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Your Weekly LAist Film Calendar
I would totally bone her. | Photo courtesy of Miramax
There's something incredible at the corner of Olympic and La Cienega. Something shocking. And inspiring. Everything in this town traces back to the cinematic, and yet truly independent film promotion is rare (mini-majors like Fox Searchlight don't count). Which is why I'm entranced with Polanski, opening this Valentine's weekend at Laemmle's Sunset 5. Taking its cue from The Room, the brazen billboard sports writer/producer/director/actor Damian Chapa (of Street Fighter & Under Siege fame) gazing deep into the viewer's soul as he forces himself onto a little girl. It's doubtful the production will help the tragic auteur's legal situation (there's a reason this gift is wrapped with "Unauthorized"), it should make for quite the Valentine. Go with someone you love.
Or maybe you're just not that into romance. Wow, this is not your week. Every theater has their own spin on the lovey-dovey line-up, but if nothing old (The Princess Comes Across, Roman Holiday), new (Almost Love, Amelie), borrowed (Now, Voyager, One Hour With You), blue (Harold & Maude, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), tragic (Romeo & Juliet & Sid & Nancy), or creepy (Peter Lorre & a man-baby - alas, not in the same movie) appeals to you, shore up and wait for the divorce - it's me or the dwarves!
He totally boned her. | Photo courtesy of Polanski Unauthorized
All Week
Amarcord (1973) (Nuart Theatre)
Fuel (2009) (AMC Loews Broadway 4) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Gomorra (2008) (Laemmle's Royal Theatre)
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Animated (The Landmark)
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action (The Landmark)
Polanski (2009) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984) (Downtown Independent)
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Thursday 2/12
Almost Love (2006) (Korean Cultural Center)
Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy (2009) (REDCAT - Roy & Edna Disney Calarts Theater)
Harold and Maude (1971) / Electric Dreams (1984) (New Beverly Cinema)
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) (21+ Screening) (Arclight Sherman Oaks)
New In Town (2009) (21+ Screening) (Arclight Hollywood)
New Work From Nodar Artist Residency Center (Echo Park Film Center)
One Hour With You (1932) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Lubitsch Musicals Series)
Paisan (1946) (Melnitz Movies)
Two Lovers (2009) (Sneak Preview w/ Writer-Director James Gray ) (Aero Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
Friday 2/13
The Baby (1973) (w/ Rick "NSFW" Castro ) (Egyptian Theatre) (Fetish Film Night)
The Big Sleep (1946) (Warner Grand Theatre) (Reel San Pedro Series)
Escape To Witch Mountain (1975) (Regency Fairfax) (Insomniac Cinema Midnight Movie)
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) / Roman Holiday (1953) (Aero Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
Fuel (2009) (Q&A w/ Activist-Filmmaker Josh Tickell) (Laemmle's Sunset 5)
Katzelmacher (1969) / Even Dwarves Started Small (1970) (LACMA) (Torn Curtain: The Two Germanys On Film)
Mad Love (1935) / El (1953) (8PM) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Romantic Obsession Series)
The Princess Comes Across (1936) (Old Town Music Hall)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (New Beverly Cinema) (Midnight Movie)
Romeo and Juliet (1968) (Egyptian Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
Se7en (1995) (Nuart Theatre) (Cine-Insomnia Midnight Movie)
Sid & Nancy (1986) (w/ Sid & Nancy Costume Contest) (Art Theatre Of Long Beach) (Mondo Midnights)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) / Amelie (2001) (New Beverly Cinema)
Vampyres (1974) (Midnight) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Lesbian Vampires Series)
Saturday 2/14
Accent On Youth (1934) / Changing Yesterday (1935) (The Starlight Studio)
The Betrayal (2008) (Weekend Morning Show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
From Here To Eternity (1953) / Casablanca (1942) (Aero Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
Fuel (2009) (7PM Q&A w/ Activist-Filmmaker Josh Tickell) (AMC Loews Broadway 4)
Harold and Maude (1971) (Angel City Drive-In)
Man On Wire (2008) (Weekend Morning Show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Moulin Rouge! (2001) / Romeo + Juliet (1996) (Egyptian Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
My Mondo Valentine / Like Normal People (1979) (10:30PM) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) (Alex Theatre)
The Princess Comes Across (1936) (Old Town Music Hall)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Sins O' The Flesh Midnight Show) (Nuart Theatre)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Midnight Show) (Warner Grand Theatre)
Seventh Heaven (1927) (7PM) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
She's Out Of Control (1989) (New Beverly Cinema) (New Beverly Midnights)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (The Bay Theatre)
The Third Generation (1979) / Not Reconciled (1965) (LACMA) (Torn Curtain: The Two Germanys On Film)
Trouble The Water (2008) (Weekend Morning Show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) / Amelie (2001) (New Beverly Cinema)
Sunday 2/15
2 Blessed 2 Be Stressed (w/ Jacob Ciocci & Fortress of Amplitude) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre)
Adam's Rib (1949) / Pat & Mike (1952) (Aero Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
The Betrayal (2008) (Weekend Morning Show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Man On Wire (2008) (Weekend Morning Show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
The Never-Ending Story (1984) (Family Matinee) (Aero Theatre)
Now, Voyager (1942) / Jezebel (1938) (Egyptian Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
The Princess Comes Across (1936) (Old Town Music Hall)
Saturday Night Fever (1977) / Flashdance (1983) (New Beverly Cinema)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (The Bay Theatre)
Trouble The Water (2008) (Weekend Morning Show) (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex)
Monday 2/16
Love Story (1970) (Arclight Sherman Oaks)
Saturday Night Fever (1977) / Flashdance (1983) (New Beverly Cinema)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (The Bay Theatre)
Tuesday 2/17
Kramer vs. Kramer (w/ Writer-Director Robert Benton & Actor Justin Henry) (Fine Arts Theatre)
Loot (2008) (Melnitz Movies)
Navigating The Film Festival World Seminar (Egyptian Theatre)
Saturday Night Fever (1977) / Flashdance (1983) (New Beverly Cinema)
Two Weeks In Another Town (1962) (Matinee) (LACMA)
Wednesday 2/18
Broken Blossoms (1919) (Cinefamily @ Silent Movie Theatre) (Don't Speak Series)
The Brothers Bloom (2008) / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) (New Beverly Cinema) (Rian Johnson's Festival Of Fakery)
Double Indemnity (1944) (Arclight Hollywood)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (The Bay Theatre)
Women In Love (1969) (Egyptian Theatre) (Outfest Wednesdays)
Wuthering Heights (1939) / The Enchanted Cottage (1945) (Aero Theatre) (Films For Lovers)
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That's all for this week. Love it or Netflix it.
Compiled as always be the amazing and diligent Edward Yerke-Robins
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