SUPER DARK TIMES filmmaker Kevin Phillips will participate in a Q&A after the 5:20 PM screening at the NoHo on Saturday, September 30.
Twofer Tuesday: A Paul Newman Double Feature of COOL HAND LUKE (1967) and SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1962) on October 3rd!
Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a tribute to Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman with the latest installment in our popular Twofer Tuesday program.
Newman received one of his nine Oscar nominations for the landmark prison drama, COOL HAND LUKE, released in 1967. He reprised his acclaimed stage performance in the film version of Tennessee Williams’ steamy melodrama, Sweet Bird of Youth from 1962.
Enjoy these two films for the price of one on Tuesday, October 3rd at your choice of three Laemmle locations—the Royal in West LA, the NoHo in North Hollywood, and the Playhouse in Pasadena.
COOL HAND LUKE received a total of four Academy Award nominations in 1967, and George Kennedy won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, an award that invigorated the career of one of Hollywood’s most well liked character actors.
Newman plays a rebellious prisoner on a Southern chain gang who eventually wins the support of all his fellow convicts even though he infuriates the prison officials.
The warden’s rebuke to Newman—“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate”—became one of the most quoted lines in cinema history, and many scenes, including an egg-eating contest and an unexpected song that Newman sings after learning of his mother’s death, have also entered the lexicon.
The supporting cast includes a number of other acclaimed actors—Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Strother Martin, and Oscar winner Jo Van Fleet.
Stuart Rosenberg directed the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank R. Pierson.
The Saturday Review’s Hollis Alpert called Luke “a film as beautifully executed as any made this year.” Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times added that the film was “a triumph for Paul Newman.”
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH received three Oscar nominations in 1962, and Ed Begley won the award as Best Supporting Actor for his vivid portrayal of a tyrannical Southern political boss.
Lead actress Geraldine Page and supporting actress Shirley Knight also earned nods from the Academy. Page and Newman had both starred in the Broadway production of Williams’ play, and they revisited and deepened their performances in the screen version, which despite a few compromises dictated by the Production Code, was generally regarded as superior to the play.
Richard Brooks, who had also adapted Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Newman, wrote the screenplay and directed.
The heart of the film lies in the provocative bedroom scenes between Page and Newman, playing a gigolo slightly past his prime and a has-been movie star happy to pay for his sexual favors.
The cast also includes Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, and Madeleine Sherwood.
Newsweek praised Sweet Bird as “a forceful, often devastating piece of work.” The Hollywood Reporter wrote that “Newman is the almost perfect Williams hero, sensitive, vulnerable, but undeniably masculine.”
Click here to get tickets to the 4:40pm show of SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, admission to the 7pm COOL HAND LUKE is included. Click here to buy tickets to the 7pm show of COOL HAND LUKE, admission to the 9:30pm SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH is included.
LAEMMLE LIVE presents: A Cello Meetup with Antonio Lysy October 1
Laemmle Live proudly presents BACH TO THE FUTURE – A CELLO MEETUP, Sunday October 1 at the Monica Film Center. Internationally acclaimed cellist and dedicated pedagogue Antonio Lysy invites intermediate and advanced cellists to participate in a unique cello ensemble opportunity. Antonio will lead a cello ensemble in exploring music that spans the ages, from Palestrina, Bach and Dvorak to Bartok, Elvis and more.
Cello students, please RSVP to laemmlecellomeetup@gmail.com by September 21 if you would like to perform and include the following information: name, years of study, and music part you wish to play. Families, friends and cello fans, please RSVP to the same address. Please check in with your teacher if you need direction. Music can be found here.
Antonio Lysy, artist of international stature and dedicated pedagogue, has performed as a soloist in major concert halls worldwide. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors including Yuri Temirkanov, Charles Dutoit, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh, and Kees Bakels, and continues to perform regularly both as a solo, and chamber music artist. Lysy has recorded extensively for CBC Radio, BBC Radio, Classic FM, and other radio networks. Lysy enjoys exploring the versatility of the cello’s voice, from Baroque to electric, and is committed to projects which enrich his diverse interests in music. Based on his Latin Grammy award-winning CD, the touring multimedia show, “Te Amo, Argentina”, has met with widespread acclaim. In the summer of 2003, Lysy accepted the position of Professor of Cello at University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to moving to the United States, he held a professorship at McGill University in Montréal.
Ever since I was 12 years old and in the early days of my musical studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England, I have been fascinated with the process and notion of teaching. The idea of passing on a legacy through performance practice, and being part of an aural tradition entrusted to me by masters of the instrument is somewhat magical. It is the creation and preservation of history. I am fortunate to have had great opportunities in my life. While the idea of “giving back” has become cliché, I cannot think of a better term to explain my motivation to help those who have the talent, personality, work ethic, and determination to succeed. I am indebted to all my past teachers who took the trouble to share their experience, knowledge, philosophy, and passion with me, and inspired me by their dedication to musical ideals. Their example and belief in me as a young cellist stimulated the development of my own teaching philosophy. Many teachers were pivotal in my artistic development. Those I was fortunate to spend the most time with are the following: Guido Mascellini and Myra Chahin (in my early years), Alberto Lysy (my father), Maurice Gendron, William Pleeth, Radu Aldulescu, Yehudi Menuhin, and Ralph Kirshbaum.
