Gypsy in 35mm

Nineteen Eighty-Four in 4K

Academy Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

A two-fisted adventure tale set in South America, ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS stars Cary Grant as the tough-talking head of an air freight service operating in the dangerous Andes Mountains. Jean Arthur co-stars as a vacationing showgirl competing with Rita Hayworth for Grant’s affections. A potent combination of humor, romance and action, the film was directed by the legendary director Howard Hawks.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS

Aero Theatre

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.

Wolf

Brain Dead Studios

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

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Thai with English subtitles.*

March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker’s death shut down their factory, his family reject their unconventional human-ghost relationship. Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Cineverse

COUNTRY: Thailand

A USEFUL GHOST

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Forge

COUNTRY: France/Latvia/UK/USA

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER

Los Feliz Theatre

Dr. Strangelove / Being There

New Beverly Cinema

**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

**Screenwriter**: Satyajit Ray from the short story by Rabindranath Tagore

**Producer**: R.D. Bansal

Get lost in the exquisite vibes of Satyajit Ray&#8217;s delicately textured masterpiece of a woman&#8217;s creative and romantic longings in nineteenth century India. Charulata is the lonely wife of a determined and absent husband, momentarily lit up artistically and amorously by a visit from a relative of her husband. Based on a short story by the great Rabindranath Tagore, *Charulata* is an intricate tapestry of textures; a graceful tale of a marriage in turmoil and a woman taking the first steps toward finding her own voice.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Love Satyajit Ray as much as we do? Check out these soft-spoken masterpieces in his director&#8217;s section.

*The Chess Players, The Music Room, The Apu Trilogy*

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

Charulata

Vidiots

The Mask of Dimitrios

One Battle After Another 70mm

Vista Theatre

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Imaginary Witness with The Great Dictator

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Edward Albee’s astounding journey into the hell of a stormy marriage blazes with powerhouse performances by Oscar winners Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis, and Oscar nominees Richard Burton and George Segal. Nominated for 13 Academy Awards, this taut and explosive drama is filled with suspense and a searing tension that is as compelling and riveting as any film ever to hit the cinema.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Members at the Immerse level and above ($250+) are invited to join our curators for exclusive walk-throughs of *Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70*.

This event is exclusive to Hammer Immerse members and higher. If you would like to upgrade your membership, email [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu) or call 310-443-7050. RSVP required; capacity is limited.

[Become a member today](https://hammer.ucla.edu/support/membership).

RSVP required; capacity is limited. Kindly reply by Friday, January 23 to 310-443-7050 or [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu).

Coffee with a Curator: Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70

Blight / Aquarius

Hammer Museum

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper. After Roger Thornhill, an innocent man, is mistaken for a wanted fugitive he is pursued across North America by a pair of espionage agents trying to kill him, as well as by police who suspect him of murder.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

NORTH BY NORTHWEST

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Hawke stars as Vincent, an “In-Valid” who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent’s dreams steadily unravel.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

GATTACA

Newly restored under-seen masterpiece of India’s Parallel Cinema movement —a colorful folktale that lyrically unites myth, nature, & wonder!

Aravindan Govindan's KUMMATTY (1979) – A Vibrantly Restored Masterpiece!

Philosophical Research Society

Daisies/Loves of a Blonde

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

His House

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.

SLC Punk

Rife with more tech speak than a 1995 Windows guide, HACKERS is the tale of a teenage gang of, well, hackers, who — decked out in Seditionaries, bondage pants, and rollerblades — go head-to-head with an evil mega-corporation that has coded a computer virus capable of destroying the world’s ecosystem. Containing a floppy disk worth of sense and a Prodigy-pounding soundtrack, it’s a super-modem of fun that’s rightfully earned its place as one of the coolest films of any decade. Starring then-unknowns: future Oscar® winner Angelina Jolie; U.S. television Sherlock, Jonny Lee Miller; SCREAM star and Shaggy, Matthew Lillard; SWIMFAN and BRING IT ON star, Jesse Bradford; Fisher Stevens, and more. Are you ready to hack the planet? **In 35mm!**

Hackers

**2 p.m.–5 p.m.**

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

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

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

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

Numbskull Revolution

Intro to Leatherworking

While making a small accessories pouch, learn the basics of working with leather. This will cover different types of leather, terms and tools for working with chrome tanned pieces. This is a hands class on with sharp tools and Sharpies and is intended for beginners 14 years and older. Leave the class with a new appreciation for leather and take home a small finished pouch and a pattern to make more if you fall in love with the craft!

