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BAD KIDS Q&A with the Filmmakers at the NoHo.

December 8, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

BAD KIDS directors Keith Fulton & Lou Pepe will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 PM screening at the NoHo on Friday, December 16.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LD1PDzA6D0

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Filmmaker in Person, Films, NoHo 7, Q&A's

LAEMMLE LIVE New Performing Arts Series at the Monica Film Center Launching January 22, 2017

December 7, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

The Laemmle Foundation presents LAEMMLE LIVE, a new performing arts series at the Monica Film Center. Emerging artists and professional performers from local schools and organizations will celebrate our diverse community with live performance.

In our inaugural year, LAEMMLE LIVE’s free monthly Sunday morning performances will turn the Monica Film Center’s mezzanine lounge into a salon style venue and serve as a potential pilot for live performance programs at other Laemmle locations throughout Los Angeles — delivering an alternative community arts experience — inviting our Los Angeles neighbors into our Laemmle living room.

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Illustration by Nancy Nimoy

LAEMMLE LIVE’S first concert will feature musicians from Santa Monica High School’s Chamber Orchestra on January 22, 2017.

Future program partners include Lincoln Middle School, SO-LA Music Academy, Street Symphony, McCabe’s Guitar Shop and Elemental Music.

LAEMMLE LIVE will be a place for cultural intersection and engagement with social issues that matter to the community. Mindful that Santa Monica can be a place where privilege lives next door to a growing homeless population — LAEMMLE LIVE invites high school performers to inspire underserved neighbors and welcomes Street Symphony musicians who state “…we bring music to lift up the brave stories and voices of people who, although living in an impoverished situation, are in no way impoverished in spirit.”

“Live performance is a natural sequel to ART IN THE ARTHOUSE, a program that delivers a unique art-viewing experience by reclaiming wall space throughout our theaters for the display of fine art.” says Greg Laemmle, Laemmle Theatres President.

Winter-Spring
2017 Calendar

Sun Jan 22, 2017 11 AM — Samohi Chamber Orchestra
Joni Swenson, Jason Aiello, Directors

Sun Feb 5, 2017 11 AM — Sol-La Music Academy Chamber EnsembleMargaret Lysy, Founder and Artistic Director

Sun Mar 5, 2017 11 AM — Lincoln Middle School Madrigal Singers
Vanessa Counte, Director

Sun Apr 30, 2017 11 AM — Street Symphony
Vijay Gupta, Founder and Artistic Director

Leave a Comment Filed Under: News, Ahrya Fine Arts, Featured Post, Laemmle Live, Music Hall 3, Royal, Santa Monica

STEVIE D Q&A Schedule Opening Weekend at the Music Hall.

December 7, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

STEVIE D opens this Friday at the Music Hall. Here’s the Q&A schedule:

Friday, after 7pm showing: Director/Writer/Actor Chris Cordone, Actor Spencer Garrett, Actor John Aprea;
Saturday, after 7pm showing: Director/Writer/Actor Chris Cordone, Actor Phil Idrissi, Actor John Aprea;
Sunday, after 7pm showing, Director/Writer/Actor Chris Cordone, Actor Hal Linden.

https://vimeo.com/126613638

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Q&A with Peter Bogdanovich Following Our 45th Anniversary Screening of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW Tuesday, 12/13 at the Ahrya Fine Arts

December 6, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

ac-last-picAdapted from Larry McMurtry’s acclaimed novel, The Last Picture Show was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1971, including Best Picture and Best Director Peter Bogdanovich. The film earned two Oscars—Best Supporting Actor Ben Johnson and Best Supporting Actress Cloris Leachman.

This loving and acute portrait of a dying Texas town in the early 1950s is notable for its beautifully rendered atmosphere and for the warmth and compassion of its characterizations.

Bogdanovich, a film critic and historian, had directed one earlier movie—a low-budget indie called Targets. His second feature catapulted him to the front ranks of American directors of the 1970s. Newsweek’s Paul Zimmerman went so far as to call the film “the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane.”

Four decades later, in 2011, Stephen Holden of The New York Times called The Last Picture Show “an American classic—a perfect film, if you will, whose cosmic sadness makes it feel timeless.”

