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LAist Film Calendar 01/26-01/29: Studio Ghibli Turns 20 & Paramount Turns 100!
The charming MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO plays the Aero on Sunday as part of the "Castles in the Sky" Studio Ghibli retrospective. Courtesy Walt Disney Pictures / Studio Ghibli.
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Get Spirited Away with the films of Hayao Miyazaki at the American Cinematheque! "Castles in the Sky", a 20-year retrospective of the renowned Japanese animator's Studio Ghibli, plays this and next weekend. That Oscar winner screens Friday at the Aero, alongside the gem My Neighbor Totoro Sunday afternoon at 4PM. If you've never seen one of Miyazaki's exquisite, sweetly spiritual works, either would make a fine entry point. If you aren't up for reading, or would like to introduce your family to these films, note that these are English dubbed prints.
For fans who want to dig deeper, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind screens Saturday at the Egyptian. The pro-environment, post-apocalyptic action film is the very first Studio Ghibli release. The Egyptian also hosts Porco Rosso, a lesser-known WWII adventure in which an ace pilot's selfishness transforms him into a pig (a theme familiar to fans of Spirited Away). Back at the Aero, Sunday night closes with Whisper of the Heart. The coming-of-age story about a girl and her top-hat-laden-cat is the only feature from Miyazaki's protégé Yoshifumi Kondo, who died suddenly & tragically a few years after its release. These films screen from new prints in their native Japanese, with English subtitles.
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The Oscar outpouring for The Artist & Hugo illustrates an aficionado's interest in the early days of cinema, but here's a name any moviegoer would recognize: Paramount Pictures is turning 100. LACMA and Film Independent will mark the occasion with screenings throughout the season of Paramount films old and new. The series begins tomorrow by turning over A New Leaf. The writing & directorial debut of Elaine May (writer of The Birdcage, director of the ill-fated Ishtar), A New Leaf stars her as a nebbish heiress in the sights of a vapid playboy (Walter Matthau). Then, classic comedienne Mae West & Cary Grant pair off in the racy 1930s comedy She Done Him Wrong. The film is "pre-Code", an almost-mythical designation meaning it was made just before the Motion Picture Production Code (a more restrictive precursor to the MPAA) really took off. Compared to screwball contemporaries like Bringing Up Baby & Holiday (playing together at the New Bev), it's even screwier & ballier. It's $10 for the double-bill, or just $5 for the wild, wild West.
Full list appears below. See you at the movies!
All Week
Agneepath (2012) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
Albert Nobbs (2011) (The Landmark) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
A Dangerous Method (2011) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7) (Laemmle's Noho 7)
Declaration of War (2011) (Nuart Theatre)
Halfway Home (2011) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
Lula, Son of Brazil (2009) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Margaret (2011) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Miss Bala (2011) (Regent Theatre)
Norwegian Wood (2011) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3) (Laemmle's Noho 7) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Play Date (2011) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Thursday 1/26
A New Leaf (1971) / She Done Him Wrong (1933) (LACMA) (100 Years of Paramount Pictures)
Don't Think (2012) (Arclight Hollywood)
Fat City (1972) / The New Centurions (1972) (Aero Theatre)
Film Socialisme (2010) / Masculin Feminin (1966) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Godard's "Film Socialisme' and Godard in the '60s)
Insadong Scandal (2009) (Korean Cultural Center)
Porco Ross (1992) (Egyptian Theatre) (Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) (Arclight Hollywood)
Summer (1986) / 4 Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) (New Beverly Cinema)
Friday 1/27
Act of Valor (2012) (free event w/ reservation) (USC School of Cinematic Arts)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) / Holiday (1938) (New Beverly Cinema)
Contraband (2012) (Arclight Beach Cities) (21+ show)
The Devils (1971) (Egyptian Theatre) (A Tribute to Ken Russell)
Francis in the Navy (1949) (Old Town Music Hall)
The Iron Lady (2012) (Arclight Beach Cities) (21+ show)
The Other Conquest (2000) (free event w/ director Salvador Carrasco & other guests) (LACMA)
Red Hook Black (2011) (L.A. premiere w/ cast & crew) (Downtown Independent)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
Spirited Away (2001) (Aero Theatre) (Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli)
The Theatre Bizarre (2011) (w/ special guests) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
Saturday 1/28
Bringing Up Baby (1938) / Holiday (1938) (New Beverly Cinema)
The Cameraman (1928) (Egyptian Theatre)
Carnage (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Noho 7)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Channel 101 (free event) (Downtown Independent)
A Dangerous Method (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Deliverance (1972) / Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) (Aero Theatre)
Francis in the Navy (1949) (Old Town Music Hall)
In Heaven, Underground (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Jean Harlow Pajama Party feat. Bombshell (1933) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Khodorkovsky (2011) (free event w/ reservation) (USC School of Cinematic Arts) (Outside the Box (Office))
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Egyptian Theatre) (Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli)
Psycho III (1986) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Live Shadowcast Midnight Show) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
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)
Sixteen Candles (1984) (Devil's Night Drive In)
Visions, Memory, and a Screen: Optical Manipulations (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Los Angeles Filmforum) (Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980)
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Sunday 1/29
Carnage (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Noho 7)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
A Dangerous Method (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Francis in the Navy (1949) (Old Town Music Hall)
Ghostbusters (1984) / Groundhog Day (1993) (New Beverly Cinema)
In Heaven, Underground (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
My Neighbor Tortoro (1988) (Aero Theatre) (Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli)
A Place in the Sun (1951) (The Bay Theatre)
Tommy (1975) (Egyptian Theatre) (A Tribute to Ken Russell)
Top Secret Rosies (2010) (Downtown Independent)
Whisper of the Heart (1995) (Aero Theatre) (Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata, and the Masters of Studio Ghibli)
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