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Q&A with WE ARE LEGION director Brian Knappenberger and Anons in Pasadena

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WE ARE LEGION director Brian Knappenberger will participate in a Q&A after the 4 PM screening at the Playhouse on Sunday, October 21.WE ARE LEGION director Brian Knappenberger and some members of Anonymous will participate in a Q&A after the 4 PM screening at the Playhouse 7 on Sunday, October 21.

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WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists, takes us inside the complex culture and history of Anonymous. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, and then moves to Anonymous’ own raucous and unruly beginnings on the website 4Chan.

Through interviews with current members – some recently returned from prison, others still awaiting trial – as well as writers, academics and major players in various “raids,” WE ARE LEGION traces the collective’s breathtaking evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown, global movement, one armed with new weapons of civil disobedience for an online world.

FOR ELLEN Q&A with Paul Dano, John Heder, and So Yong Kim

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Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, October 19.FOR ELLEN writer-director So Yong Kim and actors Paul Dano and John Heder will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30PM screening at the Music Hall 3 on Friday, October 19.

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Film Summary:

Aspiring rock star Joby Taylor (Paul Dano) has wanted nothing more than to “make it”, having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. In the midst of a low period in his life, he agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife (Margarita Levieva) in order to see money from the sale of their home, only to discover that by signing the papers, he will forfeit all custody of his six-year-old daughter, Ellen (Shaylena Mandigo). With a good-natured lawyer (Jon Heder) unable to make headway in reversing the decision, and a girlfriend (Jena Malone) that represents an era of his life that he might be ready to graduate from, Joby negotiates a visit with his daughter to explore whether he is able to walk away from his child, and whether it might be too late for reconciliation.

Q&A’s with BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS filmmakers and subjects in Pasadena and Santa Monica

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Q&A's with BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS filmmakers and subjects in Pasadena and Santa MonicaQ&A’s with the filmmakers and subjects of BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* along special guests this weekend.

What is a big corporation capable of in order to protect its brand? Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten’s experienced this recently. His previous film BANANAS!* (2009) recounts the lawsuit that 12 Nicaraguan plantation workers brought against the fruit giant Dole Food Company.

What follows is an unparalleled thriller that has Gertten capturing the entire process – from DOLE attacking the producers with a defamation lawsuit, bullying scaretactics, to media-control and PR-spin. This personal film reveals precisely how a multinational will stop at nothing to get its way.

Q&A Schedule:

Playhouse 7

  • Friday, August 3 – 7:50 PM – Q&A with Filmmaker Fredrik Gertten, lawyer Lincoln Bandlow with filmmaker ONDI TIMONER
  • Saturday, August 4 – 5:30 PM and 7:50 PM – Q&A with Filmmaker Fredrik Gertten and lawyer Lincoln Bandlow
  • Sunday, August 5 – 5:30 PM – Q&A with Filmmaker Fredrik Gertten and Lincoln Bandlow

Monicas

  • Saturday, August 4 – 11:00 AM – Q&A with filmmaker Fredrik Gertten and Lawyer Lincoln Bandlow with Oscar® Nominated filmmaker LUCY WALKER
  • Sunday, August 5 – 11:00 AM – Q&A with filmmaker Fredrik Gertten and Lawyer Lincoln Bandlow

Big Boys Gone Bananas!* Trailer from GAT Channel on Vimeo.

Q&A’s with PATANG filmmakers this weekend in Beverly Hills

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Q&A's with PATANG filmmakers this weekend in Beverly HillsPATANG director Prashant Bhargava and producer Jaideep Punjabi will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall 3 after all 5 PM and later screenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 20, 21 and 22.

A poetic journey to the old city of Ahmedabad, PATANG weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India’s largest kite festival.

Q&A’s with UNION SQUARE director Nancy Savoca this weekend in Beverly Hills, Encino, and Pasadena

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Q&A's with UNION SQUARE director Nancy Savoca this weekend in Beverly Hills, Encino, and Pasadena
UNION SQUARE director Nancy Savoca will participate in Q&A’s on the following schedule:

  • Saturday, July 14 after the 5:10 screening and introducing the 7:30 screening at the Music Hall 3.
  • Sunday, July 15 after the 1 PM screening at the Town Center.
  • Sunday, July 15 after the 7:50 screening at the Playhouse 7.

Q&A with FAREWELL, MY QUEEN actress Diane Kruger this Friday in West Los Angeles

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Q&A with FAREWELL, MY QUEEN actress Diane Kruger this Friday in West Los AngelesMeet Diane Kruger in a rare Q&A appearance after the 7 PM showing of FAREWELL, MY QUEEN at the Royal Theatre on July 13.

FAREWELL, MY QUEEN marks the return of acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot (A Single Girl, Seventh Heaven, Sade, Deep in the Woods) and brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie Antoinette in the final days before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution. Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas.

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