It's funny 'cuz he has no hair! - Photo courtesy of Twinkle Cash Co. / Semirebellious Films
Jesus H. Christ might have turned water into wine, but Maynard James Keenan goes for the hard stuff in Blood Into Wine, uncorking this weekend at Laemmle's Sunset. V is for Vino, as the reclusive musician details the exhaustive efforts, personal history and chaos that goes into every bottle of his Arizona Stronghold winery. If that sounds snobby, step back and ask yourself the last winemaking documentary that played at midnight showings. Beyond Keenan's sense of humor (e.g. he opens his bottles with a pair of brass knuckles), look for hordes of Tool fans, Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Milla Jovovich and Tim & Eric to take the edge off.
Speaking of Tim & Eric, as you're aware, they absurdist duo hosts the lavish premiere of the low-budget Birdemic at Cinefamily Saturday night. Shock and terror! It's already sold out! But Czech out their early show of Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, a surrealist psycho-drama about a young girl's sexual awakening - with gorgeous cinematography, Bloc-rockin' vampires and a cloaked ghoul straight out of The Seventh Seal (or, if you prefer, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey). Then stick around for the Reggae Jerk Chicken Truck - assuming you have any appetite left after Laemmle's Music Hall's presentation of crazed collector-come-cannibal flick The Man Who Collected Food. Does a doggy bag count as Mint-In-Box?
Full list appears below. See you at the movies!
It's sexy 'cuz she has hair (and color-scribble-thingys)! - Courtesy Cinefamily | Facets Home Video
All Week
Blood Into Wine (2010) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Bulletproof Salesman (2008) (Downtown Independent)
Defendor (2009) (The Landmark)
Easier With Practice (2009) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
The Girl on the Train (2009) (Laemmle's Fallbrook 7)
The Last Station (2009) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
The Man Who Collected Food (2009) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
The Messenger (2009) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
North Face (2008) (Laemmle's Music Hall 3)
The Oscar Nominated Short Films (Animated) (Nuart Theatre)
The Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live Action) (Nuart Theatre)
A Prophet (2009) (The Landmark)
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Zombie Girl: The Movie (2009) (Downtown Independent)
Thursday 2/25
Breaking Away (1979) / Bottle Rocket (1996) (New Beverly Cinema) (Jason Reitman Guest-Programs the New Beverly)
For Eternal Hearts (2007) (free event) (Korean Cultural Center)
Gremlins (1984) / Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (Egyptian Theatre)
Liquid Sky (1983) (w/ director Slava Tsukerman and Grill 'Em All burger truck) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Post-Punk Junk)
Lourdes (2009) (free event) (Melnitz Movies)
Narrenspiel (Fool's Game) (2008) (free event w/ filmmakers) (Goethe-Institut)
Playtime (1967) (Aero Theatre) (Tati Time: A Jacques Tati Retrospective)
Shutter Island (2010) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ screening)
Sister Aimee: The Musical DVD Release Party (free event w/ filmmakers) (Echo Park Film Center)
When the Night Comes (2010) (premiere w/ performances by Sam Outlaw & The Fling) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
The Wolfman (2010) (Arclight Hollywood) (21+ screening)
Friday 2/26
Adventures in Babysitting (1987) (Regency Academy) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
Antichrist (2009) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
Bird (1988) (LACMA) (The Essential Clint Eastwood)
Black Dynamite (2009) (Art Theatre of Long Beach) (Mondo Fridays)
Born Yesterday (1950) / It Should Happen to You (1954) (New Beverly Cinema)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) / Sleeping Beauties (1997) (w/ Jaime Babbit) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (The Legacy Project Screening Series)
Eggshells (1968) (midnight drive-in screening) (Steve Allen Theater)
Game Show Models (1977) / The Boob Tube (1975) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Cultra Video Presents: The Art of Exploitation)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) / Jack the Giant Killer (1962) (Egyptian Theatre)
Mon Oncle (1958) / The Magnificent Tati (2009) (w/ additional shorts) (Aero Theatre) (Tati Time: A Jacques Tati Retrospective)
On the Avenue (1937) (Old Town Music Hall)
Pathogen (2006) (w/ director's introduction via Skype) (Downtown Independent)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (midnight show) (New Beverly Cinema)
Sneaker-head the Mini Doc: Season 1 Episode 2: The Line Ups (w/ cast and director) (Space15 Twenty)
Saturday 2/27
African American Filmmakers Short Film Celebration (w/ Michael Johnson, Marcus Stokes and Terence Anthony) (Egyptian Theatre)
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (w/ director James Nguyen and stars Whitney Moore and Alan Bagh plus Reggae Jerk Chicken truck)
Born Yesterday (1950) / It Should Happen to You (1954) (New Beverly Cinema)
Burma VJ (2008) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
The Cove (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Food, Inc. (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009) (w/ Gerald Peary, John Powers, Richard Schickel, Ella Taylor, and Anne Thompson) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (For the Love of Movies)
HollyShorts Film Festival Showcase (w/ filmmakers) (Echo Park Film Center)
The Messenger (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) / The Big Day (1949) (Aero Theatre) (Tati Time: A Jacques Tati Retrospective)
On the Avenue (1937) (Old Town Music Hall)
REDCAT International Children's Film 2010: Day One (REDCAT - Roy & Edna Disney/Calarts Theater)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Sins O' The Flesh Midnight Show) (Nuart Theatre)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Midnight Insanity Midnight Show) (Warner Grand Theatre)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Czech Your Head)
Videodrome (1993) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
Sunday 2/28
Bj¯rn Melhus: Out of the Blue (Los Angeles Filmforum) (Egyptian Theatre)
Broken Embraces (2009) (w/ discussion) (Art Theatre of Long Beach)
Burma VJ (2008) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
Cartune Xprez: 2010 Future Television (w/ live show by Hooliganship) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
The Cove (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Defendor (2009) (w/ Woody Harrelson at 2:40pm screening) (The Landmark)
Family Law (2006) / Empty Nest (2008) (Skirball Cultural Center) (The Films of Daniel Burman)
Fletch (1985) / Into the Night (1985) (New Beverly Cinema)
Food, Inc. (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7)
Gremlins (1984) (The Bay Theatre)
The Messenger (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) (weekend morning show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) (Laemmle's Playhouse 7) (Laemmle's Town Center 5)
On the Avenue (1937) (Old Town Music Hall)
REDCAT International Children's Film 2010: Day Two (REDCAT - Roy & Edna Disney/Calarts Theater)
This is Your Life (1955-1957) (free event w/ archivist Dan Einstein) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Archive Treasures: Television!)
Traffic (1971) / Parade (1974) (Aero Theatre) (Tati Time: A Jacques Tati Retrospective)
That's all for this week. Long live the new flesh.
Compiled, as always, by the amazing and diligent Edward Yerke-Robins (and family!)
