### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

One of the most joyously British movies ever made, this endlessly quotable non-stop gigglefest about the filthiness and absurdity of the Middle Ages never fails to put smiles on the audience’s faces. Our iconic Pythonites in Cleese, Idle, Palin, Jones, Chapman and Gilliam were never funnier. Honestly perfect, no notes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: UK

MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL

Aero Theatre

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

Vampire Hunter D

In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.

Knife+Heart

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In 1959, affluent businessman Michael Courtland (Cliff Roberston) and his wife (Geneviève Bujold) are celebrating their tenth anniversary when his daughter and wife are kidnapped and held for ransom. The effort to rescue the girl and her mother ends tragically, and Courtland merely exists, his days consumed with guilt. Many years later, still grieving over his loss, he returns to Florence – the city where he first met his wife – where he meets a young woman who bears a remarkable resemblance to her. Set largely in New Orleans, this incredibly atmospheric thriller has a southern gothic feel with its dreamlike photography (by cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond) and deliberate pacing.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Repertory

COUNTRY: USA

OBSESSION

Egyptian Theatre

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

Former star-student John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious school as a maverick teacher using poetry to embolden his pupils.

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)(Fri 1/9) 7:30pm (Sat 1/10) 3:00pm

Gardena Cinema

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 (1/9)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Though Claudette Colbert still loves her failed-architect hubby Joel McCrea, she nonetheless leaves him for greener pastures. Enter Rudy Vallee as a mild-mannered zillionaire and Mary Astor as his sister and, well, the possibilities are just endless. Another hysterical Sturges classic, highlighted by the all-star Ale & Quail Club and the unforgettable Wienie King!

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $7.92 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

THE PALM BEACH STORY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

“The Singers” is a genre-bending film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev, in which a lowly pub full of downtrodden men connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off. With a cast comprised of first-time actors discovered on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube, the film is a celebration of diamonds in the rough and a testament to the power of vulnerability through art.

FORMAT: DCP

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker Sam Davis and cast. Moderated by Meghan Oretsky.

"The Singers"

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

THE SECRET AGENT is a 2025 Brazilian historical political thriller film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. It stars Wagner Moura as Marcelo, a teacher caught in the political turmoil of the final years of the Brazilian military dictatorship, attempting to flee persecution.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: Brazil/France/Germany/Netherlands

Q&A with filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho and producer Emilie Lesclaux Brazil’s Official Oscar Entry for Best International Feature Film ‘Kleber Mendonça Filho: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE SECRET AGENT

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

A palpable sense of unease hangs over a single city block in the coastal town of Recife, Brazil. Home to prosperous families and the servants who work for them, the area is ruled by an aging patriarch and his sons. When a private security firm is reluctantly brought in to protect the residents from a recent spate of petty crime, it unleashes the fears, anxieties and resentments of a divided society still haunted by its troubled past.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: Brazil

‘Kleber Mendonça Filho: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

NEIGHBORING SOUNDS

Los Feliz Theatre

Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

The Master

Death Proof

New Beverly Cinema

Celebrated & beloved animated filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt's hand-selected program of current & classic animated shorts from around the globe!

Don Hertzfeldt presents ANIMATION MIXTAPE — An In Theaters Only Experience!

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Nora Ephron

**Producers**: Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman

Vidiots celebrates the life and legacy of a true mensch &#8211; the creative genius and the activist &#8211; **Rob Reiner** with a special screening of his genre-defining rom com *When Harry Met Sally*.

Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron team up with a little help from an excellent cast to set the standard for the romantic comedy for decades to come. Quirky, touching, and just a little naughty, come fall in love with this refreshing comedy all over again. During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they&#8217;re still no closer to finding the answer. Come for the ham sandwich orgasm and stay for the New Year&#8217;s Eve confession of true love, and all the hilarity, romance, and Carrie Fisher moments in between!

**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&#8217;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&#8217;ve got a Rob Reiner director&#8217;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.

