SoCal classic movies, June 5-12: The ‘LOTR’ trilogy, ‘Run Lola Run,’ Film Maudit 2.0 and more
SoCal classic movies, June 5-12: The ‘LOTR’ trilogy, ‘Run Lola Run,’ Film Maudit 2.0 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.
Roll ’em!
‘Midnight Cowboy’ with ‘My Own Private Idaho’ A double bill pairs John Schlesinger’s gritty Oscar-winning 1969 drama starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman with Gus Van Sant’s gritty 1991 indie drama starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. Presented in 35mm. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. 7:30 and 9:55 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, June 5-6. $13; advance purchase recommended; limited tickets available at the door. thenewbev.com
‘All About My Mother’ Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar explores different aspects of the maternal instinct in this Oscar-winning 1999 comedy-drama. Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes and Penélope Cruz. In Spanish, Catalan and English with English subtitles. Presented in 35mm. Vidiots Eagle Theatre, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Highland Park. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6. $9-$12. vidiotsfoundation.org
‘8½’ Marcello Mastroianni stars as a Fellini-like filmmaker struggling to finish his latest film in Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning 1963 comedy-drama. With Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimée. In Italian with English subtitles. Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College, 120 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. 8 p.m. Thursday, June 6. Free. pomona.edu
‘Army of Shadows’ A cadre of operatives with the French Resistance push back against the Nazis and the collaborationist Vichy government during WWII in Jean-Pierre Melville’s suspenseful 1969 thriller. With Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret. In French, German and English with English subtitles. Presented in 35mm. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 7 p.m. Friday, June 7. $10, $15. americancinematheque.com
‘The Matrix’ Long before he was John Wick, the aforemntioned Keanu Reeves was hacker turned freedom fighter Neo in the Wachowskis’ effects-laden 1999 sci-fi action drama. With Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano. The Frida Cinema, Calle Cuatro Plaza, 305 E. 4th St., Santa Ana. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sunday, June 7 & 9; 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8. $12. thefridacinema.org
‘A Night at the Opera’ with ‘Duck Soup’ The Marx Brothers wreak their particular brand of havoc in this double bill of raucous 1930s-era comedies. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. $13; advance purchase recommended; limited tickets available at the door. 7 and 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday, June 7-9. thenewbev.com
‘Run Lola Run’ A young woman has just 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks to save the life of her hoodlum boyfriend in 25th anniversary screenings of a new 4K restoration of Tom Tykwer’s pulse-pounding 1998 thriller starring Franka Potente; in German with English subtitles. Various venues, showtimes and prices, Friday-next Thursday, June 7-13. $7-16. sonyclassics.com
‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’ The U.S. and the Soviet Union launch a joint mission to Jupiter in Peter Hyams’s 1984 followup to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi epic based on the writings of Arthur C. Clarke. With Roy Scheider, John Lithgow and Helen Mirren. Presented in 35mm. Vista Theatre, 4473 Sunset Blvd., Los Feliz. 11:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 7-9. $12. vistatheaterhollywood.com
‘Dazed and Confused’ Teens in 1970s Austin, Texas party most heartily on the last day of school in Richard Linklater’s stoner-iffic 1993 coming-of-age tale. With Jason London, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey, et al. Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Doors, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, June 8; screening, 9 p.m. $20. cinespia.org
‘Gaslight’ You’d have to be crazy to miss it: The Los Angeles Conservancy’s “Last Remaining Seats” series of classic films in historic movie palaces continues and includes George Cukor’s 1944 psychological thriller starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury. The Los Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broadway. 8 p.m. Saturday, June 8. $20, $25. laconservancy.org
‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy Return with us now to Middle Earth — and prepare to stay a while — with screenings of the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy of fantasy novels: 2001’s “The Fellowship of the Ring” (Saturdays, June 8, 15 & 22), 2002’s “The Two Towers” (Sundays, June 9, 16 & 23) and 2003’s “The Return of the King” (Mondays, June 10, 17 & 24). With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, et al. Fathom Events, various theaters, showtimes and prices (see website). fathomevents.com
‘Sicario’ There’s law and disorder on the U.S.-Mexico border in “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve’s taut and tense 2015 action thriller about an FBI agent, a CIA officer and a mysterious assassin trying to take down the head of a violent Mexican drug cartel. Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro star. Brain Dead Studios at the Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. 7 p.m. Saturday, June 8. $12. studios.wearebraindead.com
‘Watchmen’ Who watches them? That is the question in the director’s cut of Zak Snyder’s dark, dystopian 2009 superhero fable based on the Alan Moore graphic novels. With Malin Åkerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jackie Earle Haley and Carla Gugino. The Landmark Westwood, 1045 Broxton Ave., Westwood. 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8. $10. (310) 208-3250. landmarktheatres.com
‘The Wizard of Oz’ Judy Garland is Dorothy, a simple Kansas farm girl swept up by a twister and deposited in a magical land, in Victor Fleming’s beloved 1939 musical fantasy based on the writings of L. Frank Baum. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 8-9. $10, $12. (310) 322-2592. oldtownmusichall.org
‘Don’t Look Back’ Bob Dylan is at his most Dylanesque in D.A. Pennebaker’s black & white 1967 documentary that follows the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning music legend on his solo acoustic tour of England in 1965. Vidiots Eagle Theatre, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Highland Park. 7 p.m. Sunday, June 9. $9-$12. vidiotsfoundation.org
‘Pressure’ New 4K restoration of Horace Ovés’ groundbreaking 1976 drama about the “Windrush generation” of Black immigrant families from the Caribbean trying to carve out lives for themselves in the U.K. American Cinematheque at the Los Feliz 3, 1822 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. 7 p.m. Sunday, June 9; 10 p.m. Monday and Thursday, June 10 & 13. $10, $15. americancinematheque.com
‘Some Like It Hot’ Two musicians (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon) hide out from the Chicago mob by dressing in drag and traveling with an all-female band fronted by the voluptuous Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe) in Billy Wilder’s essential 1959 comedy. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 5 p.m. Sunday, June 9. $10, $15. americancinematheque.com
‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ John Cameron Mitchell directs and stars in this big-screen adaptation of the Off Broadway musical about a transgender rock singer from East Berlin; with Michael Pitt and Andrea Martin. Landmark Pasadena, 673 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. $12.25-$17.25. landmarktheatres.com
Film Maudit 2.0 This showcase for edgy, experimental, controversial, avant-garde and/or LGBTQ-themed cinema returns for a fifth time with screenings of more than 100 features and shorts from around the world. Highways Performance Space & Gallery, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. Various times, Wednesday thru next Sunday, June 12-16. $10; passes, $50. Info and schedules at filmmaudit2024.eventive.org
‘The Leopard’ Burt Lancaster portrays the patriarch of an aristocratic family in 19th-century Sicily in Luchino Visconti’s sumptuous 1963 historical epic; with Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale. In Italian with English subtitles. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, David Geffen Theater, 6067 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 12. $5-$10. academymuseum.org
‘Q — The Winged Serpent’ The mean streets of New York City get that much meaner thanks to a murderous cult that worships a monstrous Aztec deity in writer-director Larry Cohen’s bonkers 1982 mashup of creature feature and police procedural. With Michael Moriarty, David Carradine and Richard Roundtree. American Cinematheque at the Los Feliz 3, 1822 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 12. $8, $13. americancinematheque.com
See It on 16mm presents ‘A Secret Roger Corman Film’ The legendary B-movie director and producer who died in May is saluted with a screening of, well, your guess is as good as ours. The Art Theatre of Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St., Long Beach. 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 12. $9-$13.50. (562) 438-5435. arttheatrelongbeach.org