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BAND OF SISTERS is a terrific documentary about activist nuns who worked for social justice in the aftermath of Vatican II. Filmmaker Mary Fishman will introduce and participate in Q&A’s after each screening: June 24 at the Royal at 7:30 PM; June 25 at the Playhouse and 7:30 PM; June 26 at the NoHo at 7:30 PM; and June 28 at the Royal at 11 AM.
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.
TEST actor Matthew Risch will participate in a Q&A after the 8 PM screening at the NoHo on Friday, June 13.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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