When Harry Met Sally…

**Screenwriter**: Jim Jarmusch

**Producers**: Joshua Astrachan,  Charles Gillibert,  Carter Logan,  Atilla Salih Yücer

If you missed our incredible night with iconic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and his new low key family charmer, you&#8217;ve got another chance to catch this wintry triptych in our microcinema. Join the awkward family visit with three stories of siblings, parents, and icy relations. Travel from New Jersey to Dublin to Paris as Jarmusch muses on the bonds that hold us together and the walls and secrets that keep us apart. Absorbingly chill without drama, conflict, or sex, but plenty of laughs, relatable and beautiful moments, and the beyond brilliant casting choice of Cate Blanchett as Charlotte Rampling&#8217;s daughter, Jim Jarmusch adds another stylish and understated entry into his perennially cool oeuvre.

Father Mother Sister Brother

**Screenwriters**: Thomas Hedley Jr.,  Joe Eszterhas

**Producers**: Don Simpson,  Jerry Bruckheimer

*What a feeling!* Grab your welding helmets and your dancing shoes for Adriane Lyne&#8217;s provocative 80s dance classic *Flashdance*. Alex dreams of being a professional ballerina, but she&#8217;s stuck making ends meet as a blue-collar factory worker by day and an exotic dancer by night. When she falls for her boss at the factory, she might see all her dreams become a reality. Initially panned by critics and loved by audiences, this sexy blue-collar dance musical has become a ubiquitous 80s classic and will have you reaching for a chair and a bucket of water!

Picks from the Video Store

Need more 80s Dance-Offs? Hit up our Modern Musicals section for these toe-tappers and more!

*Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Breakin&#8217; 2: Electric Boogaloo, Footloose*

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

Flashdance

**Screenwriter**: Lem Dobbs

**Producers**: John Hardy,  Scott Kramer

Vidiots remembers the great **Terence Stamp** with a special screening of Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s hard-nosed crime classic *The Limey*.

*The Limey* follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter&#8217;s death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.&#8217;s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

**Remembering Terence Stamp**

Kneel before Zod! Vidiots remembers the dynamic, magnetic and truly gorgeous Terence Stamp who brought grace and power to the screen, every single time.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more Terence Stamp to rent? We&#8217;ve got you covered with these and more!

*Far From the Madding Crowd, The Hit, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert*

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

The Limey

**Screenwriter**: Diego Céspedes

**Producers**: Giancarlo Nasi,  Justin Pechberty

Join us in the microcinema for Diego Céspedes&#8217; Cannes winning masterpiece, an empowering and heartfelt queer western to warm up these chilly nights with unforgettable characters, heart, humor, and all the feels. In the early 80s, in the Chilean desert, eleven-year-old Lidia grows up in a loving queer family pushed on the edge of an unwelcoming dusty mining town. They are blamed for a mysterious illness that&#8217;s starting to spread &#8211; said to be passed through a single gaze, when one man falls in love with another. In this modern western, Lidia leads a quest for vengeance, facing violence, fear and hatred, where family is her only refuge and love might be the real danger. A remarkable tale of trans joy and resistance, a stylish modern folktale, and a moving coming-of-age classic all in one, this transcendent triumph will having you laughing, crying, and cheering throughout.

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Vidiots

No Other Choice

On the Waterfront

Speed Racer

Vista Theatre

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi in 4K

Girls on Film: Two by Su Friedrich

Midsommar

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Arabic with English subtitles.*

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: WILLA

COUNTRY: Tunisia/France

Q&A with filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia’s Official Oscar Submission for Best International Feature Film ‘Kaouther Ben Hania: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT is a poignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. Through laughter and unwavering love, they transform pain into purpose, and mortality into a moving celebration of resilience.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Apple TV

COUNTRY: USA

Extended introduction by singer-songwriter and executive producer Sara Bareilles Popcorn and soda courtesy of Apple TV

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**SONG SUNG BLUE, 2025, Dir. Craig Brewer, 131 Mins, Focus Features, USA**

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

FORMAT: DCP

**ALMOST FAMOUS, 2000, Dir. Cameron Crowe, 122 Mins, Paramount, USA**

Set in 1973, ALMOST FAMOUS chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater—fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe—William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band’s tour, despite the objections of his protective mother.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with actor Kate Hudson. Moderated by Zooey Deschanel.

