Lightstruck presents F*red Worden: A Cinema of Pure Energy.* Featuring live sound accompaniment to Worden’s 16mm film *One* (1998) by Elaine Carey!

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For their first event of 2026, Lightstruck is extremely excited to present a double feature of programs from one of their very favorite artists and individuals, Fred Worden. Since 1970, Worden has produced a wide range of experimental filmmaking in the purest sense of that term - his work engages in deeply thoughtful, endlessly exploratory investigations into the ecstatic adventure of primal perception and optical phenomena that are unique (elemental, even) to motion pictures. Probing the thrillingly audacious adventure of sight with his keen and playful sensibility, Worden has produced a career’s worth of magical filmmaking that, in his words, “tries hard to up the ante on the notion that film is a visual rather than literary art and that seeing as a perceptual process precedes and models thought.”

Longtime friend Ken Jacobs once stated that Worden’s work “loosens the brains good”, and we're not sure we can top that description. Many of Worden’s films thrive in a vast and cosmic space of pure experience, and beyond language, which makes them exceedingly hard to describe. But for any enthusiast of the fundamentals of cinema and the absolutely, irreducibly elemental psychedelia (if you will) of visual perception, Worden’s films are crucial documents. Our two-program overview of Worden’s world will consist of diverse 16mm and digital works produced over a nearly forty year career of lovingly nudging eyeballs and brains toward vistas of the infinite, and including his 1998 16mm film One, in which Worden manages to extrapolate a 20-minute-long cosmos from literally one frame of source imagery.

RIYL: Ken Jacobs, Stan Brakhage, abstraction, optical printing, monochrome psychedelia, hypnagogic cinema, complete transformation of objective reality

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Please note these programs contain multiple films with stroboscopic flicker.

Program 1 will begin at 7:30pm. Program 2 will begin at 9:15pm. One ticket is good for both!

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Programs by Mark Toscano and Zena Grey. Notes by Mark Toscano. 16mm prints and digital files courtesy of Fred Worden and Monique Ernst. Big thanks and big love to Fred, Monique, and Fred’s entire family.

Lightstruck: Fred Worden - A Cinema of Pure Energy

2220 Arts + Archives

You Won’t Be Alone

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Cinematographer Gianni di Venanzo’s masterful use of Technicolor transforms JULIET OF THE SPIRITS, Fellini’s first color feature, into a kaleidoscope of dreams, spirits, and memories. Giulietta Masina plays a betrayed wife whose inability to come to terms with reality leads her along a hallucinatory journey of self-discovery.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Italy/France

JULIET OF THE SPIRITS

Aero Theatre

A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation

Frankenstein

A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.

Left-Handed Girl

Robert Grainer, an average man living in extraordinary times, worked as a day laborer in the American West at the beginning of the 20th century. Battered by the death of his family, he struggles to adjust to this new environment.

Train Dreams

Egyptian Theatre

Join us for an evening of chess and community at Heavy Manners Library. Play against friends and strangers, with all skill levels welcome. Free donuts will also be provided!

Echo Park Chess Club at Heavy Manners Library (1/22)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

This subversively poetic, scandalously perverse sexual comedy earned João César Monteiro a Silver Lion at the 1995 Venice Film Festival. The unofficial sequel to RECOLLECTIONS OF THE YELLOW HOUSE brings João de Deus (Monteiro) back as the assistant manager of a Lisbon ice cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute (a sublime Manuela de Freitas), where the young employees awaken his depraved impulses. GOD’S COMEDY is staggering in its celestial use of natural light and exquisite dialog, and disturbing for the repulsive behavior of a character who sees heaven and hell in all living things and refuses to obey a corrupt social contract and its clerical bodies, yet ultimately epitomizes its sins. Through João de Deus’s combination of sacred (he is enraptured by Camões, Wagner and Haydn) and the profane (he keeps a personal bible of pubic hair, and Queen Victoria’s is its most prized entry), Monteiro exposes the amoral perversity of being alive in a nefarious, cruel world.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: Portugal

L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration ‘João César Monteiro: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

GOD'S COMEDY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An X-Rated descent into demented comedy and maniacal horror, as a desperate mother drags an innocent stranger into an absurd, filthy nightmare beyond comprehension. An unflinchingly loyal adaptation of transgressive artist Johnny Ryan’s joyfully disgusting comic book. Adults only.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Cartuna

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and writer Todd Rohal, writer Johnny Ryan, and actors Tipper Newton, Robert Longstreet and Steve Little. Moderated by Tom Stern. Limited Engagement Official Beyond Fest 2025 Selection No one under 18 admitted.

FUCK MY SON!

Los Feliz Theatre

The Ugly Stepsister

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriters**: Bi Gan,  Zhao Xiaohui

**Producers**: Zuolong Shan,  Yang Lele,  Charles Gillibert

A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (*Long Day’s Journey Into Night*), *Resurrection* conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires. In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A remarkable triumph that pushes the boundaries of the imagination and cinema.

Resurrection

**Producers**: Albert Maysles, David Maysles

*The relatives didn&#8217;t know that they were dealing with a staunch character. S.T.A.U.N.C.H.* Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of one of the most intriguing documentaries ever made, the Maysles Brothers&#8217; iconic *Grey Gardens.* Decades before reality TV, there was only cinema verité, and David and Albert Maysles led the charge in America with glimpses at real life through their omnipresent lens. Get a peak behind the hedges at one of the Hamptons&#8217; most notorious residences, the home of reclusive mother and daughter Big and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the black sheep of the Kennedy clan. Co-dependent hoarders, with raccoons for friends, and a penchant to belt out a tune or tell a tale of high society in the 1940s, these two women and their interplay create one of the most enduring portrait films in the history of cinema. Outspoken, iconoclastic, and utterly iconic, the Beales will entertain you from start to finish.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Craving more intriguing personality docs? We&#8217;ve got you covered!

