LAist Film Calendar: Halloween in September, Alfred Hitchcock Tribute & More
Halloween comes a little early this year, as the film that introduced the world to Michael Myers tears through The Egyptian on a double bill with the classic sci-fi/horror hybrid The Thing. It's part of a weekend long tribute to writer/director/producer/composer/probably-leaving-something-out-because-he's-done-everything John Carpenter, that also pairs '80s action funfests They Live (best film starring a wrestler, hands-down) and Big Trouble in Little China, as well as a personal favorite, Escape from New York, and its sequel Escape from L.A.. If that isn't enough to plot your escape, Carpenter himself will be appearing at the Friday show. His latest film, The Ward, just opened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and maybe if a bunch of us ask really nicely he'll talk about it.
The Aero pays homage to another auteur with "Vivid Obsession", a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's technicolor films. Nearly every night has featured talent: Tippi Hedren appears alongside The Birds & Marnie, Eva Marie Saint presides over North by Northwest (and To Catch A Thief), and Karen Black & Bruce Dern accompany Family Plot (and Rope). Speaking of plots, there's no more appropriate place to see the original Night of the Living Dead than in a cemetery, and no better cemetery-with-film-screenings than Hollywood Forever. For further desolate drama amidst complete chaos, head to the Downtown Independent for One Hundred Mornings, with writer/director Conor Horgan, producer Katie Holly & actress Kelly Campbell flying in all the way from Ireland for the Friday night premiere!
Full list appears below. See you at the movies!
The Thing | Courtesy Universal Pictures
All Week
- Catfish (2010) (The Landmark)
- I'm Still Here (2010) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
- Jack Goes Boating (2010) (The Landmark
- Last Train Home (2009) (The Landmark)
- One Hundred Mornings (2009) (Downtown Independent)
Thursday 9/16
- Family Plot (1976) / Rope (1948) (Aero Theatre) (w/ Karen Black & Bruce Dern) (Vivid Obsession: Hitchcock's Technicolor Films)
- Kick (w/ filmmaker Clara Alcott & other short films) (Echo Park Film Center)
- Korean Drama Special (Korean Cultural Center)
- Machete (2010) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ screening)
- The Mirror (1975) / The Naked Ape (1973) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Staff Picks)
- One Hundred Mornings (2009) (w/ cast & crew) (Downtown Independent)
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010) (Arclight Hollywood) (21+ screening)
- The Sound of Music (1965) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Takers (2010) (Arclight Pasadena) (21+ screening)
- The Touch (1970) (w/ Elliott Gould) (Goethe-Institut) (LACMA) (The Psychological Cinema of Ingmar Bergman)
- Viva Zapata! (1952) (free event) (Hammer Museum) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum)
Friday 9/17
- Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
- Escape From New York (1981) / Escape From L.A. (1996) (w/ John Carpenter) (Egyptian Theatre) (Escape Artist: A Tribute to John Carpenter)
- The Human Centipede (2009) (Art Theatre of Long Beach) (Mondo Fridays)
- North By Northwest (1959) / To Catch a Thief (1955) (w/ Eva Marie Saint) (Aero Theatre) (Vivid Obsession: Hitchcock's Technicolor Films)
- Pulp Fiction (1994) (midnight show) (New Beverly Cinema)
- The Seventh Seal (1956) / Silence (1963) (Goethe-Institut) (LACMA) (The Psychological Cinema of Ingmar Bergman)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) / Witness to Murder (1954) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Trafic (1971) / Parade (1974) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (The Films of Jacques Tati)
- Troop Beverly Hills (1989) (w/ dance party) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Staff Picks: Midnight Shows!)
Saturday 9/18
- And Film Is My Mistress (2009) (w/ director Stig Björkman) (Goethe-Institut) (LACMA) (The Psychological Cinema of Ingmar Bergman)
- Black Boot Issue #8 Release Party (Echo Park Film Center)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982) (Goethe-Institut) (LACMA) (The Psychological Cinema of Ingmar Bergman)
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (Outdoor Cinema Food Fest)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) (Regency Academy) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
- A King in New York (1957) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (The Chaplin Talkies)
- Lovers of Hate (2010) (w/ director Bryan Poyser) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Saturday Night Showcase)
- Maximum Overdrive (1986) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) (Cinespia Screenings) (Summer Series)
- Power Kids (2010) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (HFS: Gang Wars)
- Rear Window (1954) / The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (Aero Theatre) (Vivid Obsession: Hitchcock's Technicolor Films)
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Sins O' The Flesh Midnight Show) (Nuart Theatre)
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Midnight Insanity Midnight Show) (South Coast Village Regency Theaters)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) / Witness to Murder (1954) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (w/ Walter Koenig) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
- The Strange One (1957) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Method and Madness: The Films of Jack Garfein)
- They Live (1988) / Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (Egyptian Theatre) (Escape Artist: A Tribute to John Carpenter)
Sunday 9/19
- The Birds (1963) / Marnie (1964) (w/ Tippi Hedren) (Aero Theatre) (Vivid Obsession: Hitchcock's Technicolor Films)
- The Godfather (1972) (The Bay Theatre)
- A Journey Back (1987) (w/ Jack Garfein) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Method and Madness: The Films of Jack Garfein)
- Millennium Actress (2001) / Paprika (2006) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Sing China! (2009) (free event) (Hammer Museum)
- Something Wild (1961) (w/ Jack Garfein) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Method and Madness: The Films of Jack Garfein)
- The Thing (1982) / Halloween (1978) (Egyptian Theatre) (Escape Artist: A Tribute to John Carpenter)
- Valhalla Rising (2009) (w/ director Nicolas Winding Refn) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
- Visual Acoustics (2008) (w/ director Eric Bricker) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
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