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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS Special Q&A’s This Weekend With Tomorrow’s Screening Hosted by KCRW’s Matt Holzman

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Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese-American writer and activist whose vision of revolution will surprise you. The filmmakers will be in attendance for Q&A’s after tomorrow & Saturday 7:40 PM shows as well as the Sunday 3:10 PM show. KCRW’s Matt Holzman will be hosting the Opening Night Q&A. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY screens tomorrow June 20 through Thursday, June 26 with daily showtimes of 1 PM, 3:10 PM, 5:30 PM, 7:40 PM and 10 PM with an added 10:50 AM screening on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd only. All screenings will be at the Playhouse 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6o_z29EB-g

THE ONLY REAL GAME Q&A’s @ Music Hall w/Filmmaker, Writer Richard Schickel and Dodger Derrel Thomas!

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THE ONLY REAL GAME filmmaker Mirra Bank will participate in Q&A’s after the 5 and 7:20 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21. Friday’s 7:20 Q&A will be moderated by renowned author and filmmaker Richard Schickel. Former Dodger utility player — he played every position except pitcher! — and current Dodger Community Relations liaison Derrel Thomas will be part of the Saturday 7:20 Q&A. Members of the film team will participate in Q&A’s after all afternoon and evening shows on Sunday, June 22nd – Film reps for these Q&As are Randye Ringler, MLB liaison for THE ONLY REAL GAME; and MLB Envoy coach and former Minnesota Twins pitcher, Jeff Brueggemann, who is a principal character in the film.

http://www.vimeo.com/76288850
Derrel Thomas
Mirra Bank

BAND OF SISTERS Q&A’s

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BAND OF SISTERS is a terrific documentary about activist nuns who worked for social justice in the aftermath of Vatican II. Filmmaker Mary Fishman will introduce and participate in Q&A’s after each screening: June 24 at the Royal at 7:30 PM; June 25 at the Playhouse and 7:30 PM; June 26 at the NoHo at 7:30 PM; and June 28 at the Royal at 11 AM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7U3hptDHtM
Filmmaker Mary Fishman. Photo by Alison Green.

 

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT Filmmaker at the Music Hall for a Q&A

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BEFORE YOU KNOW IT filmmaker PJ Raval will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening at the Music Hall on Saturday, June 14.

http://www.vimeo.com/93219122
Filmmaker PJ Raval

TEST Actor Matthew Risch at the NoHo for a Q&A

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TEST actor Matthew Risch will participate in a Q&A after the 8 PM screening at the NoHo on Friday, June 13.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZIhrRcH4ho
Matthew Risch

Laemmle’s Monica 4-Plex Shutting Down for Major Renovation

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Big news in Laemmle Land! On Monday we are shutting down our Santa Monica theater for major renovation.  While the renovated theatre will contain some elements of the old building, this weekend is the last chance for Monica 4-Plex fans to see the voluminous lobby in its full glory.

We hope to re-open the theater by the end of this year as the MONICA FILM CENTRE with a restaurant and lounge, a rooftop deck (ocean view!) and six auditoriums devoted to indie and foreign films rather than four.  That huge lobby space has to go somewhere!

After Great Reviews and Big Crowds in New York, ELENA Opens at the Royal on June 13.

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The autobiographical documentary ELENA opened to terrific reviews and big crowds of cinefiles last week in New York. In the Village Voice, Alan Scherstuhl described the film this way: “a pained and gorgeous summoning, Petra Costa’s haunted doc ELENA dances with death, memory, and family, seducing viewers and then breaking their hearts.” In the New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote the film “unfolds like a cinematic dream.” We are excited to open ELENA at the Royal next Friday, June 13.

AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Special Screenings this Weekend

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Special AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Screenings in the Royal

-Friday 6/6 7:40PM (SOLD OUT): Presented by the L.A. World Affairs Council

-Saturday 6/7 7:40PM: Presented by UC Irvine School of Law with special introduction by David Kaye, UC Irvine law professor specializing in international human rights

Special AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Screenings in the Pasadena Playhouse:

-Friday 6/6 7:40PM: Presented by art collective The Haggus Society and introduced by co-director and artist Terri Lloyd

-Saturday 6/7 7:40PM: Presented by Chris Csikszentmihalyi, director of The RootIO Project and a transgressive artist, former director of MIT Center for Civic Media & Computing Culture Group

http://vimeo.com/76331262