*Crazy Love, Louie Bluie, Portrait of Jason*

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

Grey Gardens

Vidiots

No Other Choice

I Shot Jesse James/The Baron of Arizona

Vista Theatre

Stormy Weather in 4K

Lost Highway in 4K

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

SEND HELP is a survival horror thriller about two colleagues who become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Studios

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Sam Raimi Advance Screening Popcorn and soda courtesy of 20th Century Studios Co-presented by Beyond Fest ‘Crash Landings: Three From Sam Raimi’

SEND HELP

## Angel’s Egg (1985)

**Director:** Mamoru Oshii

**Artist:** Yoshitaka Amano

**Format:** 4K Restoration

**Release Year:** 1985

*Angel’s Egg* is a creative collaboration between acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii (*Ghost in the Shell*), who wrote and directed the feature, and revered artist Yoshitaka Amano (*Final Fantasy*, *Vampire Hunter D*).

The film combines Oshii’s masterful moodiness and philosophical commentary with Amano’s undeniable artistry, resulting in a haunting, hand-drawn masterpiece of animation.

To celebrate the **40th anniversary** and all-new **4K restoration** of the 1985 animated classic, Brain Dead has created exclusive merchandise that will be available for sale at the screening and later online.

Angel’s Egg

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds &#8212; with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk &#8212; that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Wings of Desire

Brain Dead Studios

The Eastwood offers two versatile spaces for theatrical productions, film screenings, dance performances, and more: the 99-seat Eastwood Mainstage and the intimate, 40 seat Oxford Underground blackbox. Both spaces come equipped for various productions, catering to artists and audiences of all levels.

Two strangers find themselves trapped in a liminal space with no idea how they got there, where they came from or what lies ahead.

Written by Hope Lauren Starring Samuel Garnett & Hope Lauren

Directed by Claire Berger

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Clown Sh*t!

Eastwood Performing Arts Center

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

In Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece, lonely wiretapping expert and devout Catholic Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to record a seemingly innocuous conversation in San Francisco’s Union Square between two lovers. Upon re-hearing the tapes, however, Caul believes he may be putting the couple in danger if he turns the material over to his client (Robert Duvall). But what one hears can ultimately turn out to be quite different from what was actually recorded.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with editor and sound designer Walter Murch. Moderated by Scott Foundas. ‘Walter Murch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE CONVERSATION

Tuesday–Friday, Sunday 10am–6:30pmSaturday 10am–9pmMonday Closed

Rewriting History with Fabiola Jean-Louis

Getty Center

Cinema’s First Nasty Women returns to the Billy Wilder Theater! Its name a riff on the feminist cri de cœur that arose during the 2016 presidential election, Cinema’s First Nasty Women is an ongoing, curated project to rediscover and revel in the anarchic spirit of women comedians who brought a rebellious energy to the early silent screen. Organized by an international team of film archivists and scholars, Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, this new travelling program of restored titles from the project comes with a special twist. Archival collections can inspire new research which in turn helps grow new audiences, but they can also inspire new films. Based in Australia, with The Physical TV Company, filmmaker and author Karen Pearlman has built a feminist film practice that puts cinema’s past and present in dialogue in brilliantly constructed, canon-busting short film essays. For “Cinema’s First Nasty Women: Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy,” Pearlman drew on the project's images and energy for her latest short, *Breaking Plates*. The Archive is thrilled to have Pearlman as our guest at the Billy Wilder Theater with a selection of her work along with the Los Angeles premiere of *Breaking Plates* and the silent slapstick female performers that inspired it. 

*Programmed by Paul Malcolm with Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen. Notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.*

***Special thanks to our community partner: [UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center](https://csw.ucla.edu/)***

Total runtime: 103 min.

Channeling the explosive montage editing style of Soviet-era filmmaker Elizaveta Svilova, Karen Pearlman centers Svilova’s creative contributions in Dziga Vertov’s work, including *Man With a Movie Camera*, among their many other other documentary collaborations.

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Karen Pearlman. With: Leeanna Walsman, Richard James Allen, Marcus Graham.

Director Karen Pearlman reclaims the “Kuleshov Effect” from the male theorist who named it for Esfir Shub and the other pioneering Soviet-era women editors who actually developed and deployed it on screen.

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Karen Pearlman.

In this “speculative love letter to Russian constructivist women,” director Karen Pearlman reimagines how leading Soviet-era artists, including filmmaker Lilya Brik, designer Varvara Stepanova and editor Esfir Shub, transformed their kitchens into labs for collective creative exploration and production during a period of harsh repression and marginalization.

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Karen Pearlman. With: Victoria Haralabidou, Inga Romantsova, Liliya May.

Galvanized by the anarchic energies on display in the films of the Cinema’s First Nasty Women project but also acutely aware of the course of film history from there, filmmaker Karen Pearlman and her on-screen collaborator Violette Ayad confront the question, “What happened to our revolution?” *Breaking Plates* is less an answer than a declarative, spirited act to reclaim silent cinema’s disrupted female agency and channel it into a new liberated cinema of today. 

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Karen Pearlman. With: Violette Ayad, Karen Pearlman, Richard James Allen.

DCP, silent with original music by Gonca Feride Varol.

DCP, silent with original music by Renée T. Coulombe. Director: Romeo Bosetti.

DCP, silent with original music by Gonca Feride Varol. Director: George Albert Smith.

DCP, silent with original music by Gonca Feride Varol.

DCP, silent with original music by Veronica Leahy.

DCP, silent with original music by Gerson Lazo-Quiroga. Director: Laurence Trimble.

DCP, silent with original music by Gonca Feride Varol. With: Little Chrysia.

DCP, silent with original music by José María Serralde Ruiz. With: Robert Harron, Edward Dillon.

DCP, silent with original music by Renée C. Baker.

Cinema’s First Nasty Women: Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy

Hammer Museum

Join host Katja Bartholmess for an open writing studio at Heavy Manners Library from 1-3! No frills, no prompts, just write!**

Manuscripts, Screenplays, Articles … whatever you’re working on, let’s do it in each other’s company!

Afternoon Writing Session**

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Drop in and stay a while!

