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

Train Dreams

Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting his past and present with his devoted manager Ron. Poignant and humor-filled, pitched at the intersection of regrets and glories.

Jay Kelly

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

Frankenstein

Egyptian Theatre

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

Post Chanukah screening. You saw Fiddler now see how it made it's journey to broadway. In conjunction with LA Jewish Film Festival. In person, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim! The Fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael of The New Yorker called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on rare behind-the-scenes footage, original storyboards, and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Norman Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye's daughters). The film explores how the experience of making "Fiddler" deepens Jewison as an artist and revives his soul.

FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO BROADWAY

WHISPER OF THE HEART  (subtitled)
In Tama New Town, Tokyo in 1994, intrigued by the mysterious bibliophile who reads the same books she does, 14-year-old daydreamer Shizuku has a life-changing encounter with a strange alley cat instead and promptly embarks on an exciting quest to find her purpose in life. After all, the world is a wondrous place filled with out-of-the-way antique shops, enthusiastic violin makers, and magical feline mentors. However, as talented Shizuku tries to juggle school and ambition, looking for inspiration and opportunity in unexpected places, will she ever find the courage to listen to her heart's gentle whisper?

PRINCESS MONONOKE  (subtitled)
While protecting his village from rampaging boar-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Eboshi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god. Ashitaka sees the good in both sides and tries to stem the flood of blood. This is met by animosity by both sides as they each see him as supporting the enemy.

GHIBLI DOUBLE FEATURE V

Fine Arts Theatre

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

The Bride must kill her ex-boss and lover Bill who betrayed her at her wedding rehearsal, shot her in the head and took away her unborn baby

KILL BILL: TWBA (2025)(Wed 12/24, 12/31 & Thu 12/25, 1/1) 1:30pm & 7:00pm

Gardena Cinema

Monkey Business / Hit the Ice

The Hateful Eight

New Beverly Cinema

**Screenwriter**: Jerry Juhl

**Producers**: Brian Henson, Martin G. Baker

There&#8217;s no better way to learn special holiday lessons of kindness and generosity than with Jim Henson&#8217;s beloved puppets! The Muppets team up with esteemed actor Michael Caine for a retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the puppet Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Bless us one and all &#8211; humans and Muppets alike!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more all-ages holiday fun? These treasures aren&#8217;t streaming, but we&#8217;ve got them for rent!

*Emmett Otter&#8217;s Jugband Christmas, Will Vinton&#8217;s Claymation Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer* (1964)

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

The Muppet Christmas Carol

**Screenwriter**: Kleber Mendonça Filho

**Producers**: Emilie Lesclaux,  Kleber Mendonça Filho,  Wagner Moura,  Brent Travers

Join us in the microcinema for Kleber Mendonça Filho&#8217;s latest Cannes-winning masterpiece, the harrowing Brazilian political thriller *The Secret Agent*. Master filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho teams up with renowned actor Wagner Moura &#8211; giving an extraordinary, career-defining performance &#8211; to craft a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary, paying affectionate tribute to the movies of Filho’s youth while unfolding against the backdrop of political turmoil and palpable danger.

Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent. A technology researcher who suddenly finds himself an unwitting target in the heart of the dictatorship&#8217;s political maelstrom, Marcelo is a man on the run from mercenary killers, from ghosts of the past and from the ruthless, mischievously militant spirit of Brazil in 1977. In the midst of these mounting threats, Marcelo, with the help of a mysterious woman named Elza and her compatriots in the country&#8217;s growing underground resistance, remains primarily focused on escaping Brazil with his young son.

The Secret Agent

**Screenwriters**: Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza

**Producers**: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver

You know we couldn&#8217;t bring you a holiday season without this action-packed Christmas Banger! NYPD cop John McClane&#8217;s plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down. Bring the whole office down to Nakatomi Plaza for one hell of a holiday party!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more explosive holiday action? Check out this festive fun!

*Turbulence, Rent-A-Cop, Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus*

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

Die Hard

Vidiots

No Other Choice

Vista Theatre

The Amazing Spider-Man in 3D

Jaws 3-D in 3D

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he’s not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python’s signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian’s life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: AGFA

COUNTRY: UK

‘American Cinematheque Holidays 2025’

MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN

Aero Theatre

SPIRITED AWAY  (subtitled)
The fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her family get lost and venture through a hillside tunnel. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, Chihiro must fend for herself as she encounters strange spirits, assorted creatures and a grumpy sorceress who seeks to prevent her from returning to the human world.                                                                                                                                   MY NEIGHBOR THE YAMADAS (subtitled)                                                          The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.

