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MIDDLE MAN Stars in Person Friday Night at the Music Hall.

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MIDDLE MAN Stars in Person Friday Night at the Music Hall.MIDDLE MAN actors Jim O’Heir and Andrew West will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, June 9. Mr. O’Heir will also introduce the 9:55 screening.

Lenny Freeman is a straight-laced old-school accountant with a dream; to become a famous stand-up comedian. The problem is he’s not very funny. Not even close.

When his mother dies, leaving him nothing but debt and her ‘53 Oldsmobile, Lenny hits the road to chase his dream in Vegas and auditioning for Monte Guy’s annual “Stand-Up Stand-Off”. Along the way(and against his better judgment)Lenny picks up a mysterious traveler named “Hitch” and his trip quickly turns from bad to worse when they stop at a small-town bar.

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35th Anniversary Screening of DINER in 35mm with Producer Mark Johnson In Person on June 10th at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills

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35th Anniversary Screening of DINER (1982)
Followed by a Q&A with Producer Mark Johnson
Saturday, June 10, at 7:30 PM at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre
Presented in 35mm

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Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a 35th anniversary screening of one of the best loved film of the 1980s, Barry Levinson’s DINER. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with producer Mark Johnson hosted by film critic Stephen Farber.

Levinson made his directorial debut with this feature set in his native Baltimore in 1959, and he earned an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay.

The frequently uproarious comedy-drama, set to a rousing soundtrack of hits from the period, follows a group of friends who hang out at their favorite diner as they try to navigate the perilous path from adolescence to adulthood. Long before Mad Men, this film skewered the blatant sexism that was rampant in the era.

35th Anniversary Screening of DINER in 35mm with Producer Mark Johnson In Person on June 10th at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills

The extraordinary cast, many of them new to movies, includes Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Paul Reiser, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, and Ellen Barkin. Levinson encouraged his cast to improvise, and their rapport helped to electrify the film.

Time’s Richard Corliss wrote that Diner was “wonderfully cast and played.” People Magazine declared, “All the performances are remarkable… But the ultimate triumph is Levinson’s. He captures both the surface and the soul of an era with candor and precision.”

Mark Johnson won the Academy Award for producing the Best Picture of 1988, Rain Man, also directed by Levinson. His many other credits include The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Avalon, Bugsy, Donnie Brasco, A Perfect World, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Notebook, and the award-winning TV series Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Rectify. He has chaired the foreign language committee of the Motion Picture Academy for many years.

Twofer Tuesday: A Hitchcock Double Feature of SABOTEUR (1942) and FRENZY (1972) on June 6th!

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Twofer Tuesday: A Hitchcock Double Feature of SABOTEUR (1942) and FRENZY (1972) on June 6th!Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics series present two of the less frequently revived films from the Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock: a 75th anniversary screening of the World War II-era thriller, SABOTEUR, and a 45th anniversary screening of one of his final films, FRENZY. See two films for the price of one on June 6th at the Ahrya Fine Arts, NoHo 7, and Pasadena Playhouse 7. Presented on DCP.

Click here to buy tickets to the 5pm show of SABOTEUR, admission to the 7:20pm FRENZY is included. Click here to get tickets to the 7:20pm show of FRENZY, admission to the 9:45pm SABOTEUR is included.

Both films are variations on one of Hitchcock’s favorite themes, that of the wrong man in jeopardy—a story that he first explored in one of his early British classics, The 39 Steps, and that he reworked in such American films as Spellbound, Strangers on a Train, and North by Northwest.

Twofer Tuesday: A Hitchcock Double Feature of SABOTEUR (1942) and FRENZY (1972) on June 6th!

In Saboteur Robert Cummings plays a munitions factory worker suspected of setting a destructive industrial fire and forced to go on the lam to prove his innocence. The tart and witty screenplay was penned by Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, and Dorothy Parker and centers on a conspiracy by a group of softspoken but sinister American Fascists. The Statue of Liberty finale is one of Hitchcock’s memorable set pieces. Priscilla Lane, Otto Kruger, and Norman Lloyd costar. The New York Times called it “a swift, high-tension film.”

Twofer Tuesday: A Hitchcock Double Feature of SABOTEUR (1942) and FRENZY (1972) on June 6th!In Frenzy, Hitchcock filmed in his native England for the first time in more than two decades. Jon Finch plays the innocent man accused of a series of grisly murders by the notorious “Necktie Strangler.” British actors Barry Foster, Anna Massey, Billie Whitelaw, Alec McCowen, and Vivien Merchant costar. This thriller was written by acclaimed playwright Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth) and received the best reviews of Hitchcock’s late career. Roger Ebert noted that “Frenzy is a return to old forms for the master of suspense,” and Leonard Maltin declared, “All classic Hitchcock elements are here, including delicious black humor, several astounding camera shots.”

RESTLESS CREATURE: WENDY WHELAN Q&A Opening Night at the Royal.

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Kyle Abraham, one of Wendy Whelan’s frequent dance partners who appears in the film, will participate in a Q&A after the 7:50pm screening of RESTLESS CREATURE: WENDY WHELAN at the Royal on Friday, June 9.

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MAURIZIO CATTELAN: BE RIGHT BACK Filmmaker in Person with MOCA Director Philippe Vergne Opening Night at the Music Hall.

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MAURIZIO CATTELAN: BE RIGHT BACK Filmmaker in Person with MOCA Director Philippe Vergne Opening Night at the Music Hall.MAURIZIO CATTELAN: BE RIGHT BACK director Maura Axelrod, along with Philippe Vergne, director of L.A. MOCA, will be on hand for a Q&A on Friday 6/2 after the 7:30PM show at the Music Hall. The first 50 people in the theater will get a bag designed by Maurizio Cattelan exclusively for the film, limited edition (only 200 made).