SONG SUNG BLUE / ALMOST FAMOUS

*With director/star Louise Weard & co-star Vera Drew in person!*

Castration Movie is a labyrinthine postmodern epic about gender. In *Chapter i. Incel Superman*, a production assistant named Turner Stewart (Noah Baker) sees his world spiral out of control as he uncompromisingly attempts to shape his life into the one he feels he deserves. In *Chapter ii. Traps Swan Princess*, a trans sex worker named Michaela “Traps” Sinclair (Louise Weard) finds her relationships becoming increasingly strained as she decides to pursue motherhood.
Written and directed by Louise Weard, *Castration Movie Anthology i. The Fear of Having No One to Hold at the End of the World* features a cast headlined by Louise Weard (*Computer Hearts*), Vera Drew (*The People&#8217;s Joker*), Alice Maio Mackay (*The Serpent’s Skin*), Avalon Fast (*Camp*), John Paizs (*Crime Wave*), Lea Rose Sebastianis (*In a Violent Nature*), and Nate Wilson (*The All Golden*), amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos.

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tome in which the fates of three souls—the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha—collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and an array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement of Soviet cinema’s might, WAR AND PEACE succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Soviet Union

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

The film will be shown in 4 parts, with brief intermissions and a 30-minute meal break following part 2 at approximately 6:10pm.

WAR AND PEACE

A therapist counsels Will Hunting, a janitor with a genius IQ.

GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997)(Sat 1/10)5:45p 8:30p (Sun 1/11)3pm 5:45p 8:30p (Mo

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

Cocktails with a Curator: Creative Complaining

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### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, vows to live in her apartment until she dies after a developer buys all of the units around her.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Vitagraph Films

COUNTRY: Brazil/France

AQUARIUS

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

After frustrated punk rocker Otto Maddox quits his dead-end supermarket job, he’s hired by Bud to work as an apprentice “repo man.” In no time, the rookie is caught up in a series of off-the-wall adventures involving government agents, UFO cultists, hired thugs and a lobotomized nuclear scientist, culminating in the search for an incredibly valuable ’64 Chevy containing a secret that can change the course of civilization overnight! An explosive action-packed cult classic that combines the seedy underworld of car repossession with the quirky realm of science fiction.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

REPO MAN

### **ABOUT THE EPISODES:**

**Episode 1 “The Unheavenly Host,” Dir. Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred, 64 Min****, MUBI, Denmark**

*In Danish with English subtitles.*

Spiritualist Mrs. Druss tricks the doctors into admitting her into the neurosurgery ward of the Kingdom hospital, where she discovers the sounds of a weeping child in the elevator shaft. Swedish consultant Dr. Helmer is confronted by the results of his sloppy work treating a brain-damaged patient.

FORMAT: DCP

**Episode 2 “Thy Kingdom Come,” Dir. Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred, 67 Min****, MUBI, Denmark**

*In Danish with English subtitles.*

Amidst concerns over his methods, Helmer continues to be haunted by claims of medical malpractice. As Mrs. Drusse draws closer to the weeping spirit-child, things become increasingly mysterious when she discovers an old photograph of a little girl with a strange-looking man.

FORMAT: DCP

**Episode 3 “A Foreign Body,” Dir. Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred, 71 Min****, MUBI, Denmark**

*In Danish with English subtitles.*

Gathering leads, Drusse visits the control room and finally makes contact with the spirits, but evil forces prevent her from going further. Helmer’s desperate attempts at covering up his medical misdeed are foiled when fellow doctors Krogshøj, Judith and Moffe beat him to the hospital archives.

FORMAT: DCP

**Episode 4 “The Living Dead,” Dir. Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred, 77 Min, MUBI, Denmark**

*In Danish with English subtitles.*

The Kingdom is driving Dr. Helmer mad. He comes up with a play to put a stop to Krogshøj’s blackmail. Dr. Moesgaard’s catastrophic tour of the hospital with the director and Minister of Health culminates in sex, and amateur séance, a liver transplant, and an abortion in the neurosurgical unit.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**THE KINGDOM I, 1994, MUBI, Denmark**

Strange things are happening in the underbelly of a Danish hospital, where the ghost of a young girl cries in the elevator shaft, a phantom ambulance appears nightly and secret societies meet in the basement. Tensions rise among staff, oblivious to the dark force awakening beneath the hospital.

