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New Chavez Doc CESAR’S LAST FAST: Q&A’s this Weekend at the Playhouse

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CESAR’S LAST FAST filmmaker Richard Ray Perez will participate in Q&A’s this weekend at the Playhouse after the 7:10 and 9:45 screenings on Friday, April 25 and after the 7:10 screening on Saturday, April 26.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMr-LnEwai0&feature=youtu.be
Filmmaker Richard Ray Perez

 

The 9th Annual REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

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While we at Laemmle Theatres occasionally get the chance to show great movies appropriate for kids — 2009’s The Secret of Kells comes to mind — we mostly show independent and international films meant for adults. And we almost always screen feature-length films, not shorts. So it is with pleasure that we draw your attention to Downtown Los Angeles, specifically the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, where this weekend and the subsequent two weekends you and the children in your life can take in animated and live action shorts films from around the world to nurture future Laemmle moviegoers.

“The 9th annual REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival returns with three weekends of adventurous short-film programs to appeal to moviegoers of all ages. Magical, exhilarating works made by acclaimed filmmakers and up-and-coming auteurs showcase work from around the globe—including Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Russia, Taiwan, Mozambique, Korea, The Netherlands, and Ukraine—to inspire the whole family. Festival highlights include the latest in both live action and animated shorts.”

"I Spy with My Little Eye." Directed by Alexandra Nebel.

Q&A’s for UNCLAIMED, New Doc About an MIA Vietnam Vet

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UNCLAIMED director-producer Michael Jorgensen will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:20 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3.

http://www.vimeo.com/90875597

TANZANIA Q&A’s with the Filmmaker and Subjects

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TANZANIA: A JOURNEY WITHIN filmmaker Sylvia Caminer and the subjects of the film, Kristen Kenney and Venance Ndibalema, will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:10 PM screenings Friday-Sunday, May 2nd-4th as well as after the 4:20 screenings on the 3rd and 4th.

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

CARL LAEMMLE, Free NICKY’S FAMILY Screenings and the WALK TO END GENOCIDE

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On Sunday the New York Times published noted Hollywood historian Neal Gabler’s terrific piece about Universal Studios founder CARL LAEMMLE and his humanitarian work rescuing Jews from Hitler’s Germany. We encourage everyone to read the article.  Uncle Carl’s determination attests to the power of an individual to do good rather than stand idly by in times of grave challenges, injustice and outright evil.
That’s the idea behind this Sunday morning’s free screenings of NICKY’S FAMILY:
Music Hall: Screening Info | RSVP
Town Center: Screening Info | RSVP
The screening are intended to raise awareness about similarly grave events going on around the world today and foster participation in L.A.’s Walk to End Genocide on April 27 at Pan Pacific Park.
As an annual L.A. event, the Walk to End Genocide is a meaningful way for our community to respond to oppression and injustice throughout the world. SIGN UP, raise money for a great cause and walk with Greg & Tish Laemmle, both of whom will be there.
NICKY’S FAMILY is a gripping, award-winning documentary about the rescue operation of the “British Schindler” – Sir Nicholas Winton (today 104 years old), an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II.  Dramatic reenactments and never-before-seen archival footage vividly illustrate the accounts of rescued children, as well as Mr. Winton himself, to recount this fascinating story, which even after 70 years is inspiring people of all ages to make this world a better place. If you haven’t seen the film, please consider attending one of these screenings.
Carl Laemmle, or Uncle Carl, as he was affectionately known, was a mentor to Laemmle Theatres co-founders Max and Kurt Laemmle. He did not need to provide affidavits for Max and Kurt’s families because Kurt was an American citizen, having married one. They provided affidavits for their parents to immigrate. Nonetheless the Laemmles are very proud to be related to Carl Laemmle.
Huge thanks to Neil Friedman and Menemsha Films for making the NICKY’S FAMILY screenings possible.
 Please note that 60 Minutes will be airing a segment on Sir Nicholas Winton this April 27.

THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR Filmmaker Q&A’s

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Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, the co-directors of THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR, will participate in Q&A’s after the 7 PM screenings and introduce the 9:55 PM screenings at the Royal on Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag5q5Y0Wpqg
Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine

Last Remaining Seats: CITIZEN KANE and WEST SIDE STORY Ticket Giveaways

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Here’s you chance to travel back in time to see classic films in vintage movie palaces courtesy of our friends at Last Remaining Seats.

You can win tickets to a special screening of WEST SIDE STORY at the DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION with special guest GEORGE CHAKIRIS (dancer, singer, and Academy Award-wining actor) in conversation with dance critic DEBRA LEVINE. Enter to win tickets for Saturday, June 14 screening here.

You can also enter to win tickets to the Saturday, June 28 screening of CITIZEN KANE at the ORPHEUM THEATRE. The evening will be hosted by BEN MANKIEWICZ, weekend host of Turner Classic Movies and features pre-show organ music by TONY WILSON. Enter here.

Last Remaining Seats is the Los Angeles Conservancy’s annual program that combines classic film with L.A.’s historic theatres. Visit the L.A. Conservancy’s website for this year’s full schedule of screenings.

Greg Laemmle: “Do Not Miss THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON at the Falcon Theater.”

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Greg Laemmle has urged me to pass on to Laemmle moviegoers a theater recommendation: he recently saw the Falcon Theater’s production of THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON, a new comedic drama about a Holocaust survivor living in North Hollywood. Greg’s reaction is echoed in the rapturous L.A. Times review. (A sample line: “That rarefied place where craft, collaboration and content create theatrical poetry is everywhere in THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON.”) The play has been extended through April 27.