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Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen 2015: Take a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the New Season

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Celebrating its fifth fantastic year, Globe On Screen returns in 2015 to Laemmle’s Culture Vulture series with a brand new season of sell-out performances and captivating theatre from the London home of Shakespeare.

Globe On Screen offers audiences a ticket to the best seat in the house from the comfort of a your nearest Laemmle Theater and the chance to experience the unique magic of the world-famous Globe, all captured in high definition and full surround sound.

The fifth season contains five thrilling new productions, featuring the critically-acclaimed The Duchess of Malfi (March 2 and 3) starring Gemma Arterton, the inaugural production in the new candlelit Jacobean theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Other productions include four shows from the Globe’s Summer 2014 ‘Arms and the Man’ season: Globe Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole’s sold-out envisioning of Roman classic Julius Caesar (May 4 and 5); an iconic struggle between love and duty in Antony & Cleopatra (June 15 and 16); the return of Lucy Bailey’s notoriously bloody Titus Andronicus (March 30 and 31), and the uproariously chaotic The Comedy of Errors June 29 and 30). (And while we’re on the subject of live theater, we’ll also have screenings of the stage musical version of From Here to Eternity on April 13 and 14.)

To whet your appetite for the Globe’s new season, watch this five-minute behind-the-scenes look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itPWynTTL3U

Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 2015: Take a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the New Season

BRASSLANDS Screens this Monday and Tuesday; the MUDBUG BRASS BAND will perform at the Music Hall Monday Night.

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A tiny Serbian village explodes with brass cacophony and riotous celebration as more than half a million music fans descend upon Guča, the world’s largest trumpet competition. Amidst a cast of defending Serbian champions and struggling Roma Gypsies, an unlikely brass band from New York City, Zlatne Uste, voyages to represent the United States only a decade after NATO bombs rocked Belgrade. They will be the first Americans ever to compete at Guča. BRASSLANDS offers an intimate and sometimes unsettling portrait of how the hopes and fears of this diverse group of characters collide in their search for common ground and musical ecstasy.

Laemmle Theatres will be screening BRASSLANDS this Monday, February 9 at 7:30 PM and Tuesday, February 10 at 1 PM as part of its Culture Vulture film series. To celebrate the music profiled in BRASSLANDS, L.A.’s own MUDBUG BRASS BAND will be at the Music Hall Monday night to perform their super-fun New Orleans-style brass-based jazz!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCf0UbNemw
BRASSLANDS Screens this Monday and Tuesday; the MUDBUG BRASS BAND will perform at the Music Hall Monday Night.
Mudbug Brass Band in all its glory

MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE Opens February 13 at the NoHo 7 with Filmmaker Q&A’s and Live Performances by Randi Driscoll and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles

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MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE is a powerful feature documentary about Matthew Shepard, the young gay man who was tortured and murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history. Directed by Michele Josue, a close friend of Shepard’s, the film revisits the shocking case with never-before-seen photos, rare video footage, and new revelations about Shepard’s all-too-brief life.

We will begin screenings of the film at the NoHo 7 on Friday, February 13. Director Michele Josue, producer Liam McNiff and subjects Dennis Shepard and Zeina Barkawi will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:50 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, February 13 and 14. The Friday screening will feature a live performance by Randi Driscoll and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj46ewvR6k

 

Indiewire ~ “GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM: One Film That Could Change the Course of Women’s Rights in Israel”

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An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her country’s religious marriage laws, in GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM, a powerhouse courtroom drama from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz. Laemmle Theatres opens the film at the Royal on February 13, the Playhouse, Town Center 5 and Claremont 5 on February 20 and the NoHo 7 on February 27.

In Israel, there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce; only Orthodox rabbis can legalize a union or its dissolution, which is only possible with the husband’s full consent. Women can’t contact an LA divorce lawyer, for example, to end the marriage it has to be the husband who makes the decision. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Viviane Amsalem has been applying for a divorce for three years but her religiously devout husband Elisha, continually refuses. His cold intransigence, Viviane’s determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the rabbinical judges shape a procedure where tragedy vies with absurdity and everything is brought out into the open for judgment.