For more work by C&J Goods visit...

[http://www.candjgoods.com](http://www.candjgoods.com/)

Intro to Leatherworking w/ C & J Goods (2/7)

Heavy Manners Library

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

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

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Disney

COUNTRY: USA

‘Watch Local: Hollywood Center Motel’

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: Portugal

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

SILVESTRE

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

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

Free Repair Fair at Scribble

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

2-5pm

Sign up  here .

Free Repair Fair

Scribble

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

**Producer**: Peter Del Vecho

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

The Princess and the Frog

**Screenwriters**: Yasujirō Ozu, Kôgo Noda

**Producer**: Masaichi Nagata

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

*Good Morning, Tokyo Story, Equinox Flower*

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

Floating Weeds

**Screenwriter**: Suhayla El-Bushra

**Producers**: Nicky Bentham,  Marica Stocchi

Nadia Fall&#8217;s compelling debut feature, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, offers a powerful and empathetic look into the lives of two alienated teenage girls, Doe and Muna, who leave the UK for Syria in search of purpose and belonging. The film highlights their profound sense of cultural rejection, stemming from experiences like racist bullying and overt societal hostility, encapsulated in Muna&#8217;s poignant question, *&#8220;Who&#8217;s gonna give a sh*t about two brown girls?&#8221;*.

Their journey is heavily influenced by deceptive online narratives and the false promises of extremist groups, illustrating how propaganda can slowly erode personal identity. Inspired by real-life accounts, *Brides* humanizes these complex stories, challenging sensationalized media portrayals and fostering critical discussion on youth vulnerability, societal alienation, and the insidious impact of digital influence.

Brides

**Screenwriters**: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson

**Producers**: Brian Grazer,  Dan Griffin

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

American Gangster

**Screenwriter**: Austin Kolodney

**Producers**: Noor Alfallah,  Remi Alfallah,  Mark Amin,  Andrea Bucko,  Gordon Clark, Tom Culliver,  Cassian Elwes,  Billy Hines

If you missed our incredible evening with indie legend Gus Van Sant, you have another chance to check out his new riveting true crime thriller in our microcinema! *Dead Man’s Wire* tells the fascinating true story of the 1977 kidnapping of a prominent banker — a case that captivated the nation and unexpectedly turned the abductor into an outlaw folk hero. As the media frenzy intensifies, the standoff evolves into a spectacle of desperation, defiance, and blurred justice, with themes that still resonate today.

The film stars Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino. Directed by Academy Award®–nominated filmmaker Gus Van Sant and written by Austin Kolodney, *Dead Man’s Wire* has been celebrated at numerous festivals, including the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and AFI Fest.

Dead Man’s Wire

**Screenwriters**: Steven Paul,  Anthony Foutz

**Producer**: Steven Paul

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

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

**Picks from the Video Store**:

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

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

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

Never Too Young to Die

Heaven Can Wait

Sinners (70mm)

Before Sunrise

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

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**12:00PM**: rummage sale from T.A.P.E.! come peruse their excess of donated film & video gear

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**2:00PM**: free HUELL HOWSER screening - three episodes, on VHS!

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**4:00PM**: make cassette loops with T.A.P.E.!

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

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**8:30PM:**  big screen KARAOKE party, til late!

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All parts of this event are absolutely FREE to attend!

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WHAMMY! 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

WHAMMY!

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

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

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

A note from the filmmakers:

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

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

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

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

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

*A music film.*

Fred Frith: Step Across the Border

2220 Arts + Archives

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 4K

Onibaba in 35mm

Solaris

Arindam, a matinee idol, is going by train to collect an acting award. On the train, he is confronted by Aditi, a journalist who somewhat unwillingly starts to take his interview. Arindam, won over by Aditi&#8217;s naivete, starts to disclose his past, his fears and his secrets.

The Hero

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

In the Soup

*20th anniversary screening*

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

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

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

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

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

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

*—Public Programmer Beandrea July*

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

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Japanese with English subtitles.*

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

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTION: Muscle Distribution

COUNTRY: Japan

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

TURTLE VISION

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

NADJA (1994) — New 4K Restoration!

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

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

**Picks from the Video Store**:

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

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

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

Howl’s Moving Castle (English Dubbed)

**Screenwriter**: Yuichiro Kido from the the light novel byHiroshi Sakurazaka

**Producers**: Yukinori Nakamura,  Eiko Tanaka

Calling all anime-heads! Join us in the microcinema for the new explosive animated science fiction mind-bender *All You Need is Kill!* Set in the year 20XX, this eye-popping anime follows the story of Rita, a resourceful but isolated young woman volunteering to help rebuild Japan after the mysterious appearance of a massive alien flower known as “Darol.” When Darol unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes up again. And again. Caught in an endless time loop, Rita must navigate the trauma and repetition of death until she crosses paths with Keiji, a shy young man trapped in the same cycle. Together, they fight to break free from the loop and find meaning in the chaos around them.

