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NEWTOWN Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the Monica Film Center

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Filmed over the course of nearly three years, the NEWTOWN filmmakers use unique access and never-before-heard testimonies to tell a story of the aftermath of December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut: the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history. NEWTOWN documents a traumatized community fractured by grief and driven toward a sense of purpose. Joining the ranks of a growing club to which no one wants to belong, a cast of characters interconnect to weave an intimate story of community resilience. Several screenings will feature Q&A’s:

Friday October 14 7:10pm

Premiere with Filmmakers and Special Guests

Post screening Q&A with Director Kim A. Snyder, Producer Maria Cuomo Cole, and NEWTOWN subject Nicole Hockley.

Saturday October 15 7:10pm

Night with Composers and Fil Eisler

Post screening Q&A with Director Kim A. Snyder, Producer Maria Cuomo Cole, Advocate, Richard Martinez, NEWTOWN score Composer team led by Fil Eisler

Sunday October 16 2:20pm

Post screening Q&A with Director Kim A. Snyder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP6V_L6OKgY

Udo Kier in Person for a Q&A at the NoHo with his New Film COURIER-X.

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A black market smuggler is solicited by the CIA to help take down Flight TWA 800 and to cover up the Nicaraguan blackmail attempt on the Agency after the release of the online article “Dark Alliance’ by Pulitzer prize winning journalist Gary Webb.

COURIER-X star Udo Kier will participate in a Q&A after the 7:00 PM screening on Saturday, October 22nd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQqk6-cKPmE

PHANTASM Q&A schedule this weekend at the Fine Arts

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phantasmFRIDAY, October 7:
PHANTASM: REMASTERED director and PHANTASM creator Don Coscarelli
PHANTASM: RAVAGER director David Hartman and actor Reggie Bannister

SATURDAY, October 8:
PHANTASM: RAVAGER director David Hartman with actors Reggie Bannister Kat Lester

They will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:3o REMASTERED show and then introduce the 9:55 RAVAGER screenings.

SHIN GODZILLA Stomps Its Way to NoHo, Pasadena, and West LA with Special Screenings October 11th – 18th!

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Due to overwhelming demand, we’ve added even more screenings of Toho’s latest installment of Godzilla!

SHIN GODZILLA, also known as Godzilla Resurgence, reimagines the origins of the classic kaiju in modern-day Tokyo. Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan) co-direct!

SHIN GODZILLA screens once daily October 11th – 13th, 15th, 16th, and 18th at the NoHo 7, Playhouse 7, and Royal!

Click here for showtimes and tickets.

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“The Original Gangsta Lizard gets a largely satisfying reboot in SHIN GODZILLA, a surprisingly clever monster mash best described as the BATMAN BEGINS of Zilla Thrillers.” – Joe Leydon, Variety

“Shin Godzilla provides a new origin for the legendary kaiju, establishing its own unique style while taking inspiration from the classics in all the right ways.” – Mike Rougeau, IGN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgyq6YKeIms

SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY Q&A’s Opening Weekend

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SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000-year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food.
Both directors, Jon Betz and Taggart Siegel, will be doing Q & As after the 4:50, 7:20, and 10:00 pm shows Friday, September 30 and September October 1 at the MONICA FILM CENTER.

Jon Betz will be doing a Q & A after the 11:00 am show in PASADENA ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.

Taggart Siegel will be doing a Q & A after the 11:00 am show in CLAREMONT ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7fjRZQJXmc

SILVER SKIES Q&A’s this Weekend

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With humor and compassion, Silver Skies chronicles the unexpected events that occur when a group of eccentric seniors have their lives turned upside down by the sale of their beloved apartment complex.

Q&A schedule: at the Fine Arts after the 7:20pm screening on Friday 9/30 and at the Town Center after the 4:40pm and 7:20pm screenings on Saturday, October 1.  
These are the cast members who will be in attendance:
Friday: Barbara Bain, Valerie Perrine, Mariette Hartley, Jack McGee and Jack Betts.
Saturday: Barbara Bain, Mariette Hartley, Jack McGee.
Director Rosemary Rodriguez and producer Nestor Rodriguez  will also be in attendance at both theaters at all three screenings.

Fall Film Festival Season at Laemmle Theatres

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Do our regular filmic offerings leave your cinephile needs still, somehow, unmet? Well, film festival season is here and we’re hosting some terrific ones. First up is the Valley Film Festival this week at the NoHo 7. Since its premiere in 2001, the Valley Film Festival holds the proud title of being the first film festival in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Its mission is to further the teaching, production, and distribution of filmmaking in the Valley, with a goal of bringing together established filmmakers, emerging talent, and their audiences on the studio backlot — just North of Hollywood.

Then coming up we have the Polish Film Festival, the Hungarian Film Festival, the Reel Recovery Film Festival, Israel Film Festival, the Sephardic Film Festival and the Los Angeles Entertainment Festival.  Your movie options are boundless!

Throwback Thursdays This ROCKTOBER Feature Prince, The Who, The Ramones, and Glam Rock!

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Join Laemmle and Eat|See|Hear for ROCKTOBER at the NoHo 7 in North Hollywood!

Every Thursday in October our Throwback Thursday (#TBT) series presents four rockin’ films featuring Prince, The Who, The Ramones, and glam rock! Doors open at 7PM, trivia starts at 7:30PM, and films begin at 7:40PM! It all starts Thursday, October 6 with Prince in UNDER THE CHERRY MOON. Check out the full schedule below or visit http://www.laemmle.com/tbt!

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October 6: UNDER THE CHERRY MOON

Two brothers from Miami are in the Mediterranean enjoying life by scamming rich women. One day they read about a young woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) set to inherit $50 million from her father. At first, Tricky (Jerome Benton) has Christopher Tracy (Prince) talked into romancing her for her money, but as he gets to know her, Christopher falls in love with her.
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Throwback Thursdays This ROCKTOBER Feature Prince, The Who, The Ramones, and Glam Rock!

October 13: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL

With the help of the Ramones, a group of rock and roll-loving students take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
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Throwback Thursdays This ROCKTOBER Feature Prince, The Who, The Ramones, and Glam Rock!

October 20: QUADROPHENIA

This film version of the Who’s rock opera QUADROPHENIA makes a few tentative stabs at “explaining” the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock and R&B musical score, including the hit single “Love Reign O’er Me.” If you aren’t fascinated by the visual pyrotechnics of QUADROPHENIA, just close your eyes and revel to the soundtrack music of the Who, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, the Chiffons, Manfred Man, and many others.
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Throwback Thursdays This ROCKTOBER Feature Prince, The Who, The Ramones, and Glam Rock!

October 27: VELVET GOLDMINE

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild. Todd Haynes wrote and directed this glitzy re-creation of London’s glam-rock scene of the ’70s. The all-star cast includes Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Toni Collette. The soundtrack features music by Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed, Brian Eno and more.
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