What’s more, as reported by Indiewire, the film is having real-world effects in Israel, prompting religious authorities to reevaluate their positions on divorce. Check out this short interview with the filmmakers reacting to the news:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kL1aL3LFIM#t=110
Indiewire ~ "GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM: One Film That Could Change the Course of Women's Rights in Israel"
GETT co-directors Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz.

AMERICAN BEAR Filmmaker-Adventurers at Both Laemmle Screenings for Q&A’s

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As seen in the documentary AMERICAN BEAR, Sarah and Greg set out to critically explore American culture, compassion, and fear by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Traveling through 30 states in 60 days, they spend every day in a new town, learning why people may or may not be willing to open their homes. Sarah and Greg spend time getting to know their hosts – each uniquely, culturally American – while the film raises questions about how we define American identities.

AMERICAN BEAR co-directors Gregory Grano and Sarah Sellman will participate in Q&A’s after both the January 28 screening at the NoHo 7 and the January 29 screening at the Claremont 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5yJtP4IFhU

LITTLE ACCIDENTS Q&A at the NoHo Opening Weekend

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When a teenage boy goes missing in a small town already devastated by a fatal mining accident, three strangers find themselves drawn together in a tangle of secrets, lies, and the collective grief of the community. Elizabeth Banks, Josh Lucas and Boyd Holbrook star in the new indie drama LITTLE ACCIDENTS.

LITTLE ACCIDENTS cinematographer Rachel Morrison will participate in a Q&A moderated by Hilari Scarl of the Alliance of Women Directors after the 7 PM screening at the NoHo 7 on Saturday, January 17.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PrTTsvs05U&feature=youtu.be

Ride with Greg Laemmle and Win a 2015 Movie Pass

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Ride with Greg Laemmle and Win a 2015 Movie PassIt’s time for our 3rd Annual Ride with Greg Laemmle Climate Ride Contest!  Don’t miss your chance to participate in this life-altering event.  Last year our team was 14 strong and we’re expecting to surpass that number for 2015.  Join us and become part of our amazing group!

What’s more, tell us why you want to ride with Greg and you could win an Unlimited Laemmle Movie Pass for the remainder of 2015, free registration for Climate Ride California, and a $2500 contribution toward your Climate Ride fundraising goal from the Laemmle Charitable Foundation.  See the second and third prize packages, eligibility requirements, and all contest details over on the contest entry page.

An outside panel of judges will select the winners based on the quality of their entry statement so take the time to craft something that’ll really knock their cycling socks off! But don’t wait too long, the deadline for entry is Monday, February 16!

Climate Ride California 2015 is a fully-supported, five-day group ride covering approx. 300 miles of stellar Northern California scenery starting with the awe-inspiring Redwood State Park,  down miles of spectacular coastline, through California wine growing country, and culminating with a jaunt over the Golden Gate Bridge and into the City By the Bay.  Bike fitness is recommended, but the ride caters to all levels of ability.

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Greg Laemmle on NPR: “We…see some real problems in the idea that someone lurking in the shadows can shut down the release of material they don’t like.” THE INTERVIEW in Theaters Starting Christmas Day.

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It was truly troubling when craven hackers punched holes in Sony Pictures Entertainment, data dumping private email and employees’ personal information for anyone with an Internet connection to peruse, but when the so-called Guardians of Peace successfully got Sony to shelve THE INTERVIEW, it was shocking. Fortunately, the nation’s independent cinemas stepped up, offering a couple hundred screens in defiance of the terrorists. The latest Seth Rogan/James Franco comedy/bromance is not in Laemmle Theatres’ wheelhouse, but of course we feel rather strongly about the First Amendment and are pleased to open THE INTERVIEW at the Music Hall on Christmas Day, the NoHo 7 on January 31 and the Playhouse 7 on New Year’s Day.

Greg Laemmle has been speaking with the media, including NPR, about this extraordinary turn of events. “Do we as art house theaters have a particular axe to grind with North Korea? No. Do we have a particular reason to support raunchy, R-rated comedies? No. But we do see some real problems in the idea that someone lurking in the shadows can shut down the release of material they don’t like.”

What’s more, the excellent Korean fusion food truck Rice Balls of Fire will be at the Music Hall Christmas Day. They are also going to cater our Sing-Along FIDDLER ON THE ROOF screening tonight at the Playhouse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3uHftd5FQ