GHIBLI DOUBLE FEATURE VI

A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

TANGERINE (2015)(R)(Fri 12/26) 7:30pm & 9:30pm

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

In this classic by director Ernst Lubitsch, posh European thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his match and the love of his life in Lily (Miriam Hopkins), a pickpocket who disguises herself as a countess. The mischievous duo find work with the lovely Mariette Colet (Kay Francis), owner of the Colet perfumery, and Gaston assumes the position of her secretary, Monsieur Leval. When gossip begins to spread that Mariette is being stolen away from previous suitors by a charming “M. Leval,” Gaston must choose between the two women in his life.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Get your ticket for just $7.47 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet lead an all-star cast in this comical, romantic and poignant look at breakups, breakdowns and breakthroughs.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In an Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Actor, Jack Nicholson is outstanding in FIVE EASY PIECES, the acclaimed drama from director Bob Rafelson. Although a brilliant classical pianist from an intellectual, well-to-do family, Robert Dupea (Nicholson), has made a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. Presently working in an oil field, Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his sexy but witless girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black). But when he is summoned to his father’s deathbed, Dupea returns home with Rayette, where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman (Susan Anspach). Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

FIVE EASY PIECES

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Julianne Moore gives an astonishing performance as Carol White, a suburban housewife whose affluent environment suddenly turns against her. SAFE is a bold, darkly comic, completely original drama, depicting Carol’s descent into the horrors of modern-day living. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics

COUNTRY: USA/UK

New 4K Restoration! 30th Anniversary Limited Engagement

SAFE

Los Feliz Theatre

Strange Days

La Dolce Vita

Four Rooms

**Screenwriters**: George S. Kaufman,  Morrie Ryskind

Celebrate 90 years of buffoonery! The nuttiest bunch of brothers to ever grace the silver screen have set their sights on the high class world of opera &#8211; and the age-old tradition will never be the same! Join Groucho, Chico, and Harpo on a ridiculous adventure from Rome to New York where they conspire to play international matchmaker, with ludicrous results! One of the smartest stupid movies ever made, and a tightly choreographed extravaganza of complete slapstick mastery, comedy lovers of all ages will laugh themselves horse over this operatic idiocy!

Picks from the Video Store

Love Classic Comedy? We&#8217;re overstocked on vintage hilarity, like these gems and more!

*I&#8217;m No Angel, The General, The Philadelphia Story*

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

A Night at the Opera

**Screenwriters**: Dan Aykroyd,  Harold Ramis

**Producer**: Ivan Reitman

Who you gonna call when an evil war-mongering ghost is threatening to come out of a painting and take over New York City and the world?!? Who else but the Ghostbusters as they tear back into action in this spirited oddball sequel. The boys are back to save the city all over again &#8211; this time from Vigo the Carpathian, an ancient evil warlord hellbent on world domination. Ratcheting up the weirdo factor even higher while bringing you back that incredible cast and special effects, this sequel&#8217;s got twice the ghosts, twice the insanity, and twice the goo! 

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more bizarre oddities from Dan Aykroyd? Check out these and more from our rental collection!

*Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs, Nothing but Trouble, Neighbors*

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

Ghostbusters II

**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**: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown

**Producer**: Arnon Milchan

One of the most wildly surreal and inventive science fiction films ever, Terry Gilliam&#8217;s mind-blowing *Brazil* paints a bleak dystopian portrait of bureaucracy, police overreach, and terrorism suffused with astonishing visuals and absurd humor. When a bureaucrat meets the woman of his (literal) dreams, he follows her into her anarchic world of resistance in a world gone mad. The kind of eye-popping, brain-twisting marvel that demands to be seen on the big screen, so join us for a strange taste of the future in its newly restored 4K brilliance!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Feeling the dystopian vibes of the world? Explore these vintage takes on the future!

*La Jetée, Born in Flames, Dead End Drive In*

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

Brazil

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Yankee Doodle Dandy in 35mm

Them! with Phase IV

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Based on the daring campaigns of real-life British military figure T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole, in his first feature) during WWI, this sweeping epic of Arab infighting and British colonialism won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. The amazing cast includes Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains and Alec Guinness as Prince Feisal.

FORMAT: 70mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: UK

The American Cinematheque’s own pristine 70mm archival print!

