### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English, Spanish and French with English subtitles.*

In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Utopia

COUNTRY: USA/UK/Italy/Mexico

Q&A with filmmaker Olmo Schnabel Limited Engagement

PET SHOP DAYS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Russian with English subtitles.*

A group of seminary students from the city go on summer break, drunkenly wandering the countryside. They end up lost, and spend a night in the company of a haggard witch. A scuffle breaks out, and one of the students, Khoma (Leonid Kuravlyov), murders the witch. It turns out he really killed a beautiful landowner’s daughter (Natalya Varley), and now he must sit with her body in a church for three days, protecting it from evil spirits. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Mosfilm Cinema Concern

COUNTRY: Soviet Union

Los Feliz Theatre

Blue Collar / American Gigolo

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriter**: Bong Joon-ho from the novel by Edward Ashton

**Producers**: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bong Joon-ho, Choi Dooho

Join us in our microcinema for the new dystopian science fiction satire from one of our favorite directors &#8211; the monumental Bong Joon-ho. From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of *Parasite*, Bong Joon-ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, *Mickey 17*. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Mickey 17

Vidiots

Amores Perros in 35mm

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Ever since childhood, best friends Jason (Donald Glover), Duncan (DC Pierson) and Charlie (Dominic Dierkes) have been solving neighborhood crimes. The three young men get the chance of a lifetime when a local woman hires them to find her father’s killer. All eyes are watching as the guys use every item in their inept bag of tricks to crack the case.

DISTRIBUTOR: Roadside Attractions

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Dan Eckman, producer Meggie McFadden and screenwriters/actors Dominic Dierkes and DC Pierson. Moderated by Andy Young.

MYSTERY TEAM

WEEKEND

Happy Birthday To Me

Vista Theatre

Blade Runner: The Final Cut in 4K

Ju Dou in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**GATES OF HEAVEN, 1978, Dir. Errol Morris, 83 Mins, USA**

Errol Morris burst out of the gate with this brilliant debut feature, about two pet cemeteries in Northern California and the people involved with them. Such a description, however, can hardly do justice to the captivating, funny, and enigmatic GATES OF HEAVEN, a film that is about our relationships to our pets, each other, and ourselves. Both sincere and satirical, this is an endlessly surprising study of human nature.

FORMAT: 35mm

**VERNON, FLORIDA****, 1981, Dir. Errol Morris, 56 Mins, USA**

Vernon is a town in the Florida panhandle surrounded by swamps. Here, Errol Morris found the quietly fascinating subjects for the follow-up to his galvanizing debut, GATES OF HEAVEN. As ever humane yet sharply focused, Morris lets his camera subjects pontificate and perambulate the environs of this seemingly unremarkable little community. The result is a strangely philosophical work that cemented its director’s standing as an important figure in American film.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmaker Errol Morris GATES OF HEAVEN print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Errol Morris: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

GATES OF HEAVEN / VERNON, FLORIDA

Aero Theatre

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Brain Dead Studios

Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

1991. Upstate New York. A group of teenage misfits, inspired by a renegade English teacher, embark on a student film project and uncover a vast conspiracy that is poisoning the ground beneath their feet. MIDDLETOWN is a coming-of-age story based on exclusive access to hundreds of hours of candid, humorous and nostalgic video outtakes, and the cooperation of Fred Isseks and his intrepid students as they reckon – thirty years later – with a defining event in their lives and a remarkable story of civic courage.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss L.A. Premiere! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

MIDDLETOWN

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

The vine has borne fruit, and it’s harvest time. Soraia, a young girl, cuts herself. Blood mixes with wine. A black bull is on the loose. Up in the oak trees, time swells, and a community takes shelter. They share bread and wine, memories and dreams, the history of a landscape and of a struggle. We enter a long night, where nature also speaks. The fiery wind that brings the heatwave, it’s burning.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: Portugal/Switzerland/France

West Coast Premiere! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

FIRE OF WIND

The Last Dragon

After Hours / Desperately Seeking Susan

Kill Bill: Volume 2

We're proud to bring you this extraordinary presentation by Brian Butler, followed by the screening of the legendary film Lucifer Rising!

Kenneth Anger's LUCIFER RISING: The Occult Saga of a Cursed Film

Philosophical Research Society

Sid The Cat Presents

Black Belt Eagle Scout

4/11/25 at Scribble

Doors at 8pm

Tickets available  here !

