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Jarmusch in June Every Throwback Thursday Next Month at the NoHo 7!

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Excited about Jim Jarmusch’s new zombie-comedy THE DEAD DON’T DIE opening June 14th in Pasadena, NoHo, and Claremont? We are, too! So much so that we’re diving into the iconic filmmaker’s back catalog for June’s Throwback Thursday series!

Our Jarmusch in June Throwback Thursday series screens every Thursday evening at our NoHo 7 theater. Doors open at 7pm, trivia starts at 7:30, and movies begin at 7:40pm. More details at www.laemmle.com/tbt!

You can save $3 with our EARLY BIRD SPECIAL! Tickets are only $9 (or $6 for Laemmle Premiere Card holders) if you buy them at least one week before the date of the screening!

Jarmusch in June Schedule:

Stranger Than Paradise, June 6: A low-key avante-garde comedy about a trio of misfits — an everyday guy, his Hungarian cousin, and his geeky best friend — and their misadventures in New York, Cleveland, and Florida. John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, and Cecillia Stark star. The National Society of Film Critics voted Stranger Than Paradise Best Picture of 1984. Format: DCP.

Down by Law, June 13: Jarmusch followed up Stranger Than Paradise with another rambling, character-driven film with a twisted sense of humor. Set in a seedy New Orleans summer, Down By Law details the meeting of three unlikely convicts and their just-as-unlikely escape. Starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Ellen Barkin. Format: DCP.

Mystery Train, June 20: This deadpan triptych takes place over the course of an evening in a tacky, low-rent Memphis motel dedicated to Elvis Presley visited by Japanese tourists, criminals on the run, and the spirit of the King himself. Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Cinqué Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Rick Aviles, Joe Strummer, and Steve Buscemi star. Format: DCP.


Dead Man, June 27: In Jarmusch’s psychedelic western, an accountant on the run for murdering a man encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. The cast includes Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thornton, Gabriel Byrne, John Hurt, Alfred Molina, and Robert Mitchum. Neil Young improvised the soundtrack while watching the freshly edited film. Format: DCP.

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE Q&A with Filmmakers Opening Night at the Monica Film Center.

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WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE producers, Jared Ian Goldman (Ingrid Goes West, The Skeleton Twins), Robert Mitas (Flatliners) and screenwriter Mark Kruger will participate in a Q&A after the 7:20 pm show on Friday, 5/17.

 

https://youtu.be/NQg-nUoMCBo

GENERAL MAGIC Q&A with Filmmakers Opening Night at the Music Hall.

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GENERAL MAGIC director Matt Maude, executive producer Mike Stern and co-founder Marc Porat will participate in a Q&A following the 7:10 pm show on Friday, 5/10.

 

https://youtu.be/uTdyb-RWNKo

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLIE SAYS Q&A’s with Screenwriter Guinevere Turner Opening Weekend at the NoHo and the Monica Film Center.

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CHARLIE SAYS screenwriter Guinevere Turner will participate in a Q&A on Friday, 5/10 at NoHo, and on Saturday, 5/11 at the Monica following the 7:30 pm shows.

 

https://youtu.be/KPSKkxTQFEU

GAME GIRLS Q&A with Filmmaker at the Glendale.

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GAME GIRLS Q&A with director Alina Skrzeszewska following the 7:00 pm show on Saturday, 5/11.

 

https://youtu.be/KVyN5fvAcSA

THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR Q&A with Filmmaker at the Ahrya Fine Arts.

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THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR director Ry Russo-Young will participate in a Q&A moderated by Alex Ben Block following the 7:30 pm show on Thursday, 5/16.

 

https://youtu.be/3On0BXzGnuI

GO FOR BROKE: AN ORIGIN STORY Q&A’s in Santa Monica & Pasadena this Week and Next.

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GO FOR BROKE: AN ORIGIN STORY filmmaker Stacey Hayashi will participate in Q&A’s on the following schedule: Monica Film Center 5/3, 5/4, 5/5 after 1pm, 3:15pm, 5:30pm, and 7:50pm screenings; at the Playhouse 5/10, 5/11, 5/12 after the 1pm, 3:15pm, 5:30pm, and 7:50pm screenings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0EV89gvz0&t=34s

Sixtieth Anniversary Screenings of Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES on May 15 in Glendale, Pasadena, and West LA.

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Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present this month’s installment in our Anniversary Classics Abroad program: one of the most revered of all foreign films, Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES. Indeed, Leonard Maltin hailed the film as “Still a staple of any serious filmgoer’s education,” and he added, “Superb use of flashbacks and brilliant performance by (Victor) Sjostrom make this Bergman classic an emotional powerhouse.” It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay of 1959 and also earned the top prize, the Golden Bear, at the Berlin Film Festival.

Sjostrom, a revered Swedish actor and also an acclaimed director who helmed memorable silent films with American stars Lon Chaney and Lillian Gish during the 1920s, capped his career with his moving performance as Professor Isak Borg, a distinguished physician who re-evaluates his life while driving from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree. On his journey he is haunted by memories and dreams that illuminate his inner life with trenchant insight. Indeed Wild Strawberries was one of the seminal films that changed cinematic grammar by introducing non-linear storytelling to discriminating audiences during the late 1950s.

The supporting cast includes many of Bergman’s favorite actors, including Bibi Andersson (in a dual role as a hitchhiker and as Isak’s first love), Gunnel Lindblom, Gunnar Bjornstrand, and Max von Sydow in a cameo role. Reviews of the film were enthusiastic at the time, and critics continued to exalt Bergman’s achievement in later years. Variety raved, “It’s a personal and profound work.” Tom Dawson of the BBC said, “This is one of the truly outstanding works of post-war European cinema.” And Pauline Kael commented, “Few movies give us such memorable, emotion-charged images.”

This film also had a strong influence on other directors. In a 1963 interview with Cinema magazine, Stanley Kubrick listed Wild Strawberries as his second favorite film of all time. Woody Allen paid homage in several of his movies, including Stardust Memories and Crimes and Misdemeanors.

WILD STRAWBERRIES screens at 7 PM on Wednesday, May 15 at Laemmle theaters in Glendale, Pasadena, and West LA. Click here for tickets.

Format: DCP