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LAist Film Calendar 02/17-02/20: Mothra, Wikipedia & India
Godzilla may be Tokyo's most famous giant monster, but Mothra's a close second. The behemoth bug turns 50 this year, and the Egyptian celebrates with an English dub of the original Mothra alongside a subtitled print of Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. The latter film, which turns 10, pits Mothra against The Big G (you just can't keep a good radioactive dinosaur down!) and fellow beasts King Ghidorah & Baragon.
For more mutant reptiles, get shell-shocked at the New Beverly with a midnight screening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with creator Kevin Eastman!
Wikipedia also celebrates 10 years of revolutionizing reference & research with the documentary Truth in Numbers? Everything According to Wikipedia, screening Thursday at the Aero with directors Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill & author Andrew Lih (The Wikipedia Revolution). Should the film inspire you to share your knowledge with the world, there's also an in-house Wikipedia editing session following the screening.
If you'd rather search Wikipedia than edit it, try entering 7 Khoon Maaf. You'll get "a beautiful woman who goes on to kill all her seven husbands". Former Miss World Priyanka Chopra stars as the beautiful woman, and her seven husbands include fellow Bollywood stars John Abraham (Dhoom, Water) & Irrfan Khan (Slumdog Millionaire, The Darjeeling Limited). The film opens at Laemmle's Fallbrook alongside compatriots Marykkundoru Kunjadu and Nadunisi Naaygal. The former is a Malayalam-language rom-com, while the latter is a Tamil-language thriller, unique for featuring no film score or music.
Full list appears below. See you at the movies!
All Week
- 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
- Another Year (2010) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
- Barney's Version (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
- Carbon Nation (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
- Even the Rain (2010) (The Landmark) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
- The Illusionist (2010) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
- Immigration Tango (2010) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
- The Last Lions (2011) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
- Marykkundoru Kunjadu (2010) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
- Nadunisi Naaygal (2011) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
- The Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated (Nuart Theatre)
- The Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
- The Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action (Nuart Theatre)
- Queen of the Lot (2010) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
- Senna (2010) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
- Vidal Sassoon (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Thursday 2/17
- Blue Valentine (2010) (Arclight Hollywood) (21+ screening)
- Boy Meets Girl (1984) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Vive l'amour)
- The Cage We Are Tricked Into (w/ filmmakers) (Echo Park Film Center)
- Just Go With It (2011) (Arclight Beach Cities) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ screening)
- The Resident (2010) (w/ cast & crew) (Egyptian Theatre)
- Tiny Furniture (2010) / Ghost World (2001) (w/ editor Michael R. Miller) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Truth in Numbers? Everything According to Wikipedia (2010) (w/ directors Scott Glosserman & Nic Hill and author Andrew Lih) (Aero Theatre)
- Vapor Trail (Clark) (2010) (free event w/ activist Myrla Baldonado) (Melnitz Movies)
Friday 2/18
- The Addams Family (1991) (Regency Academy) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
- Barefoot in the Park (1967) / Nine to Five (1980) (LACMA) (Bright Star: Jane Fonda on Film)
- Billy Madison (1995) / Happy Gilmore (1996) Drink-a-Long & Beer Pong (Downtown Independent)
- Carbon Nation (2010) (w/ filmmaker at 7:20pm show) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
- The Fighter (2010) (w/ director David O. Russell & guests) (Aero Theatre)
- The Lady Eve (1941) (Old Town Music Hall)
- MASH (1970) / California Split (1974) (New Beverly Cinema)
- My Tehran for Sale (2009) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema)
- Poison (1991) / Clean, Shaven (1994) (w/ director Todd Haynes) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (When Indies Rocked)
- Scream of Fear (1961) / The Gorgon (1964) (Egyptian Theatre)
- Shock Treatment (1981) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
Saturday 2/19
- Carbon Nation (2010) (weekend morning show w/ filmmaker) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
- Carbon Nation (2010) (w/ filmmaker at 7:20pm show) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
- Carlos (2010) (Downtown Independent)
- Close-Up (1990) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema)
- Dogtooth (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
- I Am Here....Now (2010) (w/ filmmaker Neil Breen) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (HFS: 2010)
- Joy House (1964) / The Chase (1966) (LACMA) (Bright Star: Jane Fonda on Film)
- The Lady Eve (1941) (Old Town Music Hall)
- MASH (1970) / California Split (1974) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Mothra (1961) / Godzilla, Mothra, & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) (Egyptian Theatre)
- Prizzi's Honor (1985) / The Dead (1987) (w/ Anjelica Huston) (Aero Theatre)
- Queen of the Lot (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
- 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)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
- The Thief of Baghdad (1924) re-imagined by Shadoe Stevens (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (members only screening)
- Troubadours (2011) (w/ producer Eddie Schmidt & live music from The Fergusens) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
- Troubadours (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
- Waste Land (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Sunday 2/20
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) / Hallelujah! (1929) (New Beverly Cinema)
- Camille (1936) (Egyptian Theatre)
- Carbon Nation (2010) (weekend morning show w/ filmmaker) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
- Cedar Rapids (2011) (w/ director Miguel Arteta at 8pm show) (The Landmark)
- Dogtooth (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
- Dublab Labrat Matinee 9: Our Minds Align (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
- Fred Worden: Illustrations and Altercations (Echo Park Film Center) (Los Angeles Filmforum)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) (Aero Theatre) (Once Upon A Time: The Films of Sergio Leone)
- The Lady Eve (1941) (Old Town Music Hall)
- Mean Streets (1973) (The Bay Theatre)
- Queen of the Lot (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
- Shoah (1985) (Downtown Independent)
- Tehran Tehran (2010) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema)
- Troubadours (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
- Waste Land (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
That's all for this week. Turtle (and giant moth-summoning twin) power!
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