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in 70mm

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Notorious

In Las Vegas, two best friends&#8211;a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer&#8211;compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Casino

Brain Dead Studios

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.*

A senses-ravishing odyssey through the halls of time and memory, Andrei Tarkovsky’s sublime reflection on 20th century Russian history is as much a film as it is a poem composed in images, as much a work of cinema as it is a hypnagogic hallucination. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystic power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics upon its release due to its elusive narrative structure, MIRROR has since taken its place as one of the titan director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Soviet Union

Introduction by filmmaker Lav Diaz ‘Transcendental Appointments’ and ‘Lav Diaz: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

MIRROR

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

5:10pm | **BLOOD FOR DRACULA**

7:05pm | **THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MISS OSBOURNE**

8:45pm | **MARK OF THE DEVIL**

*Start times are approximate. There will be brief (approximately 5-10 minute) intermissions between films. Ticket includes entry to all films in the marathon.*

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**BLOOD FOR DRACULA, 1974, Dir. Paul Morrissey, 106 Mins, AGFA, Italy/France**

Immediately after completing FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, filmmaker Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created BLOOD FOR DRACULA, a sumptuously depraved Euroshocker that tows the line between art and bad taste. Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula (Kier) journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro of Morrissey’s FLESH, TRASH and HEAT). Stefania Casini (SUSPIRIA) and BICYCLE THIEVES director Vittorio De Sica co-star in one of the most unique and outrageous vampire films in history, now scanned uncut in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.

FORMAT: DCP

**THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MISS OSBOURNE, 1981, Dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 92 Mins, AGFA, France/West Germany**

*In French with English subtitles.*

It’s the engagement party for brilliant young Dr. Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier, SUSPIRIA) and his fiancée, the beautiful Fanny Osbourne (Marina Pierro). The party is attended by various pillars of Victorian society, including Patrick Magee (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) in one of his final roles. When people are found assaulted and murdered on the manor grounds, it becomes clear that a maniac is disrupting the festivities. But who is he? And why does Jekyll keep sneaking off to his laboratory? This visually stunning adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous story by surrealist icon Walerian Borowcyzk (THE BEAST) is crammed with imaginative and perverse touches.

FORMAT: DCP

**MARK OF THE DEVIL, 1970, Dir. Michael Armstrong, 90 Mins, AGFA, West Germany**

*In English and German with English subtitles.*

One of the most notorious horror movies of the drive-in era, MARK OF THE DEVIL is a brutal and bloody critique of religious corruption. Count Christian von Meruh (Udo Kier, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN) is a witch hunter apprentice whose faith becomes tested. The Count slowly begins to realize that witch trials are a cover for the church to rob people of their land, money . . . and more. Written and directed by Michael Armstrong, this wild shocker plays out like a degenerate version of Roger Corman’s mid-1960s Poe adaptations. There’s a reason why barf bags were handed out during original theatrical screenings.

FORMAT: DCP

Co-presented by Beyond Fest ‘Udo Kier Remembered’

BLOOD FOR DRACULA / THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MISS OSBOURNE / MARK OF THE DEVIL

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

A working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer. Starring Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford and Alice White.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

Introduction by author Kim Luperi Print from the collection of the Library of Congress ‘Sunday Print Edition’

EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day, including Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Susan Sontag, to the texture and energy of downtown New York in its heyday. Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the elegant and intimate new piece from filmmaker Ira Sachs (PASSAGES) — a dazzling showcase for the two performers at its centre — that is both a masterful portrait of a time & place and a captivating film about the way art emerges from the intimate details of everyday life.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: USA

PETER HUJAR'S DAY

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Filipino with English subtitles.*

A former soldier suffers from an olfactory problem. His psychiatrist suspects that it is a case of a phantom smell that is possibly caused by trauma.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Black Cap Pictures

COUNTRY: Philippines

Q&A with filmmaker Lav Diaz L.A. Premiere! ‘Lav Diaz: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

PHANTOSMIA

The Muppet Movie

The Godfather Part II

Kissin' Cousins

Old Town Music Hall

An encore of the new remaster of Diane Keaton's directorial debut, an off-kilter inquiry into the hereafter, in celebration of her birthday!

Diane Keaton's HEAVEN (1987) — Encore of the New Remastered Version!

Philosophical Research Society

**Screenwriter**: Bill Peet from the book by Dodie Smith

**Producer**: Walt Disney

What&#8217;s better than one puppy? Over one hundred puppies of course! And who would ever want to hurt dozens of puppies? An evil fashionista named Cruella De Vil that&#8217;s who. But the four-legged parents of these adorable spotted babies aren&#8217;t going to let the villainess or her criminal henchmen make off with their precious furballs. Bring your own adorable litter of little ones and relish this furry fable all over again!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Need more furry films for your family? Try out these lovable critters!

