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Spanish Director Alex de la Iglesia in Person for Q&A’s after EL CRIMEN PERFECTO and MI GRAN NOCHE

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iglesiaFilmmaker Alex de la Iglesia will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:30 PM screening of A PERFECT CRIME at Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills on 4/13 and after the 4:30 PM screening of his new release MY BIG NIGHT at the Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills on 4/16.

MY BIG NIGHT [Mi Gran Noche] is an audaciously inventive ensemble comedy brimming with showbiz satire that received four GOYA nominations. It opens April 15th at the Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. Click here for tickets.

THE PERFECT CRIME [El Crimen Perfecto or Crimen Ferpecto] is De la Iglesia’s 2004 black comedy set in an upscale department store in Madrid. It screens at 7:30PM on April 13th at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills, NoHo 7 in North Hollywood, and Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. Click here for tickets.

SCI-FI WEEKEND: Re-visit the Golden Age of Science Fiction with Six Classic Films April 15-17 at the Ahrya Fine Arts

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Laemmle_SciFiWeekend_Poster_v6_1080Re-visit the Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film as Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series presents SCI-FI WEEKEND, a festival of six classic films April 15-17 at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills.

It was dawn of the Atomic Age and the Cold War, as Communist and nuclear war paranoia swept onto the nation’s movie screens to both terrify and entertain the American public. All the favorite icons are here: Robby the Robot from FORBIDDEN PLANET, the pod people from INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the blood-seeking creature from THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, and so much more.

 

Schedule:

Date Title Tickets
04/15 at 7:30PM THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) Available
04/16 at 2:30PM THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) Available
04/16 at 5:00PM WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) Available
04/16 at 7:30PM INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) Available
04/17 at 2:30PM FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) Available
04/17 at 5:00PM FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966) Available

Tickets:

Tickets for individual shows are available NOW on Laemmle.com & at the Ahrya Fine Arts box office:

  • Single film Ticket: $13
  • Premiere Card Holders (Single Ticket): $12

Anniversary Classics Sci-Fi Weekend Ticket Specials (Available only at Box Office):

  • 6 Admissions for $48 (For any Sci-Fi Weekend Film 4/15-4/17)
  • Saturday Triple Bill: $30 (Ticket to 3 Saturday 4/16 films)
  • Sunday Double Feature: $20 (Ticket to 2 Sunday 4/17 films)

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Movies:

ac-earthTHE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) – 65th Anniversary

“Klaatu barada nikto”: One of the most famous phrases in all science fiction was first uttered in The Day the Earth Stood Still, which cast its spell over audiences in September 1951, in the early years of the Cold War and Atomic Age. This tale of a humanoid alien visitor (Michael Rennie), with a message and ultimatum for the human race, was directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay by Edmund H. North, and featured a memorably eerie score by Bernard Herrmann. Also starring Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, and our special guest, Billy Gray, the only survivor of the cast and crew. Gray, who is also well known for his role in the classic 1950s sitcom Father Knows Best, will appear at the 65th anniversary screening on opening night of the Anniversary Classics Sci Fi Weekend, April 15-17. (April 15 at 7:30 PM) [Read more…]

Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Food Critic Jonathan Gold Sunday, March 27 in Pasadena

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MORE Q&A’s ADDED: CITY OF GOLD filmmaker Laura Gabbert and subject Jonathan Gold will participate in Q&A’s following the 7:40 PM screening at the Monica Film Center in Santa Monica on Saturday, April 9 and after the 5:20 PM screening at the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena on Sunday, April 10.

Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold will participate in a Q&A following the 5:30PM screening of CITY OF GOLD on Sunday, March 27 at the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena.

Tickets are available here.

Last week we highlighted a few restaurants on Jonathan Gold’s list of 101 best that are near your local Laemmle. Check it out here.

CITY OF GOLD is now playing at the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and Town Center in Encino. It opens March 25th at the Monica Film Center in Santa Monica and April 1 at the NoHo 7 in North Hollywood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__2uT1cZWkY

Q&A’s with LOLO director, co-writer, and star Julie Delpy Following the 7:10PM Screenings on March 25th in Santa Monica and March 26th in Beverly Hills!

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Julie Delpy, director, star, and co-writer of LOLO, will participate in Q&A’s after the following screenings of her new film:

  • Friday, March 25th after the 7:10PM screening at the Monica Film Center in Santa Monica.
  • Saturday, March 26th after the 7:10PM screening at the Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills.

Don’t miss this! Click here to purchase tickets.

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In LOLO, Julie Delpy plays Violette, a 40-year-old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry who falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene (Dany Boon), while on a spa retreat with her best friend. But Jean-Rene faces a major challenge: he must win the trust and respect of Violette’s teenage son, Lolo (Vincent Lacoste), who is determined to wreak havoc on the couple’s fledgling relationship and remain his mother’s favorite.

