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BEFORE YOU KNOW IT Filmmaker at the Music Hall for a Q&A

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BEFORE YOU KNOW IT filmmaker PJ Raval will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening at the Music Hall on Saturday, June 14.

http://www.vimeo.com/93219122
Filmmaker PJ Raval

TEST Actor Matthew Risch at the NoHo for a Q&A

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TEST actor Matthew Risch will participate in a Q&A after the 8 PM screening at the NoHo on Friday, June 13.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZIhrRcH4ho
Matthew Risch

Laemmle’s Monica 4-Plex Shutting Down for Major Renovation

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Big news in Laemmle Land! On Monday we are shutting down our Santa Monica theater for major renovation.  While the renovated theatre will contain some elements of the old building, this weekend is the last chance for Monica 4-Plex fans to see the voluminous lobby in its full glory.

We hope to re-open the theater by the end of this year as the MONICA FILM CENTRE with a restaurant and lounge, a rooftop deck (ocean view!) and six auditoriums devoted to indie and foreign films rather than four.  That huge lobby space has to go somewhere!

After Great Reviews and Big Crowds in New York, ELENA Opens at the Royal on June 13.

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The autobiographical documentary ELENA opened to terrific reviews and big crowds of cinefiles last week in New York. In the Village Voice, Alan Scherstuhl described the film this way: “a pained and gorgeous summoning, Petra Costa’s haunted doc ELENA dances with death, memory, and family, seducing viewers and then breaking their hearts.” In the New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote the film “unfolds like a cinematic dream.” We are excited to open ELENA at the Royal next Friday, June 13.

Summertime Means the Return of a Super Free Event: Grand Performances

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One of the great things about a Los Angeles summer is Grand Performances, the free series of music, dance and spoken word performances and film screenings held June through September in California Plaza in Downtown L.A. This year they are planning a screening of Sherlock Jr. with a live improvised soundtrack by The Magnetix; an Angelique Kidjo concert; a tribute to Minnie Riperton; a puppet show of “Jack and the Beanstalk;” a “People Get Ready: A Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement” concert; and much more. Full list here. Gravy? The complementary bike valet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Special Screenings this Weekend

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Special AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Screenings in the Royal

-Friday 6/6 7:40PM (SOLD OUT): Presented by the L.A. World Affairs Council

-Saturday 6/7 7:40PM: Presented by UC Irvine School of Law with special introduction by David Kaye, UC Irvine law professor specializing in international human rights

Special AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Screenings in the Pasadena Playhouse:

-Friday 6/6 7:40PM: Presented by art collective The Haggus Society and introduced by co-director and artist Terri Lloyd

-Saturday 6/7 7:40PM: Presented by Chris Csikszentmihalyi, director of The RootIO Project and a transgressive artist, former director of MIT Center for Civic Media & Computing Culture Group

http://vimeo.com/76331262

THE CASE AGAINST 8 Q&A’s w/the Filmmakers this Weekend at the Royal

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THE CASE AGAINST 8 filmmakers Ben Cotner and Ryan White will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 screenings at the Royal on Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOyhv91Ygz8

THE CASE AGAINST 8 filmmakers Ryan White and Ben Cotner (left to right). Photograph by Austin Hargrave.

Big News About the Revival of the L.A. River

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We at Laemmle Theatres are energetic supporters of Friends of the L.A. River and today brings great, big news, one billion dollars worth. “We are thrilled that the Army Corps has decided to endorse the more complete proposal for the restoration of the River,” said Laemmle Theatres President Greg Laemmle this morning. “Just the first step in a marathon, but it is decidedly a step in the right direction.”

In case you missed the front page of today’s L.A. Times:

“Federal officials gave a major boost Wednesday to the city’s plans to turn the Los Angeles River into an urban oasis for recreation and an inviting locale for new commercial and residential development.

“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has decided to recommend approval of an ambitious, $1-billion proposal to restore habitat, widen the river, create wetlands and provide access points and bike trails along an 11-mile stretch north of downtown through Elysian Park.

“The city sees those 11 miles as the starting point for a project that will eventually revitalize all 51 miles of the river, from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.”