Black Belt Eagle Scout

Scribble

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film captures the band’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Hulu

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with producer Joseph Patel ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS)

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band offer the most in-depth look ever at the creation of their legendary live performances – sharing fly-on-the-wall footage of band rehearsals and special moments backstage – as well as hearing directly from Springsteen on the topic. Fans get the chance to experience professionally shot footage from the 2023-2024 tour for the first time ever – while following the band through their one-of-a-kind preparation process, and onto performances for tens-of-thousands across continents.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Hulu

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Thom Zimny ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

ROAD DIARY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND

35mm can be beautiful, but 16mm is \*personal\*. Join Secret Sixteen founder Mike Williamson, Josh Miller (Killer Movies) and Bret Berg (Museum of Home Video) for a 12-hour blast of absurdly large firepower, infinite thirst for revenge, business in the front and party in the back — all from Secret Sixteen’s incredibly siqq 16mm film collection of ‘80s action films. Titles aren’t revealed until they unspool onscreen. What we can say is that this six-film marathon is overloaded with filth, corruption, simplicity meeting excess, Vietnam vets, pyrotechnics igniting everywhere, intense humidity, expert swordplay, cold opens, wandering drifters, dojo politics, black belt justice, heists gone wrong, crime syndicates, underworld cronies, undercover agents, small-time crooks, medium-time assassins, crooked cops, sadistic street gangs, borderline incompetence, iconic needledrops, watchable plot twists, ridiculous endings, casual hardboiled-ness, muscle cars, muscle tees, abandoned amusement parks, mustaches against the world, mullets against the wind, unmatched screen presence and just some general top-flight entertainment.

MULLETS & BULLETS: A Secret Sixteen Marathon

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Acclaimed director Jean-Jacques Annaud (IN THE NAME OF THE ROSE, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET) brings his talents to family adventure films in his 1988 classic THE BEAR. Set in British Columbia in the 1880s, the film tells the story of a bear cub and an adult grizzly as they navigate the treacheries of the wild and the encroaching dangers of hunters on the horizon. With its stunning natural cinematography and incredible animal performances, THE BEAR is a breathtaking experience in nature on film.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: France

‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Saturday Afternoon Adventure Movie’

THE BEAR

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Kazuo Hara’s most renowned film is a harrowing confrontation with one of Japanese history’s darkest chapters: the atrocities committed by the country’s military during World War II. Hara’s unforgettable subject and collaborator in THE EMPEROR’S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON is Kenzo Okuzaki—a former soldier, convicted murderer, and defiantly anti-establishment agitator—who has made it his life’s mission to expose the crimes committed by Japanese officers against their own men while stationed in New Guinea.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

Introduction by actor Bill Hader. Q&A with filmmaker Kazuo Hara. Moderated by Errol Morris. ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Kazuo Hara: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**THE THIN BLUE LINE, 1988, Dir. Errol Morris, 102 Mins, USA**

Among the most important documentaries ever made, THE THIN BLUE LINE, by Errol Morris, erases the border between art and activism. A work of meticulous journalism and gripping drama, it recounts the disturbing tale of Randall Dale Adams, a drifter who was charged with the murder of a Dallas police officer and sent to death row, despite evidence that he did not commit the crime. Incorporating stylized reenactments, penetrating interviews, and haunting original music by Philip Glass, Morris uses cinema to build a case forensically while effortlessly entertaining his viewers. THE THIN BLUE LINE effected real-world change, proving film’s power beyond the shadow of a doubt.

FORMAT: 35mm

**A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, 1991, Dir. Errol Morris, 84 Mins, Janus Films, USA**

Errol Morris turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris’s documentary examines the way the collapse of Hawking’s body has been accompanied by the untrammeled broadening of his imagination. Telling the man’s incredible story through the voices of his colleagues and loved ones, while making dynamically accessible some of the theories in Hawking’s best-selling book of the same name, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME is at once as small as a single life and as big as the ever-expanding universe.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmaker Errol Morris THE THIN BLUE LINE print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Errol Morris: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE THIN BLUE LINE / A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Egyptian Theatre

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

An American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for his lost love.

THE MUMMY (1999)(PG13)(Sat. 4/12) 2:30p, 5:30p & 8:30p

Gardena Cinema

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL interweaves the stories of four obsessive men, each driven to create eccentric worlds of their dreams, all involving animals: Dave Hoover, a lion tamer; George Mendonça, a topiary gardener who has devoted a lifetime to painstakingly shaping bears and giraffes out of hedges and trees; Ray Mendez, who is fascinated with hairless mole-rats; and Rodney Brooks, an M.I.T. scientist who has designed complex, autonomous robots that can crawl like bugs without specific instructions from a human controller. Starting as a darkly funny contemplation of the Sisyphus-like nature of human striving, the film ultimately becomes a profoundly moving meditation on the very nature of existence.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Errol Morris ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Errol Morris: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Movie and Sound,” Dir. Daniel Contaldo, 11 Mins, Italy**