Writing Gets Lonely: Open Writing Studio (1/23)

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

The itinerant Zatoichi comes across a dying man, who begs the masseur to escort a young woman back to her family in Edo. The honorable swordsman agrees, but in so doing, he catapults himself between two warring yakuza clans, each with its own interest in kidnapping the girl.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

Get your ticket for just $7.83 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Mandarin with English subtitles.*

In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT), RESURRECTION conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: China/France

Limited Engagement Official Beyond Fest 2025 Selection

RESURRECTION

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on the beloved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch and marking the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart, THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER is a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality and self-invention. The film traces Lidia’s life from her earliest memories in the Pacific Northwest, as a promising swimmer, through fractured relationships, near-motherhood, addiction and encounters with artistic heroes. Told as a fluid memory wash, the story transforms trauma into art, embodying Yuknavitch’s defiant voice that made her work a modern cult classic. It is not only a chronicle of a woman becoming a writer, but a visceral journey through the wreckage and resilience of a life lived against the grain.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Forge

COUNTRY: France/Latvia/UK/USA

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER

Limited Engagement Official Beyond Fest 2025 Selection No one under 18 admitted.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Death Proof

**Screenwriter**: William Goldman

**Producers**: Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman

*Inconceivable*! In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can&#8217;t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

**Remembering Rob Reiner**

There are no words to appropriately tribute the artist and activist Rob Reiner. His impact over nearly 70 years, on so many, from those of us who first met him through the comfort and familiarity of our TV sets, to those who’ve grown up under the magical and inspiring influence of his film work, to those of us that have benefited from his tireless activism, makes him feel like a member of the family. Thank you for everything you gave us. Thank you for the stories you told, that have helped make us who we are and will undoubtedly continue to shape new generations.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

We’ve got a Rob Reiner director’s section so you can take home his whole filmography tonight, including these gems:

*The Princess Bride, Misery, Stand by Me*

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

The Princess Bride

**Screenwriter**: Kristen Stewart from the memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch

**Producers**: Maggie Mclean,  Dylan Meyer,  Michael A. Pruss,  Rebecca Feuer,  Charles Gillibert, Yulia Zayceva,  Max Pavlov,  Svetlana Punte,  Kristen Stewart,  Andy Mingo, Ridley Scott

Oscar-nominated actor Kristen Stewart makes her feature directorial debut with *The Chronology of Water*, an unflinching portrait of womanhood, survival, and artistry at the fragmented crossroads of memory and memoir, adapted from the book of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch. Imogen Poots stars as Lidia, a young woman who finds escape from an abusive home through competitive swimming in the 1980s. After her athletic dreams are derailed, she navigates love, loss, addiction, sexuality, and her own self-destructive impulses while discovering her voice, and healing, through the transformative act of writing.

The Chronology of Water

**Screenwriters**: John Hamburg,  Drake Sather,  Ben Stiller

**Producers**: Stuart Cornfeld,  Scott Rudin,  Ben Stiller

Get ready to walk the catwalk as we celebrate 25 years of Blue Steel and Ben&#8217;s Stiller&#8217;s brilliantly idiotic comedy *Zoolander*! Can you believe it&#8217;s been 25 years since Derek Zoolander first lost male model of the year only to be brainwashed into an assassin by an evil designer? Time really does fly when you&#8217;re a successful male model! It&#8217;s time to bring one of the most brilliantly stupid comedies ever back to the big screen, so we can all laugh ourselves brainless&#8230; together!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Looking for deep cut comedies? LOL with these treasures tonight.

*Ishtar, Safe Men, The Last Days of Disco*

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

Zoolander

**Screenwriter**: Tsai Ming-liang 

**Producer**: Feng-chyi Jian

Tsai Ming-liang emerged on the world cinema scene in 1992 with his groundbreaking first feature, ***Rebels of the Neon God***. His debut already includes a handful of elements familiar to fans of subsequent work: a deceptively spare style often branded “minimalist”; actor Lee Kang-sheng as the silent and sullen Hsiao-kang; copious amounts of water, whether pouring from the sky or bubbling up from a clogged drain; and enough urban anomie to ensure that even the subtle humor in evidence is tinged with pathos. The loosely structured plot involves Hsiao-kang, a despondent cram school student, who becomes obsessed with young petty thief Ah-tze, after Ah-tze smashes the rearview mirror of a taxi driven by Hsiao-kang’s father. Hsiao-kang stalks Ah-tze and his buddy Ah-ping as they hang out in the film’s iconic arcade (featuring a telling poster of James Dean on the wall) and other locales around Taipei, and ultimately takes his revenge. ***Rebels of the Neon God*** is a remarkably impressive first film that hints at the promise of its director: a talent confirmed by Tsai’s equally stunning second feature, *Vive L’Amour* (Golden Lion, Venice), and continuing to his most recent film, *Stray Dogs*, which ranked high on many “best of” lists last year. Though showing such diverse influences as the French New Wave, Wong Kar-wai’s early films—and, yes, *Rebel Without a Cause*—Tsai’s film is most remarkable for introducing his startlingly unique vision to world cinema.

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

Rebels of the Neon God

One Battle After Another 70mm

Treasure Island (IB Tech)

Flash Gordon

## Due to a family emergency, this screening has been rescheduled from its previous date of Saturday 1/10.

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## All previously purchased tickets will be honored at the new date.

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## If you purchased a ticket for the previous date and can not make the new one, please contact info@whammyanalog.com to request a refund.

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Join us for a special screening, a mixtape of music videos from filmmaker Leanna Kaiser!

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Includes videos for Kate Bollinger, Dean Wareham, Sonic Boom, Big Search, Chris Cohen, Jessica Pratt, Paper Cuts, Good Dog Nigel, No Kurfew, Leanna Kaiser + more. Kaiser's work showcases a mix of analog processes: 16mm, Super 8 and analog video synth on tape.

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*Leanna Kaiser is an experimental filmmaker and musician (as Holy Matter) and music video director originally from St. Louis, MO and currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. She has an MFA in Film and Video from California Institute of the Arts. She co-founded the Los Angeles screening series Silver Dusk.*

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*Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*

*rescheduled* Collaborations in Song: A Music Video Mixtape by Leanna Kaiser

WHAMMY!

Exploring History through One Night in Miami...