Co-Presented by Beyond Fest ‘Udo Kier Remembered’

THE KINGDOM I

Aladdin

North by Northwest

Eraserhead

**Screenwriters**: Paul King, Simon Farnaby

**Producer**: David Heyman

Join us for a second helping of the world&#8217;s cutest bear in an overcoat with this eternally delightful sequel. Settled in with the Brown family, Paddington the bear is a popular member of the community who spreads joy and marmalade wherever he goes. One fine day, he spots a pop-up book in an antique shop &#8212; the perfect present for his beloved aunt&#8217;s 100th birthday. When a thief steals the prized book, Paddington embarks on an epic quest to unmask the culprit before Aunt Lucy&#8217;s big celebration.

Paddington 2

**Screenwriters**: Richard LaGravenese,  Elizabeth Chandler from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett

**Producer**: Mark Johnson

Get lost in a wondrous tale of boundless imagination in Alfonso Cuarón&#8217;s magical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett&#8217;s beloved book. In the midst of WWI, with her father off in battle, young Sara finds herself at a boarding school where she spins fanciful tales for her classmates. When tragedy falls and Sara is forced into penniless servitude, she only has her imagination to brighten her days, until she discovers a secret that may turn her luck around. Cuarón lovingly adapts the page with plenty of beautiful and whimsical sequences of breathtaking magical realism that bring the source material beyond life into fantasy!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Want more family friendly literary adaptations? We&#8217;ve got you covered!

*The Secret Garden, Bridge to Terabithia, The Indian in the Cupboard*

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

A Little Princess

**Screenwriter**: Edward Yang

**Producers**: Shinya Kawai,  Osamu Kunota,  Naoko Tsukeda

One of the greatest masterpieces of this century, Edward Yang&#8217;s sweeping family epic captures the essence of life itself from its banalities to its humor, offering a life-affirming treasure for even the most jaded cinephile. Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life&#8217;s meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions. A wondrous cinematic event that must be seen on the big screen, and won Yang the Cannes Best Director award, this is a triumph of humanity as well as cinema.

**Picks from the Video Store**

We&#8217;ve got an Edward Yang director&#8217;s section and you can take home more tonight!

*A Brighter Summer Day, Taipei Story, The Terrorizers*

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

Yi Yi

**Screenwriter**: Kaouther Ben Hania

**Producers**: Nadim Cheikhrouha,  James Wilson,  Odessa Rae

A heart-pounding, gut-wrenching essential thriller, Kaouther Ben Hania&#8217;s harrowing heartbreaker will have your stomach in a vice from the jump and never lets up &#8211; even as the tears pour from your eyes nearly constantly. January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car &#8211; alone save the dead bodies of her family members &#8211; under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. An exceptionally human triumph of the real life anguish, frustration, and grief of first responders in the face of impossible odds and outcomes, with expert pacing and remarkable performances, *The Voice of Hind Rajab* is a taut and masterful thriller, using real life and death as its unforgettable focus.

The Voice of Hind Rajab

**Screenwriter**: Paul Thomas Anderson

**Producers**: Paul Thomas Anderson,  JoAnne Sellar

There&#8217;s no better time to watch PTA&#8217;s sprawling operatic three hour juggernaut than on a cold, January night. On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Need more local epics? Plan a staycation with these classics:

*Short-Cuts, Los Angeles Plays Itself, LA Story*

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

Magnolia

**Screenwriters**: James Costigan, Ivan Davis, Whitley Strieber, Michael Thomas

**Producer**: Richard Shepherd

Vidiots wants to add a little spice to your January as we welcome back **Vidiots** **Hornyfest**. Join us for a month of movies that will keep you smoldering all winter long. Is it an extra hot winter, or is it just **Vidiots Hornyfest**?