*World Premiere*

In an industrial area by a Tuscan river, a solitary figure approaches a mysterious building. The footage halts and rewinds, revealing a film lab where a technician watches the same scene on an analogue projector. The hidden operations of a Tuscan film laboratory are unveiled, capturing the intricate process of celluloid film development. From the darkroom shown with an infrared camera, to the baths that develop the film and reveal a latent image, to the scanner that converts the image on the film to a digital image; the machines come alive. In the yard, Czechoslovak wolves are raised by the lab’s owners.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Light, Protect Me from Oblivion,” Dir. Camilo Barria, 7 Mins, USA**

*West Coast Premiere*

Through the use of a fictional device—a portal, a sorceress—life is imagined as a moment encapsulated inside the flash of an instantaneous photograph to present fragmented biographic elements—a disintegrated family, rootlessness, the scar of a suicidal attempt, two loyal companions, the promises of a new land—subverting the idea of a home movie and transform it into a pilgrimage tool of self-discovery, mimicking the fragile nature of memories. Originally conceived as a contemplative project to explore displacement and belonging, it evolved into a six-month expedition compiling images that evoke the antagonistic feelings of being deprived of a place in the world while realizing life’s transient beauty.

FORMAT: DCP

“Questions for Memories,” Dir. Anderson Matthew, 13 Mins, USA

Four friends reflect on a road trip through Mexico, sifting through fragments of super 8mm, evoking questions of home, family and the textures of memory itself.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Lizzy,” Dir. Susanna Wallin, 15 Mins, USA**

*L.A. Premiere*

“Lizzy” is the result of the days spent in the aftermath of the death of a neighbour, who passed in the house where she had lived out her whole life on the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida and who left behind an electric organ addressed to the filmmaker, without a note. To receive it was like a wild riddle. How might one story continue in the hands of another? What powers organize the telling? Through weaving indoors with outdoors, dust with swamp, celebration with critique, the film traverses binary notions such as self-world, truth-fiction, witnessing-imagining and nature-experience among others.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Marine Layer,” Dir. Mia Hagerty and Aric Lopez, 8 Mins, USA**

*World Premiere*

Marine Layer takes audiences through a cinematic experience to reveal the ways in which our current world has become radically transformed by pollution. With a focus on Ormond Beach in Oxnard California, the film blends bold camera perspectives with expressive sound design and textural music to show a world that may already be in the depths of a pollution crisis.

FORMAT: DCP

**“ZØØ,” Dir. Andrew Schrader, 9 Mins, USA**

In the spirit of Luis Buñuel’s LAND WITHOUT BREAD, ZØØ is a surrealist documentary following a group of zoo animals plotting their escape—and the deranged zookeeper determined to stop them.

FORMAT: DCP

**“What I Had to Leave Behind,” Dir. Sean David Christensen, 9 Mins, USA**

A visual memoir taking place one afternoon moving out of his old apartment, writer/director Sean David Christensen blends together hand-painted animation, miniatures and an original jazz score to craft a story about letting go of the past.

FORMAT: DCP

**“A Hand to Hold,” Dir. Reed Martin, 23 Mins, USA**

In the heart of Los Angeles, two members of an innovative Street Medicine team devote their livelihood to helping their unhoused patients receive care, hope, and connection.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Considering Cats,” Dir. Matthew Newby, 12 Mins, USA**

A short, experimental, documentary shot at the Long Island Pet Expo in 2023. Take a moment to consider the cat.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with filmmakers ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

This Is Not a Fiction 2025 Shorts Program

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In English and German with English subtitles.*

A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles he played merge into a dazzling and conflicted figure. A very private man who thought he had “no good answers to anything” becomes the unlikely motor of a parallel history.

His voice, recorded during his last interview in 1981, and his onscreen avatars guide us through America’s past and present -on a road trip from the village of Fonda, NY, across the Midwest to the Pacific; from 1651 to the 1980s and the presidency of another movie actor. It takes many places and times and characters to imagine an invisible republic -the United States of Fonda.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Film Desk

COUNTRY: Austria/Germany

Q&A with filmmaker Alexander Horwath Advance Screening! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” 1986, Dirs. John Heyn and Jeff Krulik, 17 Min, USA**

A look at the wild scene outside a Judas Priest concert.

FORMAT: DCP

**HATED: GG ALLIN AND THE MURDER JUNKIES, 1993, Dir. Todd Phillips, 52 Min, Soundview Media Partners, USA**

Punk rocker GG Allin indulged in shocking behavior before his death by a drug overdose in 1993.