*Hammy the Hamster, Beethoven, Fox and the Hound*

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

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

**Producer**: Kathelin Hoffman

Saxophonist Ornette Coleman broke barriers as one of the pioneers of the music genre known as “free jazz,” and director Shirley Clarke honors his remarkable career by giving him a documentary as innovative and wildly unorthodox as his music. This avant-garde profile of Coleman doesn’t present a straightforward account of his life — instead, it jumps around rapidly from musical numbers to reenactments of his upbringing to interviews with luminaries like William S. Burroughs. It all builds to a collaboration between Coleman and the Forth Worth Symphony, with the jazzman leading them through a performance of his heady, hypnotic piece “Skies of America.”

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want to dig deeper into the brilliant films of Shirley Clarke? Check out these gems on her director&#8217;s shelf:

*Portrait of Jason, The Connection, Magic Box: The Films of Shirley Clarke*

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

Ornette: Made in America

**Screenwriters**: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese from the novel by Edith Wharton

**Producer**: Barbara De Fina

Our hearts are aflutter for Martin Scorsese&#8217;s lush period love triangle based on the novel by Edith Wharton. The heart wants what it wants, and even after his engagement to the sweet and lovely May, swoon-worthy lawyer Newland Archer is inexplicably drawn to her married-but-estranged aunt. A wistful and romantic tortured love story draped in magnificent costumes and period details, this gorgeous drama was made to be watched on the big screen. Nominated for five Oscars, and winner of Best Costume Design, Scorsese&#8217;s romantic side never looked so good. 

**Picks from the Video Store**

If you&#8217;re like us, you want to take home Daniel Day Lewis tonight! Try out these deep cuts:

*My Beautiful Laundrette, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Ballad of Jack and Rose*

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

The Age of Innocence

**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

Mon Oncle (Restored English Version)

Wicked

The Birds in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Italian with English subtitles.*

When nymphomaniac Maria Zani is murdered, her ex-husband and insurance broker Paolo Zani becomes the prime-suspect of Inspector Tellini. Then the saleswoman Mirta Ricci is murdered in the same modus operandi—both victims had been paralyzed by acupuncture needles with poison introduced in their necks and their bellies had been ripped open with a knife with the victims still alive, in the same way that tarantulas are killed by tarantula hawks. As suspects keep dying, the Inspector directs his attention to a spa all the victims had a connection with…

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: VIGGO SRL

COUNTRY: Italy

Co-presented by Celluloid Dreams Vintage 35mm print! Special thanks to Guido Henkel for the print ‘Cinematic Void’

Cinematic Void Presents BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife / The Smiling Lieutenant

**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

*For our first screening of 2026, Acropolis is thrilled to welcome director Oliver Laxe, who will be in person for an extended introduction to tonight's screening beginning at 7:30pm.*

With *Fire Will Come*, Oliver Laxe, director of this year's highly acclaimed *Sirāt*, brings us to his ancestral home of Galicia. Here, in this remote Spanish region, where the grandeur of nature is both beautiful and terrifying, Laxe unfolds a story of the uncontrollable forces of nature on human lives.

After serving two years in prison for arson, Amador (Amador Arias), returns to his mountainside village in north-west Spain, where he resumes a serene, if mostly solitary, existence tending cabbages and injured cows with his ageing mother, Benedicta (Benedicta Sánchez). Life resumes for the two following the rhythm of nature despite the suspicious glares of the unforgiving locals—until one night a devastating fire ignites that threatens to engulf the entire region. Stunningly captured on 16mm by DP Mauro Herce, this quietly explosive drama was the winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

TRT: 85min. In person: Oliver Laxe

Acropolis Cinema: Oliver Laxe's Fire Will Come

2220 Arts + Archives

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**BUGONIA, 2025, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 120 Min, Focus Features, UK**

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

FORMAT: DCP

**I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, 2020, Dir. Charlie Kaufman, 134 Min, Netflix, USA**

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

FORMAT: DCP

BUGONIA / I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Tagalog with English subtitles.*

An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption. Lav Diaz’s epic reimagining of Dostoevsky’s *Crime and Punishment* is both an intimate human drama and a cosmic treatise on the origin of evil. Unfolding across the sun drenched fields and dark city streets of the Filipino island of Luzon, NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY is a tale of murder, hate and hope from one of the world’s most uncompromising cinematic visionaries.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: Philippines

Q&A with filmmaker Lav Diaz ‘Lav Diaz: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY

**Screenwriter**: Aaron Sorkin

**Producers**: Rob Reiner,  Andrew Scheinman,  David Brown

*You can&#8217;t handle the truth!* Celebrate Rob Reiner&#8217;s legacy with his supreme courtroom drama with an all-star cast. When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep. A masterclass in powerhouse performances with superstars Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore playing off each other and bringing gravitas to Aaron Sorkin&#8217;s fiery dialogue with expert orchestration by maestro Reiner!