Sink your teeth into this romantic rendezvous with the undead. David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, and Susan Sarandon star in this sensual and atmospheric vampire film that defies genres and expectations. Screen legend Deneuve stars as Miriam, an ancient vampire who promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When her companion for centuries John (Bowie) suddenly discovers that he is getting older minute by minute, he looks for help in Dr. Sarah Roberts (Sarandon), a researcher on the mechanisms of aging. The bright and beautiful doctor is soon swayed by the seductive Miriam, and they all must face a grim eternity.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Love a slow-burn vampire flick? These tasty treats will quench your bloodlust!

*Let&#8217;s Scare Jessica to Death, Daughters of Darkness, Velvet Vampire*

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

Vidiots Hornyfest: The Hunger

Breakfast at Tiffany's

American Job

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

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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.*

Collaborations in Song: A Music Video Mixtape by Leanna Kaiser

WHAMMY!

Stormy Weather in 4K

Blue Velvet in 4K with Kyle MacLachlan

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Bob Crane has long maintained a psychic connection to his twin sister, Jessica, who works as a fashion model in Milan. When Bob senses that his sister might be injured or killed, he travels to Italy to look for her, only to discover that she’s vanished without a trace. Enlisting the help of about-to-retire Commissioner Danesi, Bob soon finds himself embroiled in a web of mystery and terror, when a scissors wielding killer begins to strike and all clues lead back to Jessica. A highly entertaining and unexpectedly raunchy late period giallo, clearly taking a cue from the American slasher craze, Carlo Vanzina’s NOTHING UNDERNEATH amps up the mid-80s excess and stars prolific TV actor Tom Schanley (DEXTER), Danish fashion model Renée Simonsen, and Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN).

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: Italy

Q&A with actor Tom Schanley Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive Special thanks to Phil Blankenship for the print ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents NOTHING UNDERNEATH

Long Arm of the Law IV: Underground Express / The Train Robbers

**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

**Screenwriters**: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass

**Producer**: Mark Duplass

Vidiots is excited to welcome back Founding Members and multi-hyphenate indie legends **Jay Duplass, Katie Aselton, **and** Mark Duplass** for a special 20th Anniversary screening of their mumblecore classic *The Puffy Chair*.

Hop in and join the road trip with the Duplass Brothers&#8217; breakthrough indie hit. Shot for reportedly $15,000 and filmed in Katie Aselton&#8217;s hometown, this no budget road movie marked the feature debut of the Duplass brothers and paved the way for a new era of independent cinema. After winning an eBay auction in another state, Josh hops in his car with his girlfriend and embarks to pick up the oversized piece of nostalgia, then joined by his hippie brother along the way. Smart, heartfelt, and hilarious &#8211; and now fully restored! &#8211;  don&#8217;t miss your chance to laugh along with the filmmakers and a bunch of Vidiots 20 years after it first hit the road!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love a road movie? Drive away with these treasures tonight!

*Rubin and Ed, Paris, Texas, Y Tu Mamá También*

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

The Puffy Chair

*A dream of dark and troubling things . . .*

Tonight we honor the late, great **David Lynch** (on what would have been the director’s 80th birthday) by screening his first feature *Eraserhead* on 35mm, alongside Suzan Pitt’s experimental animated short film *Asparagus*.

Originally programmed together by film producer and distributor **Ben Barenholtz** (considered the father of the midnight movie), the two films played together for nearly two years at the Waverly Theater in New York City and the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles.

Both films, unique in their visionary artistry, vividly bring to life rich and twisted psycho-sexual interior worlds. The enduring midnight screenings of *Eraserhead* from the late ’70s through early ’80s quickly cemented David Lynch as a cult icon, and eventually launched his film career by bringing his vision into the mainstream.

About the films:

**ERASERHEAD**

**Director:** David Lynch

**Runtime:** 89 mins

**Format:** 35mm

**Release Year:** 1977
David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, *Eraserhead*, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film.