The Towering Inferno in 35mm

The Edge with The Grey

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

West Coast Premiere of New 4K Restoration ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

MARNIE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Mandarin with English subtitles.*

Filmmaker Hu Bo’s beautiful, yet furious tale of nihilistic rage is set under the gloomy sky of a small town in northern China, where different protagonists’ lives are intertwined over the course of one single, tension-filled day. While protecting his friend from a dangerous school bully, 16-year-old Wei Bu pushes the tormentor down a staircase. Wei escapes the scene and later learns that the bully is hospitalized and gravely injured. Wei’s neighbor, the 60-year-old Wang Jin, is estranged from his family and, with nothing to lose, decides to join him. Later the pair is joined by Huang Ling, Wei’s classmate, who is bedeviled by a destructive affair with a married school official. Together, this unlikely and desperate trio decide their only hope is to flee as the bully’s gangster brother, enraged parents and vindictive school authorities embark on a cold-blooded hunt for Wei across town.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: KimStim

COUNTRY: China

AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL

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

During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone and, because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.

UNTOUCHABLES

Fine Arts Theatre

The Secret Life of Pets

Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive

Recommended for ages 7+

When two squabbling pet dogs end up outside their comfortable home they have to band together to stave off a gang of abandoned pets on a mission against the humans who've done them wrong. A star-studded cast voices the animated critters in this fast-paced adventure. (2016, Dir. Chris Renaud, DCP, color, 86 min.)

Family Flicks: The Secret Life of Pets

Rear Entrance

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Robert Hays is an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning, Julie Hagerty co-stars as his girlfriend/stewardess/co-pilot, and joins a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar… and more! Their hilarious high jinks spoof airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots, television commercials, romantic love… the list whirls by in rapid succession.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

AIRPLANE!

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Tōru (Takeshi Itô) is a jobless drifter who spends his days following random strangers in a futile search for companionship. But when he’s hired by a doctor to track his mysterious wife’s (Kiyomi Itô) daily activities, he slowly begins to piece together the disturbing motive behind her movements. As the two grow increasingly aware of the other’s presence, violent desires that blur the lines between intimacy and blood ritual begin to erupt within them. A modern-day vampire story filtered through legendary filmmaker Hisayasu Satō’s usual themes of urban malaise and voyeurism, LOVE – ZERO = INFINITY is as oddly romantic as it is unsettling.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Muscle Distribution

COUNTRY: Japan

World Premiere of New Restoration No one under 18 admitted. ‘Pinku Nightmares: Four by Hisayasu Satō’ and ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

LOVE - ZERO = INFINITY

Batman Begins

Bronson / Only God Forgives

**Screenwriter**: Michel Ocelot

Let French animation legend Michel Ocelot&#8217;s stunning African folktale cast its spell on you. This animated marvel exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny Kirikou born in an African village in which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse. Kirikou sets out on a quest to free his village of the curse and find out the secret of why Karaba is so wicked. *Kirikou* depicts a precocious newborn infant who battles ignorance, and so-called evil, with endearing perseverance. This film speaks to the child within us all who yearns to express and defend the best in others and ourselves. *Kirikou*&#8216;s stunning visuals are accented by a traditional music soundtrack by African music giant Youssou N&#8217;Dour of Senegal.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Want more animated masterpieces from Michel Ocelot? You can take home these gems tonight!

*Tales of the Night, Princes and Princesses, Kirikou and the Wild Beasts*

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

Kirikou and the Sorceress

**Screenwriter**: Preston Sturges

**Producer**: Paul Jones

*&#8220;**They say a moonlit deck is a woman&#8217;s business office.&#8221;* Get ready to swoon with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck at her most beguiling in Preston Sturges magnificent romantic screwball classic. A con turns to love with the crooked Jean sets her sights on a wealthy bachelor, who brushes the gold-digger aside. But with love and revenge on her mind, she plays the part of an aristocrat to win him back. Stanwyck is at her absolute screwball best, delivering line after line of perfectly thrown shade and wit. If you&#8217;re in the mood for romance or just a thousand laughs, you can&#8217;t go wrong with this beyond hilarious masterpiece.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Do you love Barbara Stanwyck as much as us? We&#8217;ve got dozens to take home tonight!

*The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Baby Face, The Mad Miss Manton *and so many more!

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

The Lady Eve

**Screenwriter**: Ryan Coogler

**Producers**: Ryan Coogler,  Sev Ohanian,  Zinzi Coogler

*“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”*  It&#8217;s a night from hell at the new juke joint in town and Ryan Coogler serves up a gorgeous feast of bloodlust in his brilliant genre-bending triumph with not one, but two Michael B. Jordans. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Smoky, sexy, and exhilarating with gorgeous blood-soaked period detail, you can&#8217;t ever get enough *Sinners* in the theater!

Sinners

**Screenwriters**: Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney

**Producer**: Richard Pryor

We&#8217;ve got front row seats to one of the most legendary comedy performances filmed right in our backyard &#8211; Richard Pryor&#8217;s epically hilarious show at none other than the Hollywood Palladium, fresh off a transformative trip to Africa and battling cocaine addiction. Older, wiser and funnier than ever, the venerable comic tells outrageous jokes and a number of moving stories about his personal past &#8212; including one about a life-changing trip to Africa. Pryor&#8217;s trenchant social commentary touches on an array of subjects, from prison and mobsters to hospitals and cocaine. Filmed by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler, this laugh riot captures all the comedy brilliance from one of the world&#8217;s funniest men ever!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Craving more iconic comedy performances? We&#8217;ve got a whole section for that including these gut-busters

*The Lenny Bruce Performance Film, Queens of Comedy, Margaret Cho: I&#8217;m the One that I Want, Bill Hicks: Sane Man*

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

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Million Dollar Legs

Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 4K

The Right Stuff in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Written, directed, scored, and edited by John Carpenter two years prior to HALLOWEEN, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 combines the template of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD with the spirit of RIO BRAVO to forge a movie like no other. The story follows a group of police offers (including the mighty Austin Stoker) and convicts as they join forces inside a soon-to-be-closed L.A. police station. The reason? They must defend themselves against Street Thunder, a vicious gang who have taken a blood oath to kill someone trapped inside the precinct. Combining gritty action with arthouse style, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 features powerful Cinemascope compositions, a pulsing synth score, and an immersive mood that only Carpenter can deliver.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: USA

Cinematic Void Presents ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

**Screenwriters**: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr

**Producers**: Martin Hagemann, Juliette Lepoutre, Marie-Pierre Macia, Gábor Téni, Ruth Waldburger

Join us in celebrating the visionary life and work of Béla Tarr with a screening of his hypnotic masterpiece *The Turin Horse*.

