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Yes, that was James Franco sitting behind you in LEVIATHAN

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Devourer of media (and world famous Oscar co-host) James Franco wasn’t satisfied just reading a book about video games while listening to Daft Punk in the lobby of our Music Hall 3 theater in Beverly Hills. No, he needed more and jumped right into a screening of LEVIATHAN… which he LOVED.

“This is life. Man versus nature. Man’s machines. Man’s mastery of the planet. Man’s destruction of the planet. Man’s ushering in of the apocalypse. But it is also beautiful.”

You can read his full review at vice.com

While LEVIATHAN is no longer in L.A. theaters, we encourage you to add it to your Netflix queue.

Appearances by THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X cast and filmmakers in Pasadena and Beverly Hills

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THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY director Paul Bunnell will be at the Playhouse 7 for the Friday (May 17) show, along with cinematographer Francisco Bulgarelli and actor Jed Rowen (“Sluggo”). And at the Music Hall 3 on Friday (May 17) will be actors Will Keenan (“Johnny X”) and Les Williams (“Chip”) and costume designer Kristina West. They’ll have free JOHNNY X comic books to give away at both screenings while supplies last.

Paul Bunnell’s 1950s throwback dials up the weirdness of the already surreal genre of sci-fi B movies with show-stopping musical numbers, over-the-top dialogue, and hilariously hokey special effects.

Q&A with VALENTINO’S GHOST filmmakers in Pasadena this Saturday

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The VALENTINO’S GHOST filmmakers will participate in a Q&A after the 2:10 screening at the Playhouse 7 on Saturday, May 18.

VALENTINO’S GHOST explores the ways in which America’s foreign policy agenda in the Middle East drives the U.S. media’s portrayals of Arabs and Muslims.

Q&A with the director of THE SECOND MEETING this weekend in Pasadena

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Q&A with THE SECOND MEETING director Zeljko Mirkovic following the 12:20pm show on Saturday, May 18, at the Playhouse 7.

THE SECOND MEETING is about the first two encounters of former American pilot Dale Zelko and former Yugoslav missile officer Zoltan Dani. The first was on radar in 1999, when Dani shot down Zelko’s F-117A stealth attack plane – the only one ever downed in combat — during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The second was 12 years later, during peacetime, when they decided to meet face to face as civilians and friends.

FREE THE MIND Q&A’s May 17-19

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John Osborne, National Director, faculty, and teacher trainer for Project Welcome Home Troops, who is featured in the film, FREE THE MIND, will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:30 PM screenings Friday-Sunday, May 17-19, at the Music Hall 3 and after the 11 AM screenings Saturday, May 18 at the Playhouse 7 and Sunday, May 19 at the Monicas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkTQemr26xg&list=PL7x4e59eqQ21oid9NRU__jwWqZNF8EgPr

WHITE FROG cast/crew Q&A Saturday night at the Playhouse

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The WHITE FROG cast and crew will participate in a Q&A after the 7:50 screening at the Playhouse on Saturday, May 11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3oedWt1Kw&feature=youtu.be

 

Homeboy Industries Homeboys do Q&A’s

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Homies from Homeboy Industries will participate in Q&A’s after all G-DOG screenings Saturday and Sunday morning, May 11 and 12, at the Claremont, Monica and Playhouse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYEAwtdsYo

Filmmaker Magazine interview with the director of FREE THE MIND

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The fascinating new documentary FREE THE MIND brings together two groups of people whose numbers are increasing — children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and military veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — and explores the possibility that at least some of these people from both groups can be greatly helped by meditation. Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo: “I was very impressed with the courage and openness that the veterans showed by signing up for the breathing program but even more surprised to see how they transformed themselves over the week long intervention.”

Read the full interview

 

We open the film May 17 at the Music  Hall and the next day at the Playhouse, Monica and Claremont.