Hollywood Gothique

[ January 28, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Date: January 28 at 8pm
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Description: Actor Udo Kier appears at the Silent Movie Theatre to discuss his career in film, which includes appearances in everything from high-class art house fare to crass cult exploitation and everything in between. Fans of fantasy [...]

Location: The Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA
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Description: Landmark Theatres presents a midnight screening of James Wan’s 2007 horror film, which failed to hit big in the manner of the director’s SAW. Unspecified filmmakers will be in attendance for a Q&A session.

Date: January 14, 2011 at midnight

[ January 16, 2011; 4:00 pm; ] Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Description: The Cinefamily presents director Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 ecological-friendly science fiction film in the middle of a triple bill devoted to star Bruce Dern, who will appear for a Q&A session. Also on the bill: SMILE and DIGGSTOWN.

Titles: Christmas Evil & New Year’s Evil
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Date: December 21 at 7:30pm & 10pm
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Description: The Grindhouse Film Fest offers another double bill of holiday horror. Lewis Jackson, writer director of CHRISTMAS EVIL, will appear in person, schedule permitting.
Christmas Evil Tues: 7:30
1980, USA, 100 [...]

Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA
Date: December 18 at 4pm
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Description: Join The American Cinematheque for a screening of the first animated Christmas special, which premiered on NBC in 1962. With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and the voices of Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Jane Kean [...]

[ January 16, 2011; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Location: Shrine Hall, 700 W. 32nd Street , Los Angeles, CA 90007
Date: Sunday, January 16th, 2011, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Description: The special guest at this month’s Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention is Billy Dee Williams. Williams is best known for his role as Lando Calrissian in the original Star Wars films: THE [...]

[ December 10, 2010 7:30 pm to December 11, 2010 10:55 pm. ] Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Dates: December 10 & 11
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Description: As part of a double-bill tribute to writer-director Alan Rudolph, the New Beverly offers a 25th anniversary screening of the futuristic noir TROUBLE IN MIND which will screen in a new 35mm print. Actors Keith Carradine and [...]

[ December 11, 2010; 5:00 pm; ] Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
Date: December 11 at 5pm
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Description: The American Cinematheque presents a tribute to director-animator Glen Keane, screeening the 1989 animated classic from Walt Disney Pictures. The 83 minute film, directed by Ron Clements andJohn Musker, follows a headstrong young mermaid named Ariel (beautifully designed by [...]

Location: Dark Delicacies book store, 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505
Date: December 3 at 7pm
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Description: Jim Trombetta signs The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read! (trade paperback). Bernie Wrightson signs Frankenstein (hardback). Steve Niles signs Edge of Doom #1 (comic) and Steve Niles Omnibus (trade paperback).

Location: Dark Delicacies book store, 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505
Date: December 4 at 2pm
Description: S. G. Browne signs Fated (trade paperback). Savannah Kline signs Beloved of the Fallen (trade paperback). Nancy Holder signs Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3 (trade paperback). Suzy Witten signs The Afflicted Girls (trade paperback).
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Location: Dark Delicacies book store, 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505
Date: December 4 at 6pm
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Description: Director David Slade signs Twilight: Eclipse (WS/2Disc DVD or BR). This is a numbered event and DVD must be purchased at Dark Delicacies.

[ November 17, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA
Date: November 17 at 7:30pm
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Description: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), marking its 30th anniversary, has selected the 30 Most Significant Independent Films™ from around the world produced over the past three decades. On their list is this 1984 sleeper hit from James [...]

Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Date: December 4 at 11:30am
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Description: We’re honored to have Teddy Newton, one of the most revered new members of Pixar’s crackerjack team, for a Q&A and a special screening of Day & Night, Teddy’s remarkable short that preceded Toy Story [...]

[ December 5, 2010; 8:30 pm; ] Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Date: December 5 at 8:30pm
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Description: The Cinefamily kicks off with their awards presentation in all competition categories, bestowing upon Will Vinton an LAAF Lifetime Achievement Award! Then, it’s onto the evening’s show, FANTASTIC PLANET, with a live score by Jesus Makes [...]

[ December 4, 2010; 7:15 pm; ] Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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Date: December 4 at 7:15
Description: The Cinefamily presents this 25th Anniversary Tribute to the cult stop-motion fantasy film, screened in a new 35mm Print, with director Will Vinton In Person!

The world’s first all-Claymation feature film is Will Vinton’s most ambitious, and [...]

[ November 18, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Location: Linwood Dunn Theatre, 1313 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028
Description: The Science and Technology Council of The Academy of Motion Pictures presents this event, hosted by STAR TREK producer Damon Lindelof, who takes a look at the use of “pre-viz” effects. Previsualization (previs) in the digital age is an evolving pre-production process that incorporates 3D animation tools and virtual environments, enabling filmmakers to fully explore their creative visions by creating visual references for complicated film shots and sequences long before production begins.

[ November 30, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
Date: November 30
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Description: Schedule permitting, writer-director Adam Green will appear in person to discuss his pair of gory unrated horror films, tongue-in-cheek throwbacks to 1980s slasher movies, both starring Kane Hodder as the swamp-dwelling serial killer Victor Crowley. Check out Cinefantasitque’s video of [...]

Location: James Bridges Theater, UCLA, Hilgard Avenue and Sunset Boulevard, Westwood
Date: Monday, November 15 at 7:30
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Description: Paramount used the supposed “failure” of this delightfully quaint animated feature to wrest control from the Fleischer Brothers their Miami animation studio. A cautionary tale of unbridled modernity and growth, Bug’s biosphere privileges nature in balance. [...]

[ November 28, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA
Date: Sunday, November 28 at 7:30pm
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Description: 1985, Buena Vista Pictures, 113 min. Legendary sound designer Walter Murch directs this pleasantly subtle and delightfully bizarre sequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ. After a disturbing stint in a mental hospital, a cherubic Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) [...]

Resident Evil Afterlife Scarab Movie Prop
Location: Premiere Props Warehouse, 128 Sierra St. El Segundo, CA 90245
Date: October 31 at 11:00am
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Description: The annual live auction takes place on Saturday, the day before Halloween.Premiere Props will be showcasing over 500 never-before-seen Halloween and horror props. Even if you are not so luck as [...]

[ October 31, 2010; 6:30 pm; 6:30 pm; ] Location: Exposition Park, 700 Exposition Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Date: October 31 – doors open at 5:30pm; band begins at 6:30pm; film screens at 8pm
Description: The Outdoor Cinema Food Fest presents the second of two evenings of Halloween fun, featuring Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film version of Stephen King’s THE SHINING, preceded by live Music from Criminal Belly. There will be a costume contest, ghoulish treats from the food trucks, and giveaways that those who attend in costume will be automatically entered to win.

[ October 30, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Location: Los Angeles State Historic Park, The Cornfields near China Town, 1245 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Date: October 30 – doors open at 5:30pm; band starts at 6:30pm; film starts at 8pm
Description: The Outdoor Cinema Food Fest presents the first of two evenings of Halloween fun, with the zombie horror-comedy hit from 2009, ZOMBIELAND. The film will be preceded by live music from The Quiet. There will be a costume contest, ghoulish treats from the food trucks, and giveaways that those who attend in costume will be automatically entered to win.

[ October 20, 2010; 7:45 pm; ] Location: Arclight Pasadena, 336 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA
Date: October 20 at 7:45pm
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Description: Feature-film version of the anthology horror show, with episodes written by Michael McDowell (BEELTEJUICE) and George A. Romero (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), based on stories by Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen King. Special Q&A after the screening [...]