A haunting poetic parable, Hungarian master Béla Tarr&#8217;s final film is a bleakly beautiful meditation on Earthly elements and the human soul. Tarr plays on the existentialism of Friedrich Nietzche by drawing him into this slow moving and beautifully shot story of a poor cab driver, his daughter, and a horse that has given up the will to work. As a windstorm rages, all four characters are thrown into a grim reality that sweeps them into a spiral of despair. Immaculately photographed in Tarr&#8217;s renowned long takes, *The Turin Horse* is the final statement from a master filmmaker.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Need more Béla Tarr to watch at home? Check out his director&#8217;s section for these and more.

*Damnation, Werckmeister Harmonies, The Prefab People*

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

The Turin Horse

or

#### About the Show

### Seven performers, two easels, one stage. THIS or THAT: a rambunctious choose-your-own sketch adventure where the audience decides what they see! Pick between two sketches at a time by yelling “This” or “That” and enjoy the fast-paced chaos of performers heeding to your choice. Once a sketch is performed, two new sketches are up for selection, and the fun continues to be decided by you, the all-powerful audience! 30 sketches enter. Only 15 survive… You decide.

### There is a parking garage located at:

### 1110 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

### 5301 Sierra Vista Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

THIS OR THAT

### **ABOUT THE EPISODE:**

**Episode 4, “Rest in Pain,” Dir. Tina Rathborne, 47 Mins**

Cooper meets with Audrey, who confesses to leaving him the note about One Eyed Jack’s. Cooper tells Truman he can’t remember who the killer was in his dream, but insists the dream is a code to solving the crime.

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.

“Rest in Pain” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 1, Ep. 4

Hello, Dolly! in 4K

In conjunction with the exhibition *[Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: The Awake Volcanoes](https://www.theicala.org/en/exhibitions/468-sandra-vasquez-de-la-horra-the-awake-volcanoes)*, join us for an evening of Chile in Los Angeles with a screening of the newly released documentary ***I Write Your Name / Escribo Tu Nombre*** by **Brogan de Paor** and **Julie Thompson** about the LA-based Chilean artist and muralist **Francisco Letelier**.

Deeply informed by his close connections to Chile’s unfolding history, Francisco is the son of Orlando Letelier, who was minister of Defense in Salvador Allende’s Chilean government in 1973. Imprisoned, tortured, and then exiled to Washington, D.C., Orlando was murdered by the Augusto Pinochet government in 1976 in Sheridan Circle when Francisco was 16. As an artist based in Venice, California, Francisco is an important member of the local and national Chilean community. His work celebrates his country’s traditions of political muralism and serves as both a form of memory and an act of resistance.

I Write Your Name / Escribo Tu Nombrewith Francisco Letelier

ICA LA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian and English with English subtitles.*

A retired professor and art lover leads a solitary life in his abode in Rome. Countess Bianca Brumonti insists on renting a floor of his mansion. He agrees in exchange for a unique painting that he wants for his collection. The arrival of the countess’ eccentric family turns his quiet life upside down. Silvana Mangano and Helmut Berger star alongside Burt Lancaster in the roles of Bianca and her young lover – central characters in this family possessing rather unusual moral values. In the film, the professor succumbs to the charms of Konrad Huebel, despite his vulgar nature. A strange relationship – based on desire and domination – comes to exist between them. For some, this fictitious couple is a metaphor for the relationship that was formed between Luchino Visconti and Helmut Berger.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: Italy/France

CONVERSATION PIECE

**Screenwriters**: Albert Magnoli, William Blinn

**Producers**: Robert Cavallo, Steven Fargnoli, Joseph Ruffalo

Come early for a big screen Prince pre-show from our found footage besties at **Museum of Home Video**!

*This is what it sounds like&#8230; When Doves Cry. * Feel the electricity of the inimitable maestro Prince as he plies his charisma, unbelievable stage presence, and musical genius into a modern musical of epic 80s proportions. A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid&#8217;s spotlight &#8212; and his girl. So purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, grab your girl group members, and boogie on down to Vidiots to bask in this musical majesty.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Prince bangers from our video rental collection!

*Under the Cherry Moon, Graffiti Bridge, Prince: The Hits Collection*

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

Purple Rain

Echo Park Chess Club at Heavy Manners Library (2/5)

Every 1st Thursday, starting Feb. 5th we’ll be hosting a music open mic night for kids and teens.


Our intention is to create a supportive and joyful space where young people can come together, share their love of music, practice performing regularly, make mistakes, try again & grow!

All performers must be under 18 & guardians must be present. 

5pm - 7pm

No cover charge

Please email info@scribblecommunity.com with any questions.

Glow Big: Youth Open Mic

North Star Sessions is a free showcase that strives to be a safe and inclusive place for artists and music lovers in the LA music scene. We will highlight the work of 3 musicians, and have an open mic draw between sets.

8pm

North Star Sessions

Scribble

Never Mind the Happy: An Evening with Marc Shaiman and Bette Midler

Crawl with Rogue

The Getty Research Institute hosts the 8th annual Getty Graduate Symposium, which showcases the work of emerging scholars from art history graduate programs across California. Organized into three sessions, the symposium includes nine individual presentations, moderated panel discussions, and Q&A sessions with the audience.

