| Special One Night Events &
Limited Engagements, Sneak Previews in October:
Wednesday, October 6 – 7:30 PM
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY ASBURY
SHORT FILM SHOW OF NEW YORK: New York City's longest running short film exhibition
presents a 30th Anniversary short film concert of 12 elite, world-class short films from
the past as well as a few new award-winners selected from the world's top film festivals.
Included in the program: "Consent" from Oscar nominated director Jason
Reitman (UP IN THE AIR, JUNO);"Super Powers," from New Yord directors
Jeremy Kipp Walker and John Mitchell; "Gone Fishing," from U.K. director
Chris Jones; and "Backwards" from award-winning animator Aaron Hughes. Sponsored
by Centropolis Entertainment. Buy Tickets
Thursday, October 7 – 7:30 PM
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.
THE USUAL SUSPECTS, 1995, MGM Repertory, 106
min. Dir. Bryan Singer. Five criminals, hauled in for questioning, try to discover
who has fingered them. The ensemble cast includes Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey as well as
Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro and Kevin Pollak as thug Todd Hockney. Director Bryan Singer in person! Buy
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Friday, October 8 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND, 2002, Miramax, 115 min. Dir.
George Clooney. At the height of his career as a television game show producer, Chuck
Barris (a revelatory Sam Rockwell) finds himself being followed by a suspicious character
who quickly lures him into a secretive and dangerous world: that of a CIA operative. As he
basks in the glamour of his two worlds, Barris’ double life begins to spiral out of
control. Adapted by Charlie Kaufman from the real Chuck Barris’ "unauthorized
autobiography." Trailer
MOON, 2009, Sony Pictures Classics, 97 min. Beautiful,
wistful and lyrical, Duncan Jones’ directorial debut stars Sam Rockwell as astronaut
Sam Bell, who is nearing the end of his solitary three-year assignment on the moon. With
only the computer GERTY to keep him company (cleverly recalling HAL 9000 of Kubrick’s
2001, and voiced by an eerily impassive Kevin Spacey), Sam begins to mentally unravel,
complete with visions of duplicates and triplicates of himself – or at least it would
seem that way. Rockwell handles the one-man, multi-persona show with staggering aptitude,
while Clint Mansell’s haunting score lends an otherworldly sadness to the sci-fi
tale. Trailer | Buy
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Wednesday, October 13 – 7:30 PM
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.
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, 1989, Miramax
Films, 100 min. Ann (Andie McDowell) is unhappily married to unfaithful John (Peter
Gallagher). When John's life-long friend Graham (James Spader) arrives on the scene, he
introduces Ann to the wonders of his fetish: videotaping interviews with women. This sexy,
smart drama by then-newcomer Steven Soderbergh is widely regarded as a landmark in
American independent cinema, and it garnered Soderbergh an Oscar nomination for Best
Original Screenplay. Check website for guest update. Trailer | Buy
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Thursday, October 14 – 7:30 PM
Larry Karaszewski Presents: 50th
Anniversary! ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, 1960,
Sony Repertory, 180 min. In director Luchino Visconti's epic and incredibly moving family
tragedy, the aging widow Rosario moves to Milan with her four sons. When one of the sons,
Simone (Renato Salvatori) meets the smoldering prostitute Nadia, the two have a tumultuous
affair. Then Simone's brother Rocco (the iconic Alain Delon) returns home from military
service, and things fall dangerously apart: adultery, betrayal and murder send the family
spiraling into a bitter vendetta. One of screenwriter Suso Cecchi d'Amico finest works. In
Italian with English subtitles. Introduction by Larry
Karaszewski. Trailer |
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Sunday, October 17 – 7:30 PM
Tribute to Dom DeLuise! Double Feature: THE
TWELVE CHAIRS, 1970, Brooksfilms Limited, 94 min. Brooks' second
film as director is a handsomely mounted period piece, but the classical source and lush
location photography doesn't get in the way of the laughs! Ron Moody plays an impoverished
Russian aristocrat in search of a dining chair with jewels hidden in the seat, and Dom
DeLuise is his rival in pursuit of the treasure. Trailer
FATSO, 1980, 20th Century Fox, 93 min. Dir. Anne Bancroft.