**Accessibility Options**: Open Captions

All You Need is Kill

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

**Producer**: Warren Beatty

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

**Screenwriter**: Shonda Rhimes

**Producer**: Ann Carli

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

**Picks from the Video Store**

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

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

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

Crossroads

The Wizard of Oz in 4K

Deep Blue Sea with The Shallows

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

*In Italian with English subtitles.*

Kidnappers have snatched the wife of Milan’s top prison warden (Oliver Reed) and demand the release of an inmate (Fabio Testi) as ransom. But when the warden allows his prisoner to escape, the two become trapped in a deadly conspiracy that reaches from the halls of government to the bullet-riddled city streets. Can an obsessed lawman and an escaped convict survive the forces of corruption as well as each other, or does the ultimate law of society belong to the revolver?

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Compass Films

COUNTRY: Italy/West Germany/France

Cinematic Void Presents REVOLVER

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

Sally Mann’s Art Work: On the Creative Life

Getty Center

**Hammer Forums are made possible by the Rosenbloom Family. **

Copresented with the Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center at UCLA

Join renowned activist, professor, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow **Loretta J. Ross **to explore the powerful practice of "Calling In." With five decades in the human rights movement, Ross offers a transformative approach to move from conflict to constructive dialogue. In her new book, *Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel*, Ross addresses the challenge of building coalitions and community in a polarized world, and offers a compassionate alternative through accountability, empathy, and connection.

Calling In: Navigating Challenging Conversations and Cultivating Compassionate Connections with Dr. Loretta Ross

### **ABOUT THE EPISODE:**

**Episode 5, “The One-Armed Man,” Dir. Tim Hunter, 47 Mins**

Cooper questions Dr. Jacoby, who suspects Leo Johnson is the killer. Gordon Cole, Cooper’s supervisor, calls in with Albert’s report. Josie Packard spies on Ben Horne and Catherine Martell. Hawk tracks down the One-Armed Man.

FORMAT: DCP

### **ABOUT THE SERIES:**

**TWIN PEAKS, 1990, Paramount, USA**

A crime drama mixed with healthy doses of the surreal, this series is about FBI Agent Dale Cooper, who travels to the small logging town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of seemingly innocent high schooler Laura Palmer. Almost nothing is as it seems, however, and the show’s sometimes eerie visuals, oddball characters and wild dream sequences drive the point home.

“The One-Armed Man” ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’

TWIN PEAKS: Season 1, Ep. 5

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

An older and a younger man meet by Lisbon’s Tagus River, united by an unspoken desire to end their lives with a “last dive” into its dark waters. Their chance encounter pushes them instead to fulfill their remaining desires and vices in the low-end streets of a decadent, romantic city, eventually finding respite, silence, and glimpses of humanity in the miraculous birth of a new love that overcomes the weight of solitude and despair. It is an afflicted yet sublime example of the dual nature of Monteiro’s gaze: he is drawn to carnal pleasures and glimpses of spiritual paradise, awash in natural light and poetry, shot under the influence of silent film, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Lisbon’s traditional feasts.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: The Cinema Guild

COUNTRY: France/Portugal

THE LAST DIVE

**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

2220 presents a special one-nite Valentine's Week screening of Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 German silhouette animation silent film THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED, the oldest surviving feature length animated film on its 100th anniversary year, with a live score by NYC's MORRICONE YOUTH!

Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights”, THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED is the first feature length animated film, using striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin.

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**Morricone Youth** is a collective of New York City musicians founded in 1999 reinterpreting 100+ film and television works all over the world, from CBGB's and the top of the World Trade Center to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, MassMoCA, Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Sydney Festival, as well as supporting Italian prog soundtrack legends Goblin on their 2017 North American tour.

Morricone Youth's *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* EP was composed for a live scoring of Lotte Reiniger's 1926 German animation silent film classic, first performed live at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2012. Morricone Youth's original reworked live film score for *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* had a vinyl release in 2016 distributed via Light In The Attic Records.

Morricone Youth live scores The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Daughters of the Dust in 35mm

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

Widely regarded as the greatest motion picture ever made, Citizen Kane tops the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. Orson Welles' groundbreaking 1941 debut remains a towering achievement in cinema – innovative, daring, and endlessly influential. STUDENTS FREE with valid ID.

