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One Night Only! Stephen Fry’s THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, with Pre-recorded Q&A, June 28 at the Playhouse, Town Center, and Ahrya Fine Arts.

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The gifted British actor Stephen Fry first came to the attention of American audiences with his role as the title character in the 1997 bio-pic Wilde. He has enjoyed a brilliant career ever since, and not just in films. One of his novels has just been adapted into a feature film.

The Hippopotamus is the story of a poet who is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. Three-time Olivier Award-winner Roger Allam (Endeavor, The Queen, V for Vendetta) stars as the disgruntled, cantankerous, semi-famous poet Ted Wallace who is hired to investigate strange doings at Lord and Lady Logan’s country manor, Swafford Hall. Golden Globe Winner Matthew Modine (Stranger Things, Short Cuts, Full Metal Jacket) plays the stupendously rich and gregarious Lord Michael Logan. Fiona Shaw (five Harry Potter movies) co-stars as the doting mother Lady Logan. Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, Game of Thrones) plays the flamboyant and gullible theater director Oliver Mills. The film is directed by John Jencks and produced by Jay Taylor and Alexa Seligman.

Each The Hippopotamus screening will include an exclusive post-screening Q&A with Stephen Fry, actor Roger Allam, and director John Jencks which was captured live on May 28, 2017. The Hippopotamus screens at 7:30pm on Wednesday, June 28th at the Playhouse, Town Center, and Ahrya Fine Arts. Click here for tickets.

 

http://vimeo.com/220825410

NOBODY SPEAK: TRIALS OF THE FREE PRESS Q&A with the Filmmaker Opening Weekend.

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NOBODY SPEAK director Brian Knappenberger will participate in a Q&A at the Monica Film Center following the 7:20pm screening on 6/24.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHow1B32WZw

HARE KRISHNA! Filmmaker Q&A’s this Weekend at the Monica Film Center.

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HARE KRISHNA! director John Griesser and producer Lauren Ross will participate in Q&A’s at the Monica Film Center after the 7:30 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24. HARE KRISHNA! writer Jean Griesser will join them on Friday and HARE KRISHNA! composer Michael Mollura will join them on Saturday.

https://vimeo.com/214857834

Harry Hamlin, Barry Sandler, A. Scott Berg In Person for a 35th Anniversary, 35mm Screening of MAKING LOVE on June 24th at the Ahrya Fine Arts

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During Gay Pride month, Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a 35th anniversary screening of MAKING LOVE, the first major studio production to present gay characters and relationships in a positive light.

Join us on Saturday, June 24, at 7:30 PM at the Ahrya Fine Arts followed by Q&A with Screenwriter Barry Sandler, Author A. Scott Berg, and Co-star Harry Hamlin. Presented in 35mm. Click here for tickets.

Michael Ontkean plays a doctor married to a TV executive (Kate Jackson) but struggling with homosexual impulses. When he meets a liberated writer played by Harry Hamlin, he has his first gay romance, which transforms the lives of all three characters.

Oscar winner Wendy Hiller, Oscar nominee Nancy Olson, and Tony winner Arthur Hill co-star. The enormously influential film was written by Barry Sandler, from a story by A. Scott Berg, and directed by Arthur Hiller, the director of Love Story, Silver Streak, The In-Laws, and many other successful movies.

Barry Sandler wrote and produced the cult favorite, Crimes of Passion, starring Kathleen Turner and directed by Ken Russell. His other credits include Kansas City Bomber with Raquel Welch, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox with George Segal and Goldie Hawn, and The Mirror Crack’d with Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and Kim Novak.

A. Scott Berg is the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Maxwell Perkins, Samuel Goldwyn, Charles Lindbergh, and Woodrow Wilson. He was also executive producer of the 2016 film Genius, which starred Colin Firth and Jude Law and was adapted from his biography of legendary literary editor Maxwell Perkins.

Harry Hamlin starred in the acclaimed TV series of the 1980s and 90s, L.A. Law, for which he earned three Golden Globe nominations. He also earned a Globe nomination for his feature film debut, Stanley Donen’s Movie Movie. He starred in Clash of the Titans with acting legends Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith. He was the star of the TV miniseries, Studs Lonigan, and had recurring roles on popular series Veronica Mars, Shameless, Glee, and Mad Men (for which he earned an Emmy nomination).

JASMINE Filmmaker Q&A’s the Weekend at the Monica Film Center.

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JASMINE filmmaker Dax Phelan will participate in Q&A’s at the Monica Film Center after the 7:40 p.m. shows on Friday (6/16), Saturday (6/17), and Sunday (6/18).

https://vimeo.com/213283052

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO ROSE Q&A’s with the Star & Filmmakers this Weekend at the Music Hall.

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The following FROM HOLLYWOOD TO ROSE 5 PM screenings will feature Q&A’s: Friday with star Eve Annenberg and writer/co-director Matt Jacobs; Sunday with writer/co-director Matt Jacobs and co-director Liz Graham; Sunday with writer/co-director Matt Jacobs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUw_cJ5laFQ&app=desktop

NOWHERE TO HIDE Filmmaker Zaradasht and Special Guests Opening Weekend at the Music Hall.

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NOWHERE TO HIDE director Zaradasht Ahmed will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall opening weekend June 30-July 2nd following the 7:30 PM shows. A different special guest will join him for each screening:

Friday, June 30th: Academy award winning editor and doc maker Doug Blush in Conversation with Director Zaradasht Ahmed.

Saturday, July 1st: Journalist and New Filmmakers L.A. Chair Danny DeLillo in Conversation with Director Zaradasht Ahmed.

Sunday, July 2nd: Moderator TBD in Conversation with Zaradasht Ahmed.

 

Q&A’s with MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS Filmmaker Johnny O’Reilly and Actress Evgenia Brik.

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MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS filmmaker Johnny O’Reilly and actress Evgenia Brik will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 PM show at the Town Center on Friday, June 16 and at the Ahrya Fine Arts after the 7:15 show on Saturday, June 17 and the 4:40 PM show on Sunday, June 18. Dina Gontar will moderate the Friday Q&A. Shauna Farrell will moderate the Saturday and Sunday Q&A’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY6K1G4Fq_M