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For their Late Night Saturdays series in March, the Cinefamily presents “Stoopid Futures,” a set of films featuring wildly ridiculous visions of the the world of tomorrow.

[ March 28, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA

Description: The American Cinematheque presents a screening of the 1976 science fiction film about a future utopia where life is easy and the pleasures are many. Only one problem: at 30, you die! There will be a discussion after the film with writers William F. Nolan and [...]

[ March 27, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA

Description: Following up on the Charles Beaumont documentary screening at 3pm, the American Cinematheque presents a pair of films scripted by Beaumont. BURN, WITCH, BURN is an excellent occult thriller, based on the Fritz Leiber novel CONJURE WIFE; Beaumont collaborated on the adaptation with Richard Matheson. Also [...]

[ March 26, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA

Description: The American Cinematheque provides more car chases, crashes and explosions than you can shake a stick at with this presentation of director George Miller’s trilogy, starring Mel Gibson: MAD MAX, MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR, and MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME.

Date: March 26 at 7:30pm

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[ March 25, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA

Description: The American Cinematheque pays tribute to writer (ALIEN) and sometimes director (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) Dan O’Bannon with this double bill of horror and science fiction. THE RESURRECTED – which is presented for the first time in its director’s cut – is an adaptation of [...]

[ March 20, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA

Description: Werner Herzog’s 1979 sound color remake of the 1922 silent horror film NOSFERATU stars Klaus Kinski as a tormented Count in this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Screens on a double bill with Herzog’s non-genre COBRA VERDE, as part of the American Cinematheque’s two-day tribute to [...]

[ March 17, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA
Date: March 17 at 7:30pm

Description: Steven Spielberg’s film of Peter Benchley’s novel – about a monstrous shark terrorizing a beach community – screens on a double bill with Spielberg’s earlier SUGARLAND EXPRESS.

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[ March 6, 2010; 10:15 pm; ] Location: Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

The Cinefamily launches “Stoopid Futures,” a set of films featuring wildly ridiculous visions of the the world of tomorrow, with “TV of Tomorrow” (clips showing predictions of what television would be like in the future), followed by a screening of 1987’s THE RUNNING MAN, starring [...]

[ March 26, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Location: Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

The Cinefamily winds up their Post-Apocalypse Now series with a triple bill of films detailing what the future might be light if it were overrun with vampires/zombies/mutants. LAST MAN ON EARTH, starring Vincent Price, is a 1960s low-budgeter, based on Richard Matheson’s novel “I Am [...]

[ March 12, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] The Cinefamily continues their Post-Apocalypse Now series with this double bill of eccentric cult films. Directed by Richard Lester, THE BED-SITTING ROOM is a black comedy that tells the tale of a handful of survivors in post-nuclear England, who try to go about their business as usual, with a British stiff-upper lip attitude, all while [...]

[ March 5, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Location: Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

The Cinefamily launches their Post-Apocalypse Now series with this double bill of action-packed films. DAMNATION ALLEY (1977) is a bit of a misfire but fun anyway (if you like the thought of tooling around a post-nuclear wasteland in a super-unstoppable winnebago). ROAD WARRIORS (1982) is [...]

[ March 13, 2010; 11:59 pm; ] Jim Henson’s fanciful but unsatisfying follow-up to THE DARK CRYSTAL, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, screens at midnight as part of the Cine Insomnia series.

Title: Labyrinth
Location: Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA
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Start Time: 11:59
Date: 2010-03-19

[ March 5, 2010; 11:59 pm; ] BloodyDisgusting.com presents a midnight screening of Sam Raimi’s 1983 gorefest, starring Bruce Campbell. This will be an adults-only screening of the unrated film, which set new standards for bloody mayhem.

Title: The Evil Dead
Location: Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA
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Start Time: 11:59
Date: 2010-03-05

[ March 1, 2010; 10:00 pm; ]  The Chiodo Brothers – a makeup and special effects team – masterminded this 1980s horror comedy, which receives a special L.A. screening tonight. The dramatic element is weak, but the Killer Klowns steal the show.

Title: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Location: Art Theatre of Long Beach, 2025 East Fourth Street, Long Beach, CA
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