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UNREST Q&A’s Opening Weekend in Pasadena and Santa Monica.

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UNREST filmmaker-subject Jennifer Brea and her husband Omar Wasow will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 PM screening at the Monica Film Center on Friday, September 29, moderated by Susan King.

UNREST producer Alysa Nahmias and editor Kim Roberts will participate in a Q&A following the 7:20 PM screening at the Playhouse on Saturday, September 30. Filmmaker Grace Lee will moderate.

On October 2, Ms. Brea will participate in an impact panel with Carol Head (president of SOLVE ME/CFS) and Linda Tannenbaum (president of Open Medicine Foundation).

Ms. Brea will do a Q&A after the 7:10 show at the Monica Film Center on 10/3 moderated by filmmaker Kimberly Pierce (‘Boys Don’t Cry’).

Ms. Brea will do a solo Q&A after the 7:20 show on 10/5 at the Playhouse.

 

GHOST HOUSE Cast & Crew Q&A Friday Night at the Royal.

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GHOST HOUSE writer-director Rich Ragsale, writer Kevin Ragsdale and actors James Landry Hebert and Scout Taylor-Compton will participate in a Q&A at the Royal after the 9:55 PM screening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9WvN8WVtrw

SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the NoHo.

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The SIDEMEN director and special guests will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:50 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 26, and after the 5:40 PM screening on Sunday, August 27.

8/25: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Robben Ford/Musician, Tony Grazia/Producer, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer.

8/26: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Gary Allegretto/Musician, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Tony Grazia/Producer, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer

8/27: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Kenny Aronoff/Musician, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Tony Grazia/Produce, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer.

https://vimeo.com/220065623

CARL JACKSON’S THE JESUS FREAK Filmmaker Q&A.

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CARL JACKSON’S THE JESUS FREAK director Carl Jackson will participate in a Q&A after the 7:20 PM screening at the Music Hall on Tuesday, August 29.

Q&A with Morrissey Bio-Pic ENGLAND IS MINE Producer

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ENGLAND IS MINE producer Orian Williams will participate in a Q&A after the first evening screening at the Monica Film Center on Friday, September 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTmLvJUSluw&feature=youtu.be

RAM DASS Filmmaker Q&A’s this Weekend in Santa Monica

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The RAM DASS, GOING HOME filmmakers will participate in Q&A’s after the August 19 and 20 screenings at the Monica Film Center.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKUybI1xul8

DAVE MADE A MAZE Cast & Crew Screenings at the Monica Film Center.

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There will be Q & A’s after the following DAVE MADE A MAZE screenings:

Friday 8/18 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
Bill Watterson (director), Steven Sears (writer), John Charles Meyer (producer), Jon Boal (cinematographer), David Egan (editor), Meera Rohit Kumbhani (Actress), Stephanie Allynne (Actress)

Saturday 8/19 3:10PM at the Monica Film Center
Jeff White (Art Director), Mike Murnane (Lead Sculptor), Lauren Melody Shell (Set Dresser/Prop Master), Trisha Gum (Production Designer)

Saturday 8/19 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
John Charles Meyer (Producer), Adam Busch (Actor), Frank Caeti (Boom Operator), Kirsten Vangsness (Actress)

Sunday 8/20 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
Steven Sears (Writer), Jeff White (Art Director), Stephanie Allynne (Actress), Kirsten Vangsness (Actress)

Monday 8/21 7:30PM at the Ahrya Fine Arts
Steven Sears (Writer), Rick Overton (Actor), Scott Krinsky (Actor)

Wednesday 8/23 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
John Charles Meyer (Producer), Nick Thune (Actor), Meera Rohit Kumbhani (Actress), Adam Busch (Actor), Scott Krinsky (Actor), John Hennigan (Actor)

Thursday 8/24 7:40PM at the Monica Film Center
Bill Watterson (Director), James Urbaniak (Actor), Scott Narver (“Cameraman”), Frank Caeti (“Boom Operator”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1KcGnw0nE

65th Anniversary Screening of SUDDEN FEAR Starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance, August 29th in Beverly Hills

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SUDDEN FEAR (1952) 65th Anniversary Screening
With Introduction by film historian Jeremy Arnold
Tuesday, August 29, at 7:30 PM at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre
Presented on DCP. Click here for tickets.

One of the dominant series in this year’s Emmy competition is Feud: Bette and Joan, which earned a near-record total of 18 nominations, and the top contender for Best Actress is Jessica Lange for her multi-dimensional portrayal of screen icon Joan Crawford.

During this Emmy season, Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a 65th anniversary screening of one of Crawford’s most memorable performances in the film noir favorite, SUDDEN FEAR.

The film earned four Oscar nominations in 1952, including one for Crawford as Best Actress, one for Jack Palance as Best Supporting Actor and another for Charles Lang’s moody black-and-white cinematography.

The ingenious screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Robert Smith, adapted from a novel by Edna Sherry, casts Crawford as a highly successful New York playwright who rejects an aspiring young actor when he auditions for the leading role in her latest play. Crawford insists that he lacks the charisma to be convincing as a romantic lead.

Ironically, when she later meets the actor on a train heading back to her home in San Francisco, she finds him more compelling and begins to fall in love with him. But this is only the beginning of a romantic melodrama with some startling and frightening twists ahead for both characters.

Film noir historian Spencer Selby called the film ”undoubtedly one of the most stylish and refined woman-in-distress noirs.” Leonard Maltin agreed that the film is a “solid suspense thriller with many neat twists.”

Gloria Grahame, who made four movies in 1952, including The Bad and the Beautiful (which won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress), has a juicy supporting role as Palance’s secret lover.

David Miller (Midnight Lace, Lonely Are the Brave, Captain Newman, M.D.) directed.

The screening will be introduced by film historian Jeremy Arnold, author of TCM’S The Essentials, who provided the audio commentary on the recent Blu-Ray edition of SUDDEN FEAR.

Click here for tickets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9GHtPQ7DNA