– Antonio Lysy
EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, October 1, 2017
11:00 AM
Monica Film Center
This is a Free Event
RSVP – laemmlecellomeetup@gmail.com
ART IN THE ARTHOUSE presents: The Claremont Art Show 2017, September 17
RSVP here
This is a free event!
Laemmle’s Art in the Arthouse proudly presents THE CLAREMONT ART SHOW 2017! Please join us to celebrate our local artists in an intimate theatre setting. Our inaugural Claremont community show features a slide show on the big screen, artist talks, bagels, pastries, coffee and the conversation Art in the Arthouse is known for.
About the Exhibit:
COMMUNAL CROSSROADS
It is a time when forms are re-shaping, sometimes appearing shapeless altogether, when people search, then gather to form community. These samplings of the Claremont art community, reflect our disparate experiences, focus on what interests us, move us and take us to another world. Art in the Arthouse is proud to share this group of artists, as they deliver beauty, expose light and reveal anti-poetic moments. The sun dappling the Sycamores, the Huntington Library in a moment of repose, a flood of colorful Hydrangeas, and the solidity of a parked Winnebago are a few images that emerge. Isolation and the Science of Geometry have wiggled their way in here, as well. One solitary figure, green, ghostlike, and another with eyes, full of pathos on a Sunday morning. A joyful dialogue of passionate interchanges and quality of expressions help return us to community.
– Joshua Elias, Curator
Artist Reception:
Laemmle’s Claremont 5
Sunday, September 17 11-3pm
Refreshments will be provided
RSVP here
This is a free event!
GUN SHY Filmmaker in Person for a Q&A Opening Night at the NoHo.
GUN SHY director Simon West, producer Jib Polhemus, actor Martin Dingle Wall, director of photography Alan Caudillo, and author/co-screenwriter Mark Haskell Smith will participate in a Q&A at the NoHo after the 7:40 PM screening on Friday, September 8.
Ed Harris & Special Guests for Our Throwback Thursday KNIGHTRIDERS Screening this Week!
KNIGHTRIDERS star Ed Harris will attend our post screening Q&A after the August 31 screening at the NoHo! Stunt coordinator Gary Davis and actress-stuntwoman Jennifer Elizabeth will also attend.
George A. Romero’s KNIGHTRIDERS may well be the only cycle flick ever to be played out in suits of armor. A hardcase motorcycle gang led by Ed Harris has found itself a neat money-making gimmick. Dressed as the knights of the round table, the cyclists pick up a few bucks at local “renaissance” fairs, selling handicrafts made by the more talented members of the gang. Harris’ great rival is Tom Savini, who has his own band of “black knights.” Keep an eye out for a chucklesome unbilled bit by novelist Stephen King.
Schwarztember: A Classic Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Every Throwback Thursday in September at the NoHo 7
Get to the choppa and join Laemmle along with Eat|See|Hear at the NoHo 7 for a full month of Throwback Thursday movies starring legendary action hero (and former Governor) Arnold Schwarzenegger! We’re calling it Schwarztember and it starts Thursday, September 7th with PREDATOR! Doors open at 7pm, trivia starts at 7:30, and movies begin at 7:40pm. Check out the full schedule below!
September 7: Predator
Dutch, an elite mercenary played by Arnold, is part of an operation to rescue a group of politicians trapped in Central America. When they arrive, they discover that something is horribly wrong. They are being hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior which has the ability to disappear into its surroundings. BUY TICKETS.
September 14: The Running Man
A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show. BUY TICKETS.
September 21: Total Recall
Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it’s a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie. BUY TICKETS.
September 28: Kindergarten Cop
John Kimble is a tough city cop who’s been on the trail of drug dealer Cullen Crisp for years. He finally tracks Crisp down but it seems the only person that can testify against him is his ex-wife. The problem is she’s disappeared and all Kimble knows is the name of the school in Oregon where her son attends. When things don’t quite go to plan, Kimble finds he has to go undercover on his toughest assignment yet – Kindergarten teacher! BUY TICKETS.
Details about October #TBT screenings are coming soon. Remember to check www.laemmle.com/tbt for updates!
SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the NoHo.
The SIDEMEN director and special guests will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:50 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 26, and after the 5:40 PM screening on Sunday, August 27.
8/25: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Robben Ford/Musician, Tony Grazia/Producer, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer.
8/26: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Gary Allegretto/Musician, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Tony Grazia/Producer, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer
8/27: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Kenny Aronoff/Musician, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Tony Grazia/Produce, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer.
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