**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.

A Few Good Men

Out of the Fog/Invisible Ghost

POOR Magazine, in partnership with Green Diamond Projects, presents a screening of the film CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS.

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CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS is a unique film about homelessness in modern America. The project features a cast and crew of currently and/or formerly unhoused residents of the San Francisco Bay Area who brought their real-life struggles and stories to the screen. The story traces the descent of a group of people into homelessness; a Black woman vet struggling to preserve her home amidst rising gentrification, a poor mother in an abusive relationship struggling to raise and protect her son, an incarcerated mother who lost her kids to the state and is plagued by memories of her family’s dissolution, a homeless man who survives on collecting aluminum cans, and an immigrant laborer facing eviction. The character’s lives intersect at a houseless encampment community in Oakland where the city deploys giant machines and police terror to sweep away their belongings, tents, wheelchairs and bodies.

Ultimately, the story traverses past and present, life and death, and explores the triumphs of the human spirit that can never be crushed. The project is a production of POOR Magazine in partnership with Green Diamond Projects and is an adaptation of a play written by formerly unhoused poverty scholar, author and activist “Tiny” Lisa Gray-Garcia, co-founder of POOR Magazine – an Oakland-based media arts non-profit led by poor, Black and Indigenous visionaries. CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS is a boundary breaking film that invites audiences to experience the realities of poverty and homelessness directly from those who struggle against it everyday but who rarely (if ever) are the ones in front of or behind the camera.

Crushing Wheelchairs

Wicked in Dolby Vision

Gaslight

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Norwegian, English and Swedish with English subtitles.*

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: Norway / France / Germany / Denmark / Sweden / UK

Q&A with filmmaker Joachim Trier and screenwriter Eskil Vogt ‘Joachim Trier: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Wild Strawberries / The Straight Story

**Screenwriters**: John Taintor Foote,  Ben Hecht,  Alfred Hitchcock,  Clifford Odets

**Producer**: Alfred Hitchcock

Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman fall in love and outsmart the Nazis in Hitchcock&#8217;s post-war political thriller &#8211; now celebrating it&#8217;s 80th Anniversary. In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is pulled into a pit of intrigue and uranium as she must seduce a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. With a dream cast and Hitchcock at the height of his artistry, this chilling love story still sizzles.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Crushing on the luminous Ingrid Bergman like us? Take home these classics and so many more tonight:

*Gaslight, Intermezzo, Autumn Sonata*

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

The Absent-Minded Professor

### **ABOUT THE FILMS: **

**THE SECRET AGENT, 2025, Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho, 158 Mins, NEON, Brazil/France/Germany/Netherlands**

*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

**MARIGHELLA, 2019, Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho, 155 Mins, ArtMattan Productions, Brazil**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

MARIGHELLA is a Brazilian action drama set in 1969 based on the life of Afro-Brazilian politician and guerrilla fighter Carlos Marighella. Facing a violent military dictatorship and with little support from a timid opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella organizes a resistance movement. Alongside revolutionaries 30 years younger than him and willing to fight, the revolutionary leader opts for action.

FORMAT: DCP

Q&A with actor Wagner Moura Brazil’s Official Oscar Entry for Best International Feature Film Co-presented by Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles ‘Wagner Moura: An American Cinematheque Tribute’

THE SECRET AGENT / MARIGHELLA

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Norwegian with English subtitles.*

Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, this modern story about the quest for love and meaning explores a young woman’s navigation of the troubled waters of her love life and career path, ultimately leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: NEON

COUNTRY: Norway

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Shanghai Express/Morocco

Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Once their plan goes shockingly awry, the haunting consequences of their failure can't stay hidden for long. (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

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**dir. Joel Potrykus, 2024***United States, digital projection*85 min

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## THURSDAY, 1/87:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING

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

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VULCANIZADORA (2024)

WHAMMY!

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

### **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: **

*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

Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

The Master

Death Proof

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!

**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

On the Waterfront

Speed Racer

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

Girls on Film: Two by Su Friedrich

Midsommar

### **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

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**: 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**: 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.

Train Dreams

11:00 AM

Jay Kelly

2:30 PM

Frankenstein

FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO BROADWAY

1:30 PM

GHIBLI DOUBLE FEATURE V

7:00 PM

KILL BILL: TWBA (2025)(Wed 12/24, 12/31 & Thu 12/25, 1/1) 1:30pm & 7:00pm

Monkey Business

Hit the Ice

2:00 PM

The Hateful Eight

7:30 PM

The Muppet Christmas Carol

4:00 PM

The Secret Agent

4:30 PM

Die Hard

7:00 PM

No Other Choice