Akerman had planned to produce a meditation on the American South. However, just days before she was to begin filming, James Byrd, Jr. was murdered in Jasper, Texas. This racially motivated killing shook the country, and revealed the intense hate that still lies just beneath the surface of our society. Instead of following the story in a typical American media fashion, Akerman allows the story to slowly unfold on its own. Long, panning shots set the stage, creating the world of Jasper. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Icarus Films

COUNTRY: Belgium/Finland/France

‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

SOUTH

The Third Man

Inglourious Basterds

Iconic comedian **Paula Poundstone** is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. She regularly plays theaters across the country, hosts a weekly comedy podcast, _Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone_, and is a regular panelist on NPR’s _Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me_. She also voiced the character ‘Forgetter Paula’ in the feature films _Inside Out_ and _Inside Out 2._

  

Paula has starred in several HBO specials, including _Cats, Cops and Stuff_, which nabbed a cable ACE award for Best Comedy Special. She was the first female comic to host the White House Correspondents Dinner.  Paula has starred in two television series, both entitled _The Paula Poundstone Show_. Paula’s second book, _The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness_, was one of eight semi-finalists for the Thurber Prize For American Humor; the audiobook was one of five finalists for the AUDIE award for Audiobook of the Year. P

  

  

  

  

  

  

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PAULA POUNDSTONE

The Wallis

**Screenwriters: **Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook

**Producers:** Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim

You’re not going to want to miss this lurid, labyrinthine thriller, full of shifting alliances, shocking plot twists, and diabolical villains. In 1930s Korea, while the country is occupied by Japan, a con man posing as an aristocrat (Ha Jung-woo) hatches a plot to rob a Japanese heiress named Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee). A female pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri) gets roped into the plan by acting as a maid in Hideko’s household, but can she trust either the con artist who’s using her or the heiress she might be falling in love with? Probably not, but you’ll just have to watch this movie yourself and see how its twisty plot keeps you guessing all the way to a stunning ending.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home all of Park Chan-wook&#8217;s dark masterpieces from his director&#8217;s section

*Oldboy, Thirst, Lady Vengeance*

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

The Handmaiden

**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

**Screenwriters**: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris

**Producers**: Doug Mitchell, George Miller, P.J. Voeten

One of the best films of 2015 and winner of six Academy Awards, George Miller’s reboot of the *Mad Max* series is as thrillingly imaginative as the previous installments. This time around, Tom Hardy’s Max is along for the ride as Charlize Theron’s badass Imperator Furiosa flees the forces of a brutish warlord through a primitive, post-apocalyptic desert wasteland. Taking the form of an epic, breathlessly inventive chase sequence, *Mad Max**: Fury Road* is a nigh-operatic spectacle of anarchic action and vehicular carnage that never takes its foot off the gas!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more bad-ass Aussie adventures? Head down under with these deep cuts!

*Dead End Drive-In, Razorback, Stone*

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

Mad Max: Fury Road

**Screenwriters**: Ewan Leslie,  Karen McCullah,  Kirsten Smith

**Producers**: Lauren Shuler Donner,  Ewan Leslie

*I can do this. I am a dude. I am a hunky dude! I&#8217;m a badass hunky dude! *From the Golden Era of teen Shakespearean adaptations, Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum star in this gender-bending modernization of The Bard&#8217;s *Twelfth Night*. Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola&#8217;s twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus. Who needs the World cup when you&#8217;ve got Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum falling in love in drag on the soccer field?!?

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got a huge Shakespeare section with all the classics AND the best 1990s and 2000s adaptations!

*10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo + Juliet, O*

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

She’s the Man

**Screenwriters**: Ícaro Martins, José Antonio Garcia

Get your kicks in the microcinema with the coolest queer punk Brazilian soccer sex romp you&#8217;ve never seen! São Paulo, 1983: Women’s soccer has just been legalized in Brazil. A group of rebellious young women form the Gayvotas Football Club and begin training for their first match. But as the team quickly becomes a media sensation, its members are forced to confront the prejudices of the conservative military dictatorship that they live under.

Banned shortly after its premiere at the 1983 São Paulo International Film Festival and never released outside of Brazil until now, Ícaro Martins and José Antonio Garcia’s *Onda Nova: Gayvotas Football Club* is a defiantly queer and gleefully anarchic sex comedy that still packs a subversive punch (or kick?) all these years later. Join us to rediscover your new favorite swingin&#8217; raunchy rockin&#8217; sports movie!