LOLO opens Friday, March 25th in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Pasadena, and North Hollywood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpQiWG5O-zw

Filmmakers in Person for the Intense Horror Anthology SOUTHBOUND

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SOUTHBOUND is an acclaimed horror anthology with five short stories involving travelers on a highway at night. The segments were directed by David Bruckner, Roxanne Benjamin, Patrick Horvath, and the film collective known as Radio Silence. SOUTHBOUND made its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

The SOUTHBOUND directors will participate in Q&A’s after the following screenings: Feb. 5 – Fine Arts 7:30; Feb. 9 – NoHo 7:30; Feb. 10 – Monica Film Center 7:30; Feb. 11 – Playhouse 7:30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm2XvmVHwOg

“There are monsters in SOUTHBOUND that are among the best I’ve seen onscreen in a long time.” (Luke Thompson, The Robot’s Voice)

“This anthology of five horror tales is the rare group effort without a dud, as it cruises through variations on the genre with style and confidence.” (Nicolas Rapold, Film Comment Magazine)

Anniversary Classics: February Screenings include LA DOLCE VITA in Santa Monica, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? with George Segal in West LA

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We’re celebrating Oscar season with screenings of two Academy Award powerhouses in our continuing Anniversary Classics Series.

La Dolce VitaFirst, we offer a 55th anniversary screening of LA DOLCE VITA, one of the most influential of foreign films, and the recipient of 4 Academy Award nominations in 1961 – Best Director and Original Screenplay for Federico Fellini, Art Direction and Costume Design (an Oscar winner for Piero Gherardi). Fellini’s sardonic take on the decadence of Rome in the 1960s reverberated throughout modern film history, and heavily influenced the 2013 Oscar foreign-language winner THE GREAT BEAUTY. So cruise along the Via Veneto with Marcello Mastroianni, then take a dip in the Trevi Fountain with the voluptuous Anita Ekberg, and see it all at the sleekly elegant, newly re-opened Monica Film Center!

LA DOLCE VITA will screen on Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 PM at the Monica Film Center in Santa Monica. Tickets on sale now at laemmle.com/ac.

Next, we look back 50 years to celebrate one of the most provocative films in cinema history – WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966). The film adaptation of playwright Edward Albee’s scathing dissection of a marriage was brought to the screen with most of its graphic dialogue intact due to the relaxation of the censorious Production Code in its fading, final gasp. VIRGINIA WOOLF garnered a near-record 13 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director for tyro film director Mike Nichols, winning 5 Oscars including Elizabeth Taylor (Best Actress) and Sandy Dennis (Supporting Actress). The rest of the 4 character cast were also nominated: Richard Burton (Best Actor) and our special guest, George Segal (Supporting Actor) who will join us for a Q & A after the screening.

We are also presenting this screening as a tribute to the late Haskell Wexler who died late last year at the age of 93. Wexler won his first Oscar for filming VIRGINIA WOOLF in glorious black and white, an art form endangered by the mid-sixties.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? with special guest George Segal will screen on Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 PM at the Royal Theater in West LA. Tickets are on sale now at laemmle.com/ac.

Join the conversation in our Anniversary Classics Facebook Group.

4th MAN OUT Q&A Opening Night at the NoHo

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In 4TH MAN OUT Evan Todd (“Switched at Birth”) stars as Adam, a small-town, blue-collar mechanic who likes beer and hockey but surprises his buddies when he tells them he’s gay. Well meaning but perhaps fated to trip over themselves, hilarity ensues when said buddies all try to help Adam find a boyfriend. Parker Young (“Arrow”), Chord Overstreet (“Glee”), Jon Gabrus (“Younger”) and Kate Flannery (“The Office) co-star.
4TH MAN OUT director Andrew Nackman, actors Evan Todd, Parker Young, Jon Gabrus, Kate Flannery and producers Lauren Hogarth, Lauren Avinoam and Jed Mellick will participate in a Q&A moderated by Alonso Duralde of TheWrap after the 7:40 PM screening at the NoHo 7 on Friday, February 5th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmzBB7VjfzA

Anniversary Classics: Actress Blythe Danner In-Person After THE GREAT SANTINI on 10/27 at the Royal! Plus, a Pre-Halloween Double Feature 10/30 at the Fine Arts.

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After celebrating the 65th anniversary of ALL ABOUT EVE this past Tuesday, we look ahead to the two remaining Anniversary Classics events on the October calendar! Next up is the 35th anniversary of the Oscar-nominated drama THE GREAT SANTINI (1980), with special guest Blythe Danner, who played the long-suffering wife of domineering Marine pilot and Oscar nominee Robert Duvall. Danner received some of the best notices of her career this past summer for I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, a performance which is being touted for year-end awards consideration. Join us for THE GREAT SANTINI and a conversation with Blythe Danner on Tuesday, October 27th at the Royal in West LA at 7:00 pm.

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Then don’t forget our special Halloween program on Friday, October 30th – a retro double feature of the 80th anniversary of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), one of the great horror classics, paired with bonus feature ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948), a scary and very funny vintage horror-comedy. Both features are from the vaults of Universal studios and to complete our trip into yesteryear are being presented at the beautifully restored and newly re-opened Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills. The classic double bill (yes, two for the price of one!) begins at 7:30 on the 30th.

Tickets are now on sale for both events and can be purchased online at www.laemmle.com/ac. See you soon at the Anniversary Classics series!