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LAist Film Calendar 06/28-07/01: Bloodsucker Beach Bash!
The summer months aren't kind to vampires, although the season does bring the Vampire-Con Film Festival to the New Beverly. This year's blood-sucking bonanza begins Friday with Robert Rodriguez' From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), paired with Mexican horror The Vampire's Coffin (1958). The coffins keep coming Saturday with House of Dark Shadows (1970), the original big-screen version of the supernatural soap, alongside Grave of the Vampire (1974). There's no better sanctuary than a dark theater!
Celebrate the sunlight at Cinefamily with Saturday's Island Summer Party. The all-day affair sets sail with Disney's Swiss Family Robinson (1960) at 4, the infamous Blue Lagoon (1980) around 7, "Bullets, Bombs & Babes" flick Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) around 9:30 and a midnight screening of Danny Boyle's The Beach (2000). Hard Ticket producer Arlene Sidaris will appear to introduce that film. Of course, a Cinefamily special event always goes beyond mere movies. Polynesian musicians, fire dancers and a limbo competition between films ensure you'll have as much fun out of your seat as in it.
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Then there are times you need to get out of the theater altogether. This weekend's Eat|See|Hear outdoor screening brings Zoolander (2001) to Paul Revere Charter Middle School in Brentwood (check out our intro to the series here). Even the biggest screen looks like it was built for ants compared to this behemoth. Self-described "real raunchy flower punk" band The Orwells kicks off the walk off at 7, with food trucks from Border Grill, Buttermilk, Fatburger, Jogasaki Burrito, Nom Nom, Shrimp Pimp, Steel City Sandwich and Vizzi peddling really really good looking treats.
Full list appears below. See you at the movies!
ALL WEEK
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) (Arclight Hollywood) (The Landmark)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) (Nuart Theatre)
A Drummer's Dream (2010) (Downtown Independent)
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
The Intouchables (2011) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
The Last Ride (2012) (Laemmle's Noho 7)
The Matchmaker (2010) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Neil Young: Journeys (2011) (Nuart Theatre)
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Ted (2012) (Arclight Hollywood) (Laemmle's Noho 7)
Turn Me On, Damnit! (2011) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Noho 7) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Unforgivable (2011) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Your Sister's Sister (2011) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
THURSDAY 6/28
71 Into the Fire (2010) (Korean Cultural Center)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) (midnight show) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
The Carter (2009) (free event) (Aero Theatre) (This Must Be the Place: Music on the Big Screen at the American Cinematheque)
Crazy Eyes (2012) (free event) (USC School of Cinematic Arts) (Outside the Box (Office))
Don't Look Back (1967) (Aero Theatre) (This Must Be the Place: Music on the Big Screen at the American Cinematheque)
LA Air: Nancy Jean Tucker (Echo Park Film Center)
OC87 (2010) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
Opening Night (free event) (LACMA) (Dance Camera West 11th Annual Dance Media Film Festival)
Rebellion (2011) / La Haine (1995) (w/ actor-director Mathieu Kassovitz) (Egyptian Theatre)
The Salt of Life (2011) / Mid-August Lunch (2008) (New Beverly Cinema)
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FRIDAY 6/29
Adult Swim: Black Dynamite Premiere (free event) (Downtown Independent)
Arachnophobia (1990) (midnight show) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Friday Night Frights)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) / The Vampire's Coffin (1958) (New Beverly Cinema) (Vampire-Con Film Festival)
The Last Ride (2012) (w/ filmmaker Harry Thomason & special guests at the 7:10 screening) (Laemmle's Noho 7)
Long Shorts Program (free event) (LACMA) (Dance Camera West 11th Annual Dance Media Film Festival)
Morocco (1930) (Old Town Music Hall)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) / When the Wind Blows (1986) (Aero Theatre) (This Must Be the Place: Music on the Big Screen at the American Cinematheque)
She (1935) (w/ Holly Woodlawn) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Queer/Art/Film)
Soul Train Tribute (free event) (LACMA) (Dance Camera West 11th Annual Dance Media Film Festival)
A Star is Born (1937) (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) (Oscars Outdoors)
Thunderbirds are Go (1966) / Thunderbird Six (1968) (Egyptian Theatre)
The Warriors (1978) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
SATURDAY 6/30
Bill W. (2012) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Channel 101 (free event) (Downtown Independent)
Cinefamily Summer Island Party (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Enter the Void (2009) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
First Position (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Going Somewhere (2011) (free event) (Hammer Museum) (Dance Camera West 11th Annual Dance Media Film Festival)
The Goonies (1985) (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) (Oscars Outdoors)
House of Dark Shadows (1970) / Grave of the Vampire (1974) (New Beverly Cinema) (Vampire-Con Film Festival)
Labyrinth (1984) (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) (Cinespia Screenings)
Morocco (1930) (Old Town Music Hall)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) (w/ producer Matty Simmons and actors Stephen Furst & Martha Smith) (Egyptian Theatre)
OC87 (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Palms (1993) (Echo Park Film Center)
Paul Williams: Still Alive (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
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)
Stop Making Sense (1984) / Stax Revue 1967 (2007) (Aero Theatre) (This Must Be the Place: Music on the Big Screen at the American Cinematheque)
Thunderbirds Episodes Part 1 (Egyptian Theatre)
Zoolander (2001) (Eat|See|Hear) (Paul Revere Charter Middle School)
SUNDAY 7/1
1776 (1972) (w/ director Peter H. Hunt) (Egyptian Theatre)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Bill W. (2012) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
First Position (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Lolita (1962) (The Bay Theatre)
Monterey Pop (1968) (Aero Theatre) (This Must Be the Place: Music on the Big Screen at the American Cinematheque)
Morocco (1930) (Old Town Music Hall)
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (Downtown Independent)
OC87 (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Paul Williams: Still Alive (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Pink Ribbons Inc (2011) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
Saul Bass on Film: Phase IV (1974) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Thunderbirds Episodes Part 2 (Egyptian Theatre)
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