Onda Nova

Southern Comfort

Phantom Thread in 70mm

Summertime in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele reinvents the summer blockbuster with an epic sci-fi pop nightmare that will have you never looking at clouds the same way ever again.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

NOPE in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who experiences a close encounter of the first kind – witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. Meanwhile, government agents have close encounters of the second kind – discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in an unusual place. Roy and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind – contact.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

‘Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2026’ The American Cinematheque’s personal newly struck 70mm print of Director’s Cut!

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND in 70mm

The French language production of Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice&#8217;s united mob.

Dick Tracy

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*Farhang Short Film Festival 1st prize winner*

After ill-conceived irrigation projects and drought rendered Lake Hāmūn on the Iran-Afghanistan border a dust bowl, hundreds of villagers migrated away, except for an old woman whose solitary routine of gathering up dead fish is the subject of this quietly compelling documentary.

DCP. Directors/Screenwriters: Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard.

After the powerhouse family drama *Leila’s Brothers* (2023 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema) led to a jail sentence in Iran, writer-director Saeed Roustaee returned to Cannes last year with this more diffuse but still devastating story about a woman seemingly under siege from all sides. Parinaz Izadyar stars as Mahnaz, a nurse and widow with two children, including a rebellious teenage son, looking forward to starting over with new partner Hamid (Payman Maadi) until a sudden tragedy and a shocking betrayal sets Mahnaz on a desperate course of revenge against the school system, the courts and her own family. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Saeed Roustaee. With: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi, Soha Niasti.

Woman and Child

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**DEKALOG: THREE, 1988, Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 58 Mins, Janus Films, Poland**

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when their affair was discovered three years ago, and with the value of their present lives.

FORMAT: DCP

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

*In Polish with English subtitles.*

A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

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

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

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

DEKALOG: THREE & FOUR

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague–inspired energy, Bo Widerberg’s feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism’s call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker (Inger Taube) finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships with two very different men, and leaves behind the only home she has ever known. Abetted by fellow filmmaker Jan Troell’s coolly beautiful monochrome cinematography, Widerberg takes a bold first step in his mission to create a cinema that is both engaged and engaging.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

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

THE BABY CARRIAGE

Lilo & Stitch

That Certain Thing  / So This Is Love?

**Screenwriters**: Jim Thomas, John Thomas

**Producers**: Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, John Davis

In celebration of an epic weekend with the Hollywood legend **Bill Duke**, he and actor **Richard Chaves **will be joining us for a for a special screening of one of the best action-sci-fi films of all time &#8211;  ***Predator***!

*If it bleeds, we can kill it!* Join the ultimate team of bad-asses in the jungles of Central America as they face off against an unseen warrior from another universe and dimension. Kick-ass fun from start to finish, this action-sci fi classic has the unique distinction of having two of the stars going on to the governor&#8217;s mansions of California and Minnesota. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to watch it the way it was meant to be seen &#8211; on the big screen, booming through our speakers and in the presence of the legend Bill Duke!

And don&#8217;t miss more fun with Bill Duke on Friday, June 19th when we screen Duke&#8217;s sizzling neo-noir [*Deep Cover*](https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/deep-cover/)!

**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: Predator on 35mm

**Screenwriter:** Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon from the short story by Stephen King

**Producers: **Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Andrew Scheinman

Bring your gang for Rob Reiner&#8217;s beloved tale of friendship adapted from the short story by Stephen King. In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends — sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O&#8217;Connell) — are in search of a missing teenager&#8217;s body. Wanting to be heroes in each other&#8217;s and their hometown&#8217;s eyes, they set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. They sneak smokes, tell tall tales, cuss &#8217;cause it&#8217;s cool, and band together when the going gets tough. When they encounter the town&#8217;s knife-wielding hoods who are also after the body, the boys discover a strength they never knew they had. One of the most enduring childhood films of the 1980s, this classic never gets old!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more classics from our beloved Rob Reiner tonight!

*Misery, The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap*

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

Stand by Me

**Screenwriter**: Aleshea Harris

**Producers**: Tessa Thompson,  Kishori Rajan,  Riva Marker,  Janicza Bravo,  Aleshea Harris

Summer is just getting started and we&#8217;ve got one hell of a roadtrip planned for you with Aleshea Harris&#8217; miraculous debut feature &#8211; a vengeance film so incendiary and kick-ass, we had to bring it back for more! In *Is God Is*, two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that will push them to extraordinary lengths. The film is Aleshea Harris’ directorial debut and is based on Harris’ adaptation of her award-winning play of the same name.