This unique screening will be hosted by filmmaker Stanley Sheff, who worked closely with Welles as a collaborator, editor, and un-credited co-director on his unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show. Sheff will share stories from their professional collaboration and personal friendship, giving audiences a rare first-hand glimpse into the private world of Orson Welles.

    Conversations about Citizen Kane and its lasting impact
    Inside stories from the unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show
    Personal memories that reveal Welles' humor, charm, and presence

WEDNESDAY WITH WELLES

Fine Arts Theatre

It&#8217;s that time of year again! Love is in the air and romance is on everyone&#8217;s mind. Romance and&#8230; SEX! But before you spend your Valentine&#8217;s Day in amorous pursuits, we&#8217;re cracking open the 16mm vaults to bring you a program of scandalous seventies sex ed primers, antiquated VD scare films, vintage burlesque, and even a naughty cartoon all on 16mm film! Films include the laughably frank *A Family Talks About Sex* (1977), a notorious VD cartoon from the mouse himself, and some sexy stripteases and soundies from yesteryear. Step back in time and learn all about the birds and bees from the days of yore &#8211; entirely on 16mm celluloid.

Featuring:

***A Family Talks About Sex*** (Color, 1977)

As their children are growing, one family (who mysteriously keeps morphing into different people, but with the same names) learns how to talk to their children about sex throughout their childhood and adolescence. What starts with frank words for genitalia and reprimanding fondling in public, turns into discussions on wet dreams, menstruation, pornography, and contraception. Magnificently cringey and massively laughable. **Back by audience demand!

Sweet 16mm: Sexual Edutainment

**Producer**: Louis Massiah

Co-Presented by community programming partners **BlackStar Projects** and featuring a conversation with director and producer **Louis Massiah,** moderated by **Courtney R. Baker** &#8211; Associate Professor of English at UC Riverside.

Author, educator, activist, and documentary filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara, with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment. Editor of the breakthrough anthology *The Black Woman *(1970)* *and author of *The Salt Eaters *(1980) among other acclaimed works*, *Bambara came to Philadelphia and worked with Louis Massiah on the truth-telling documentary *The Bombing of Osage Avenue *(1986) and remained an activist and cultural worker in film and literature until her untimely death in 1995. *TCB &#8211; The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing* (2025, 105 min.) is a testament to their long and generative collaboration.

Massiah’s film, directed with and edited by Monica Henriquez, is structured as a series of lessons on cultural organizing, gleaned from Bambara&#8217;s life and shared by her friends, colleagues and students. Not yet widely released, the film received its world premiere opening night at [BlackStar Film Festival](https://www.blackstarfest.org/festival/) in August, where it was awarded Best Feature Documentary by the jury, voted Favorite Feature Documentary by the audience, and called “riveting” by *Variety.*  Featuring: Toni Morrison, Nikky Finney, Haile Gerima, Shirikiana Aina, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Manthia Diawara, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Malaika Adero, Linda Holmes, Conor Tomás Reed, Makeba Lavan and Clyde Taylor.

**About Louis Massiah**

Louis Massiah’s award-winning documentaries include *The Bombing of Osage Avenue* (1986); *W.E.B. Du Bois – A Biography in Four Voices* (1996), two episodes of the PBS series *Eyes on the Prize II* (1987), and *A is for Anarchist, B is for Brown* (2002). Recipient of many accolades, including a duPont-Columbia Award, a Peabody, a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and a local Emmy for his coverage of the MOVE Commission Hearings, Massiah is founder and director of [Scribe Video Center](https://scribe.org/), a leading Philadelphia-based nonprofit media arts center that seeks to explore, develop, and advance media as art and tool for progressive social change. From 2010-2012, Massiah served as the Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change at Swarthmore College, and he received an Honorary Doctor of Arts in 2024.

**About BlackStar Projects**

BlackStar Projects creates the spaces and resources needed to uplift the work of Black, Brown and Indigenous artists working outside the confines of genre. Beyond the annual film festival the organization produces year-round programs, including film screenings, exhibitions, a filmmaker seminar, a film production lab and a journal of film, art and visual culture. BlackStar is working towards a liberatory world in which a vast spectrum of Black, Brown and Indigenous experiences is irresistibly celebrated in arts and culture.

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

TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing

Mezzanine presents REMOVAL OF THE EYE, directed by Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw.

2025, U.S., 92m.

