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THE DECENT ONE Q&A’s with Filmmaker Vanessa Lappa this Weekend at the Music Hall

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A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal letters, diaries, and photographs belonging to Nazi Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler seems to reveal a thoughtful, loving husband and devoted father to his daughter, Gudrun. The documents were hidden in Tel Aviv for decades and sold to the father of the Israeli documentary filmmaker, Vanessa Lapa. With her film THE DECENT ONE she has fashioned a fascinating case study: a portrait of the man responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War, who thought of himself in heroic terms. Ms. Lapa will discuss Himmler and her film during Q&A’s after the 7:20 PM screenings of THE DECENT ONE at the Music Hall, Friday-Sunday, October 10-12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuqgHir41gk
Vanessa Lapa

ADVANCED STYLE Q&A’s at the Music Hall Opening Weekend

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In the delightful new documentary ADVANCED STYLE, street style photographer Ari Seth Cohen and director Lina Plioplyte dive into the personal lives of New York City’s most fashionable women over 60. In an industry obsessed with youth, these older women dispel conventional ideas about beauty and aging and prove that with age comes grace, confidence, boldness, flair and new, unimagined opportunities for fame and fortune.

Both Ms. Plioplyte and Mr. Cohen will be at the Music Hall for Q&A’s on opening weekend: after the 7:20 PM screening on Friday, October 17 and after the 5 and 7:20 PM screenings on Saturday, October 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-baPw-bE_Ec

Lina Plioplyte

 

 

Ari Seth Cohen and Lina Plioplyte

PELICAN DREAMS Q&A’s at the Royal and Playhouse with Filmmaker Judy Irving

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What’s it like to try to get to know a flying dinosaur? In PELICAN DREAMS, Sundance and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving (“The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”) follows a wayward California brown pelican from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and survival challenges. Ms. Irving will attend several screenings on opening weekend to do Q&A’s: after the 7:30 PM screening Friday, November 7 at the Royal and after the 5:30 show Saturday, November 8 at the Playhouse.

http://vimeo.com/102655510
PELICAN DREAMS filmmaker Judy Irving

Pillar of the French New Wave, Long Unavailable for Exhibition in the U.S., HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR is Spectacularly Restored

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HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR is the late Alain Resnais’ seminal debut film. A pillar of the French New Wave, long unavailable for exhibition in the United States due to rights issues, HIROSHIMA has been spectacularly restored. We open the film on October 17 at the Royal, Playhouse and Town Center.

Employing a radical use of voice-over narration and quickly-flashbacked scenes, the film tells the story of a brief relationship in post-war Japan between a French actress, played by Oscar nominee Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), and a Japanese architect, played by Eiji Okada (Woman in the Dunes). The Oscar-nominated screenplay was written by Marguerite Duras, who in novels like The Lover, often dealt with European/Asian relationships. Twenty fourteen marks Duras’ centennial. Don’t miss this very special chance to see this gem of world cinema as it was meant to seen, in a dark room, on a big screen, with an audience!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLts830aLlw
Emmanuelle Riva

Discounted Tickets for Laemmle Moviegoers at the Pasadena Playhouse Production of KISS ME, KATE

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FINAL WEEK!

Save 20%* Off Tickets
Use Code: LAEMMLE20

Now Playing – October 12, 2014
The Pasadena Playhouse presents Wayne Brady Starring in KISS ME, KATE Also Starring Merle Dandridge
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Bella and Samuel Spewack
Directed by Sheldon Epps
KISS ME, KATE, the beloved backstage musical, includes many of Cole Porter’s most famous songs: “So in Love,” “Another Op’nin’ Another Show,” “Too Darn Hot,” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.”  This classic show celebrates Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and the joys, madness, and the rewards of working in the theatre – both onstage and off.The Pasadena Playhouse production will view the work through a new lens, using the wonderful material of this celebrated production to showcase the trailblazing African-American actors and entertainers of the early 20th century.

Tickets may be purchased online at PasadenaPlayhouse.org or by calling (626) 356-7529. 
The Pasadena Playhouse
39 S. El Molino Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101

*Code LAEMMLE20 is valid for 20% off tickets to KISS ME, KATE. Offer expires Fri. Oct. 10 at 11:59 p.m. and is good on all remaining performances through Sun. Oct. 12. Discount is available on all seats excluding ROW C and Hot Seats. All seats are best available. Offer not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with any other offer. All tickets are subject to availability. Service charges and theatre restoration fee apply to all orders.  

KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON Q&A’s at the Playhouse with the Cinematographer

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Adam Hart, Director of Photography for the moving new documentary KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON, will participate in Q&A’s after the 8 PM screenings at the Playhouse on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11 and after the 3:20 screening on Sunday, October 12.

http://www.vimeo.com/103914360

Sundance Documentary WEB JUNKIE at the Music Hall this Weekend

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WEB JUNKIE screenings are sponsored by Unplug  — limited number of free two-week passes given away at the Saturday-Monday evening screenings.  Also, we will do a Web Junkie Movie poster giveaway Sunday night. 

Dr. Elisha Goldstein will host a Q&A after Sunday night’s 7:30pm screening – psychologist, speaker and author whose work includes the bestselling books The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Dr. Goldstein will discuss ways to harness our relationship with technology (see his recent blog http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2014/09/the-horse-is-technology-but-the-rider-is-on-auto-pilot/

Bring Your Ticket Stub From WEB JUNKIE and Get A FREE Rental from Vidiots Foundation
302 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405

310-392-8508

www.vidiotsfoundation.org

Sundance documentary Web Junkie screens in LA ONE WEEK ONLY
Oct. 3-9  Laemmle Music Hall Theater   Watch the trailer:  http://webjunkiedoc.com/
“Electronic heroin” and “web addiction”: that’s how Chinese authorities refer to internet activity of more than six hours a day, not related to work or studying. WEB JUNKIE takes audiences inside a Beijing treatment center and follows three teenagers as they endure boot-camp style rehab over three months. 

Many of the boys were tricked, drugged or physically coerced by their desperate parents, and deny they overuse the internet — although one claims to have gamed for 300 hours straight, and we hear that some wear diapers, to prevent bathroom breaks that would lower gaming scores.  China was a world leader in classifying internet addiction as a clinical disorder, and there are over 400 intensive treatment centers for web & gaming addiction.

Is internet addiction real? Professor Rao, the center head, claims a 70% ‘cure rate.’ In following these teens, Web Junkie explores the loneliness, social disconnection, depression, and family pressure to achieve that drive these kids to use the ‘net more than 10 hours a day.  While the film takes place in China, it explores the universal 24/7 lure of the internet, technology, and our devices.
We’ll be posting updates on the boys through the theatrical run, Oct. 3-9.
New Yorker Article:
Daily Beast: The film China Doesn’t Want You to See:

This Sunday: The Sixth Annual Good Food Pie Contest

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What is it about pie? So good, and so delightful to contemplate a large room full of different pies made by bakers trying to out do one another. Yum:

“Join KCRW for the 6th Annual Good Food Pie Contest at the Fowler Museum. The celebrated event returns this year on Sunday, October 5th to Wilson Plaza, adjacent to the Fowler Museum at UCLA. For the sixth year in a row, home cooks and professionals alike will be judged by some of LA’s best chefs and food writers. Enter a pie, cheer on the competitors, visit the Fowler galleries, or just come by and enjoy a slice. Good Food’s Evan Kleiman will preside over the afternoon pie festivities which will include music provided by KCRW DJ Anne Litt, pie tasting, food trucks, kids activities, artisan marketplace and more!”

All the details are here.