Is God Is

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SECRET LUCIO FULCI MOVIE

WHAMMY!

Pom Poko

Crash in 4K

Join us for a screening of four documentary short films about Fugees, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Captain Beefheart, and William Onyeabor.

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*Fugees: The Score,*** **1996 (29m)**

***There is No Modern Romance,*** **2003 (28m)**

***The Artist Formally Known as Captain Beefheart, 1997*** **(49m)**

***Fantastic Man,*** **2014 (31m)**

Fugees, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Captain Beefheart, William Onyeabor Doc Screening

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Joel grew up in the church but has recently started questioning his beliefs. After sensing a supernatural presence from his deceased father, Joel becomes compelled to visit his cousin in New York. But shortly after arriving, they become embroiled in a series of mysterious homicides of local men, all of whom were last seen in the company of a mysterious and beautiful woman. Beautifully photographed by Ernest Dickerson (DO THE RIGHT THING) and starring Kadeem Hardison (I’M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA) and Samuel L. Jackson (PULP FICTION), this sole directorial effort from child actor James Bond III is a macabre, neon-tinged portrait of late 1980s Brooklyn. The movie blends supernatural horror and religious mysticism, punctuated by an electrifying hip hop and R&B soundtrack. 

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by strategist and cultural commentator Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents DEF BY TEMPTATION

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

A film director has problems coping with his wife and marriage. The daughter is their only connecting link. He is looking for love and sex elsewhere. A married woman becomes his new partner for a while.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTIRBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

LOVE 65

Scream Bloody Murder / Deranged

**Screenwriters**: Akira Fushimi, Geibei Ibushiya, Yasujirō Ozu

One of Ozu&#8217;s most popular films, *I Was Born, But . . .* is a blithe portrait of the financial and psychological toils of one family, as told from the rascally point of view of a couple of stubborn little boys. For two brothers, the daily struggles of bullies and mean teachers is nothing next to the mortification they feel when they realize their good-natured father’s low-rung social status. Reworked decades later as Ozu&#8217;s Technicolor comedy *Good Morning*, it&#8217;s a poignant evocation of the tumult of childhood, as well as a showcase for Ozu&#8217;s expertly timed comedy editing.

**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.

I Was Born, But…

**Screenwriters**: Lizzie Borden,  Sandra Kay

**Producers**: Lizzie Borden, Andi Gladstone

One of the unsexiest films about sex workers ever, Lizzie Borden&#8217;s sophomore feature is a frank and funny portrait of the ladies of the night and a non-glamorized view of their work and their world. Sex work is portrayed with radical nonjudgment in Lizzie Borden’s immersive, richly detailed look at the rhythms and rituals of society’s most stigmatized profession. Inspired by the experiences of the sex workers Borden met while making her underground feminist landmark *Born in Flames, Working Girls* reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (Louise Smith), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances nurturing relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam, and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred. In viewing prostitution through the lens of labor, Borden boldly desensationalizes the subject, offering an empathetic, humanizing, often humorous depiction of women for whom this work is just another day at the office.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for more entertaining and humanistic portraits of sex workers?

*Love & Anarchy, Angel, Streetwalkin’*

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

Working Girls

Rotations presents Caroline Golum's *Revelations of Divine Love*. Post-screening Q+A with director in person!

See trailer at the Rotations website: https://rotations-la.net/screenings/comingsoon

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An irreverent biopic vividly realized through fantastic psychedelia and handmade sets with an ever-topical feminist approach, *Revelations of Divine Love* is inspired by and adapted from the memoir of 14th-century mystic and philosopher Julian of Norwich and an account of religious ecstasy, plague, and revolt considered to be the first book to be authored by a woman in English.

The film envisions the life of Julian in the lead up to her anchorage—through her illness and the onset of her godly visions—and follows her through the years as she indulges in her desire to write and becomes a revered and holy figure to those in her town and beyond the city walls.

Rotations: Caroline Golum's Revelations of Divine Love

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

Call for help.