L.A. premiere screening, followed by a Q&A with actor-writer-directors Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan.

"Funny and personal... a manic mix of post-millennial humor and urban-romantic anxiety." -Film Comment

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The brilliant husband-and-wife-duo of Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan (of LAFM 2024 selection NEW STRAINS) bring new dimensions to the home-movie with their hilarious sophomore feature, a punch-drunk exploration of the anxieties and rituals of new parenthood.

Set in a high-rise apartment, Ph.D student Kallia and fledgling-rapper Ram (Shaw and Kamalakanthan) endure sleepless nights with their newborn baby, while Kallia’s mother (who lives one floor below) looks to end their problems with a Greek rite of passage: to exorcise their family from the evil eye. With a Cassavetes-like inclination to turn the camera on themselves and their loved ones—including their actual baby and parents—Shaw and Kamalakanthan’s fearless, intimate comedy establishes them among the freshest and most inventive young American filmmakers working today.

Official Selection: 2024 Rotterdam International Film Festival, New/Next Film Festival

Special thanks to Andrew Adair (Cinema Conservancy).

Mezzanine: Removal of the Eye (2025)

Bramayugam

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a rare theatrical screening of selections from 5 decades of Wendy Clarke's monumental video project!

Wendy Clarke's LOVE TAPES – Rare Screening of the Monumental Video Project!

**Screenwriter**: Alexi Wasser

**Producers**: Alexi Wasser,  Rebekah Sherman-Myntti,  KJ Rothweiler

The Vidiots microcinema is about to get a little filthy and absolutely absurd when we welcome writer/director/producer/star **Alexi Wasser** for two special screenings of her ridiculous sex comedy *Messy*.

Burned out on the rom com onslaught of Valentine&#8217;s? We&#8217;ve got the raunchy antidote for you &#8211; Alexi Wasser&#8217;s nympho-manic romp of sex, love, and delusion in the city! Brutally self-aware, promiscuous love addict Stella Fox moves to New York after a devastating break-up and pursues disappointing romantic dalliances over the course of a summer. Laugh out loud funny, *Messy* made John Waters&#8217; list of favorite films of the year (2024). Ditch your date and bring all your besties for Wasser&#8217;s debut cult classic in the making!

Conversation with **Alexi Wasser** to follow the screening!

Messy

**Screenwriters**: Christopher Landon,  Phillip Murphy,  Michael Kennedy

**Producers**: Christopher Landon,  Greg Gilreath,  Adam Hendricks

Vidiots is terrified to welcome Director and Founding Member **Josh Ruben** for a special screening of the bloodiest rom com ever &#8211; *Heart Eyes, *followed by a conversation with Ruben and Writer **Michael Kennedy,** Actors **Jordana Brewster** (Detective Jeanine Shaw) and **Gigi Zumbado** (Monica), and Mask Designer **Tony Gardner.**

If you&#8217;re looking for a romantic date movie that soaked in buckets of blood, have we got the screening for your Valentine&#8217;s Day countdown! When the &#8220;Heart Eyes Killer&#8221; strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine&#8217;s Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives. A deliriously fun mash up of rom coms and slashers, this gorerrific love story has got something for everyone!

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Craving more Valentine&#8217;s horror? Check out these bangers from our video rental collection!

*My Bloody Valentine, Cupid, Trouble Every Day*

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

Heart Eyes

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

The Wailing

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Possession

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart is at his best as a hardboiled sleuth in this ’40s film noir classic. In one of his most exciting roles, the inimitable Bogie plays Rip Murdock, an ex-G.I. trying to find out who framed his pal Johnny for murder—and then rubbed him out! Tracing his war buddy’s shadowy past leads Rip to Coral Chandler (Lizabeth Scott), who was once Johnny’s sweetheart. Now she’s a chanteuse in a nightclub run by a brutal gangster, Martinelli (Morris Carnovsky). Rip gets a taste of the beautiful blonde’s seductive charms and soon finds himself ensnared in a twisted web of deceit and danger. Is Coral an innocent thrush—or is she a predatory siren leading Bogie to the DEAD RECKONING?

FORMAT: Nitrate

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

Print from the collection of the Library of Congress ‘American Cinematheque’s Nitrate Film Festival 2026’

DEAD RECKONING on Nitrate

A man watches as his neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, changes around him. Houses are sold and torn down, neighbors move away. Refusing to change with it, he invites documentarian Ignacio Agüero into his home, sharing his hobbies and personal history with the camera. Meanwhile, life continues, bringing changes within his own family — the passage of time never ceasing. Ignacio Agüero, one of Chile’s most acclaimed documentarians, made his early films during the Pinochet dictatorship. *Under Construction* captures a post-Pinochet Chile at the turn of the century, as the people of Santiago reflect on their country’s history through architecture, anecdotes and visions of the future.

