Film Reviews & Previews
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.
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
THE CASE AGAINST 8 filmmakers Ben Cotner and Ryan White will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 screenings at the Royal on Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOyhv91Ygz8
TRUST ME filmmaker-star Clark Gregg will participate in a Q&A after the 7:45 PM screening at the NoHo on Saturday, June 7th.
http://vimeo.com/96939084
NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM director David Gaynes will participate in Q&A’s after the 5:30 and 7:45 PM screenings at the Royal on Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31.
THE BIG ASK co-directors Thomas Beatty and Rebecca Fishman, along with actors David Krumholtz, Melanie Lynskey, Ahna O’Reilly, Zachary Knighton, Gillian Jacobs and Jason Ritter, will participate in a Q&A after the 7:50 PM screening at the Monicas on Friday, May 30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdiS3U5IelA&list=PLA_atH–hPG5fHChEAFW-j5phWqlff9Gv
SOLDIER IN ART plays with each screening of NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM. The SOLDIER IN ART filmmakers will participate in Q&A’s after each 7:45 PM screening at the Royal, May 30 through June 5.
LLYN FOULKES ONE MAN BAND co-directors Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:40 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17; after the 11 AM screening at the NoHo on Saturday, May 17; and after the 7:30 PM screening at the Playhouse on Monday, May 19. Mr. Foulkes himself will attend all but the Monday screening.