FORMAT: DCP

‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” / HATED: GG ALLIN AND THE MURDER JUNKIES

Cartoon Club

House of Wax

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Big Clock

Dracula's Daughter

Old Town Music Hall

**Writer/ Producer**: Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki casts his magic spell over this enchanting and beloved animated adventure. Kiki is a young witch who must set out on her own (with her trusted feline companion) to a seaside town to conquer her powers. After taking to the sky on her broom, she becomes the celebrated delivery person in her new home. As her self-doubt mount, her powers wane. Will she believe in herself enough to take her power and take flight again? Hop on your broomstick and join us for this magical movie for witches of all ages!

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

Kiki’s Delivery Service (English Dubbed)

**Screenwriters**: Andrew Stanton, Victoria Strouse

**Producer**: Lindsey Collins

Swim on down with your little fishies for an epic underwater adventure of friends, family, and conservation. Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.

Finding Dory

**Screenwriter**: Simon Beaufoy from the novel *Q & A *by Vikas Swarup

**Producer**: Christian Colson

*Phone a friend* and bring them to Danny Boyle&#8217;s uplifting tale of young love, poverty, and fortuitous luck. Dev Patel stars as a young man from the streets of Mumbai whose life leads him to an Indian game show where he uses his life experiences to win the game &#8211; much to the incredulity of the local police. Visually striking, frenetically paced, and inspirational, this unexpected blockbuster swept the 2008 Oscars, winning 8 Oscars, as well as 7 BAFTA awards and 4 Golden Globes.

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

Slumdog Millionaire

**Screenwriter**: David Lynch

**Producer**: Raffaella De Laurentis

Vidiots is elated to welcome icon of small-screen and big &#8211; the man, the myth, the legend &#8211; **Kyle MacLachlan** for back-to-back screenings of two of his iconic films!

Featuring a post-screening conversation with Paul Atredis himself **Kyle MacLachlan**!

Spice up your future with David Lynch&#8217;s infamous adaptation of Frank Herbert&#8217;s Science Fiction epic. In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom. With Lynchian surreality and a cast of Lynchian regulars like Jack Nance, Everett McGill, and an apple-cheeked Kyle MacLachlan, as well as Patrick Stewart and Sting, this is one futuristic adventure that only Lynch could have directed &#8211; even though he disavowed the film for years!

**Remembering David Lynch**

Vidiots celebrates one of the most groundbreaking and visionary artists of all time, the hugely inspired, inspirational, and influential maestro David Lynch. A man that virtually created the Midnight Movie, changed the face of cinema and television forever, and brought art films to the mainstream, Lynch was a powerful force of creativity and magic, and his passing is a loss so immense it reverberates in every part of our collective subconscious that he touched with his unending gifts.

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

Dune

**Screenwriters**: Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza

**Producer**: Bruce Cohen

Vidiots is ready to *Yabba-Dabba-Do* this &#8211; with an introduction by Cliff Vandercave himself &#8211; **Kyle MacLachlan**!

Join us for back-to-back screenings of two of Kyle&#8217;s iconic films, **Dune **and **The Flintstones**!

Head back in time with this prehisterical Stone Age cult classic. The beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoon comes to life &#8211; with stylistic authenticity, outrageous fashions, and special effects from ILM and Stephen Spielrock. After faking an IQ test, Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) ends up under the sway of the dastardly Cliff Vandercave &#8211; played by national treasure Kyle MacLachlan. Now his marriage to the lovely Wilma is under seige, and his job is on the line. Even in the Stone Age you need to watch out for evil capitalists! So, hook a rack of ribs on the side of your car, fix the bone in your hair, and peddle over to Vidiots as we celebrate the epic weirdness of *The Flintstones*!

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

The Flintstones

Nobody's Fool in 35mm

**ABOUT THE FILM:**

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Transcendental Appointments’

KOYAANISQATSI

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Join Host and Executive Producer Jeff Probst for a deep dive into the unparalleled legacy and influence of the show that changed the landscape of reality television forever.  Nearly 25 years since SURVIVOR first premiered, the groundbreaking reality series continues to evolve.  Through clips and conversation, we will celebrate the show’s evolution, explore its cultural impact, and reflect on how it has shaped not only the genre but also the very fabric of television storytelling.  The trailblazing reality series, airs Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, on CBS, and also available to stream on Paramount+.

Panel discussion with host Jeff Probst and special guests! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

Tribute to SURVIVOR: An Evening with Jeff Probst

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

The Big Chill

The Kobayashi family finally are able to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment to the suburban house of their dreams. But things are not as perfect as they seem: the house is infested by termites and the family starts going crazy. As the Kobayashis&#8217; house begins to crumble, so does the sanity of its inhabitants. Father Katsuhiko takes it upon himself to keep them from the asylum… at any cost.

