Hollywood Gothique

Posts about personal appearnces taking place in the near future are listed in this category. For advance word on these apperances, check out the Events & Appearances category or the Updates.

[ 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 [...]

Location: Egyptian Theatre – 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
Description: The American Cinematheque presents this documentary about the late Charles Beaumont, a talented fantasy author who contributed some of the most memorable TWILIGHT ZONE episodes. Also on the bill, a short film titled “Your Three Minutes Are Up,” and a discussion with other TZ contributors Ray [...]

[ February 18, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Location: Paley Center for Media, 465 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA

Description: Join the cast and crew as they discuss their work on the new animated film, which features a “good” Lex Luthor from an alternate universe who comes to our world seeking help to fight supervillains who are more or less the counterparts of [...]

[ February 21, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] The American Cinematheque wraps up its two-day tribute to Wes Craven with this double bill. Wes Craven will appear in between the screenings to discus the films.

Title: People Under the Stairs & Serpent and the Rainbow
Location: Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA
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Date: February 21 at 7:30pm

The American Cinematheque presents this screening of the 1962 TV special, an animated musical version of Dickens’ tale, featuring the near-sighted Mr. Magoo as Scrooge. Following the screening, a panel including animator Darrell Van Citters, author of the new book “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, the Making of the First Animated Christmas Special” from Oxberry Press [...]

[ December 5, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] The American Cinematheque presents STAR TREK: II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, and STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. Nicolas Meyer, who directed Part II and co-wrote Part IV, will appear in between the first and second screenings to discuss his contribution to the series.

Title: Star Trek Triple Bill
Location: [...]

This double bill launches a two-day tribute by the American Cinematheque to the famous TREK franchise. The cast and crew of FREE ENTERPRISE (including director Robert Burnett and producer Mark Altman) will appear for a Q&A.
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STAR TREK, 2009, Paramount, 130 min. Director JJ Abrams successfully rebooted the STAR TREK franchise with this rousing, [...]

Author Michael Mallory will appear in person to sign his book UNIVERSAL STUDIOS MONSTERS: A LEGACY OF HORROR. Fans of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, DRACULA, THE WOLFMAN and THE MUMMY will definitely want the book, and this is the perfect opportunity to pick up a copy.
Title: Universal Studios Monsters, booksigning
Location: Larry Edmunds Bookstore, 6464 Hollywood Boulevard, [...]

Author R.H. Greene is providing us with a copy of his new novel Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula. All you have to do to win is send an email here, including your name and address. Greene will be appearing in person this Saturday afternoon at Book Soup in West Hollywood to sign his Incarnadine, which gives the sanguinary Count a chance to tell his own side of the story.

Author R.H. Greene appears in person to sign copies of his novel, in which Bram Stoker’s most terrifying creation tells his own story.

The New Beverly presents a double bill of obscure 1980s cult films directed by Rick Sloane and Starring the great Mary Woronov. Director and actress will appear in person to discuss the movies.
Location: New Beverly Cinema, 7165Beverly Blvd in LosAngeles
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Date: November 18 at 7:30pm

Writer-director Paul Solet, actress Jordan Ladd, and producer Adam Green will be at Dark Delicacies tonight (Tuesday, September 15), signing copies of GRACE, their nifty little low-budget horror film, which came out on DVD today.

GRACE, which played for a week at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatres in West Hollywood this summer, tells the grim story of a woman whose unborn child dies in utero – but she carries the pregnancy to term and the baby miraculously returns to life. As you can imagine, this “miracle” turns out to have some horrifying consequences.

The autograph action begins at 7:00pm and runs until the supplies of DVDs are depleted (usually around 8:30pm). The address for Dark Delicacies book store is 4213 W. Burbank Blvd in Burbank. Call (818) 556-6660 for more info.

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Who ya’ gonna call when it comes to ghosts? Ivan Reitman of course! The producer-director is scheduled to appear between screenings of GHOSTBUSTERS and GHOSTBUSTERS II for a discussion about the making of the films. Even if you have seen the original, or own it on DVD, this is a great chance to [...]