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What’s Playing? Your Guide To The Movies Showing At LA Indie Theaters
The New Beverly Cinema.
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Looking for something to do this weekend? Try visiting one of the independent movie theaters across Los Angeles! Here's some highlights from what's playing around town from musicals, to horror, to old Hollywood classics...
For the black and white classics fan
"In A Lonely Place" (part of a double feature!)
The New Beverly Cinema
Friday, April 26 @ 6:30 p.m.
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Tickets: $13, more details here.
BONUS: Also includes admission to "The Big Heat" at 8:35 p.m.
Synopsis: Hollywood screenwriter Dixon Steele (Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart) is down-on-his-luck and quick to fight. And he’s the prime suspect in a murder. He’s the last person to have seen hat-check girl Mildred Atkinson alive, but his beautiful neighbor, Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame) believes he’s innocent, and provides him an air-tight alibi as they start to fall for each other. But until the killer is identified, tensions just keep rising…
You’ll like this if… you dig other classic Hollywood thrillers that look at folks consumed by the pressures of the film industry and society in the 50s like "All About Eve" or "Sunset Boulevard."
For the French film fan
"Le Samouraï"
American Cinematheque at The Aero
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Friday, April 26 @ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10 for AC members, $15 general, more details here.
Synopsis: French actor Alain Delon may simply be one of the most handsome men ever captured on film. He’s starring here as Jef Costello, a contract killer carrying out a perfectly planned hit in the back office of a stylish Paris nightclub. Subsequently chased by both his employer and a relentless police investigator, can Jef (and his incredible, iconic trench coat) get away?
You’ll like this if…you dig gangster flicks, film noir, great costumes, or David Fincher’s 2023 film "The Killer."
For the musical lover
"Little Shop of Horrors (Director’s Cut)"
Landmark Nuart Theatre
Friday, April 26 @ 10:30 p.m.
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Tickets: $10, more details here.
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Synopsis: Fortunately, our recent total eclipse of the sun didn’t bring any man-eating, New York conquering plants to earth (as far as we know…). Come spend some time with the darling Rick Moranis as Seymour, a plant shop boy who, alongside Ellen Greene’s Audrey, dreams of so much more, before a million-dollar wonder plant starts asking for blood. The tunes are catchy, the puppets are as good as you’d expect from frequent Jim Henson collaborator Frank Oz, and this director’s cut includes the film’s original, and tragic ending.
You’ll like this if…you like movie musicals, Steve Martin, and other dark, puppet-forward classics like "Labyrinth" or "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
For the whole family
"Muppets From Space"
Vidiots
Saturday, April 27 @ 1:30 p.m.
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Tickets: $12 general audiences, $10.50 children and students, more details here.
Synopsis: Did you ever wonder just what Gonzo from The Muppets is? So did he! In this Muppet adventure, Gonzo thinks he might just be an alien, and takes the cast, including all your favorite pals — like Kermit, Miss Piggy, Rizzo, and Animal — to space to find out.
Speaking of Jim Henson and Frank Oz… "Muppets From Space" marks the end of an era. It was the last theatrically released Muppet Movie before Disney acquired the brand, and it’s the last Muppet film to involve Oz.
You’ll like this if…you’ve already exhausted the list of original Muppet classics like "The Muppet Movie," "The Great Muppet Caper," and "The Muppets Take Manhattan."
For the horror fan
"Dawn of the Dead" 3D
Gardena Cinema
Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 @ 2:30, 6, 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15, more details here.
Synopsis: It’s the 45th anniversary of George A. Romero’s zombie classic! Hordes of zombies are reanimating all across the United States, and nowhere is safe. A traffic reporter, his producer girlfriend, and two SWAT members escape in a TV news station’s helicopter, and hole up in an abandoned mall to face whatever’s left of humanity… and the Gardena Cinema is playing it in 3D!
You’ll like this if…you’re a fan of Romero’s other iconic horror work like "Night of the Living Dead," classics like "Invasions of the Body Snatchers," 2004 zombie comedy "Shaun of the Dead," or you’ve loved contemporary horror like "Us" or "A Quiet Place."
Dive deeper:
- How A Streetwear Brand has Given New Life — And Sound — To A Former Silent Movie Theater
- Gardena Cinema: A Story Of Love, Sweat And Repertory Films
- LA’s New Beverly Cinema And The Magic Of Being 'Always On Film'
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