**Participants**

Anahit Galstyan, University of California, Santa Barbara \
Andrea Jung-An Liu, University of California, Berkeley \
Bermet Nishanova, University of California, Irvine \
Dejan Vasić, Stanford University \
Evelyn Char, University of California, Santa Cruz  \
Johnnie Chatman, University of California, San Diego \
Lily Allen, University of California, Riverside \
Margot Yale, University of Southern California \
Thomas Duncan, University of California, Los Angeles

**Schedule**

**9:45am Welcome and Introduction** \
Andrew Perchuk, Getty Research Institute \
Rebecca Peabody, Getty Research Institute

**10am Session I**

 - At the Seams: The Labor Politics of Home Sewing in Elizabeth
   Catlett’s *The Black Woman*

Margot Yale, University of Southern California \
Introduced by: Suzanne Hudson, University of Southern California

 - Subject to Revision: Portraiture and Transness in Andy Warhol’s *Little Red Books*

Thomas Duncan, University of California, Los Angeles \
Introduced by: George Baker, University of California, Los Angeles

 - Carolee Schneemann’s *Interior Scroll*—Fifty Years On

Dejan Vasić, Stanford University  \
Introduced by: Richard Meyer, Stanford University

**11:30am Session I Discussion** \
Moderator: Kristin Juarez, Getty Research Institute

**12pm Lunch Break**

**1:30pm Session II**

 - Ecological Erosions of Monuments: Ruin Aesthetics, Intentional and
   Unintentional

Andrea Jung-An Liu, University of California, Berkeley \
Introduced by: Gregory Levine, University of California, Berkeley

 - A Palimpsest of Nature—Traversing a Social History of Landscape
   Photography in the American West

Johnnie Chatman, University of California, San Diego \
Introduced by: Lisa Cartwright, University of California, San Diego

 - Hideo Date, Nihonga, and the Transpacific, Asian American Roots of
   L.A. Pacific Modernism

Lily Allen, University of California, Riverside \
Introduced by: Jason Weems, University of California, Riverside

**3pm Session II Discussion** \
Moderator: Miguel de Baca, Getty Foundation

**3:30pm Afternoon Coffee Break**

**4pm Session III**

 - The Haptic Image: Illusion and Authenticity in Medieval Textiles of
   Central Asia, Iran, and India (9th–13th c.)

Bermet Nishanova, University of California, Irvine \
Introduced by: Matthew Canepa, University of California, Irvine

 - Fragrant Boundaries: Funerary Censing and the Architecture of Coexistence in Medieval Ahlat

Anahit Galstyan, University of California, Santa Barbara \
Introduced by: Heather Badamo, University of California, Santa Barbara

 - Drifting Close: Minor Intimacies & Liminal Moments in Lu Yu-jui’s *Squid Jigger Fishing Boat*

Evelyn Char, University of California, Santa Cruz \
Introduced by: Nicole Furtado, University of California, Santa Cruz

**5:30pm Session III Discussion** \
Moderator: Kim Richter, Getty Research Institute

**6pm Public Reception**

Organized by \
Getty Research Institute \
Stanford University \
University of California, Berkeley \
University of California, Irvine \
University of California, Los Angeles \
University of California, Riverside \
University of California, San Diego \
University of California, Santa Barbara \
University of California, Santa Cruz \
University of Southern California

The symposium will be available on the [Getty Research Institute YouTube channel][2] following the event.

Visit the Getty Research Institute's [Exhibitions and Events page][3] for more free programs.

  [1]: https://media.getty.edu/Text/85bf55c3-cc0f-51f0-b6f6-37896a8247dc.pdf
  [2]: https://www.youtube.com/c/gettyresearch
  [3]: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/

Getty Graduate Symposium 2026

Always for Pleasure / Yum, Yum, Yum!: A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

Writing Gets Lonely: Open Writing Studio (2/6)

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:

Nathan Bulmer ([https://www.instagram.com/natemorebikes/](https://www.instagram.com/natemorebikes/))

Trevor Alixopulos ([https://www.instagram.com/clubtrev/](https://www.instagram.com/clubtrev/))

Sonja Von Marensdorff ([https://www.instagram.com/sonja_von_m/](https://www.instagram.com/sonja_von_m/))

Demi Naito ([https://www.instagram.com/pagesbydemi/](https://www.instagram.com/pagesbydemi/))

Coco Fox ([https://www.instagram.com/cocofoxcomics/](https://www.instagram.com/cocofoxcomics/))

Woody Fu ([https://www.instagram.com/woodyfu/](https://www.instagram.com/woodyfu/))

ared D. Weiss ([https://www.instagram.com/jdweiss25/](https://www.instagram.com/jdweiss25/))

Alex Siple ([https://www.instagram.com/alexsipleart/](https://www.instagram.com/alexsipleart/))

Comics O'Clock: A Comic Reading (2/6)

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“A Day’s Pleasure,” 1919, Dir. Charlie Chaplin, 18 Mins, Janus Films, USA**

Charlie decides to take his wife and children on a boat trip, but the family car proves somewhat recalcitrant.

FORMAT: 35mm

**“A Dog’s Life,” 1918, Dir. Charlie Chaplin, 33 Mins, Janus Films, USA**

Thanks to a dog he finds, Charlie ends up in possession of some stolen loot. But the wrongdoers want their ill-gotten gains back.

FORMAT: 35mm

Get your ticket for just $4.59 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

"A Day's Pleasure" / "A Dog's Life"

The gorgeous new restoration of Michael Almereyda's work of ethereally cool 90s arthouse vampire cinema — produced by David Lynch!

NADJA (1994) — New 4K Restoration!

Philosophical Research Society

Sinners (70mm)

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in 4K

His House

**2 p.m.–5 p.m.**

Jon Moritsugu, The Godfather of Punk Cinema, defined the trashy, rough-hewn DIY aesthetic of 1990s underground filmmaking in scorched earth sendups of the nuclear family, teen angst, hero worship and even the pretension of underground filmmakers. Now, Moritsugu, three-time Best Feature award winner at the New York Underground Film Festival (*Scumrock*, *Fame Whore*, *Mod Fuck Explosion*) and recipient of the Jack Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Underground Film Festival, wants to share his low-budget production secrets with you! In this free, afternoon seminar in advance of the [world theatrical premiere](https://cinema.ucla.edu/events/numbskull-revolution-2026-02-07/) of his most recent release *Numbskull Revolution*, Moritsugu will walk you through everything you need to know to lob cinematic bombs into the cultural gears from conception to exhibition in this special interactive talk. For even more inspiration, members of the UCLA Library Punk Collective will be on hand to share information about its holdings.

