SoCal classic movies, Jan. 3-10: ’Coup de Torchon,’ ’Fantasia,’ ’Double Indemnity’ and more
Classic films, film festivals, event screenings, restorations and revivals
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to classic movies, events and revivals, film festivals and more screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.
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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ with ‘Speed Racer’ A double bill pairs George Miller’s 2015 reboot of his post-apocalyptic action franchise with the Wachowskis’ 2008 adaptation of the 1960s-era animated TV series from Japan. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron star in the former and Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci in the latter. Presented in 35mm. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. 7:30 and 10 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Jan. 3-4. $13; advance purchase recommended. thenewbev.com
‘Coup de Torchon’ Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert star in a new 4K restoration of Bertrand Tavernier’s darkly comic 1981 drama about a put-upon French gendarme in a backwater burg in colonial-era Senegal. Alamo Drafthouse, 700 W. 7th St., downtown L.A. Various dates and times beginning Jan. 5. $9-$18. drafthouse.com
‘El Norte’ Filmmaker Gregory Nava will be on hand to introduce a screening of his landmark 1983 drama about an Indigenous brother and sister from Guatemala who undertake the arduous journey north in search of a better life in these United States. In Kʼicheʼ, Spanish and English with English subtitles. Academy Museum, Ted Mann Theater, 6067 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5. $5-$10. academymuseum.org
‘The Iron Giant’ Every boy’s best friend is his supersized robot from another world in Brad Bird’s animated 1999 sci-fi fable featuring the voices of Jennifer Aniston and Vin Diesel. Alamo Drafthouse, 700 W. 7th St., downtown L.A. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5; 4:35 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8. $15, $18. drafthouse.com
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Ralph Fiennes is your humble concierge in Wes Anderson’s delightful 2014 comedy-drama set in a fictional European city between WWI and WWII. With Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe and F. Murray Abraham. Vidiots’ Eagle Theatre, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Highland Park. 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6. $9-$12. vidiotsfoundation.org
‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my! You get all that and Mickey Mouse too in Disney’s animated 1940 anthology set to classics by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, et al. Presented in 35mm. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7. $10; advance purchase recommended. thenewbev.com
‘The Man Who Laughs’ Victor Hugo’s 19th century novel serves as the basis for this dark 1928 silent-era melodrama, directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni, about a disfigured young nobleman (Conrad Veidt) whose on-screen image later inspired the look of DC’s most illustrious villain, the Joker. American Cinematheque at the Los Feliz 3, 1822 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7. $8, $13. americancinematheque.com
‘High Noon’ Small town marshal Gary Cooper is headed for a showdown in this allegorical 1952 western directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Grace Kelly. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7. $10, $12. (310) 322-2592. oldtownmusichall.org
‘Police Story’ Director and star Jackie Chan is the cop who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about in this stunt-filled 1985 action comedy. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Brain Dead Studios at the Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. 8 p.m Sunday, Jan. 7. $12. studios.wearebraindead.com
‘Double Indemnity’ Fred MacMurray is warm for Barbara Stanwyck’s form in Billy Wilder’s essential 1944 film noir. Edward G. Robinson co-stars. The Frida Cinema, Calle Cuatro Plaza, 305 E. 4th St., Santa Ana. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10. $12. thefridacinema.org