FORMAT: DCP

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

…brings back some memories.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

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

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

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Parts 3 & 4

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Danish with English subtitles.*

*“In October 1975, I was invited by Stig Björkman, a Swedish filmmaker in charge of production for the Danish Film Institute, to begin research on a feature film which was to be funded chiefly by the Institute, and two private producers, Steen Herdel and Ebbe Preisler. Together with Danish director/writer Poul Martinsen and journalist Carsten Clante, we co-wrote the script of what became EVENING LAND. Like most of my other films, this one involved extensive research, a brief outline, and almost no written dialogue. I began filming in March 1976 – with a cast of 192 non-professional actors, and Joan Churchill (PUNISHMENT PARK) as cinematographer. EVENING LAND depicts ‘fictional’ events in Europe at that time – beginning with a strike at a shipyard in Copenhagen over the building of four submarines for the French navy: not only because the financially troubled management has proposed a wage freeze to secure the contract, but because it is discovered that the vessels can be fitted with nuclear missiles. At the same time, a summit meeting of European Common Market ministers takes place in Copenhagen, and a group of radical demonstrators kidnap the Danish EEC Minister in protest against the production of nuclear submarines in Denmark, and in support of the strikers’ demands. The Danish police not only brutally attack a demonstration by the strikers, they also locate and rescue the kidnapped minister, and capture or kill the ‘terrorists.'” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: Denmark

50th Anniversary ‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

EVENING LAND

The Stone Killer / Newman’s Law

**Screenwriter**: Alan Jay Lerner

**Producer**: Arthur Freed

Put on your dancing shoes and join us for Vincente Minnelli&#8217;s infectiously joyous and exuberant musical with some of the most eye-popping musical numbers ever staged with dance icons Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who&#8217;s a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art. A gorgeous Technicolor confection of music, dance, and romance, this slice of movie magic never loses its step! Screened on a beautiful IB Technicolor 16mm print from the generously donated James Hollander collection.

**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.

An American in Paris on 16mm

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Los Angeles Filmforum, Black Revivalist, and CaribbeanLens Film Festival are proud to present a double feature of films by French-Martinican playwright and filmmaker Julius-Amédée Laou. We’ll be screening Laou’s 2002 film *French Wedding, Caribbean Style* along with his 1987 film *The Old Sorceress and the Valet*. Both films will feature a pre-recorded introduction by the filmmaker!

Full info: http://www.lafilmforum.org

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In *French Wedding, Caribbean Style*, a supposedly joyful interracial wedding descends into chaos when long-buried prejudices and family secrets rise to the surface. Shot on self-reflexive MiniDV by the bride’s cocky younger brother, what begins as a lighthearted summer affair turns nightmarish as scandal threatens to destroy the unlikely couple’s big day.

The *Old Sorceress and the Valet* follows Eugénie and Armand, an elderly couple who have lived in Paris since 1921 as part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugénie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker’s Black Revue, has become a professional quimboiseuse, practising black magic for a white clientele. Armand, who had been a servant, is retired. Now, they are both old and bitter, still quarreling with each other. One day, they set out arm-in-arm for one last walk through the metropolis, confronting their past, their stifled dreams, and long-kept secrets.

Julius-Amédée Laou, born on February 9th, 1950, is a distinguished filmmaker, playwright, theatre director, and writer. Hailing from Paris with Martinican roots, Laou made his mark with the short films *Open Mic Solitaire* and *Mist Melodies in Paris*. He later expanded his cinematic vision with two notable feature films: *The Old Sorceress and the Valet* (1987) and *French Wedding, Caribbean Style* (2002).

A compelling voice representing the Caribbean diaspora, Laou masterfully blends sharp-witted comedy to unveil the stark contrasts of a Black individual's experience in France. His films, imbued with fervent outrage, range from the fiery and thought-provoking to the tranquil and comical.

Program curated by Camm Harrison. Flier by Jay Curry.

Thanks to Julius-Amédée Laou, Guillaume Launay of TALITHA, and Steve Macfarlane for their support in making this event possible.

A Night of Films by Julius-Amédée Laou

Notorious with Guillermo del Toro

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Fading TV star, Rick Dalton, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his best friend and stunt double, played by Brad Pitt, struggle to find work in the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age Los Angeles. As they navigate an industry they hardly recognize, Rick dreams of befriending neighbors Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski in hopes they can revive his career, while Booth encounters the hippies of Spahn Ranch.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: USA

ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD in 70mm

Antenna Releasing and Pure Cinema Podcast present “Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Wednesdays” at Braindead Studios, a collaboration between the newest indie distributor on the block and the official podcast of Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema – invading the coolest spot to see underground movies on the West Side. Next up: the West Coast Premiere of the restoration of Takashi Miike&#8217;s long sought after 2001 classic, *Visitor Q*.

