Here’s what's in store for LA 35mm film screening lovers this week. A lot 35mm and some regular digital.
This is just what's on my personal radar. So
browse the LA Film Calendars links on my side bar to find even more! → → →
(You may want to note the
recent Spanish cinema series at the Egyptian, or a Taiwanese spotlight at UCLA.)
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As usual, a couple of these choices are
tonight, FYI, and not necessarily listed first.
New
Beverly
Magic
(1978, Richard Attenborough)
and
The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)
Fri.
(tonight) Oct. 20 6:30 pm/8:50 pm
Sat.
Oct. 21 6:30 pm/8:50 pm
A classic double feature in 35mm—oh, wait,
what the hell is Magic? Oh, well, The Silence of the Lambs is playing in
35mm at a great local theater. So that’s worth seeing..! Magic is Anthony Hopkins as failed ventriloquist Corky Withers,
from a script by William Goldman, based on his novel. Also, have you not seen
Oscar-winner The Silence of the Lambs?!?
NuArt
Theatre
Halloween
(1978, John Carpenter)
Fri
(tonight) Oct. 20 Midnight (11:59pm)
It’s Halloween
on the big screen at the NuArt. Should be fun, probably DCP.
New
Beverly
The Black Cat
(1934, Edgar G. Ulmer)
and
The Raven
(1935, Lew Landers)
Wed.
Oct. 25 2:00 pm
More great Wednesday matinee 35mm goodness at
the New Beverly. Never miss a chance to see an Edgar G. Ulmer picture, one of
the world’s greatest directors, a master at achieving high-level quality on
shoestring budgets. (He had slightly bigger budget on this one.) Plus Black Cat features Karloff and Lugosi together! Actually, so does The Raven!
UCLA
Film & Television Archive
La Virgen de la Caridad (1930, Ramón Peón)
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 35 mm. 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…”
Both in 35mm!
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
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,
so maybe it's time to rectify that with both being in 35mm. Or I could have seen them when they came out and everything was in 35mm like it should be!
Downtown
Independent
La cruz y la espada (1934, Frank Strayer)
and
El rey de los gitanos (1933, Frank Strayer)
Fri
(tonight) Oct. 20 7:30 pm
These are two Spanish-language releases from
Fox in the US during the ’30s intended
to compete with a burgeoning 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
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.)
Aero
Theatre
Five Easy Pieces (1970, Bob Rafelson)
and
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976, Paul Mazursky)
Sun.
Oct. 22 7:30 pm
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.)
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.
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
"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. 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
New
Beverly
Repulsion
(1965, Roman Polanski)
and
The Tenant
(1976, Roman Polanski)
Tue.
Oct. 31 7:30 pm/9:45 pm
A double dose of actual “quality” horror
films. More psychological in both cases, and directed by a deft hand at cinema rather than being pure grindhouse. Repulsion
is Catherine Deneuve alone with her thoughts and not handling them too well
(seeing things?!) and The Tenant is
great, kind of overlooked, pretty dark, twisted tale with Polanski himself
starring in it with the lovely Isabelle Adjani. I think he's the creepy-ass tenant 'cause it wouldn't be Adjani.
New
Beverly
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper)
and
Eaten Alive
(1976, Tobe Hooper)
Fri.
Oct. 27 7:30 pm/9:25 pm
Sat.
Oct. 28 7:30 pm/9:25 pm
Great way to see this in 35mm and pay tribute
to recently deceased Tobe Hooper. This is on my radar because I haven’t seen
the first, quite famous one. The second sounds like a great twofer of exposure
to this director of my least favorite genre, but maybe I’ll give it a go.
UCLA
Film & TV Archive
Still Walking
(2008, Kore-eda Hirokazu) Kore-eda
Hirokazu in person
Fri.
Oct. 27 7:30 pm
Kore-eda Hirokazu is a very interesting filmmaker who has carved out a modest spot in the art film director world, periodically
playing Cannes and having a smattering of international awards, and this is one
of his older good ones. Check it out, plus he’s in person. And it’s 35mm!
UCLA
Film & TV Archive
Maborosi (1995,
Kore-eda Hirozaku) Kore-eda Hirozaku in person!
Sat.
Oct. 28 7:30 pm
Wait there’s another Hirozaku film with him in
person! This one might be even better, I remember this one from a while back.
Again this is in 35mm, and this is that arthouse director of some note from
Korea. Check him out!
UCLA
Film & TV Archive
Air Doll (2009,
Kore-eda Hirozaku)
Sun.
Oct. 29 7:00 pm
I’ll let their description sell this one:
“Unlike
anything else in Kore-eda’s filmography, this story of an inflatable sex doll
that comes to life in the middle of Tokyo strikes a whimsical tone that renders
its reflections on loneliness, love, the movies and what it really means to be
human all the more bittersweet.”