Overweight Dominick (Dom DeLuise) gets a scare when his obese cousin dies from a heart
attack. Convinced by his brother to go on a diet, Dominick starts to feel the pressures of
giving up the ol' hot dogs and doughnuts. But then he meets the lovely Lydia (Candice
Azzara) and is forced to pick his one true love: food, or the woman of his dreams? Introduction by Mel Brooks (schedule permitting) and the DeLuise family.
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Wednesday, October 20 – 7:30 PM
Presented by the Consulate General of Belgium in Los Angeles, in cooperation with
Flanders Image and Wallonie Bruxelles Images, with the support of E.L.M.A. (European
Languages and Movies in America)
L.A. Premiere! ANGEL AT SEA, 2009, Insomnia, 86 min. Dir. Frederic
Dumont. Bruno, an overworked bureaucrat based at a lighthouse in southern Morocco, is
severely depressed. When Bruno confides in his young son Louis that he is on the brink of
doing something terrible to himself, the boy is bluntly awakened to the realities of
responsibility, protection and deep personal sadness. Shot with exquisite attention to the
nuances of childhood confusion, director Frederic Dumont's lovely debut was dubbed by Variety
"gorgeously lensed... strongly acted... first-rate." In French with English
subtitles. Discussion following with director Frederic Dumont.
Belgian beer reception to follow. Trailer | Buy
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Thursday, October 21 – 7:30 PM
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.
PULP FICTION, 1994, Miramax, 153 min. Director Quentin
Tarantino's dazzling, nitro-fueled homage to 1930s crime fiction, Elvis Presley flicks,
Los Angeles diners, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Melville is arguably the most
audacious and exciting American film of the 1990s. With John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson,
Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis. Check website for guest update. Trailer | Buy
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Tuesday, October 26 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: GET
LOW, 2010, Sony Pictures Classics, 103 min. Dir. Aaron Schneider. Screen great
Robert Duvall is Felix Bush, an eccentric Southern hermit who, in 1930s Tennessee, throws
himself his own riotous, down-home funeral party - which he attends while still alive!
Based on the wacky real-life figure who is delightfully shrouded in rollicking myth,
folklore and legend, GET LOW also stars the immensely talented Sissy Spacek and Bill
Murray. Trailer
TOMORROW, 1972, Castle Hill Productions, 103 min. Dir.
Joseph Anthony. Robert Duvall stars as a Mississippi farmer who, despite his own
independent predisposition, falls in love with a pregnant woman who has been abandoned by
her husband. Based on a story by William Faulkner, this drama was adapted by Horton Foote
(TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD) from his play and is understated, touching and romantic. Discussion between films with Robert Duvall. Buy
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Wednesday, October 27 – 7:30 PM
DONNIE DARKO, 2001, Exclusive Media, 113 min. Dir.
Richard Kelly. October 2, 1988: just another ordinary day in teenage Donnie Darko (Jake
Gyllenhaal)’s existence. Suddenly, an outrageous accident occurs, just missing
claiming Donnie's life. As Donnie begins to explore what it means to still be alive, and
in short order to be in love, he uncovers secrets of the universe that give him the
tempting power to alter time and destiny. With scenes shot at our very own Aero Theatre! Live commentary throughout the film by Richard Kelly in person. Trailer | Buy
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Thursday, October 28 – 7:30 PM
Bill Plympton’s beautiful, humorous and haunting animated works have secured his
status as one of the premier independent animators working today. His 1987 short,
"Your Face," was nominated for an Oscar. Website
Sneak Preview! IDIOTS AND ANGELS, 2008, 78 min. Angel spends his days and
nights as a bottom feeder - inconsiderate, abusive and misogynistic. When Angel awakens
one morning with wings attached to his back, his life starts to move in a different
direction. Innovative animator Bill Plympton elegantly illustrates a noir world of muted
color, contorted faces and bloated bodies with no particular moral compass - yet somewhere
within this world is an iota of hope. Trailer | Website
Prior to the feature: "The
Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger" (6 min.), about a calf who
naively longs for the glossy billboard existence of hamburgerhood, is at once wickedly
amusing and melancholy. The short recently played at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival. Discussion following the film with Bill Plympton. Trailer | Buy
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