Join Pure Cinema hosts Elric Kane and Brian Saur as they present this newly restored work from the acclaimed master behind classics like *Audition* and *Ichi the Killer*, among others.

A deeply dysfunctional family is pushed to the brink when a mysterious stranger enters their home, unleashing long-suppressed tensions and laying bare their most disturbing taboos. His silent presence sets off a series of shocking transformations, compelling each member to confront their darkest impulses.

Blending pitch-black humour with razor-sharp social commentary, *Visitor Q* fearlessly explores subjects such as incest, necrophilia, and bullying, laying bare the absurdity, cruelty, and unexpected resilience of modern family life. Shot in just five days on raw MiniDV, it stands as one of Takashi Miike’s most audacious and unforgettable films.

Visitor Q

**12PM**
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Qatar

Switzerland vs. Canada

**3PM**
Scotland vs. Brazil

Morocco vs. Haiti

**6PM**
Czechia vs. Mexico

South Korea vs. South Africa

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

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

**11AM** Doors open
**12PM** Kickoff

[Let us know you're coming!](https://rsvp.zkipster.com/_meek71)

World Cup Watch Party

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“The Web,” 1956, Dir. Peter Watkins, 20 Mins, UK**

A reconstruction of the Allied landing in occupied France during the Second World War.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE GLADIATORS, 1968, Dir. Peter Watkins, 105 Mins, Sweden**

*In English, Cantonese, French, German and Swedish with English subtitles.*

*“The growing professional isolation which followed the banning of THE WAR GAME, as well as the vicious critical attacks on PRIVILEGE made me rather inclined to leave the UK. I was finally able to do so, and began what became permanent exile from my own country, when I was approached by Sandrews in Stockholm. Sandrews was a major cinema distributor and at that time a production company (they were producing two films by Susan Sontag); they had just premiered THE WAR GAME in Stockholm, and offered to produce any film I chose to make. Nicholas Gosling, a young writer, joined me in developing a script for what became my second feature film. THE GLADIATORS is a bleak satire set in the near future, in which the major powers of the world, East and West, aligned and non-aligned, recognize the possibility of a major world war within our lifetime, and try to forestall it by channeling man’s aggressive instincts in a more controllable manner. They do this by forming an International Commission along the lines of the United Nations, dedicated to fighting a series of contests between teams of selected soldiers from each country. These competitions, which can be fought to the death, are called ‘Peace Games’, and are broadcast on global television via satellite – complete with sponsors and commercials. The film follows Game 256, which is being ‘played’ in the International Peace Game Centre near Stockholm, under the controlling eye of a highly sophisticated computer, hired out to the International Commission by the (neutral) Swedish Army. The international group of officers watching Game 256 decide to eliminate a man and a woman from opposing teams who reach out to each other, because they decide that such forms of communication would be the gravest threat of all to the stability of the existing world-system.” – Peter Watkins*

FORMAT: DCP

‘Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

"The Web" / THE GLADIATORS

**Screenwriter**: Richard Kelly

**Producer**: Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Adam Fields

*I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to. *Lose track of time and your mind with this twisted fantasy of anarchic rabbits, vortexes, time-travel, and adolescent angst. After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, Donnie is haunted by a giant rabbit that urges him towards chaos and violence as the end of the world approaches and strange occurrences run rampant. With a slow start at the box office, but a dedicated fanbase that continued to grow, *Donnie Darko* is truly the first cult classic of the century.