In addition to Johnson and Leachman, the cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, and Clu Gulager.

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At a time when color had become the norm in Hollywood, Bogdanovich chose to shoot the film in black-and-white and collaborated with master cinematographer Robert Surtees. The Hank Williams songs on the soundtrack also help to intensify the film’s mournful atmosphere.

The screening will be followed by a conversation with Peter Bogdanovich, whose other films include What’s Up, Doc?, Paper Moon, Daisy Miller, Saint Jack, They All Laughed, Mask, and The Cat’s Meow.

Bogdanovich has also acted in many films and TV shows (including the landmark series, The Sopranos) and is the author of several important books on film.

Click here to buy tickets.

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SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN Q&A Opening Night at the Music Hall.

December 5, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN director Maggie Greenwald and cast members Lorraine Toussaint, Joel Murray, Takashi Yamaguchi and Diane Ladd will participate in a Q&A after the 7:20 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, January 27. Jim Hemphill will moderate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdu1lR0vpjY

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Actor in Person, Films, Music Hall 3, Q&A's

BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS Cast & Crew Q&A’s at the Monica Film Center.

December 3, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

We are having BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS cast and crew Q&As after the following shows:
Saturday Dec 10 at 5:30pm
Sunday Dec 11 at 5:30pm
Attending:
Michelle Smith – Subject
Julie Smith – Subject
Kevin S. Bright – Executive Producer
Garrett Zevgetis – Director/Producer
Jeff Consiglio – Producer/Editor
Ariana Garfinkel – Producer
Jordan Salvatoriello – Producer/Cinematographer
Sarah Ginsburg – Cinematographer/Additional Editor
Tyler Strickland – Composer
https://vimeo.com/185867857

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Filmmaker in Person, Films, Q&A's, Santa Monica

Free Sneak Preview Screening of STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE with Director Maria Schrader in Person.

December 2, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

FREE SCREENING – SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 at 10 am. Director MARIA SCHRADER in person. RSVP: SashaBerman@mac.com.

STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE, Austria’s Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film – 89th Academy Awards®, was written and directed by Maria Schrader (one of Germany’s most acclaimed actresses, best known for her award-winning lead role in “Aimee & Jaguar” and for her lead role in the Emmy-winning TV series “Deutschland 83”).

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The film episodically tells the story of the Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig and his life while in exile from 1936 to 1942. Best known in the U.S. for his novellas “The Royal Game” and “Letter from an Unknown Woman,” that was later adapted into a film directed by Max Ophüls, starring Joan Fontaine. His writings have also inspired Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel.”

Stefan Zweig (next to Thomas Mann) was the most-translated German-speaking writer of his time, but having been driven into emigration at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig falls into despair at the sight of Europe’s downfall, which he had anticipated early on. Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York, Petrópolis are four stations in Stefan Zweig’s exile, which despite offering him safe refuge and overwhelming tropical nature, won’t help him find peace and won’t be able to replace his home.
STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE is the story of a refugee, a tale of losing one’s home and of the search for a new one. It is a visually stunning historic picture about a great artist and, at the same time, a film about a time in which Europe was coming apart.

https://vimeo.com/181008086

 

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Filmmaker in Person, Films, Q&A's, Royal

SINS OF OUR YOUTH Special Event at the Royal.

December 2, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

Special Q&A Event after the Thursday 12/15 7:30PM SINS OF OUR YOUTH screening featuring Cast & Crew including Director & Writer Gary & Edmund Entin as well as stars Mitchel Musso, Joel Courtney, Bridger Zadina & Dani Knights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoc98rqN70

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Actor in Person, Filmmaker in Person, Films, Q&A's, Royal

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Tickets: http://laemmle.com/film/artfully-united | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3b8JTym | ARTFULLY UNITED is a celebration of the power of positivity and a reminder that hope can sometimes grow in the most unlikely of places. As artist Mike Norice creates a series of inspirational murals in under-served neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, the Artfully United Tour transforms from a simple idea on a wall to a community of artists and activists coming together to heal and uplift a city.

Tickets: http://laemmle.com/film/artfully-united

RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025
Director: Dave Benner
Cast: Mike Norice

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