Here are some of the fabulous films playing in LA in 35mm (and other) this week.
This is just what's on my personal radar. Browse the LA Film Calendars links on my side bar to find even more! → → →
This is just what's on my personal radar. Browse the LA Film Calendars links on my side bar to find even more! → → →
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In particular, you may want to note the series of recent German and Spanish cinema at the Egyptian, and a Taiwanese
spotlight at UCLA starting Oct. 20.
As usual, a couple of these choices are
tonight, FYI, and not necessarily listed first.
Aero Theatre
Andrei Rublev
(1969, Andrei Tarkovsky)
Sat. Oct. 14 7:30 pm
The master
Tarkovsky is back (you may remember the Stalker
[1979] revival screenings a few weeks back). This is how a cinephile gets their
membership badge. They watch this on film, in 35mm, in a theater. So go do it.
It’s a beautiful re-creation of a medieval era of a notable icon painter, and
nothing will make you think about art and life the same way again. Commiserate
with confused fellow filmgoers in the foyer afterward and receive your
membership badge in the cinephile guild. Did I mention it’s in 35mm! Did I
mention it’s somewhat lengthy? Good, getting your badge shouldn’t be easy.
Aero Theatre
Come and See
(1985, Elem Klimov)
Sun. Oct. 15 7:30 pm
Oh, man, I just
watched another film by this guy, his The
Adventures of a Dentist (1965) on Film Struck. (Kind of like a slightly
less sharp Dušan Makevejev style on that one.) And I did that because this film here is a balls-out masterpiece. One of the most
harrowing World War II films ever. Did you think the Nazis were bad yet? Well,
just in case you missed anything, this will pretty close to make you feel they
were even worse. Because they were. (And watch Shoah also, since this is only one aspect, set in Belarus.) This is
in the Landmarks of Soviet Cinema series for a really big reason. It’s fricking
shocking and incredible. Worth seeing. In 35mm!
Aero
Theatre
Suspiria
(1977, Dario Argento)
Fri.
(tonight) Oct. 13 7:30 pm
A wonderful heartwarming film starring the
amazing actress Jessica Harper. Warm your cockles on a Friday the 13th
in October to this loving ode to suspense. This is a 4K restoration. Yeah, I
prefer 35mm film, but maybe this will look great.
(This screening DCP.)
AERO
THEATRE LINK
New Beverly
The Omen
(1976, Richard Donner)
and
Holocaust 2000
(1977, Albert De Martino)
Fri. (tonight) Oct. 13 7:00 pm/9:20 pm
Sat. Oct. 14 7:00 pm/9:20 pm
Sat. Oct. 14 7:00 pm/9:20 pm
Seeing the Omen
in 35mm should be required viewing right?! The second film sounds intriguing as
heck. It has a similar plot line with a child, but add a nuclear power plant in
the Middle East and Kirk Douglas! Should be good?? Or since I’ve literally
never heard of this film, I’m hoping very awful in the best way. (Second film
16mm.)
NEW BEVERLY LINK
Downtown Independent
La casa de los
millones (1942, Luis Bayón Herrera)
and
La dama duende
(1945, Luis Saslavsky)
Fri. (tonight) Oct. 13 7:30 pm
These two in DCP,
but oh so rare..! This time we have films from Argentina in this ongoing Latin
American film series. La casa de los
millions is a comedy, with puns and slapstick about a noveau riche widow
who is driving all her servants away. La
dama duende is the story of woman (yet another widow?!) trying to win a man
by pretending to be a ghost, so I have a feeling this might be a comedy. Was
voted the best Argentine film of 1945! (This screening DCP.)
Downtown Independent
Ahí está el
detalle (You’re Missing the Point) (1940,
Juan Bustillo Oro)
and
Calabacitas
tiernas (1949, Gilberto Martínez Solares)
Sat. Oct. 14 7:30 pm
And now it’s back
to 35mm in the series, yay! Two from Mexico here, the first with Cantinflas
apparently made him the most bankable star in Mexico, and the plot is
apparently too convoluted for words, so it might be funny. Then in Calabacitas tiernas Tin-Tan
puts on an international music show to alleviate financial woes.