**Free admission. [Reservation required](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-a-movie-punx-diy-filmmaking-master-class-with-jon-moritsugu-tickets-1980487649874?aff=oddtdtcreator).**

**Please note: This event takes place in the Charles E. Young Research Library Conference Room on the UCLA campus ([view Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/YmFZQ76FUXDVCgts9)).**

Make a Movie, Punx! DIY Filmmaking Master Class With Jon Moritsugu

Numbskull Revolution

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 (2/7)

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Three policemen, each with his own motives and obsessions, tackle the corruption surrounding an unsolved murder at a downtown Los Angeles coffee shop in the early 1950s. Detective Lieutenant Exley (Guy Pearce), the son of a murdered detective, is out to avenge his father’s killing. The ex-partner of Officer White (Russell Crowe), implicated in a scandal rooted out by Exley, was one of the victims. Sergeant Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) feeds classified information to a tabloid magnate (Danny DeVito).

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

‘Watch Local: Hollywood Center Motel’

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

For Maria de Medeiros’s first film role, in which she disguises herself as a male knight to live and love freely without the interference of a dangerous suitor, João César Monteiro created a theatrical representation of medieval life, complete with mythical creatures and painted and front-projected backdrops. Taking inspiration from the story of Bluebeard and Portuguese fables, SILVESTRE is a radical take on the historical film, and one of the best examples in Portuguese cinema of the confluence between reality and fantasy. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival, the film established Monteiro as one of the most original voices of his generation.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: Portugal

SILVESTRE

Join us for an evening of short films curated by PRS Contributing Artist Senon Williams in the Auditorium!

Rituals: An Evening of Short Films by Senon Williams and more

Free Repair Fair at Scribble

Bring your household items to be repaired for free! Volunteer to help repair items for your fellow community members!

2-5pm

Sign up  here .

Free Repair Fair

**Screenwriter**: Ron Clements, Rob Edwards, John Musker

**Producer**: Peter Del Vecho

Disney turns an old fairy tale on its amphibious head in its final cell animation classic. In the French Quarter of the Big Easy, Tiana is a waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams of being a restaurant owner. A spellbound frog approaches her, hoping to reverse his stature back into that of a prince, but the magic spell works the other way and turns Tiana into a frog. A beautifully rendered film full of old Disney charm, you&#8217;ll want to bring your little prince, princess, or amphibian down for a piece of the magic.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Craving more animated royalty? Take home cartoon monarchy from around the world!

*Princes and Princesses, The Tale of Princess Kayuga, The Adventures of Prince Achmed*

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

The Princess and the Frog

**Screenwriters**: Yasujirō Ozu, Kôgo Noda

**Producer**: Masaichi Nagata

Yasujirō Ozu takes his exquisitely composed slice of life mastery to the seaside in a reimagining of his 1934 film *A Story of Floating Weeds* &#8211; with one of the director&#8217;s few forays into color. With an elegantly simple plot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all. Tender, comic, understated and remarkably beautiful in its composition and cinematography, leave the world behind and lose yourself in this international classic.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Take home more Ozu tonight &#8211; he&#8217;s got a dedicated shelf in our directors section!

*Good Morning, Tokyo Story, Equinox Flower*

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

Floating Weeds

**Screenwriters**: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson

**Producers**: Brian Grazer,  Dan Griffin

Screen legends Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott in this powerful, true crime epic. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem&#8217;s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas&#8217;s multimillion-dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary showdown. Based loosely on Frank Lucas&#8217; real life and crimes, this gritty, superbly acted crime classic is more than a shoot &#8217;em up, it&#8217;s a deftly constructed character drama as well as a compelling gangster flick &#8211; don&#8217;t miss it on the big screen!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Need to take home more Ridley Scott? He&#8217;s got a huge director&#8217;s section with every one of his films!**

*Thelma and Louise, Alien, Blade Runner* and so many more!

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

American Gangster

**Screenwriters**: Steven Paul,  Anthony Foutz

**Producer**: Steven Paul

Vidiots welcomes **John Stamos** and uber-fan **Johnny Knoxville** for a rare 40th Anniversary screening of the bonkers &#8217;80s action spectacular *Never Too Young to Die*.

What do you get when you pit John Stamos and Vanity against an evil intersex Gene Simmons, and throw in Freddy Krueger and James Bond just for fun? The absolutely unhinged 80s camptastic action bonanza *Never Too Young to Die*. John Stamos plays a high school gymnast who&#8217;s forced to avenge his father&#8217;s death against an evil gang leader played by KISS frontman Gene Simmons. Now he&#8217;s heading into a dangerous underground world of espionage with only Prince-protégé and Playboy model Vanity by his side. The perfect unhinged 80s popcorn flick to watch with a bunch of rowdy Vidiots!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Want more insane 80s action? Check out our Cult section for these and more camptaculars!

*Class of 1984, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Solarbabies*

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

Never Too Young to Die

February marks 4 years of Whammy existing in the physical realm, so we're throwing a FREE party!

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**7:00PM:** party-style screening of SKYSCRAPER (1996) on VHS, hosted by High Tower Video

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**8:30PM:**  big screen KARAOKE!

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More TBA!

WHAMMY! 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

In conjunction with legendary guitarist Fred Frith's performance at 2220 on Saturday, Feb 7, we present a Sunday Feb 8 matinee screening of the delightful musical film *Step Across the Border*. Fred Frith in attendance!

LA Filmforum and Black Editions co-present, with an additional short film about harpist Shelley Burgon, Fred's collaborator and co-performer on Saturday night.