DCP. Director: Ignacio Agüero.

Before his feature film debut Rebels of the Neon God (1992), Tsai Ming-liang had a brief career directing made-for-television films. Give Me a Home is one of these early works, offering glimpses of Tsai’s distinctive, lingering cinematic style soon to emerge in full definition. His television work often centered on the struggles of Taipei’s working class, as seen here. Set in 1990s Taipei, the film follows a young unhoused family whose breadwinner builds houses for others. Filming in both public and private spaces, Tsai reveals the lives of those living in the shadows, without a shelter of their own.

DCP. Director: Tsai Ming-liang. Screenwriters: Tsai Ming-liang, Li Zongyu. With: Lung Chang, Ling-Ling Hsia.

*—Associate Programmer Nicole Ucedo*

Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) / Give Me a Home

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux’s animated marvel FANTASTIC PLANET, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants (Draags). After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags’ oppression and violence. With its eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation by Roland Topor; brilliant psychedelic jazz score by Alain Goraguer; and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-awarded 1973 counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France/Czechoslovakia

Get your ticket for just $6.48 at the box office! ‘Film by the Foot’

FANTASTIC PLANET

### **ABOUT THE FILMS:**

**“He Who Awaits Dead Men’s Shoes Dies Barefoot,” 1970, Dir. João César Monteiro, 35 Mins, The Cinema Guild, Portugal**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

Monteiro’s first fiction film — and masterpiece — “He Who Awaits Dead Men’s Shoes Dies Barefoot” shows an auteur inspired by the French New Wave (specifically Jean-Luc Godard) and introduces an alter-ego who would reappear in Monteiro’s João de Deus trilogy: Lívio, a young, broken-hearted aspiring artist (and beggar) whose dreams and innocence are violated by a country “that is a bottomless pit, an asshole one can’t escape from.” This poetic yet pessimistic letter to a nation suffocated by a decades-old fascist regime was banned, and remained unseen until Portugal’s 1974 Carnation Revolution.

FORMAT: DCP

**WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THIS SWORD?, 1975, Dir. João César Monteiro, 65 Mins, The Cinema Guild, Portugal**

*In Portuguese with English subtitles.*

In WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THIS SWORD?, Monteiro shows NATO forces and US aircraft carriers in Lisbon and compares them to the awakening of Nosferatu, a new villain hungry for fresh blood, while intertwining footage of US Navy sailors cruising Lisbon’s decadent nightlife (one of its prostitutes offers Monteiro an account of her routine), workers protesting pro-capitalist maneuvers, and statements from anticolonial African activists with a satirical restaging of a medieval Lusitanian hero (director Margarida Gil) who defended the country’s soul against foreign invaders.

FORMAT: DCP

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

"He Who Awaits Dead Men's Shoes Dies Barefoot" / WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THIS SWORD?

A screening of Jacques Demy's fantasy musical classic DONKEY SKIN (1970) & fairytale themed, French Pop soundtracked costume dance party!

LA FÊTE D'AMOUR!: DONKEY SKIN (1970) + Fairytale French Pop Dance Party!

**Screenwriter**: Hayao Miyazaki

**Producer**: Toshio Suzuki

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

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Can’t get enough Studio Ghibli? We’ve got you and your little ones covered with these gems and more!

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

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

Howl’s Moving Castle (Japanese with English Subtitles)

**Screenwriters**: Nora Ephron,  David S. Ward,  Jeff Arch

**Producer**: Gary Foster

We&#8217;re continuing the Rob Reiner lovefest with one of his most lovable acting roles in Nora Ephron&#8217;s essential rom com *Sleepless in Seattle, *just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day!

What if your happily ever after was someone you never met? Nora Ephron sets the stage for star-crossed romance in one of the most successful romance films of all time. Still grieving the death of his mother, but worried for his father, a young boy calls in to a radio talk show to find his dad a date. Now, half a country away, reporter Annie Reed finds herself falling for a man she&#8217;s never met. Bring your boo or your besties and meet us on the top of the Empire State Building (AKA the Eagle Theatre) on Valentine&#8217;s Eve for this feel good helping of cinematic comfort food!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Want more Rob Reiner acting roles? Take home more Rob tonight!