**ASPARAGUS**

**Director:** Suzan Pitt

**Runtime:** 18 mins

**Format:** DCP

**Release Year:** 1979
Suzan Pitt&#8217;s animated short throws open the doors of perception onto a shape-shifting vision of polymorphous sexuality. A landmark in the history of independent animation, *Asparagus* is a mesmerizing exploration of the artist&#8217;s inner world, and a viewing experience like no other.

[Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9LLS_IB6GU0)

PHANTASMAGORIA: Eraserhead & Asparagus

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

For five friends barreling down a mountain road toward a remote cabin, college is over, adulthood looms, and one last summer of decadence awaits. But when a stranger stricken with a flesh-eating virus shows up at their door, the infection spreads, terror erupts, and friend is pitted against friend in a paranoid nightmare of contagion and survival. Eli Roth’s directorial debut — presented for the first time in blood-spattered 4K — is a landmark shocker with a wicked strain of humor and a deliriously unpredictable finale…and a grisly cure for the summertime blues.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with filmmaker and actor Eli Roth and actors Cerina Vincent, James DeBello, Joey Kern and Jordan Ladd New 4K Restoration Co-presented by Beyond Fest

CABIN FEVER

### **ABOUT THE EPISODE:**

**Episode 2, “Traces to Nowhere,” Dir. Duwayne Dunham, 46 Mins**

Agent Cooper enjoys the comforts of the Great Northern Hotel. Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson are released from jail. Doctor Hayward hands over the autopsy report on Laura Palmer.

FORMAT: DCP

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**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.

“Traces to Nowhere” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 1, Ep. 2

A Streetcar Named Desire / The Fugitive Kind

Coinciding with the Los Angeles premiere of *Vermont, India*, Now Instant presents Monologues on Films, a curated series by playwright Luca Casson Milstein. *Vermont, India* runs for two weeks beginning January 22 at New Theater Hollywood, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles.

*Please note: seating is limited. Box Office opens thirty minutes prior to the listed showtime. Guests may add their name to the standby list upon arrival. Online ticket sales will be honored up until 15 minutes after the scheduled showtime; at that time, any unclaimed seats will be released for in-store purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. All Sales Final.*

Monologues on Films

Now Instant Image Hall

In honor of David Lynch's birthday, a screening of his late masterpiece + panel discussion of its esoteric & philosophical currents!

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN — PART 8 & THE ALCHEMY OF DARKNESS Screening + Panel

**Screenwriter**: Robert Downey Sr.,

**Producers**: Robert Downey Sr.,  Henri Pachard

An unforgettable masterpiece of late-’60s counterculture, Robert Downey Sr.’s *Putney Swope* remains a vital provocation on race, pop culture, consumerism, and America at large. Putney Swope, the only African-American exec at his firm, is unexpectedly elected its president and turns the industry on its ear through a series of outrageous, taboo-busting TV commercials (strewn throughout the film like comedic landmines.) As Swope becomes the Generalissimo of Madison Avenue, Downey takes no prisoners and skewers the entire political spectrum. Essential viewing for any cinephile, don&#8217;t miss this underground masterpiece restored on the big screen!

Restoration by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Craving more late 60s anarchy? Give these weirdos a whirl!

*Wild in the Streets, Mr. Freedom, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!*

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

Putney Swope

Beauty and the Beast

Mezzanine presents *Comfort and Joy*, directed by Bill Forsyth (1984, Scotland, 106m). Introduced by actor Colin Burgess and filmmaker Alec Moeller.

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We are excited to ring in the new year with master Scottish humanist Bill Forsyth’s warmly lovesick winter comedy. Forsyth’s underseen followup to LOCAL HERO follows Glasgow morning-radio host Alan "Dicky" Bird (Bill Paterson) who comes home on Christmas Eve to learn that his girlfriend (Eleanor David) is leaving him. Stifling his depression, Alan is determined to become a documentary journalist, when he witnesses a raid on an ice-cream truck that brings him into a turf war between two rival Italian dairy vendors. Forsyth’s midlife-crisis comedy is filled with soulful performances and offbeat grace notes, and deserves to be appreciated as another gem in his impeccable 1980s run.