The Crazy Family

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

The American Cinematheque and NFL Films are thrilled to honor over 60 years of the organization’s extensive and influential sports film and television coverage at the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday April 13, 2025. Featuring a panel of surprise guests, we will walk through the organization’s evolution from early highlight reels, Fantastic Finishes, iconic moments and developments, all-access coverage, Hard Knocks and the exciting new future of one of the longest, most awarded and prolific sports film and television production companies at the intersection of sports documentation, film, art and entertainment.

Panel discussion with surprise guests ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

NFL Films: A Documentary Dynasty

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Directed by Errol Morris, CHAOS: THE MANSON MURDERS untangles a web of conspiracy involving the CIA, LSD, Jack Ruby, the Manson Family, and Vincent Bugliosi, casting doubt on the official story of the 1960s’ most infamous killing spree.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix

COUNTRY: USA

CHAOS: THE MANSON MURDERS

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**“Sandy Passage,” 2015, Dir. Alexander Buono and Rhys Thomas, 22 Mins, Broadway Video, USA**

An in depth look at the daily lives of two aging socialites and their crumbling estate.

FORMAT: DCP

**“Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee,” 2015, Dir. Alexander Buono and Rhys Thomas, 44 Mins, Broadway Video, USA**

A documentary charting the rise and fall of soft rock’s seminal band, the Blue Jean Committee.

FORMAT: DCP

Panel with creators, actors and writers Bill Hader and Fred Armisen, creator and director Rhys Thomas, director Alex Buono and writer Micah Gardner 10th Anniversary! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

DOCUMENTARY NOW!

A man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that his best friend is an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than we think

HARVEY (1950)(Approved)(Sun. 4/13) 2:30p, 6:00p & 8:30p

Earth

Japanese Paper Films

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In February 1971, one month after the revelations of the My Lai massacre, a public inquiry into war crimes committed by American forces in Vietnam was held at a Howard Johnson motel in Detroit. The Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization launched the “Winter Soldier Investigation,” wherein over 125 veterans spoke of atrocities they had witnessed and committed. Though the event was attended by press, almost nothing was reported to the American public…until the release of this brutal, pivotal documentary that marked a turning point in America’s anti-war movement. Pieced together by the Winterfilm Collective, WINTER SOLDIER is a one-of-a-kind glimpse into the grief and humanity of U.S. soldiers that makes for an unforgettable experience.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: USA

World Premiere of 4K Restoration! WINTER SOLDIER has been restored from a director’s original 16mm print held at the Academy Film Archive. Scanned to 4K and restored at CineSolutions in Santa Clarita, California in 2024. ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

WINTER SOLDIER

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker Errol Morris ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025,’ ‘Errol Morris: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ and ‘Sunday Print Edition’

Errol Morris Presents PSYCHO

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Filmed over 15 years, this epic three-part documentary by Kazuo Hara chronicles the history of struggle for a community in southern Japan suffering from “Minamata disease” — a debilitating neurological disease caused by methylmercury poisoning from the consumption of fish contaminated by industrial wastewater — as they continue the decades-long battle for legal recognition and reparations from the government. Both a deeply humanizing portrait of resilience and a comprehensive history of one of the worst pollution-related tragedies in human history, Minamata Mandala gives voice to the many survivors, care providers, researchers, and supporters tirelessly fighting for visibility.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grasshopper Film

COUNTRY: Japan

Q&A with filmmaker Kazuo Hara West Coast Premiere ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Kazuo Hara: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

MINAMATA MANDALA

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Join us for a night of collective catharsis, a primal scream in the form of an audience participation-based punk show!

7:30pm

12$

Tickets available  here

Emergency Punk Show

**Screenwriter**: Bill Kelly

**Producers**: Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson

Step out of the fairy tale and into the Big Apple with this beloved Disney live-action/animation hybrid. When a beautiful princess is banished from her animated fairy tale world and into the streets of Manhattan, she&#8217;s got to find enchantment and a happily-ever-after in this strange and chaotic new world. When a kindly lawyer comes to her aid, she&#8217;s got to wonder if the prince she has waiting for her is the happy ending she&#8217;s always imagined. This delightful musical magical fantasy is the epitome of the enchanting joy that Disney is capable of, even as they poke fun at themselves.

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

Enchanted

**Screenwriter**: Joel Oliansky

**Producer**: Clint Eastwood

Director Clint Eastwood, a noted jazz aficionado, directs this heartfelt study of pioneering bop saxophonist Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker). Moving forward and backward through Parker&#8217;s brief life before his death of a heroin overdose at age 34, the film foregrounds the saxophonist&#8217;s difficult relationship with his wife, Chan Parker (Diane Venora), but also features lengthy scenes of Parker improvising on stage, lit with the neon and cigarette smoke of vintage jazz clubs.

