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Viddy well, Long Beach! This weekend, your humble narrator strongly advises you attend Stanley Kubrick's real horrorshow picture A Clockwork Orange, unspooling at the Art Theatre. Dress as one of those dashing droogs and get in for only $5. Bring your own moloko.
If you prefer your milk with Kahlua, Insomniac Cinema presents the Coen Brothers' midnight mainstay, The Big Lebowski. Last week, founder Andrew Gualtieri broke the sad news that the program's host theater, the Regency Fairfax, is in real danger of losing its lease, so now is the time to show in droves. Sure, parking's a bitch, but this aggression will not stand, man! And while you're over there, go see Let The Right One In if you haven't already. Or even if you have.
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The Guatemalan Handshake (2006) (Downtown Independent)
Of Time And The City (2008) (Nuart Theatre)
Sam's Lake (2005) (Laemmle's Grande 4-Plex)
Thursday 1/29
Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (Mann's Chinese 6)
* Blackout (2008) / Landau 66 (2008) / Carmo, Hit The Road (2008)
Defiance (2008) (Arclight Sherman Oaks) (21+ Screening)
Films From Mar Vista Gardens (Free Event) (Echo Park Film Center)
I Confess (1953) / Stage Fright (1950) (Aero Theatre) (Hitchcock's Confessions Series)
Riot On Sunset Strip (1967) / Bummer! (1973) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Garage D'or Series)
The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) / The Swimmer (1968) (Egyptian Theatre) (New Hollywood Strikes Back Series)
Touch Of Evil (1958) / Rio Bravo (1959) (New Beverly Cinema) (Peter Bogdanovich Programs The New Beverly)
Waltz With Bashir (2008) (Arclight Hollywood) (21+ Screening)
Friday 1/30
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All Star Comedy Festival: Silent & Sound Comedies (Old Town Music Hall)
The Big Lebowski (1998) (Regency Fairfax) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
Dangerous Men (2005) (Midnight Movie) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
F.T.A. (1972) / Coming Home (1978) (w/ Actors Michael Alaimo, Holly Near & Rita Martinson) (Egyptian Theatre) (New Hollywood Strikes Back Series: Jane Fonda Double Feature)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (2001) (Rainbow Carnage Sing-A-Long) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
High Sierra (1941) / Gaslight (1944) (New Beverly Cinema) (Peter Bogdanovich Programs The New Beverly)
The Murderers Are Among Us (1946) / In Those Days (1947) (LACMA) (Torn Curtain: The Two Germanys On Film Series)
Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) (Getty Center) (How The West Was Shot Series)
Sam's Lake (2005) (Midnight Movie) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993) / Deranged (1974) (w/ Writer/Actor Carl Crew) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (True Crime Series)
West World (1973) / The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (Aero Theatre) (Michael Crichton Tribute Night)
Zaza (1923) / The Green Goddess (1923) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Hollywood On The Hudson: Filmmaking In New York Series)
Saturday 1/31
4K Challenge Red Carpet Event (2009) (Downtown Independent)
A Clockwork Orange (1971) (Art Theatre Of Long Beach)
A Foreign Affair (1948) / Berlin Express (1948) (LACMA) (Torn Curtain: The Two Germanys On Film Series)
All Star Comedy Festival: Silent & Sound Comedies (Old Town Music Hall)
An Evening With The Prelinger Archives (7:30PM) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (The Artist & The Archives Series)
Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) (4PM) (Getty Center) (How The West Was Shot Series)
Basic Instinct (1992) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
Erin Cosgrove's What Manner Of Person Art Thou? (2004-2008) (Hammer Museum)
High Sierra (1941) / Gaslight (1944) (New Beverly Cinema) (Peter Bogdanovich Programs The New Beverly)
Like Water For Chocolate (1993) (Autry National Center) (Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas Film Festival)
Lonely Tunes Of Tehran (2008) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (19th Annual Celebration Of Iranian Cinema Series)
Lost In The Desert (1970) (10PM) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Fucked-Up Kids' Movies Series)
Mad Max (1979) / Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) / Mad Max Beyond The Thunderdome (1985) (w/ Cinematographer Dean Semler) (Aero Theatre)
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973) (7:30PM) (Getty Center) (How The West Was Shot Series)
The Reader (2008) (4PM) (Free Event) (LACMA) (Torn Curtain: The Two Germanys On Film Series)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Sins O' The Flesh Midnight Show) (Nuart Theatre)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Midnight Show) (Warner Grand Theatre)
The Room (2003) (Midnight Movie) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Sam's Lake (2005) (Midnight Movie) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Secret Ceremony (1968) / Deep End (1971) (Egyptian Theatre) (New Hollywood Strikes Back Series)
Speedy (1928) (Royce Hall)
Weird Nature: Marvelous Motion (2002) (Ramo Auditorium @ Caltech)
Sunday 2/1
One Third Of A Nation (1939) / Cuore D'emigrante (1932) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (Hollywood On The Hudson: Filmmaking In New York Series)
Trouble The Water (2008) / Up The Yangtze (2007) (New Beverly Cinema)
Monday 2/2
Among The Clouds (2008) (UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Hammer Museum) (19th Annual Celebration Of Iranian Cinema Series)
Sabrina (1954) (Arclight Sherman Oaks)
Trouble The Water (2008) / Up The Yangtze (2007) (New Beverly Cinema)
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Tuesday 2/3
The Cocoa Screenings: Founding Fathers Of Found Footage Films (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Inherit The Wind (1960) (Free Event) (Skirball Cultural Center) (Celebrating Darwin's 200th Birthday: Evolution In Cinema)
Ninotchka (1939) (Matinee) (LACMA)
Trouble The Water (2008) / Up The Yangtze (2007) (New Beverly Cinema)
Wednesday 2/4
Patti Smith: Dream Of Life (2008) / The Nomi Song (2004) (New Beverly Cinema)
Publicity & Marketing Basics For Filmmakers Seminar (Egyptian Theatre)
The Princess Bride (1987) (Arclight Hollywood)
When A Man Loves (1927) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Don't Speak! Series)
That's all for this week. Love it or Netflix it.
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