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Blue Velvet at Cinematheque
Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403 (323) 634-4878
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Description: The American Cinematheque double-bills David Lynch’s bizarre and horriffic film noir with ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, as part of their “MOTION PICTURESQUE: CINEMA AT ITS MOST BEAUTIFUL” series.
Date: January 18 at 7:30pm
The Wizard of Oz at Cinematheque
Date : November 25 at 4pm
Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
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Description: The American Cinematheque screens the enduring fantasy classic about Dorothy and her trip to the magical land of Oz. From the website: “Judy Garland is Dorothy in this sublime, candy-colored adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children’s [...]
Double Bill: Hitchcock & Psycho at Cinematheque
Date: November 10 at 7:30pm
Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
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Description: The American Cinematheque presents a double bill of HITCHCOCK and PSYCHO – a perfect pairing, as the former is a docudrama about the making of the latter. Over five decades after its release, PSYCHO remains a classic horror-thriller; the [...]
Harry Houdini Night at Cinematheque
Date: October 21 at 7:30pm
Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
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Description: See a double feature of films starring world-famous magician and a multimedia presentation on Houdini, featuring rare photographs and footage. Professional magician Mark Paskell will give an illustrated lecture on the famous escape artist, concluding with an attempted escape [...]
2012 Halloween Recommendations: The Best Horror Shows and Screenings in Los Angeles
strong>WICKED LIT 2012 HALLOWEEN PLAYS: Set in and around an actual mausoleum, Wicked Lit’s productions combine aspects of a play and a tour. The audience follows the cast down marble corridors or through a tombstone-festooned cemetery. This year’s trilogy of terror includes (all for one price of admission) three short dramas based on classic horror [...]
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: Dracula (1931) & Horror of Dracula (1958)
Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Description: As part of its 2012 Halloween Horror events, the American Cinematheque presents a double bill of Dracula: 1931’s DRACULA, starring the great Bela Lugosi in glorious black-and-white; and 1958’s HORROR OF DRACULA, starring the great Christopher Lee in glorious Technicolor. Though frequently criticized for [...]
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: Nosferatu at Cinematheque
Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
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Description: As part of its 2012 Halloween horror events, the American Cinematheque presents a 90th anniversary screening of 1922’s NOSFERATU, the black-and-white, silent adaptation of DRACULA, produced by Albin Grau and directed by F.W. Murnau. Although widely hailed among critics and film historians, NOSFERATU [...]
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: 7th Annual Dusk-to-Dawn Horrorthon
Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Description: The American Cinematheque presents the latest incarnation of its perennial Halloween event – an all-night marathon featuring half a dozen horror films, between-film free food, giveaways, trailers, crazy shorts and surprises! Is there a better way to celebrate Halloween in Los Angeles?
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: The Nickle Ride (1974) and The Other (1972)
Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Description: As part of their 2012 Halloween Horror Events, this American Cinematheque presents this double bill of films from director Robert Mulligan, both screening in archival 35mm prints.
Date: 2012 October 12 at 7:30pm
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2012 Halloween Horror Screenings at the American Cinematheque
This October, the American Cinematheque will be screening a month’s worth of horror films in celebration of the Halloween season, providing a great way for Los Angeles fright fans to enjoy some visceral thrills without walking through a haunted house attraction. If you prefer your screams on screen, and if you prefer shuddery spooks to grizzly gore, you should head on down to Hollywood this Halloween. Highlights include THE CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, PSYCHO, DRESSED TO KILL, DRACULA, HORROR OF DRACULA, GHOSTBUSTERS, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954), and the 7th Annual Dusk-to-Dawn Horrorthon.
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: Ghosts and Other Silent Shorts
Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
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Description: The American Cinematheque launches a month’s worth of Halloween horror events with a program of silent films, featuring live musical accompaniment. This screening takes place inside the Spielberg Theatre, a screening room within the larger Egyptian Theatre.
Date: 2012, October 6 at 7:30pm
DIABOLIQUE & EYES WITHOUT A FACE at Cinematheque
The American Cinematheque screens a double bill of French thrillers, laced with horror. DIABOLIQUE is a bit over-rated, its reputation based mostly on the crack-jack ending in which a widow’s murdered husband comes back to life – or does he? EYES WITHOUT A FACE is one of the greatest horror films ever made – its poetic, stately style interrupted by the insanely graphic skin grafting seen. It’s all about a doctor trying to restore his daughters face, which was destroyed in an automobile accident.
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA at Cinematheque
As part of their Kirk Douglas festival, the American Cinematheque screens Walt Disney Pictures’ 1954 classic, based on the novel by Jules Verne. Douglas plays Ned, a whaler drafted to harpoon a sea beast that has been sinking warships – but the “monster” turns out to be the Nautilus, a submarine created and commanded by Captain Nemo (James Mason).