Bird

STUCK ON VHS: Watched (1974)

WHAMMY!

Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의개) in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

With unprecedented access and candid interviews, part one of NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET takes us on an intimate journey with some of Hollywood’s most extraordinary leading Black men as they shine a light on the joys and challenges of being a Black actor, share breakthrough moments, discuss blueprints for success and honor legends, while recognizing the next generation’s enormous potential.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Apple TV+

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and executive producer Reginald Hudlin ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET: PART ONE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

Produced in collaboration with the Green Lawn—a group of activists with cerebral palsy who work to raise awareness of the condition—GOODBYE CP blends jagged, shot-on-the-fly footage of the members’ seemingly Sisyphean struggle to take their message to the streets with raw, sometimes confrontational interviews in which they reveal the torment of living in a society cruelly indifferent to their existence. In making his subjects active participants in the film’s creation—a practice he would continue throughout his career—Hara powerfully asserts the humanity and agency of those who have long been denied both.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

Q&A with filmmaker Kazuo Hara ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’ and ‘Kazuo Hara: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

GOODBYE CP

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French and Japanese with English subtitles. *

A.K. is both a making-of documentary showing the filmmaking process of one of cinema’s finest practitioners, Akira Kurosawa, as he completes his most epic film and a meditation on the nature of film itself.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: France/Japan

40th Anniversary! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

A.K.

The Dragon, the Hero / The New South Hand Blows and North Kick Blows

“barrunto” is a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to a bodily unrest, an omen or a forecast sensed via signals present in the environment (such as when rain is forecast through aches and pains or when ants emerge anticipating an earthquake). “barrunto” is a way of thinking with surface and subconscious, underfoot and underground. Emilia Beatriz’s film is a speculative narrative informed by poetry and theories of quantum entanglement across diasporic distance. An intimate exploration of grief and resistance in shifting landscapes of loss, from the streets to the bed; in sites of displacement, nuclear contamination, and military occupation from Scotland to Puerto Rico; from the bottom of the ocean all the way to the planet Uranus; using digital, archival, and 16mm film hand-processed in “grief tea.”

_Presented in English, Caribe Spanish, and Scots Gaelic with English subtitles._ 


WEST COAST PREMIERE. The program includes a post-screening conversation with filmmaker Emilia Beatriz and film programmer Jheanelle Brown.

barrunto -  Emilia Beatriz

Redcat

**Screenwriter**: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

**Producers**: Tetsuya Ikeda, Satoshi Kanno, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Atsuyuki Shimoda

Co-Presented by Community Programming Partner **The Cinegogue**

Unravel the mysteries of Kiyoshi Kurosawa&#8217;s hypnotic thriller. A detective begins to investigate a series of shocking murders that all bear the same modus operandi, but are performed by different unwitting killers. What he finds is a nightmare of psychic mesmerism and a dangerous game with an evil force in the guise of an amnesiac. Obtuse and unsettling, *Cure* does not give you easy answers, but leaves you pondering its unnerving dread long after viewing.

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

Cure

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

With unprecedented access and candid interviews, part two of NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET takes us on an intimate journey with some of Hollywood’s most extraordinary leading Black women as they shine a light on the joys and challenges of being a Black actor, share breakthrough moments, discuss blueprints for success and honor legends, while recognizing the next generation’s enormous potential.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Apple TV+

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Shola Lynch ‘This is Not A Fiction’

NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET: PART TWO

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

When his wife, the outspoken feminist Miyuki Takeda, announced that she was leaving him in order to find herself, Kazuo Hara began this raw, intensely personal documentary as a way to both maintain a connection to the woman he still cared for and to make sense of their complex relationship. Granted at times shockingly intimate access to Miyuki’s personal life, Hara follows her wayward journey toward liberation as she explores her sexuality with both men and women, becomes pregnant and raises a family as a single mother, and grows increasingly disenchanted with the constraints of traditional social structures.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan

EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In May 2020, a ragtag group of roughly 60 insurrectionists led by American mercenaries attempted to infiltrate Venezuela by boat to overthrow the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Dubbed Operation Gideon, it was a tragicomedy that failed. The film pitch would be “Rambo meets Fyre Fest” only that doesn’t begin to cover the multiple layers of this documentary. The narrative echoes decades of covert US interventions in Latin America, only this time fashioned in the Trump era.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: USA/Canada

L.A. Premiere! ‘This Is Not a Fiction’

MEN OF WAR

Angels with Dirty Faces / They Made Me a Criminal

Join writer and filmmaker Naz Riahi for the first session of Scribble Reads with Naz, a (mostly) monthly book club, on April 15. 