Sounds goooood. Plus in 35mm!
New
Beverly
The Invisible Man Returns (1940, Joe May)
and
Invisible Agent
(1942, Edwin L. Marin)
Mon.
Oct. 30 7:30 pm/9:20 pm
Nothing I like more than the curiosity of obscure sequels to some very famous originals. Here we get a double dose of the continuing
story of the Invisible Man, now taken
over by Vincent Price (from Claude Rains). Interestingly directed by Joe May of
German silent films such as Asphalt (1929).
The second film has no Vincent Price, but has a World War II propaganda angle,
using the invisible man technology, so might be pretty cool (or pretty awful!).
Downtown
Independent
La Virgen de la Caridad (1930, Ramón Peón)
and
Casta de roble
(1954, Manolo Alonso)
Fri.
Oct. 27 7:30 pm
While this will have just played the prior week
at UCLA (see above), it’s silent film nerd alert again! Wow, a 1930 silent film
from Cuba with live musical accompaniment, in 35 mm. 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…”
The downtown
LA version of these screenings are part of showing them in (or near) the original LA venues they
played in way back when. Both in 35mm!
Egyptian
Theatre
Godzilla: The Japanese Original (1954, Ishiro Honda)
And
The H-Man
(1958, Ishiro Honda)
Fri.
Oct. 27 7:30 pm
It’s Godzilla
without the Raymond Burr American scenes, all in Japanese with English subtitles.
H-Man is a gangster film: “genre-blending
sci-fi thriller is a mix of detectives, hoods, radioactive goblins and atomic
paranoia.” Sounds like The World’s End?
I can’t honestly say I recommend this, as I don’t know anything about it. But H-Man is in 35mm, and Godzilla is a nerd-culture phenomenon to
maybe check out. (Godzilla is DCP).
Egyptian
Theatre
Ghostbusters
(1984, Ivan Reitman)
Sun.
Oct. 29 7:30 pm
In 70mm. Probably worse ways to spend your
Sunday.
Aero
Theatre
All-Night
Horrorthon
Sat.
Oct. 28 7:30 pm
You horror nerds can knock yourselves out with
another all-night horror marathon. Happily the screening format is
35mm for all films except Death Bed: The
Bed That Eats. So that’s a lot of awesome 35mm. Films include An American Werewolf in London (1981,
John Landis), Popcorn ( 1991, Mark
Herrier), The Tingler (1959, William
Castle), Hack-O-Lantern (1988, Jag
Mundhra), Shocker (1989, Wes Craven),
Brainscan (1994, John Flynn). Plus
the 40th anniversary of Death
Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977, George Barry), which sounds interesting:
“After
a woman dies on a bed while making love to a demon, the bed comes to life with
a hunger for human victims (including the film’s narrator, an artist trapped in
a painting). Whatever you do, don’t sleep through this surreal cult favorite!”
UCLA
Film & TV Archive
El vampiro negro (1953, Román Viñoly Barreto)
and
Los tallos amargos (1956, Fernando Ayala)
Sat.
Oct. 28 3:00 pm
An Argentian version of Fritz Lang’s M (1931) as part of the ongoing Latin
American Cinema in Los Angeles series spearheaded by UCLA. And nicely, both of
these are on 35mm. The second is “a film noir tale of paranoia, shot in stark
expressionist images” about a journalist who starts a fake journalism
correspondence school (fake news?! How timely) but becomes suspicious of his business
partner. The cinematography of the second film is highly acclaimed: It was
included in the “Best Shot Films” list in American
Cinematographer and was “long available only in substandard prints,” this
is now finally a restored version by UCLA Film & Television Archive from
the original negative found in a Buenos Aires home in late 2014! Both 35mm.
Also Free Admission!
UCLA
Film & TV Archive
Ahí está el detalle (You’re Missing the Point) (1940, Juan Bustillo Oro)
and
Calabacitas tiernas (1949, Gilberto Martínez Solares)
Mon.
Oct. 30 7:30 pm
This played recently at Downtown Independent,
but West side denizens get a chance to see it at UCLA’s Billy Wilder Theater. 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. Both in 35mm!
LACMA
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, Jack Arnold)
Tue.
Oct. 31 1:00 pm
More 35mm horror classics at LACMA’s $4
matinees. Great deal for 35mm films if you like these old genre standards.
ACADEMY
Pan’s Labyrinth
(2006, Guillermo del Toro)
Mon.
Oct. 30 7:30 pm
In 35mm. This is an amazing huge theater run
by the Academy and it’s only $5. Great place to see a movie.
NOTE: The Egyptian and Aero’s listings weren’t
updated past Oct. 31st at blog press time, so check their site for
more updated info.
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