“A glorious Christmas movie as well as a glorious movie in its own right….It's that rarest of beasts, a truly serious comedy.” -The Guardian

“\[Forsyth\] has made a specialty out of characters who are as real as you and me, and nicer than me… This is a wonderful movie.” -Roger Ebert

Mezzanine: Bill Forsyth’s Comfort and Joy

2220 Arts + Archives

Deliverance

In a dystopian near-future Japan, law and order is enforced by a brutal paramilitary police unit known as the Kerberos Panzer Cops, aka ‘Watchdogs of Hell’, equipped with heavy weaponry and reinforced body armor called “Protect Gear.” However, when their extreme methods spark public outcry, the government moves to dismantle the unit. Disobeying orders to disband, a trio of officers stage a rebellion—but only one, Koichi Todome (Shigeru Chiba), escapes. 

Three years later, Koichi returns to Tokyo after living in exile, carrying a mysterious suitcase. He seeks to reunite with his former comrades and uncover the truth behind the crackdown, but he soon finds himself in a surreal and dreamlike city—a shadow of its former self, filled with strange characters, elusive memories, and Kafkaesque absurdity. As reality begins to unravel, Koichi descends deeper into paranoia, unable to tell friend from foe, truth from illusion. 

A philosophical blend of film noir, political allegory, and existential mystery, The Red Spectacles is a visually striking black comedy that meditates on justice, memory, and the cost of loyalty. It also serves as Mamoru Oshii’s foray into live-action filmmaking and his first feature installment in the Kerberos Saga.

The Red Spectacles

M*A*S*H

Frequently throughout the year we will be highlighting a few titles that are considered to be "stuck" on VHS, with no physical releases since the format (discounting VHS transfers on DVDs, etc.) for various reasons, i.e. legal ownership disputes, music licensing issues, or perhaps just perceived lack of interest.

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Kicking things off for 2026 comes IMAGE OF THE BEAST, the third installment in a series of proto-LEFT BEHIND style Christian apocalyptic fantasy movies from filmmaker Donald W. Thompson and Mark IV Pictures out of Des Moines, Iowa. Preaches the good word via guillotine decapitations, a truck smashing through a house, a giant locust monster, lots of stock footage, and quite possibly predicts an A.I. Antichrist?

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"IMAGE OF THE BEAST depicts the awesome story of the mid-years of the Great Tribulation foretold in biblical prophecy. The anti-Christ establishes a one-world government, while a small band of fugitives struggles to survive amid spectacular and terrifying judgements."

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## WEDNESDAY, 1/217:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

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Specially priced $5/$4 tickets for this series!

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

STUCK ON VHS: Image of the Beast (1981)

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

You Won’t Be Alone

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)

### **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

The Ugly Stepsister

**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

I Shot Jesse James/The Baron of Arizona

Lost Highway in 4K

## 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

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

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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 ‘Walter Murch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THE CONVERSATION

Rewriting History with Fabiola Jean-Louis

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

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

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

**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

**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

Treasure Island (IB Tech)

Flash Gordon

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones in 4K

Under the Shadow

Mulholland Drive in 4K

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A delectably gory and cynical social satire from acclaimed filmmaker Paul Morrissey (BLOOD FOR DRACULA), FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN is among the most original and transgressive interpretations of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. Baron von Frankenstein (Udo Kier, SUSPIRIA), with the help of his bizarre assistant Otto, is determined to create a new master race. To achieve his objective, he constructs two perfect “zombies” from an assemblage of body parts, intending them to mate. Meanwhile, complications ensue as Nicholas, a farm hand, begins an affair with the Baron’s sexually frustrated wife all while searching for his missing friend Nicholas (Joe Dallesandro, CRY BABY), whose head and brain have been used for Frankenstein’s male “zombie.” Upon its release, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN became an immediate midnight and cult movie sensation.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: Italy/France

Co-presented by Beyond Fest ‘Udo Kier Remembered’

FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN 3D

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected &#8211; but which one?