*The Wolf of Wall Street, This is Spinal Tap, Postcards from the Edge, Throw Momma from the Train*

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

Sleepless in Seattle

**Screenwriter**: Todd Solondz

**Producers**: Ted Hope,  Christine Vachon

One of the darkest entries into one of America&#8217;s bleakest and funniest auteur Todd Solondz&#8217;s twisted body of work, *Happiness* is a subversive masterpiece of feel-bad filmmaking. A remarkable and controversial ensemble piece centering on a family of three adult sisters &#8211; the soccer mom, the successful poet, and the aimless dreamer &#8211; all with their own orbits of longing and depravity. Containing some of the most envelope-pushing subject matter committed to celluloid, this is not easy viewing, but Solondz&#8217;s deadpan dark humor keeps you laughing and cringing throughout, up to its absolutely unforgettable ending. Definitely disturbing, but masterfully acted and sardonically crafted, this is dark comedy at its darkest and funniest.

**Picks from the Video Store**:

Looking for more dark comedy? Try out these twisted triumphs tonight!

*Pretty Poison, Where&#8217;s Poppa?, Little Murders, Sightseers*

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

Happiness

Play It Again, Sam

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens in Dolby Vision

Ponyo in 35mm

Retro Romantics: An Academy Film Archive Trailer Show in 35mm

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Harris K. Telemacher (Steve Martin), a TV weatherman based in Los Angeles, is bored to death in his relentlessly sunny town and in his relationship. When he receives cryptic messages from a billboard in his neighborhood, Telemacher seeks out romance with a visiting British journalist (Victoria Tennant) and a bubbly, young model (Sarah Jessica Parker).

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

35th Anniversary Valentine’s Day Screening

L.A. STORY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

World War II, Morocco – a viper’s nest of corrupt French police, spies, fleeing émigrés, gamblers and drinkers. It’s the perfect place for weary American expatriate nightclub owner Rick Blaine to hide out. Rick’s Cafe is the gathering place for the good, the bad and the ugly, but he doesn’t care, as long as they spend their money. One day, of all the bars in all the world, Rick’s long-lost love, Ilsa walks in with her resistance leader husband, Victor, and Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue. Ilsa and Victor need to escape from Casablanca, and Rick may be the only one who can help them.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus

COUNTRY: USA

CASABLANCA

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

Stealing Beauty

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family&#8217;s villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio&#8217;s father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Call Me by Your Name

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher (Margaret Sullavan) becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining her purity. Luisa’s well-meaning lies get her caught between a lecherous businessman, Konrad (Frank Morgan), and a decent but confused doctor, Max Sporum (Herbert Marshall). When Luisa convinces Konrad that she’s married to Max, Konrad tries everything he can to get rid of the baffled doctor.

FORMAT: Nitrate

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Valentine’s Day Screening 35mm Nitrate collection print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Special thanks to the William Wyler Estate. ‘American Cinematheque’s Nitrate Film Festival 2026’

THE GOOD FAIRY

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

When ditzy debutante Irene Bullock stumbles upon a “forgotten man” at the city dump, she offers him work in her household and he soon becomes the perfect butler for her eccentric family. As the family’s antics grow increasingly more absurd, it is only a matter of time before Godfrey’s secret past is revealed.

FORMAT: Nitrate

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

COUNTRY: USA

Valentine’s Day Screening Presented in partnership with Eastman Museum, L.A. Print courtesy of Filmarchiv Austria. ‘American Cinematheque’s Nitrate Film Festival 2026’

MY MAN GODFREY on Nitrate

XOXO, The Guerrilla Girls: Valentines for a Feminist Future

Sylvia Chang directs, writes and co-stars in this story of best friends Wendy (Chang) and Ming (Cora Miao), who fall in love with the same man, John (George Lam). Chang — described by The New York Times as “Taiwan’s answer to Barbra Streisand” — is also an accomplished singer, and she demonstrates her deft skill behind the camera in this D&B Films production, her second directorial effort. Melodrama shapes the film’s emotional terrain, as tensions unfold over decades and the characters face moral dilemmas that pit fidelity and friendship against the reckless pull of passion.

Director/Screenwriter: Sylvia Chang. With: Sylvia Chang, Cora Miao, George Lam, Chung King Fai.

Prolific filmmaker Ann Hui plays with narrative structure as a means of exploring character interiority in this intergenerational love story between Chui Mei (Brigitte Lin) and her lovers, Dr. Zhang (George Lam) and Tian-An (David Ng). Lin delivers a tender performance as an ordinary woman confronting her past affairs while contemplating future entanglements. (She would later gain further acclaim in the wuxia genre of martial arts epics.) Lam once again co-stars as a tormented love interest whose brooding sex appeal makes him irresistible yet ill-equipped to navigate the temptations of human nature. A Shaw Brothers and Tomson Films production.

