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A Plethora of Oscar-Nominated Docs and Shorts on the Big Screen

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Last year was a great movie year and we’re still enjoying the cream of the Oscar-nominated crop. Moviegoers still have time to catch many of the documentaries and shorts in all their big-screen glory before filling out their Oscar ballots, either at work or with Laemmle. This weekend we’re opening the live action, animated and documentary shorts and if you haven’t yet enjoyed the doc features THE SQUARE, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM or CUTIE AND THE BOXER, we’re playing those too! It’s a splendid time to be a cinephile.

From THE SQUARE

L.A. Times Interview: “Filmmaker flashes back to her ’90s girlhood in Georgia for IN BLOOM”

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From today’s L.A. Times:

Filmmaker flashes back to her ’90s girlhood in Georgia for IN BLOOM

Nana Ekvtimishvili recalls things being even worse than depicted in her movie IN BLOOM, which is set in a newly independent Georgia. She and husband/co-filmmaker Simon Gross discuss the film.

By Susan King

“In Bloom,” the foreign language film Oscar submission from Georgia, revolves around two 14-year-old girls coming of age in 1992. Best friends Eka and Natia live in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, a newly independent country after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but independence hasn’t made life any easier.

There’s violence and unrest, with justice doled out vigilante style. Food is scarce and bread lines are long. And a lot of young girls don’t even get the opportunity to be teenagers because they are kidnapped by men and forced into marriage.

Nana Ekvtimishvili, who was raised in Tbilisi, wrote the film, which opens Friday, and co-directed it with her German-born husband, Simon Gross. The two met in Munich, Germany, as film students and currently live and work in Tbilisi.

Read the interview on the L.A. Times website.

Filmmakers Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross of IN BLOOM

Manohla Dargis/N.Y. Times Dispatch from Sundance

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We greatly admire the film writing of Manohla Dargis, first of the Village Voice, then the L.A. Weekly, then the L.A. Times and now the New York Times. Her reviews and reporting from important film festivals like Sundance are required reading in our little corner of the film industry. She posted this yesterday and as always it’s exciting to hear what we have to look forward to, including Boyhood, We Come as Friends and Land Ho! The latter, Ms. Dargis writes, features “the breakout star of this year’s festival,” Earl Lynn Nelson, which is refreshing because the actor is neither a comely ingenue nor a chiseled hunk but rather an elderly man.

Earl Lynn Nelson, left, and Paul Eenhoorn in Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz's "Land Ho!"

Two Advance Screenings of AT MIDDLETON with Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia: Tickets Now on Sale

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Next Tuesday the 21st at our Royal and NoHo 7 theaters we’ll be featuring two advance screenings of AT MIDDLETON, the new romantic comedy in which Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia star as two parents who fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children’s college tour. The screenings are part of the New York Film Critics Series and as always the NYFCS features a pre-recorded Q&A with the talent, this time moderated by More Magazine film critic Allison Bailes. She’ll be interviewing Farmiga and Garcia and will also take questions from audiences around the nation via Twitter. Buy tickets for the Royal screening here and the NoHo screening here.

Happy New (Film) Year!

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Today Indiewire posted The 50 Indie Films Indiewire Wants to See in 2014, and the new year is looking for promising for cinephiles. In addition to movies from a host of lesser-known filmmakers, chances are good we will all by enjoying new films from gifted directors such as Todd Haynes, Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders, Steve James, Bennett Miller, Thomas Vinterberg, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mike Leigh, Kelly Reichardt, Lars von Trier, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Winterbottom (a sequel to The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon!), Terrence Malick, Gregg Araki and Noah Baumbach. Happy New Year!

Time Again to Sing from the Rooftops!

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Will the matchmaker make you “the perfect match?”  There’s only one way to find out … join us this year for our 6th ANNUAL FIDDLER ON THE ROOF CHRISTMAS EVE SING-A-LONG!

This year, the popular Fiddler program has been extended to more venues to accommodate demand including, for the first time, the PLAYHOUSE 7 and the CLAREMONT 5.

In addition to exuberant movie and song, the evening will feature TRIVIA with PRIZES being awarded to Fiddler buffs with the quickest recall.  Dressing in COSTUME is not required, but highly encouraged! Who knows, perhaps the best costume will garner a prize?  That will be up to the emcee.  Indeed, each location will feature its own host, among them our very own GREG LAEMMLE.

“Christmas Eve isn’t just Chinese food anymore!” says Greg Laemmle. “We welcome all those in the community who are looking for an alternative Christmas eve experience.”

He continues,  “This is your once-a-year chance to be the star of the shtetl. Join voices with friends and neighbors and sing your heart out alongside Fiddler’s screen legends,” he continues.  “And it’s okay if you haven’t memorized all the songs. We provide the lyrics.”

Song highlights include the iconic “TRADITION”, “IF I WERE A RICH MAN”,  “TO LIFE”, “SUNRISE SUNSET”, “DO YOU LOVE ME?” and “ANATEVKA”, among many, many more.

Don’t miss the buggy! Those who wish to attend the program are advised to purchase tickets in advance as the program has traditionally sold to capacity.

See you in the shtetl…

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PROGRAM DETAILS

DATE: Tuesday, December 24th

TIME: 7:30pm

PRICING:
General Admission – $18
Seniors/Children – $15
Premiere Card Adult – $12
Premier Card Seniors – $10

LOCATIONS:
Claremont – Get Tickets
Music Hall – Get Tickets
NoHo – Get Tickets
Playhouse – Get Tickets
Royal – Get Tickets
Town Center – Get Tickets 

THE ACT OF KILLING Q+A’s at the Monicas with Director Joshua Oppenheimer

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Joshua Oppenheimer, director of the astonishing documentary THE ACT OF KILLING, will participate in Q&A’s after the 10:30 AM screenings Saturday and Sunday at the Monicas.

http://vimeo.com/66577653

 

 

LIVE AT THE FOXES DEN Q&A at the Royal on Wednesday

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LIVE AT THE FOXES DEN director Michael Kristoff and actor Jack Holmes will participate in a Q&A after the 7:20 PM screening at the Royal on Wednesday, December 11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k186qbb3w