Together we'll discuss Han Kang's extraordinary novel, The Vegetarian. You can order a copy  here . All are welcome.

Sign up  here !
Sliding scale $15-25: all proceeds go to support Scribble's sliding scale mental health services. NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS. If you are not able to donate, you can just show up.

Scribble Reads with Naz

2220 Arts presents *The Audition Tapes* (world-premiere!). Director Aimee Goguen in-person.

starring: Amia Yokoyama, Beth Goguen, Brittany Hall, Hanna Hur, Hayden Dunham, Isabelle Albuquerque, Jeanetta Rich, Kate Hall, Kayla Ephros, Kelly Cloud, Margaret Haines, Nour Mobarak, Olivia Taussig, P Staff, Rollin Hunt, Rachelle Sawatsky, Serene B.loin, Sid Solomon, Sloan Glanzberg, Suzy Mae, Sydney Acosta, Taralyn Thomas, Tom Rees, Zackary Drucker, Zan Robertson, Zori Swanegan and more.

The Audition Tapes is a new feature-length film by Aimee Goguen, “starring exceptionally talented, glamorous non-actors auditioning for a movie that does not exist.” A Los Angeles ballad.

Aimee Goguen's THE AUDITION TAPES (World Premiere)

2220 Arts + Archives

Central Station (Central do Brasil) in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE RESTORATION:**

*KILLER OF SHEEP has been digitally restored to 4K and remastered by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Milestone Films, and the Criterion Collection. Picture Restoration: Illuminate Hollywood. Photochemical Film Preservation: Film Technology Company. Sound Mix and Restoration: John Polito of Audio Mechanics and Larry Blake. Audio Transfers: DJ Audio, Endpoint Audio Labs. Music Rights: Chris Robertson, Global ImageWorks and Milestone Films. Restoration supervised by Ross Lipman and Jillian Borders in consultation with Charles Burnett. *

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Burnett’s films focus on everyday life in black communities in a manner rarely in American cinema — combining lyrical elements with a starkly neorealist, documentary-style approach that chronicles the unfolding story with depth and riveting simplicity. In KILLER OF SHEEP, Stan, employed at a slaughterhouse, is suffering from the emotional side effects of his bloody occupation to such a degree that his entire life unhinges. Burnett once said of the film, “[Stan’s] real problems lie within the family, trying to make that work and be a human being. You don’t necessarily win battles; you survive.”

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by archivist Jill Borders and Q&A with filmmaker Charles Burnett L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration Co-presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

KILLER OF SHEEP

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

California Split

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

TO CATCH A PREDATOR was a popular television show designed to hunt down child predators and lure them to a film set, where they would be interviewed and eventually arrested. PREDATORS is a surprising exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the show, and the world it helped create.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker David Osit West Coast Premiere! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

PREDATORS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*German and English with English subtitles.*

Austrian astronomer Karl is at a crossroads in his life and work. He finds his physicist wife growing distant and his job being reshaped by environmental crises as thoughts about science, fascism, and his grandson’s future spin above his head. After attending a conference in Greece, Karl decides not to return home and heads for a small island in hopes of finding a dark enough sky to reconnect with the stars. Abandoned at a remote mountain trail, he ascends and waits for darkness to fall.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grasshopper Film

COUNTRY: Austria/USA

L.A. Premiere! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR

Vidiots is thrilled to welcome **Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory** for a special evening of conversation and film shorts including Susu LaRoche&#8217;s new documentary, video footage of a live performance at The Church, and a special secret screening of a highly influential film.

Director **Susu Laroche **presents a behind the scenes glimpse into the making of **Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory’s** album and the band’s origin in this short documentary playing Wednesday, April 16 at Vidiots. The recording took place at Eurythmics’ former studio, The Church in London, and was a collaborative effort between band members and producer Marta Salogni. Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory is comprised of Sharon Van Etten (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Jorge Balbi (Drums, Machines), Devra Hoff (Bass, Vocals) and Teeny Lieberson (Synth, Piano, Guitar, Vocals). 

The documentary will be followed by a screening of live footage of the band performing in the Church &#8211; filmed during their session &#8211; and then a brief conversation with **Sharon Van Etten** and drummer, **Jorge Balbi**.  After a brief intermission, an influential film selected by **Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory**, will be screened.

An Evening with Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Lightstruck presents *Tales of the Dumpster Kid* by Ula Stöckl & Edgar Reitz.

