Dear Laemmle Fans,
As you may have seen on the news, movie theaters in New York City will be allowed to reopen again beginning March 5. While we still don’t have any clear sense of when Laemmle Theatres may follow suit, the update from across the country is still an encouraging one. Moviegoing has now been deemed safe in our nation’s largest city – it’s only a matter of time before the same is true of Los Angeles.
Until then, you can satisfy your arthouse cravings with our virtual offerings, including today’s top-billed new release Night of the Kings. The immersive film, which follows a young Ivorian prisoner who must rely on his storytelling skills in order to survive the night, is a strong contender in this year’s Oscar race for Best International Feature. Also contending for an Oscar this year is the documentary The Painter and the Thief, a title from last summer that Laemmle Theatres is proud to re-introduce.
Other new documentary releases include the intimate labor-relations study My Darling Supermarket, the experimental French school-project Un Film Dramatique, and the timely analysis ’Til Kingdom Come, focusing on the link between Israel and American Evangelism. There’s also the short-film collection Eremita (Anthologies), featuring work from a variety of up-and-coming young cinematographers.
On the fictional side, there’s the lighthearted meta-comedy Alberto and the Concrete Jungle, alongside the thoughtful indie effort The Independents, starring the real-life rock band The Sweet Remains. Next up is the tender Xinjiang-based coming-of-age story A First Farewell, followed lastly by two re-releases: the 1986 Brazilian epic Quilombo, and the 2002 neo-noir thriller Demonlover, from noted French director Olivier Assayas.
All the best,
Greg Laemmle
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