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.
Sundance Documentary WEB JUNKIE at the Music Hall this Weekend
- “Rich and emotionally rewarding” – IndieWire
- “Full of remarkably candid moments” – Filmmaker Magazine
- “Spellbinding” – The Daily Beast
- “Bizarre and entertaining” – Variety
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.
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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
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.
Opening Next Week: ONE CHANCE, the Winning New British Bio-Pic
Next week we’ll be opening the winning new British bio-pic ONE CHANCE. From the director of The Devil Wears Prada, the movie’s the marvelous true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night. Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for ‘Britain’s Got Talent.’ Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win the show and the hearts of millions. Writing in the L.A. Times, Annlee Ellingson called it “a sweet, funny, heartfelt film, and while we may know all along how it all turns out, Paul’s signature performance still gives us chills.” It was a Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Song and we are very pleased to show the film at our Music Hall, Playhouse and Town Center 5 theaters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wtq5hN2eOE
WAITING FOR AUGUST Filmmaker Teodora Ana Mihai at the Royal Opening Weekend
Teodora Ana Mihai, the filmmaker of the wonderful new documentary WAITING FOR AUGUST, will participate in Q&A’s at the Royal after the 7:50 PM screening on Friday, October 3 and after the 5:30 PM screening on Saturday, October 4.
Friday Night Q&A at the Music Hall with A LEADING MAN Director Steven J. Kung
A LEADING MAN director Steven J. Kung will participate in a Q&A after the 10 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, September 26.
BORN TO FLY Q&A’s at the NoHo with Elizabeth Streb in Person
BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY filmmaker Catherine Gund and acclaimed choreographer/aerialist Elizabeth Streb will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:30 PM screening on Friday, September 26 and after the 1 PM screening on Saturday, September 27.
October 5: CicLAvia Heart of L.A.
It’s almost time to once again for CicLAvia! In April we returned to the very cool Wilshire Boulevard route. In December we’ll be cycling/walking an all-new South L.A. route. On Sunday, October 5, we’ll be exploring a cool new route in the heart of L.A.. Dig it:
“CicLAvia will return to the Heart of L.A. on October 5 from 9:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m. with an almost entirely new route. Heart of L.A. will cross through downtown L.A. along parts of the first CicLAvia route, but will extend into new areas like Echo Park, the Historic Broadway Theater District, and through Boyle Heights all the way into the County of Los Angeles and into East Los Angeles … the route will feature a pedestrian zone in the Broadway Theater District, a kids zone at the East LA Civic Center and will cross paths with the Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture, which is being held in Grand Park.”
Come out and enjoy car-free streets and see how it changes our city and the way we experience it, not least by eliminating the noise pollution we’ve grown accustomed to. You can bike, scoot, skate or just hoof it at whatever pace suits you. Anything non-motorized is appropriate. Don’t have a bike? See places to rent bikes here.
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