Hollywood Gothique

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Over at NBC.com’s LA Around Town, Alysia Gray Painter points out that the estate of the late Forest J Ackerman – who assembled probably the world’s greatest collection of sci-fi movie memorabilia – is going on auction today and tomorrow at Profiles in History. There is a lot of stuff up for grabs: 1,174 lots [...]

The Hammer Museum presents an exhibition of artwork related to witchcraft and sorcery. Concurrent with the exhibtion is a series of three screenings, entitled “The Witching Hour,” which includes DAY OF WRATH, HAXEN, and a set of short subjects titled DANSE MACABRE. This is the second exhibition in Houseguest, a new series in which artist [...]

DANSE MACABRE is a compilation of short films focusing on the occult, sorcery and the macabre, with works ranging from the silent era through the 1960s, including Carl Theodor Dreyer’s haunting road safety film, They Caught the Ferry (De nåede færgen) (1948) and avant-garde master Kenneth Anger’s Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969), a mesmerizing [...]

Benjamin Christiansen’s excellent silent docu-drama about the history of belief in witchcraft screens in conjuction with the current Houseguest exhibition at the Hammer Museum. This is the secoond in the series “The Witching Hour: Three Screenings Co-curated by Francesca Gabbiani.” Los Angeles-based artist Francesca Gabbiani has selected an eclectic range of works on paper, many [...]

Carl Theodore Dryer’s films screens in conjuction with the current Houseguest exhibition, a new series of artist-curated shows at the Hammer Museum. This is the third in the series “The Witching Hour: Three Screenings Co-curated by Francesca Gabbiani.” Los Angeles-based artist Francesca Gabbiani has selected an eclectic range of works on paper, many from UCLA’s [...]

Location: Billy Wilder Theater – Hammer Museum – 10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024 310.206.8013
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Description: Kick off Mother’s Day with the ultimate mother-daughter movie: the original Freaky Friday! Thirteen-year-old Annabelle Andrews (Foster) and her mother, Ellen (Harris), don’t always see eye-to-eye, to say the least. But on this Friday the Thirteenth, [...]

Location: Billy Wilder Theater – Hammer Museum – 10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024 310.206.8013
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Description: This campy sci-fi film (once the subject of a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode) screens as part of the Legacy Project series, “a collaborative effort bringing together the Archive and Outfest to collect and restore queer [...]

Location: Regency Fairfax Cinema
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Description: The blockbuster action-fantasy-adventure, starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg – screens as part of the theatre’s weekly Insomnia midnight movies series.
Date: May 1 @ midnight

Location: Arclight Cinemas Sherman Oaks – 15301 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
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Description: The third James Bond film, starring Sean Connery, screens as part of the AFI Action series
Date: May 4 at 7:30pm

Actor Leonard Nimoy  (Spock on STAR TREK) will appear in person on opening night to help promote a double feature of sci-fi stage performances, based on classic literature. L.A. Theatre Works will perform two science fiction radio dramas,, which will be recorded for later broadcast on Satellite and Public radio. WAR OF THE WOLRDS is the [...]

The classic 1975 blockbuster, directed by Steven Spielberg, screens as part of the Los Angeles United Film Festival. The film will be introduced by “special guests” from the movie – presumably screenwriter Carl Gottlief, production designer Joe Alves, and makeup effects artist Gregory Nicotero, who will be on hand later in the week for the [...]

Several filmmakers will be making personal appearances this week. Director Tom Holland will appear as part of the Steve Allen Theater’s Friday night “Masters of Horror” Drive-in series.  Also on Friday, Wayne Coyne of the rock band Flaming Lips will appear along with Adam Goldberg and Fred Armisen, for Coyne’s directorial effort CHRISTMAS ON MARS. James [...]

On Friday Saturday, June 12, actress Jessica Harper will appear in person between screenings of her films SUSPIRIA (directed by Dario Argento) and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (directed by Brian DePalma). The event takes place at the Steve Allen Theaterin Hollywood, which runs a “Drive-In” series on Friday nights: you literally park your car in [...]

Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Description: Director Stuart Gordon appears between screenings of his feature film KING OF THE ANTS and his MASTERS OF HORROR episode “The Black Cat.” Part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Friday Night Drive-in Masters of Horror series.
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Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Description: Director Tobe Hooper appears between screenings of his feature film THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and his episode of MASTERS OF HORROR, “Dance of the Dead.” Part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Friday Night Drive-in Masters of [...]

Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Description: Director Don Coscarelli and actor Angus Scrimm appear between screenings of their feature film PHANTASM 2 and their MASTERS OF HORROR episode “Incident on and off a Mountain Road.” Part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Friday [...]

Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Description: Director Ernest Dickerson appears in between screenings of his feature film TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT and his MASTERS OF HORROR episode “The V-Word.” Part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Friday Night Drive-In Masters of [...]

Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Description: Writer-director Larry Cohen appears between screenings of his feature film IT”S ALIVE and his MASTERS OF HORROR episode “Pick Me Up.” Part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Friday Night Drive-In Masters of Horror series.
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Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Description: Director Tom Holland will appear in between screenings of his feature film FRIGHT NIGHT and his MASTERS OF HORROR episode “We All Scream for Ice Cream.” Part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Drive-in Masters of Horror [...]

Location: New Beverly Cinema – 7165 West Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
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Description: The classic 1937 version of LOST HORIZON, starring Ronald Coleman and directed by Frank Capra, screens with THE TRAIN (1964) as part of a double bill of favorite films selected by sci-fi author Harlan Ellison. The video portrays the 1979 “re-premiere” of [...]

Location: Woodbridge Movies 5 – 4626 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604 (949) 733-3795
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Description: The Japan Film Festival in Los Angeles presents the third of three screenings of this sci-fi disaster film, directed by Nabuo Mizuta. “An earthquake of a magnitude 5+ on the Richter scale strikes Tokyo. This triggers the ocean temperature [...]

MUTANT CHRONICLES – a new sci-fi film starring Thomas Jane (THE MIST) and Ron Perlman (HELLBOY 2) – opens today in an exclusive engagement at the Mann Chinese 6 in  Hollywood. What is odd about this is that  you can already view the film on Video on Demand. There have been previous films whose theatrical release coincided with their [...]

This weekend, the American Cinematheque presents a three-day festival of classic James Bond films, introduced by 007 expert Steven Jay Rubin. The first two days feature the first four Bond films, starring Sean Connery, in chronological order; Sunday offers a pair of Roger Moore’s outings.

*Friday, May 1: DR. NO and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (both [...]