“In form and content possibly the most original German avant-garde work of the seventies…” (Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art)

Between 1969-1971, Ula Stöckl (*The Cat Has Nine Lives*) and Edgar Reitz (*Heimat*) produced one of the most engaging and iconoclastic film projects of the New German Cinema, completely rejecting the standards and tropes of a contemporary film landscape already in extreme flux. With proto-punk spirit and dark, sardonic humor, the filmmakers dramatize the daringly absurd adventures of a Kübelkind (“Dumpster Kid”, played by the perfect Kristine de Loup), whose unpredictable meanderings through various narrative vignettes represents a radical feminist odyssey of chilling social commentary and outrageous satire.

Through its various episodes (ranging in length from one minute to nearly a half-hour), Tales of the Dumpster Kid resolutely maintains its simple yet striking visual style, while cavalierly raiding and reshaping a whole host of narrative genres – musical, comedy, family drama, gangster, horror, erotic, fairy tale, and even The Three Musketeers – each one of them repurposed to the filmmakers’ ends with an incisive yet dada spirit. Alternately audacious, hilarious, disturbing, and unexpectedly moving, Stöckl and Reitz’s project is the cinematic embodiment of righteous contrarianism.

The Dumpster Kid was born from the filmmakers’ mutual dissatisfaction with the established, arbitrary guidelines of getting films made and seen, “because in 1969 we had no desire to make another ninety-minute film that would get no distribution.” Instead, they completely rewrote the rules of what could comprise contemporary cinema, conceiving of a massive, evolving project devoted to the titular character who functioned as a stand-in not only for the artists’ own defiance, but for the oppressed and outraged women still demanding radical change at the end of the sixties. Made on a limited scale in an immensely playful spirit, the filmmakers also consciously populated the films with their friends; in one case this meant a 28-year-old Werner Herzog delivering one of his creepiest performances as a soft-spoken sadist.

Of a projected 64 episodes, 22 were actually produced, running well over three hours in total. For this program, befitting the playful and intentional anti-structure of the project, Lightstruck will provide a menu of film choices, and the audience will determine which episodes are seen, in which order, on the night of the program. The evening will run no more than 120 minutes, meaning it will be up to you to determine what we see at the show!

This program contains adult material.

*Geschichten vom Kübelkind* (*Tales of the Dumpser Kid*) (1969-71)

Directed by Ula Stöckl & Edgar Reitz

Starring Kristine de Loup

Program curated by Zena Grey, Mark Toscano, and you. Notes by Mark Toscano. Thanks to Gesa Knolle and Arsenal Distribution.

Lightstruck: TALES OF THE DUMPSTER KID

House of Flying Daggers in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

Closing night of the festival features the Season 3 return of the critically acclaimed HBO Original documentary series 100 FOOT WAVE with an L.A. Premiere and Q&A to follow on April 17.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: MAX Original

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A to follow L.A. Premiere of Season 3! Closing Night! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

100 FOOT WAVE

Summer just got a lot shorter for 19 year old Raphael Tinski. It&#8217;s 2007 and the peak of emo-culture is in full swing. Raphael just got arrested by a psychotic cop. Raphael just fell in love with a girl at community service. Raphael might get blown up by nukes.

Rats!

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Catherine Coulson is an international cult sensation in the groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks. 25 years later her lifelong friend David Lynch announces its return for a new season. Within weeks Catherine is diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Can she live long enough to play the iconic Log Lady one last time?

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Richard Green, Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost and producer Sabrina Sutherland L.A. Premiere! Closing Night! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

I KNOW CATHERINE, THE LOG LADY

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

MOVIE SCREENERS CLUB (Thu. 3/20) 7:30pm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

An essay film about the mysteries of consciousness and communication channeled through neurophysiologist and “psychonaut” John C. Lilly, a daring experimenter with dolphins and psychedelics. Lilly’s motto — “My body is my laboratory” — carried him into realms of radical self-investigation, while his research also helped bring dolphins and whales into the collective dreamlife of the 20th century.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Michael Almereyda West Coast Premiere! Closing Night! ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

JOHN LILLY AND THE EARTH COINCIDENCE CONTROL OFFICE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Spanish with English subtitles*

Portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, which allows us to reflect on the intimate experience of the bullfighter who assumes the risk of facing the bull as a personal duty out of respect for tradition and as an aesthetic challenge. This challenge creates a form of ephemeral beauty through the material and violent confrontation between human rationality and the brutality of the wild animal.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Grasshopper Films

COUNTRY: Spain

Advance Screening ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2025’

Tuesday, 4/1

Los Feliz Theatre

PET SHOP DAYS

7:00 PM

⭐

VIY

10:00 PM

⭐

New Beverly Cinema

Blue Collar

American Gigolo

7:30 PM

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Vidiots

Mickey 17

7:30 PM

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Tuesday, 4/1