∆

*Step Across the Border* (1990), 90 min TRT, directed by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel

A note from the filmmakers:

*In **Step Across the Border** two forms of artistic expression, improvised music and cinema direct, are interrelated. In both forms it is the moment that counts, the intuitive sense for what is happening in a space. Music and film come into existence out of an intense perception of the moment, not from the transformation of a preordained plan. In improvisation the plan is revealed only at the end. One finds it. The other connection concerns the work method: the film team as band. Much as musicians communicate via the music, our work, too, was realized within a very small and flexible team of equals. What mattered was exchange. And movement. Sometimes we started filming in the middle of the night, responding to a new idea that had arisen only minutes before. We had a fundamental feeling for what we wanted to do, for what kind of film this should be. And we followed that feeling. It was all very instinctive...*

*Do you know a white rabbit who, playing trumpet, circles the world on his flying carpet?*

*Maybe you have met him somewhere already, in Zurich, London, Leipzig, Tokyo or New York. That at least was about the route we took and what resulted from it was the black-and-white wink of an eye at the symphonic connection between subways, storms and electric guitars.*

*An American critic wrote: 'Fred Frith's music makes your jaw drop, your feet dance, and your neighbours move.'*

*Also starring: several telephones, puddles, scarecrows, saxophones, orchestrated cities and motors.*

*A music film.*

Fred Frith: Step Across the Border

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 4K

Onibaba in 35mm

Solaris

*20th anniversary screening*

Shot on mini-DV in the occupied West Bank, Cherien Dabis’ debut follows eleven-year-old Mariam’s determined quest to buy a birthday cake — a simple act complicated by life under occupation. As critic Marya E. Gates writes, the short “packs an emotional wallop that pushes you to reconsider everything.” Poignant then and even more urgent now, *Make a Wish* launched Dabis’ career after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and being screened at festivals worldwide.

DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Cherien Dabis. With: Mayar Rantisse, Lone Khilleh, Iman Aoun.

Filmed in both North and South Korea, *Homes Apart* follows one man’s emotional journey to reunite with his sister decades after the Korean War divided their family. Through intimate encounters and candid interviews, directors Christine Choy and J.T. Takagi trace the human cost of political separation. Combining personal testimony with geopolitical insight, the film reveals the deep longing, shared culture and unresolved tensions that continue to define the Korean peninsula today.

DCP. Directors: Christine Choy, J.T. Takagi. Screenwriter: David Henry Hwang.

From the intimacy of her kitchen table to walks through Detroit’s post-industrial urban gardens, Grace Lee’s documentary portrait of her mentor offers a compelling look at the extraordinary life of philosopher, activist and Chinese American immigrant Grace Lee Boggs. A radical thinker and cornerstone of Black liberation movements, Boggs — who died in 2015 at age 100 — transformed abstract philosophy into community action. At once personal and profound, *American Revolutionary* captures Boggs at 98, still questioning, teaching and evolving her vision of what it means to change the world.

DCP. Director: Grace Lee. With: Grace Lee Boggs, Bill Moyers, Angela Davis.

*—Public Programmer Beandrea July*

Homes Apart: Korea / American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

A traumatized young woman (Kiyomi Itô) grows into a cynical and vengeful adult who unleashes her carnal—and often bloodthirsty—rage on the random men who court her. Meanwhile, a professional cameraman (Kôichi Imaizumi) working for an unknown shadowy outfit is tasked with shooting covert footage of sexual acts around the city.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTION: Muscle Distribution

COUNTRY: Japan

West Coast Premiere of New Restoration No one under 18 admitted. ‘Pinku Nightmares: Four by Hisayasu Satō’ and ‘Sunday “Rest”orations’

TURTLE VISION

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

Hayao Miyazaki weaves his enchanted spell over this exceptionally beautiful dream of an animated film. When a young milliner Sophie is transformed into an old crone by an evil and jealous witch (voiced by screen legend Lauren Bacall), she must team up with a wizard named Howl to put an end to the devastating torment of the Witch of Waste. An astonishing feat of imagination, craftsmanship, fantasy, and beauty, it&#8217;s a magical experience you can share with the whole family, or all your witchy friends.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Can&#8217;t get enough Studio Ghibli? We&#8217;ve got you and your little ones covered with these gems and more!

*My Neighbors the Yamadas, Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart*

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

Howl’s Moving Castle (English Dubbed)

**Screenwriters**: Elaine May and Warren Beatty from the stage play by Harry Segall

**Producer**: Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty is the afterlife of the party in his delightful screwball comedy that he co-wrote, co-directed, starred in, and produced. The second of three adaptations of Harry Segall&#8217;s beloved stage play, this comedy classic is a touchdown. Joe Pendleton (Beatty) is a superstar quarterback on his way to the Super Bowl when a chance of fate leaves him dead after an accident. After a rookie angel realizes a mistake has been made, he pops him into the body of a murdered millionaire &#8211; much to the dismay of his wife and murderess. Now he&#8217;s got enough money to buy his former team &#8211; the LA Rams no less &#8211; and fall for the magnificent Julie Christie. Charming, effervescent, and poignant, this 197030s throwback was nominated for 9 Academy Awards.

**Picks from the Video Store**

In love with 70s Beatty? Swoon over these classics!

*McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Shampoo, The Parallax View*

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

Heaven Can Wait

**Screenwriter**: Shonda Rhimes

**Producer**: Ann Carli

Forget the halftime show &#8211; we&#8217;ve got pop princess Britney Spears in her feature debut &#8211; Tamra Davis&#8217; heartfelt coming of age cult classic *Crossroads*! Britney is joined by Taryn Manning and Zoe Saldaña as three childhood friends &#8211; Lucy, Kit, and Mimi &#8211; who rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip after an eight-year absence. With barely a plan, practically no money but plenty of dreams, the girls catch a lift with Mimi&#8217;s handsome friend Ben in his convertible. Along the way they not only gather experiences that will change their lives, but they also discover how important it is to hold onto their hearts&#8217; desires. Hop in friends &#8211; we&#8217;re heading out to discover our dreams!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more Britney? We&#8217;ve got you covered!

*Britney Spears: Live in Las Vegas, Mickey Mouse Club: The Best of Britney, Justin & Christina, Britney Spears: Greatest Hits &#8211; My Prerogative*

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

Lightstruck: Fred Worden - A Cinema of Pure Energy

7:30 PM

You Won’t Be Alone

7:30 PM

JULIET OF THE SPIRITS

7:30 PM

Frankenstein

Left-Handed Girl

3:30 PM

Train Dreams

10:30 PM

Echo Park Chess Club at Heavy Manners Library (1/22)

4:00 PM

GOD'S COMEDY

6:30 PM

FUCK MY SON!

10:00 PM

The Ugly Stepsister

7:30 PM

Resurrection

7:00 PM

Grey Gardens

7:30 PM

No Other Choice

I Shot Jesse James/The Baron of Arizona

7:30 PM