Screenings
News and announcements regarding fantasy films, mystery movies, horror flicks, and science fiction cinema screening in theatres in and around Los Angeles.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE at Nuart
[ December 2, 2011; 11:59 pm; ] Date: December 2 at midnight
Location: The Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Description: The Nuart Theatre presents a midnight screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 1972 masterpiece, adapted from the novel by Anthony Burgess. Malcolm McDowell starts as the young Alex, a violent “droog” in a future fascist society that [...]
BACK TO THE FUTURE at Nuart
Date: November 25 at midnight
Location: The Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Description: The Nuart presents a midnight screening of the 1980s time-travel action-comedy, starring Michael J. Fox as the young man whose trip back to the 1950s interferes with his own conception. Robert Zemeckis directed.
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 50th Anniversary Screening
[ November 13, 2011; 4:00 pm; ] Date: November 13 at 4pm
Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028-4605
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Description: The American Cinematheque presents a 50th anniversary screening of the 1961 science-fiction-adventure film; the event doubles as the launch of the new Blu-ray disc, which features a digitally restored transfer.
The legendary Ray Harryhausen provided stop-motion special effects, [...]
WALKABOUT and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH at New Beverly
[ November 29, 2011; 7:30 pm; ] Date: November 29 & 30
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly presents a double bill of films directed by Nicolas Roeg. Both are fascinating and visionary, with interesting use of montage. THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is quite an unusual science fiction film [...]
Robotrix
Date: November 26 at midnight
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly presents a midnight screening of a Hong Kong action-science-fiction film, selected by Quentin Tarantino. The story involves a madman who transfers his consciousness into the body of a human-looking robot and then proceeds [...]
John Carpenter’s VAMPIRES at New Beverly
Date: November 19 at midnight
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly presents a midnight screening of director John Carpenter’s action-horror film, starring James Woods.
John Carpenter’s Vampires Sat: midnight (11:59 pm)
1998, USA/Japan, 35mm, 108 minutes
All tickets $8
directed by John Carpenter; starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, [...]
THE BIRDS and JAWS at New Beverly
Date: November 20-21
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly presents a double bill of animal-themed horror.
The Birds Sun: 2:40 & 7:30 pm; Mon: 7:30 pm
1963, USA, 35mm, 119 minutes
directed by Alfred Hitchcock; starring Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright
Jaws Sun: [...]
MOON and SOURCE CODE with director Duncan Jones in person
[ November 18, 2011; 7:30 pm; ] Dates: November 18 & 19
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly presents a double bill of science fiction films directed by Duncan Jones, who will appear between screenings to answer questions from the audience. Both films are worth seeing. MOON, especially, is a fine [...]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at New Beverly
Date: November 18 @ midnight
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly Cinema presents a midnight screening of the over-the-top action-comedy-romance, in which the title characters must battle his new girlfriend’s seven evil ex’s.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Fri: midnight (11:59 pm)
2010, USA/UK/Canada, 35mm, 112 [...]
ANGEL-A with HUMAN ZOO at New Beverly
Date: November 11-17
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: ANGEL-A – Luc Besson’s best film, about a small-time hood and loser who hooks up with a fascinating, possibly angelic woman – screens on the bottom half of a double bill with actor Rie Rasmussen’s directorial debut, HUMAN [...]
AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON at New Beverly
Date: November 12 at midnight
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly Cinema presents a midnight screening of the 1987 cult comedy, a grab-bag of comic vignettes spoofing old movies, TV shows, and commercials.
All tickets $8
Amazon Women on the Moon Sat: midnight (11:59 pm)
1987, USA, [...]
The Return of the Living Dead at New Beverly
[ November 5, 2011; 11:59 pm; ] Date: November 5 at midnight
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly Midnights screens one of the theatre’s Employee Picks (Vinny’s). The 1985 punk-rock-comedy-horror film takes up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD left off – sort of. What started out as a direct sequel, [...]
Rango, with Gore Verbinski in person
Date: November 5 at 7:30pm
Location: The Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403-1710
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Description: The American Cinematheque presents a screening of the motion-capture animated comedy, with the director in person to answer questions after the film.
Raiders of the Lost Ark at Egyptian Theatre
Date: November 20 at 7:30pm
Location: The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028-4605
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Description: The American Cinematheque invites you to join them for a beautiful new big screen digital presentation on the occasion of the 30th anniversary or RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Paramount, 115 min, Dir: Steven Spielberg). Archaeologist [...]
The Beast Within, Phillipe Mora & Paul Clemens in person
Date: November 11 at midnight
Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The Cinefamily presents a screening of the 1980s horror film – which strives mightily to top THE HOWLING’s transformation effects – with the director and star on hand to answer questions after the film (schedules [...]
The Shining (1980)
Date: October 30 at 7:30pm
Location: ArcLight Sherman Oaks in the Sherman Oaks Galleria, 15301 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA
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Description: ArcLight Cinemas presents a Halloween screening of Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, about a family who take on a job as caretakers at a hotel closed for the winter season – [...]
Psycho (1960)
Date: October 30 at 7:30pm
Location: ArcLight Beach Cities, 831 S. Nash Street, El Segundo, CA (between Sepulveda Blvd and Aviation Blvd)
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Description: ArcLight Cinemas presents director Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Robert Bloch’s novel, scripted by Joseph Stefano and starring Anthony Perkins as Norman, the nervous young man haunted by his homicidal mother. One [...]
The Exorcist at ArcLight Hollywood
Date: October 30 at 10pm
Location: Arclight Cinemas Hollywood, 6360 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
Description: The ArcLight Hollywood offers up director William Friedkin’s 1973 shocker, based on the book by William Peter Blatty, who won an Oscar for writing the screenplay. Decades later, this remains a great film – and far more subtle than audiences [...]
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) at Old Town Music Hall
[ October 28, 2011; 10:15 pm; ] Date: October 28-30
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA 90245
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Description: It’s an annual tradition: for Halloween, the Old Town Music Hall screens the silent 1925 version of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, starring Lon Chaney, with live musical accompaniment on the theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. The [...]
Poltergeist at Arclight Pasadena
Date: October 30 at 8:30pm
Location: ArcLight Pasadena, 336 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA
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Description: ArcLight Cinemas presents a screening of the 1982 special effects opus, about a family whose daughter is dragged into another dimension by supernatural entities.
Rating: R
Running Time: 114 mins
Genre: Horror
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Dominique Dunne, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O’Rourke, Beatrice [...]
Munsters, Go Home!
Date: October 30 at 11am
Location: The Billy Wilder Theatre at The Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Description: The Hammer Museum presents a family flick suitable for the Halloween season. The screening is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to [...]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Date : November 6, 7 & 9
Location: The Bay Theatre, 340 Main Street Seal Beach, CA 90740
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Description: Steven Spielberg’s feel-good sci-fi film, about a man who leaves his family to go on a flying saucer ride, screens for three days: Sunday at 6pm, Monday at 8pm, and Wednesday at 8pm (no showing [...]
Island of Lost Souls & Them
[ October 31, 2011; 7:30 pm; ] Dates: October 30-31
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly Cinema presents a pair of classic science fiction horror films selected by Joe Dante (THE HOWLING). ISLAND OF LOST SOULS features Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau, a mad scientist turning animals into people. THEM is [...]