**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.

Donnie Darko

Death Valley

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

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

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

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

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

Lightstruck: Jordan Belson – Knowledge Beyond Words (I)

Shadow of a Doubt with Guillermo del Toro

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

Talk to Her

**1PM**
Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast

Ecuador vs. Germany

**4PM**
Japan vs. Sweden 

Tunisia vs. Netherlands

**7PM**
USA vs. Türkiye

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweet 16mm: Revolutionary Queer Cinema

But I'm a Cheerleader

North by Northwest with Guillermo del Toro

There's No Business Like Show Business

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

BOOGIE NIGHTS in 70mm

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

Situations

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

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

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

Princess Mononoke (Japanese with English subtitles)

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

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

ASCO: Without Permission

**Screenwriters**: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

**Producer**: Joel Silver

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

The Matrix

**Screenwriter**: Avalon Fast

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

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

Camp

**Producer**: Godfrey Reggio

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Proteus, Decasia, Sans Soleil*

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

Koyaanisqatsi

**Screenwriter**: Ryuya Suzuki

**Producer**: Kenji Iwaisawa

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

Jinsei

Race with The Devil

The Goonies in 4K

The Prince and the Showgirl in 35mm with Bus Stop

I Confess in 35mm with Guillermo del Toro

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

The evil leaders of Planet Spaceball, having foolishly squandered their precious atmosphere, devise a secret plan to take every breath of air away from their peace-loving neighbour, Planet Druidia. They send the evil Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa on the day of her wedding, in the hope of holding Druidia to ransom. But the princess skips town and joins forces with a mercenary named Lone Starr and his sidekick, Barf.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

SPACEBALLS in 70mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When a nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is nominated for 13 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER in 70mm

**THE SECRET LIVES OF BILL BARTELL + BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY**

A double feature celebrating two essential figures of Los Angeles underground music culture.

Each film will be followed by a Q&A featuring the filmmakers, cast and crew.

### THE SECRET LIVES OF BILL BARTELL

*Director:* David Markey

*Cast:* Allison Anders, Fat Mike, & Thurston Moore

*Run Time:* 101 mins

[*Trailer*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVOt09XR1JM)

*Format:* DCP

*Release Year:* 2025

BILL BARTELL is not famous but those who knew him think he should be.

Bill was a musician, band manager, record label owner, police officer, rodeo bull rider, an attention-seeking recluse, and the ultimate fan-boy. He led an exceedingly compartmentalized life, keeping a tight lid on his background, his occupations, relationships and sexuality, hiding the jarring conflicts. The whole of his life was an enigma and maintaining it took a toll. Many of those who knew him during his 52 years of life were kept in the dark of his doings. No one knew &#8211; and still no one knows &#8211; the whole of his life.

### BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY

*Director:* Andrew Reich

*Cast:* Jeffrey McDonald, Steve McDonald

*Run Time:* 87 mins

[*Trailer*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcwDoLuo1QU)

*Format:* DCP

*Release Year:* 2024

Born Innocent makes the case for Redd Kross as the seminal West Coast band of the last half century. Formed in 1978 by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald, and still actively playing and recording today, Redd Kross are the ultimate rock and roll lifers. They have influenced independent music in ways that beg to be acknowledged. From inventing Beach Punk to influencing the Grunge and Hair Metal movements, Redd Kross have maintained the highest level of musical integrity, originality and quality for over forty years. They are the underappreciated link between countless threads of Los Angeles rock. The band that connects Black Flag to The Partridge Family, The Runaways to The Cowsills Seeds, The Go-Go’s to The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Born Innocent will introduce a wider audience to two of the coolest people alive. The McDonald Brothers embody Southern California, rock and roll, and what it means to be an artist.

THE SECRET LIVES OF BILL BARTELL + BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY

Premiering on June 27, 1966, on ABC-TV, *Dark Shadows *(1966–71) represented an outré experiment in daytime television that became an unexpected breakout hit and evergreen cult classic. Created by horror-maestro Dan Curtis (*The Night Stalker*, *Trilogy of Terror*), the innovative soap opera, which initially struggled in the ratings, expanded greatly in popularity in its second year with the addition of a 175-year-old charismatic vampire character named Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). As the eerily atmospheric series evolved to fuse gothic supernatural elements and romance into complex storylines, it developed a passionate youth following and became a pop culture phenomenon. In the process, the videotaped series earned the distinction of being the first soap to spawn a theatrical motion picture spin-off, *House of Dark Shadows* (1970), and several additional feature films and reboots. The beloved original series ran for over 1,200 episodes before its abrupt cancellation in 1971. In the ensuing decades, the aura surrounding* Dark Shadows *has only intensified, with the influential program enjoying nearly constant reruns in syndication, luring an influx of new viewers into the mysterious, shadow-drenched world of the wealthy Collins family of fictional Collinsport, Maine. 