New Beverly
Easy Rider
(1969, Dennis Hopper)
and
Chasers
(1994, Dennis Hopper)
Sun Oct. 15 6:30 pm/8:35 pm
Mon. Oct. 16 7:30 pm/9:35 pm
Mon. Oct. 16 7:30 pm/9:35 pm
There is no
situation under which I would ever watch Chasers
ever… except this one. Where I will have just sat through the masterpiece Easy Rider on 35mm at the New Bev, which
I incidentally just watched the blu-ray of and, man, it holds up and gives
again and again on every viewing. So to then sit through the curiosity that is Chasers, I’m totally on board, should be
fun, might even be a rollicking good time. Seriously Easy Rider is one of the greatest films ever, the film that started
the entire “New American Cinema” of the ’70s, and it personally demands you see
it on 35mm!
LACMA
The Mummy (1932,
Karl Freund)
Tue. Oct. 17 1:00 pm
I have to list
this because with all the October horror fests going on, this is probably the only
one playing The Mummy in beautiful
35mm. It’s a weird crowd, lot of retirees, but you’ll see a wonderful film in
35mm for only $4 and have a better October than everybody else.
New Beverly
The Bride of
Frankenstein (1935, James Whale)
and
Son of
Frankenstein (1939, Rowland V. Lee)
Wed. Oct. 18 2:00 pm
Frankenstein had
a son?! Whoa, I had no idea. Better rectify that and watch this film! Plus,
seriously, Bride of Frankenstein definitely
should be seen in 35mm, and while it has a few other showings in October, this
is the only one guaranteed to be 35mm!
New Beverly
The Hired Hand
(1971, Peter Fonda)
And
Kid Blue
(1973, James Frawley)
Wed. Oct. 18 7:30
pm/9:35 pm
Thur. Oct. 19 7:30 pm/9:35 pm
Thur. Oct. 19 7:30 pm/9:35 pm
This screening answers the
question, what did Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper (separately) do right after
they made Easy Rider? While my
favorite answer to that question is Dennis Hopper’s totally awesome The Last Movie (1971), this double
feature of two westerns they made sounds like a great investigation into how
they “blew it”? haha little joke there, but maybe, depending on how bad these
films are! The Hired Hand is directed
by Fonda, who had more than a hand in creating Easy Rider if memory serves, and Kid Blue stars Hopper as a hapless outlaw,
and features Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson and Leo Purcell. In 35mm,
this sounds like you’re browsing around an archive and they're screening stuff
just for you as you search for buried treasure.
Egyptian Theatre (in the Spielberg
Theatre)
Outside the Law
(1920, Tod Browning)
Sat. Oct. 14 7:30 pm
Silent film nerd
alert! This is a retro-format screening in 8mm. (Not even “super,” just regular
8mm!) So watch the way many rich people saw films on their fancy projectors at
home in the old days. Live musical accompaniment and a short film
selection! You know director Tod Browning from Dracula
(1931) and Freaks (1932), but now you
know he also director a ton of silent films, often starring Lon Chaney (the original Phantom of the Opera [1925, Rupert Julian)), including this one in
dual roles!
Arclight Cinemas (Various)
"It's Alive!" -- film's favorite monsters terrorize the big screen
through Oct. 31
There's a pretty good selection here all month at various Arclights. I feel like they're almost definitely all DCP, but click the individual links to see. Some great movies in here and if you live less central to LA, can find some good stuff near you.
ARCLIGHT LINK
Oct. 13 – Friday
the 13th – Hollywood
Oct. 16 – The
Mummy (1932) – Pasadena
Oct. 17 – The
Monster Squad – Sherman Oaks
Oct. 18 –
Nightmare on Elm Street – Hollywood
Oct. 23 – Alien –
Culver City
Oct. 23 – The
Exorcist – Pasadena
Oct. 23 – The
Thing – La Jolla
Oct. 23 –
Halloween – Hollywood
Oct. 24 – Alien –
Santa Monica
Oct. 24 – The
Exorcist – Beach Cities
Oct. 24 –
Suspiria – Hollywood
Oct. 24 – The
Blob (1988) – Sherman Oaks
Oct. 25 – The
Exorcist – Hollywood
Oct. 30 – The
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – Hollywood
Oct. 31 –
Halloween – Sherman Oaks
Coming Next Week
NuArt
Theatre
Halloween
(1978, John Carpenter)
Fri
Oct. 20 Midnight (11:59pm)
It’s Halloween
on the big screen at the NuArt. Should be fun, probably DCP.