The Player

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

Infernal Affairs

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George Lucas’ fascinating debut feature film, adapted from a short he made at university. THX 1138, LUH 3417 and SEN 5241 attempt to escape from a futuristic society located beneath the surface of the Earth. The society has outlawed sex, with drugs used to control the people. THX 1138 stops taking the drugs, and gets LUH 3417 pregnant. They are both thrown in jail where they meet SEN 5241 and start to plan their escape.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with screenwriter and sound designer Walter Murch 55th Anniversary ‘Walter Murch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

THX 1138

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Dorothy finds herself back in the land of her dreams in this second thrilling adventure based on L. Frank Baum’s “Oz” books. When she finds her old friends have been turned to stone, new friends Tik Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Gump help her battle dangerous new enemies, including the creepy Wheelers, the head-hunting Princess Mombi and the evil Nome King. Can Dorothy save her old friends and restore the Emerald City?

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA/UK

Q&A with filmmaker and screenwriter Walter Murch ‘Walter Murch: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

RETURN TO OZ

Rod Serling’s Existential TV Western: The Loner

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

JIMMY NEUTRON: Boy Genius, is trying to make contact with an alien civilization. Unbeknownst to him, a satellite he launches (okay, it’s the kitchen toaster, but it works!) is picked up by an alien species. In the dark of night the aliens fly their war ships-looking like a fleet of rubber chickens to earth and abduct all the parents in Jimmy’s hometown of Retroville. So it’s up to Jimmy to create a fleet of space ships from the rides at the town’s new amusement park (hey, he’s a genius, remember?) and launch them into orbit in a bid to rescue the abducted parents of Retroville. But Jimmy better hurry! Because the aliens are preparing to use the parents as human sacrifices! With his robotic dog, Goddard, and his best friend, Carl, by his side, Jimmy and the rest of the kids in Retroville take to the skies on a trip that’s sure to be a blast! Featuring the voice talents of Patrick Stewart and Martin Short as the evil King Goobot and his sidekick Ooblar

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount

COUNTRY: USA

Q&A with voice actors Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron), Mark DeCarlo (Hugh Neutron), Candi Milo (Nick and Brittany), Carolyn Lawrence (Cindy Vortex) and Rob Paulsen (Carl Wheezer). Moderated by Alejandro Montoya Marin. 25th Anniversary

JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS

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A landmark of Black and American independent cinema that would send shock waves through the culture, SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG was Melvin Van Peebles’s second feature film, after he walked away from a contract with Columbia in order to make his next film on his own terms. Acting as producer, director, writer, composer, editor, and star, Van Peebles created the prototype for what Hollywood would eventually co-opt and make into the blaxploitation hero: a taciturn, perpetually blank-faced performer in a sex show, who, when he’s pushed too far by a pair of racist cops looking to frame him for a crime he didn’t commit, goes on the run through a lawless underground of bikers, revolutionaries, sex workers, and hippies in a kill-or-be-killed quest for liberation from white oppression. SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG’s incendiary politics are matched by Van Peebles’s revolutionary style, in which jagged jump cuts, kaleidoscopic superimpositions, and psychedelic sound design come together in a sustained howl of rage and defiance.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by filmmaker and actor Mario Van Peebles 55th Anniversary ‘Watch Local: 2nd Street Tunnel’

MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL

7:30 PM

Vampire Hunter D

7:00 PM

Knife+Heart

9:00 PM

OBSESSION

7:00 PM

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)(Fri 1/9) 7:30pm (Sat 1/10) 3:00pm

7:30 PM

Writing Gets Lonely: Open Writing Studio (1/9)

1:00 PM

THE PALM BEACH STORY

1:00 PM

"The Singers"

3:00 PM

THE SECRET AGENT

5:00 PM

NEIGHBORING SOUNDS

9:00 PM

Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

2:00 PM

The Master

7:30 PM

Death Proof

11:59 PM

Don Hertzfeldt presents ANIMATION MIXTAPE — An In Theaters Only Experience!

7:30 PM

When Harry Met Sally…

4:00 PM

Father Mother Sister Brother

Flashdance

7:00 PM

The Limey

9:45 PM

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

10:00 PM

No Other Choice

On the Waterfront

7:30 PM

Speed Racer

11:30 PM