Join us for a celebration of* Dark Shadows*, exactly 60 years to the day of its premiere, including the debut episode and rare archival footage. Before the screening, historian Jim Pierson will sign copies of *Dark Shadows Noir: Classic Black and White Photography from the Dan Curtis Productions Archive. *Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with *Dark Shadows *star, actor David Selby, and Jim Pierson. 

*Programmed and note written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.***
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***Special thanks to our community partner: [Women In Media](https://womennmedia.com/)**
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The series debut introduces central protagonist, young Victoria “Vicki” Winters (Alexandra Moltke), as she arrives to begin her new life as a governess for the secretive (and cursed) Collins family. Directed by television pioneer Lela Swift, who would helm over 500 episodes of *Dark Shadows*. With original commercials. 

ABC. Production: Dan Curtis Productions. Executive Producer: Dan Curtis. Director: Lela Swift. Writer: Art Wallace. With: Joan Bennett, Mitchell Ryan, Louis Edmonds. 

Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) regains her true identity and plots a desperate escape from being eternally bound to her captor, vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). 

ABC. Production: Dan Curtis Productions. Executive Producer: Dan Curtis. Director: Lela Swift. Writer: Joe Caldwell. With: Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Karlen.

Carl (John Karlen) and his brother Quentin Collins (David Selby) are caught in a deadly confrontation between vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) and a crucifix-wielding preacher (Jerry Lacy). 

ABC. Production: Dan Curtis Productions. Executive Producer: Dan Curtis. Director: Henry Kaplan. Writer: Sam Hall. With: Jonathan Frid, David Selby, John Karlen.

60th Anniversary Screening: ABC-TV’s Dark Shadows

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Each knows the other isn’t happy, they themselves aren’t happy, but they don’t talk about their problems with each other, each festering in their unhappiness largely so that they will not show especially to their three boarders their problems.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

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

WIFE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Swedish with English subtitles.*

One of Bo Widerberg’s most explicitly political works imbues the true story of a 1931 labor strike with a powerful contemporary resonance. In the industrial district of Ådalen, in the north of Sweden, a peaceful demonstration takes a tragic turn, leading to a historic general strike. Amid these events, the teenage Kjell (Peter Schildt) experiences sacrifice and strife, love and loss and the consequences of this shocking violence. Working once again with ELVIRA MADIGAN cinematographer Jörgen Persson—who captures shimmering, light-filled images in graceful widescreen—Widerberg entwines a stirring portrait of resistance with an intimate coming-of-age journey for a vision of history that feels vibrantly, urgently alive.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Sweden

ÅDALEN 31

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Harvey Keitel and Madonna star in this captivating and controversial story about a filmmaker whose brutal honesty in portraying an abusive marriage begins to seep off of the set and into real life. As “Mother of Mirrors” director Eddie Israel (Keitel) digs deeper into the private lives of the cast, his own secrets threaten to ruin his career and relationship with wife Madelyn (Nancy Ferrara).

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA/Italy

‘Watch Local: Sex, Lies and… Fame at the Chateau Marmont’

DANGEROUS GAME

Silverado

The Passenger

Exorcist II: The Heretic

**Screenwriter**: Brad Bird

**Producers**: John Lasseter, John Walker

It&#8217;s time to get back in the superhero game with the whole fam in Brad Bird&#8217;s beloved Pixar adventure! Bob Parr has long since given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it&#8217;s time to get back into the spandex costume and save the day all over again. With an *incredible* amount of fun, action, comedy, and good feelies, *The Incredibles* lives up to its name!

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got a whole section for Pixar and their treasure trove of animated fun! Check out these gems and more tonight!

*Coco, Pixar Shorts Volumes 1 + 2, Toy Story 1- 4*

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

MIRROR MIRROR VOL. 5: My Father's Shadow

8:00 PM

Grave of the Fireflies

2:30 PM

Clash by Night

Don’t Bother to Knock

6:30 PM

ULYSSES' GAZE

7:30 PM

Slowburn Shoot with Q&A with director Adam J. Wilde hosted by Chris Van Vliet

7:00 PM

Emmy Award®-Contender Series—Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat and Post-Screening Conversation

7:00 PM

LEVITICUS

7:30 PM

BOY

10:30 PM

Days of Heaven

The Wild Child

7:30 PM

Rosa de Areia

7:00 PM

Five Easy Pieces

7:30 PM

Disclosure Day (70mm)

Deadly China Doll

8:00 PM