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LAist Film Calendar: Food Trucks, Playboys & Psychedelic Blondes
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Photo courtesy of the Outdoor Cinema Food Fest
When you start writing for LAist, you sign a pact in soy chorizo to promote the sacred order of the food truck whenever possible. But so many theaters prohibit bringing in outside food! What to do? If you're the Outdoor Cinema Food Fest, you bring the film outside to the food! LAist's own Farley Elliot posted an overview of the fest a few weeks back, and here's this week's delectable details: in celebration of International Dance Day, Moulin Rouge! screens downtown at Grand Hope Park, accompanied by local piano-rock quartet The Quiet, free coffee from Don Francisco's and The Buttermilk Truck, Calbi BBQ, Lake Street Creamery and Uncle Lau's BBQ! Follow Outdoor Cinema Food Fest on Twitter for late breaking updates!
Pay tribute to the man who saved the Hollywood sign AND your dad's lonely weekend nights, when Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel screens at the Nuart all week. The doc's director and sensational subject will appear at the 7:15 showing on Saturday. Should you require a classy dame to go with the gent, the Egyptian hosts Kim Novak on Friday as part of their "Platinum Career" tribute series with brand-spankin'-new restorations of Bell Book & Candle, Pal Joey, Picnic, Middle of the Night, and a gorgeous 70MM print of Vertigo. Ms. Novak's cinematic costars for the weekend include Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon and Ol' Blue Eyes. Or indulge in the classic that never was, when Laemmle's Sunset plays the unfinished psychedelic thriller Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Inferno".
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Full list appears below. Note the asterisks before each title - hopefully this makes the listing easier to read on mobile phones. If so (or if not) let me know. See you at the movies!
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All Week
* After the Last Round (2009) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
* Around a Small Mountain (2009) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
* Chen Chieh-jen: Empire's Borders II - Western Enterprises, Inc. (2010) (Free Event) (REDCAT - Roy & Edna Disney/Calarts Theater)
* The Concert (2009) (The Landmark)
* Countdown to Zero (2010) (The Landmark)
* Cyrus (2010) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
* Dinner for Schmucks (2010) (The Landmark) (Laemmle's Claremont 5) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
* The Dry Land (2010) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
* Get Low (2009) (The Landmark)
* The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009) (Laemmle's Claremont 5)
* Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Inferno" (2009) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
* Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) (Nuart Theatre)
* I Am Love (2009) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
* ITV Fest (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
* Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
* The Kids Are Alright (2010) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
* Life During Wartime (2009) (Laemmle's Claremont 5) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Sunset 5) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
* New Original Works Festival (REDCAT - Roy & Edna Disney/Calarts Theater)
* Spoken Word (2009) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
* Winter's Bone (2010) (Laemmle's Claremont 5)
* Wretches & Jabberers (2010) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
Thursday 7/29
* Cooley High (1975) / The Last Dragon (1985) (w/ director Michael Schultz) (Egyptian Theatre)
* Dark and Stormy Night (2009) / The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2009) (w/ cast, crew, & DVD giveaways) (New Beverly Cinema)
* Despicable Me (2010) (Arclight Pasadena) (21+ screening)
* Houston We Have a Problem (2009) (w/ filmmakers at 7pm show) (Downtown Independent)
* Inception (2010) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ screening)
* The Kids Are Alright (2010) (Arclight Hollywood) (21+ screening)
* The Player (1992) (LACMA)
* Salt (2010) (Arclight Pasadena) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ screening)
* Stones in Exile (2010) / Gimme Shelter (1970) (w/ director Stephen Kijak, producer Ron Schneider, & Mods & Rockers Festival producer Martin Lewis) (Aero Theatre) (Wild Things: A Celebration of Rock Documentaries & Mods & Rockers 2010)
* Target Video presents: SoCal Punk Rockers (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Don't Knock the Rock 2010)
Friday 7/30
* Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
* Background to Danger (1943) / Between Two Worlds (1944) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Rarities from the Warner Archive Collection)
* Bell Book & Candle (1958) / Pal Joey (1957) (w/ Kim Novak & Stephen Rebello) (Egyptian Theatre) (Platinum Career: A Tribute to Kim Novak)
* The Big Lebowski (1998) (Regency Westwood Village Theater) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
* The Big Show (1936) (Old Town Music Hall)
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (midnight show) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
* The Ghost Writer (2010) / Knife in the Water (1962) (New Beverly Cinema)
* The Harvey Girls (1946) (Autry National Center) (The Imagined West Film Series)
* Hip Hop Kung Fu: The Movie (2008) (free event w/ live performances) (Downtown Independent)
* Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) (w/ Hugh Hefner & filmmaker Brigitte Berman) (Nuart Theatre)
* The Marriage Circle (1924) / So This is Paris (1926) (LACMA) (The American Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch)
* Monterey Pop (1968) / Wattstax (1973) (Aero Theatre) (Wild Things: A Celebration of Rock Documentaries & Mods & Rockers 2010)
* Out of the Blue (1980) / White Star (1983) (w/ actress Linda Manz) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born to Follow co-presented by MOCA and Cinespia)
Saturday 7/31
* Airplane! (1980) (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) (Cinespia Screenings) (Summer Series)
* The Big Show (1936) (Old Town Music Hall)
* The Dark Crystal (1982) (Regency Academy) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (midnight show) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
* Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
* The Ghost Writer (2010) / Knife in the Water (1962) (New Beverly Cinema)
* Heaven Can Wait (1943) / Cluny Brown (1946) (LACMA) (The American Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch)
* Kisses (2008) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
* The Last Movie (1971) (Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born to Follow co-presented by MOCA and Cinespia)
* Modern Girls (1986) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
* Moulin Rouge! (2001) (Grand Hope Park) (Outdoor Cinema Food Fest)
* Picnic (1955) / Middle of the Night (1959) (Egyptian Theatre) (Platinum Career: A Tribute to Kim Novak)
* 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)
* South of the Border (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Claremont 5)
* Star Trek: Generations (1994) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
* The Unsuspected (1947) / I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Rarities from the Warner Archive Collection)
* Winnebago Man (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
* Woodstock (1970) (Aero Theatre) (Wild Things: A Celebration of Rock Documentaries & Mods & Rockers 2010)
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Sunday 8/1
* 442: Live With Honor - Die With Dignity (2010) (Warner Grand Theatre)
* The Big Show (1936) (Old Town Music Hall)
* Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
* Fellini Satyricon (1969) / Fellini's Roma (1972) (New Beverly Cinema)
* Kisses (2008) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex
* Heavy Metal (1981) / American Pop (1981) (Aero Theatre)
* Look for the Silver Lining (1919) / Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Rarities from the Warner Archive Collection)
* Retro Format: Midsummer Night Silent Comedy (Egyptian Theatre)
* South of the Border (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Claremont 5)
* Vertigo (1958) (70MM) (Egyptian Theatre) (Platinum Career: A Tribute to Kim Novak)
* Views of Labor: A Bientot Jíespere (1968) (Egyptian Theatre) (Los Angeles Filmforum)
* Winnebago Man (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
That's all for this week. Let's skip to the movie. Dinner's for schmucks.
Compiled, as always, by the amazing and diligent Edward Yerke-Robins (and family!)
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