Egyptian
Theatre
Mothra
(1961, Ishiro Honda)
and
Battle in Outer Space (1959, Ishiro Honda)
Thur
Oct. 26 7:30 pm
Some good ol’ Japanese monster movies on the
big screen. Also the next day, Friday, they’ll have the original Godzilla with The H-Man, part of an Ishiro Honda tribute. (Mothra DCP, Battle in Outer
Space 35mm.)
Aero Theatre
Five Easy Pieces (1970, Bob Rafelson)
and
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976, Paul Mazursky)
Sun.
Oct. 22 7:30 pm
Well, Five
Easy Pieces is always a great one to see on the big screen. Must confess
haven’t seen the second one. (Both films DCP.)
UCLA Film & Television Archive
La Virgen de la Caridad (1930, Ramón Peón, silent)
and
Casta de roble
(1954, Manolo Alonso)
Mon.
Oct. 23 7:30 pm
Silent film nerd alert! Wow, a 1930 silent
film from Cuba with live musical accompaniment, in 35mm. Should be unique, definitely rare. The
site says:
“This Cuban silent film was highly praised and extremely popular at the time of its release, because of its socially critical view of the plight of peasants, and its religious themes.”
On the second film, the site says:
“A young peasant girl… has a baby by the master of the plantation, which is taken away from her. She marries and has another son, but the loss of the child has scarred her for life. Shot mostly on location in Pinar del Rio, Cuba…”
LACMA
The Invisible Man (1933, James Whale)
Tue.
Oct. 24 1:00 pm
More gems in 35mm hidden at the regular 1pm
matinee screenings at LACMA. Check it out! Very cheap, $4, for some 35mm
goodness. This is a fun one starring Claude Rains, great use of early film
technologies.
Downtown
Independent
La cruz y la espada (1934, Frank Strayer)
and
El rey de los gitanos (1933, Frank Strayer)
Fri
Oct. 20 7:30 pm
These are two Spanish-language releases from Fox
in the US during the ’30s intended to
compete with a burdgeoning Mexican film industry. Both starring Mexican tenor
José Mojica, I like the description of the first one: “A Franciscan monk in old
California rescues his best friend’s fiancée from bandits, but then must battle
his reawakened sexual desire.” The first film in 35mm, second in DCP.
Downtown
Independent
¡Asegure a su
mujer! (Insure
Your Wife!) (1935, Lewis Seiler)
and
Nada más que una mujer (1934, Harry Lachman)
Sat Oct 21 7:30 pm
Two Spanish-language film releases of the 1930s (!) from Fox, something you maybe weren't aware of, in this continuing Latin American Cinema in Los Angeles series. Both 35mm! Originally this played at UCLA, but now it’s a reprise in the type of downtown LA location they would have originally played in.
and
Nada más que una mujer (1934, Harry Lachman)
Sat Oct 21 7:30 pm
Two Spanish-language film releases of the 1930s (!) from Fox, something you maybe weren't aware of, in this continuing Latin American Cinema in Los Angeles series. Both 35mm! Originally this played at UCLA, but now it’s a reprise in the type of downtown LA location they would have originally played in.
Aero
Theatre
Twister
(1996, Jan De Bont)
and
Minority Report
(2002, Spielberg)
Fri.
Oct. 20 7:30 pm
Both in 35mm! I never saw either of those,
maybe best way to go since in 35mm.
Aero
Theatre
Marjorie Prime
(2017, Michael Almereyda)
and
East of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan)
East of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan)
Sat.
Oct. 21 7:30 pm
Discussion between films with actress Lois
Smith. The first is obviously a brand-new film, followed by the classic East of Eden. There’s only a couple
James Dean movies, and Lois Smith will have stuff to tell about him. (Both
films DCP.)
Gotta run, if I can I will update the “Coming
next week” section with more later, check back! (Until this message is gone.)
Mainly all that’s missing is New Beverly highlights for next week, and Los
Angeles Film Forum has more of that Ism,
Ism, Ism experimental Latin American series.
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