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THE DECENT ONE Q&A’s with Filmmaker Vanessa Lappa this Weekend at the Music Hall

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A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal letters, diaries, and photographs belonging to Nazi Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler seems to reveal a thoughtful, loving husband and devoted father to his daughter, Gudrun. The documents were hidden in Tel Aviv for decades and sold to the father of the Israeli documentary filmmaker, Vanessa Lapa. With her film THE DECENT ONE she has fashioned a fascinating case study: a portrait of the man responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War, who thought of himself in heroic terms. Ms. Lapa will discuss Himmler and her film during Q&A’s after the 7:20 PM screenings of THE DECENT ONE at the Music Hall, Friday-Sunday, October 10-12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuqgHir41gk
Vanessa Lapa

ADVANCED STYLE Q&A’s at the Music Hall Opening Weekend

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In the delightful new documentary ADVANCED STYLE, street style photographer Ari Seth Cohen and director Lina Plioplyte dive into the personal lives of New York City’s most fashionable women over 60. In an industry obsessed with youth, these older women dispel conventional ideas about beauty and aging and prove that with age comes grace, confidence, boldness, flair and new, unimagined opportunities for fame and fortune.

Both Ms. Plioplyte and Mr. Cohen will be at the Music Hall for Q&A’s on opening weekend: after the 7:20 PM screening on Friday, October 17 and after the 5 and 7:20 PM screenings on Saturday, October 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-baPw-bE_Ec

Lina Plioplyte

 

 

Ari Seth Cohen and Lina Plioplyte

PELICAN DREAMS Q&A’s at the Royal and Playhouse with Filmmaker Judy Irving

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What’s it like to try to get to know a flying dinosaur? In PELICAN DREAMS, Sundance and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving (“The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”) follows a wayward California brown pelican from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and survival challenges. Ms. Irving will attend several screenings on opening weekend to do Q&A’s: after the 7:30 PM screening Friday, November 7 at the Royal and after the 5:30 show Saturday, November 8 at the Playhouse.

http://vimeo.com/102655510
PELICAN DREAMS filmmaker Judy Irving

KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON Q&A’s at the Playhouse with the Cinematographer

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Adam Hart, Director of Photography for the moving new documentary KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON, will participate in Q&A’s after the 8 PM screenings at the Playhouse on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11 and after the 3:20 screening on Sunday, October 12.

http://www.vimeo.com/103914360

Sundance Documentary WEB JUNKIE at the Music Hall this Weekend

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WEB JUNKIE screenings are sponsored by Unplug  — limited number of free two-week passes given away at the Saturday-Monday evening screenings.  Also, we will do a Web Junkie Movie poster giveaway Sunday night. 

Dr. Elisha Goldstein will host a Q&A after Sunday night’s 7:30pm screening – psychologist, speaker and author whose work includes the bestselling books The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Dr. Goldstein will discuss ways to harness our relationship with technology (see his recent blog http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2014/09/the-horse-is-technology-but-the-rider-is-on-auto-pilot/

Bring Your Ticket Stub From WEB JUNKIE and Get A FREE Rental from Vidiots Foundation
302 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405

310-392-8508

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Sundance documentary Web Junkie screens in LA ONE WEEK ONLY
Oct. 3-9  Laemmle Music Hall Theater   Watch the trailer:  http://webjunkiedoc.com/
“Electronic heroin” and “web addiction”: that’s how Chinese authorities refer to internet activity of more than six hours a day, not related to work or studying. WEB JUNKIE takes audiences inside a Beijing treatment center and follows three teenagers as they endure boot-camp style rehab over three months. 

Many of the boys were tricked, drugged or physically coerced by their desperate parents, and deny they overuse the internet — although one claims to have gamed for 300 hours straight, and we hear that some wear diapers, to prevent bathroom breaks that would lower gaming scores.  China was a world leader in classifying internet addiction as a clinical disorder, and there are over 400 intensive treatment centers for web & gaming addiction.

Is internet addiction real? Professor Rao, the center head, claims a 70% ‘cure rate.’ In following these teens, Web Junkie explores the loneliness, social disconnection, depression, and family pressure to achieve that drive these kids to use the ‘net more than 10 hours a day.  While the film takes place in China, it explores the universal 24/7 lure of the internet, technology, and our devices.
We’ll be posting updates on the boys through the theatrical run, Oct. 3-9.
New Yorker Article:
Daily Beast: The film China Doesn’t Want You to See:

WAITING FOR AUGUST Filmmaker Teodora Ana Mihai at the Royal Opening Weekend

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Teodora Ana Mihai, the filmmaker of the wonderful new documentary WAITING FOR AUGUST, will participate in Q&A’s at the Royal after the 7:50 PM screening on Friday, October 3 and after the 5:30 PM screening on Saturday, October 4.

http://vimeo.com/88946425
Teodora Ana Mihai; photo by Miguel Bueno

Friday Night Q&A at the Music Hall with A LEADING MAN Director Steven J. Kung

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A LEADING MAN director Steven J. Kung will participate in a Q&A after the 10 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, September 26.

http://vimeo.com/106998067

BORN TO FLY Q&A’s at the NoHo with Elizabeth Streb in Person

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BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY filmmaker Catherine Gund and acclaimed choreographer/aerialist Elizabeth Streb will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:30 PM screening on Friday, September 26 and after the 1 PM screening on Saturday, September 27.

http://www.vimeo.com/84998946
Elizabeth Streb

 

Catherine Gund