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Nothing screams summer like Sleepaway Camp! It may not be a household name like Friday the 13th (it isn't even being remade!), but that may change Friday the 29th following the Nuart's midnight screening. After losing her family in a boat accident, painfully shy Angela hopes for a normal life away at camp. Unfortunately, kids will be kids and bullies will be bullies. But it gets better - they all die. Could it be Angela's over-protective cousin Ricky, or is Angela hiding something?
Sleepaway Camp is a delightfully sick slasher that wrings every penny out of its low budget. The inventive stalk-and-slash sequences pull no punches, and since the majority of victims (and possibly the killer?) are younger teens, the kills pack an additional wallop. A true cult classic, it inspired Camp Kill Yourself (a skate-punk band whose promotional stunt videos featured then-unknown Bam Margera) & a series of sequels featuring Bruce Springsteen's sister. Actors Felissa Rose (Angela), Jonathan Tiersten (Ricky) & Tom van Dell (Mike, one of the bullies) will introduce the screening.
For a different sort of camp, Doug Benson continues his Movie Interruption series Sunday at the Cinefamily with last year's Piranha remake. Calling the film decent may be a stretch, but there's something to be said for a film that knows from frame one how ridiculous it is. It's a ton of fun, with a cast including Doc Brown, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer, Elisabeth Shue & Adam Scott. It's unclear whether Cinefamily is presenting the film in its "original" 3D format (nerd alert: it was a post-conversion anyway, which James Cameron publicly insulted). Regardless, the beach, boobs & blood will be benefited by Benson's belittling.
If you're the classier sort, who prefers a charming bed & breakfast to childish camp, may we suggest Psycho II? The New Beverly screens this nearly-forgotten sequel to the Hitchcock classic Saturday in collusion with Horror Movie A Day. HMAD's review praises the film for "present[ing] another mystery angle without betraying or rewriting the original film". Their screening sadly features no guests (how spoiled we are!), but includes several Psycho-themed giveaways.
Full list appears below.
All Week
Buck (2011) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
Crazy Stupid Love (2011) (The Landmark) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
The Devil's Double (2011) (The Landmark)
Good Neighbors (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
The Guard (2011) (The Landmark)
Life in a Day (2011) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
A Little Help (2010) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
The Maya Indie Film Series (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) (Nuart Theatre)
Nine Nation Animation (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
Point Blank (2011) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Sunset 5) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Sarah's Key (2010) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
The Sleeping Beauty (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Sympathy For Delicious (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Tabloid (2010) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
Tree of Life (2011) (Regent Theatre)
Thursday 7/28
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) (w/ Barbara Eden) (Egyptian Theatre)
Beginners (2011) (Arclight Hollywood) (21+ screening)
The Clock (2010) (free event) (LACMA)
Days of Heaven (1978) / Badlands (1973) (New Beverly Cinema)
Friends With Benefits (2011) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ screening)
Gallant Man (1969) (Korean Cultural Center)
Horrible Bosses (2011) (Arclight Beach Cities) (Arclight Pasadena) (21+ screening)
Kevin (2010) (w/ special guests & music) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Don't Knock the Rock 2011)
Top Gun (1986) (Aero Theatre) (70MM)
Friday 7/29
The Big Heat (1953) / Framed (1947) (New Beverly Cinema)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) / His Girl Friday (1940) (w/ special guest) (Aero Theatre)
Butterfly (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer (2010) (w/ special guests including filmmaker James Dirschberger & members of the Dwyer family) (Cinema Speakeasy) (Royal/T)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947) / The Conformist (1970) (LACMA) (Celebrating Classic Cinema: Curator and Audience Favorites)
Laurel & Hardy Festival (Old Town Music Hall)
The Kindred (1987) (w/ director Jeffrey Obrow) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Friday Night Frights)
Mortal Kombat (1995) (Regency Academy) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) (w/ crew & cast at 7:30pm & 10pm shows) (Nuart Theatre)
Pulp Fiction (1994) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
Sleepaway Camp (1983) (w/ cast members Jonathan Tiersten, Tom van Dell and Felissa Rose) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
West of the Pecos (1945) / Rachel and the Stranger (1948) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Tracking the Cat: Robert Mitchum in the West)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) / Labyrinth (1986) (Egyptian Theatre)
Saturday 7/30
The Big Heat (1953) / Framed (1947) (New Beverly Cinema)
Blazing Saddles (1974) (midnight show) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences)
Bride Flight (2008) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Channel 101 (free event) (Downtown Independent)
El Dorado (1966) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Tracking the Cat: Robert Mitchum in the West)
Flash Gordon (1980) (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) (Cinespia Screenings) (Summer Series)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) (LACMA) (Saturday Monster Matinees)
L.A. Confidential (1997) (Outdoor Cinema Food Fest) (L.A. State Historic Park)
Late Autumn (1962) (LACMA) (Celebrating Classic Cinema: Curator and Audience Favorites)
Laurel & Hardy Festival (Old Town Music Hall)
Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) (w/ crew & cast at 7:30pm & 10pm shows) (Nuart Theatre)
Nine Nation Animation (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Page One (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Psycho II (1983) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights) (Horror Movie A Day)
The River (1951) (LACMA) (Celebrating Classic Cinema: Curator and Audience Favorites)
Roar (1981) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
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)
The Sleeping Beauty (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Spider-Man (2002) / Spider-Man 2 (2004) (w/ Stan Lee at Every Picture Tells a Story) (Aero Theatre)
The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner (1991) / Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner (2008) (w/ special guests & discussion) (Egyptian Theatre) (John Lautner Turns 100 Tribute)
The Untameable (1923) (Egyptian Theatre)
Sunday 7/31
The Boy Friend (1971) (w/ panel discussion) (Aero Theatre) (The Scenes Where We Live)
Bride Flight (2008) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) (w/ director Ted Newson & other special guests) (New Beverly Cinema)
The Gang's All Here (19343) (w/ guests & "The Rise of the Latin Lover" lecture) (Egyptian Theatre)
The Goonies (1985) (The Bay Theatre)
Grease (1978) (w/ director Randal Kleiser) (Egyptian Theatre)
Laurel & Hardy Festival (Old Town Music Hall)
Page One (2011) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Nine Nation Animation (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Piranha (2010) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (The Doug Benson Movie Interruption)
Sing It Out Loud!: Films by Jodie Mack (w/ Jodie Mack) (Los Angeles Filmforum) (Egyptian Theatre)
The Sleeping Beauty (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Wrecked for Life: The Trip & Magic of Trocadero Transfer (1993) / The Last Days of Disco (1998) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Reflections in a Mirrored Ball)
That's all for this week. See you at the movies!