Director: Ann Hui. Screenwriter: Leung Suk-Wah. With: Brigitte Lin, George Lam, Derek Yee Tung-Sing, David Wu, Rebecca Pan, Yip San.

*—Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler*

Passion / Starry Is the Night

### **ABOUT THE FILM: **

Manager Dick Harper and his attractive young wife Jane are used to a comfortable lifestyle. They’ve just build a swimming-pool when Dick is fired very unexpectedly—leaving him with $70,000 debt on the house. They try to hide this from the neighbors and just cut down their expenses, but soon it’s obvious: living from unemployment bonus drives them crazy, and it’s uncertain if they can keep the house. Dick decides that robbing drug stores is their only way out—but this takes more skill than expected! Only as a team can Dick and Jane succeed.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA

FUN WITH DICK AND JANE

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

*In French with English subtitles.*

When widow Anne (Anouk Aimée) and widower Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Trintignant) meet at their respective children’s boarding school, a budding romance blossoms in the shadow of their former relationships.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRBUTOR: Rialto Pictures

COUNTRY: France

New 4K Restoration 60th Anniversary Valentine’s Day Screening

A MAN AND A WOMAN

### **ABOUT THE EVENT:**

The American Cinematheque is thrilled to present a screening of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s surreal, erotic drama QUERELLE with legendary actor Franco Nero in-person, in honor of his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

Set against glowing orange skies in the port city of Brest, Fassbinder’s dreamscape in QUERELLE unfolds a story of identity, desire and betrayal. Clad in a mid-20th century sailor uniform, Franco Nero gives a dazzling performance as Lieutenant Seblon, the naval officer deeply in love with Querelle and finding himself torn between authority and longing.

### **ABOUT THE FILM:**

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film is a deliriously stylized tale of hothouse lust and simmering violence. Set amid an expressionistic soundstage vision of a French sea port, this daring adaptation of a novel by Jean Genet recounts the tragedy of a handsome sailor (Brad Davis) as he is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder and explosive sexuality. Completed just before Fassbinder’s sudden death at age thirty-seven, QUERELLE finds the director pushing his embrace of artifice and taboo-shattering depiction of queer desire to new extremes.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: France/West Germany

Q&A with actor Franco Nero. Moderated by Variety’s Matt Donnelly. Valentine’s Day Screening Co-presented by Filming Italy Los Angeles

QUERELLE

**Screenwriter**: Steven Brill

**Producers**: Jon Avnet,  Jordan Kerner

Hockey fever is in the air, so grab your puck and your skates and join us at the rink for this kiddo underdog classic. Gordon Bombay&#8217;s got a lot on his plate, but after the young lawyer is arrested for drunk driving &#8211; now he&#8217;s got a team of hockey-playing outcasts looking to him for guidance &#8211; and to teach them to get goals. Can he turn this motley crew around and create champions? Will he learn even more lessons than his young charges? You bet he will, but we are so here for every goal, gaff, and feel-good moment along the way!

**Picks from the Video Store**

Feeling icy? These classics take the ice and make all the goals!

*Ice Princess, Slap Shot, Miracle*

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

The Mighty Ducks

**Screenwriter**: Sooni Taraporevala

**Producers**: Michael Nozik, Mira Nair

Get swept away in the romance, beauty, humor, and humanism of Mira Nair&#8217;s magnificent *Mississippi Masala*. The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South are blended and simmered into a rich and fragrant fusion feast in Mira Nair&#8217;s luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years, after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury), finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It&#8217;s there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington) challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region&#8217;s Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with big-hearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and radical celebration of love&#8217;s power to break down the barriers between us.

**Picks from the Video Store**

Love Mira Nair? She&#8217;s got her own director&#8217;s section!

*Hysterical Blindness, Salaam Bombay, Queen of Katwe*, and more!

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

Gypsy in 35mm

2:30 PM

Nineteen Eighty-Four in 4K

7:30 PM

ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS

7:30 PM

Wolf

8:00 PM

Train Dreams

Frankenstein

A USEFUL GHOST

7:00 PM

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER

10:00 PM

Dr. Strangelove

Being There

7:30 PM

The Secret Agent

7:00 PM

Charulata

7:30 PM

The Mask of Dimitrios

2:00 PM

One Battle After Another 70mm