THEY CAME TOGETHER filmmaker David Wain will participate in a Q&A after the 8 PM screening at the Playhouse 7 on Friday, June 27.
by Lamb L.
THEY CAME TOGETHER filmmaker David Wain will participate in a Q&A after the 8 PM screening at the Playhouse 7 on Friday, June 27.
by Lamb L.
THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY director Brian Knappenberger will participate in a Q&A after the 4:30 PM screening at the Playhouse on Saturday, June 28.
by Lamb L.
Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese-American writer and activist whose vision of revolution will surprise you. The filmmakers will be in attendance for Q&A’s after tomorrow & Saturday 7:40 PM shows as well as the Sunday 3:10 PM show. KCRW’s Matt Holzman will be hosting the Opening Night Q&A. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY screens tomorrow June 20 through Thursday, June 26 with daily showtimes of 1 PM, 3:10 PM, 5:30 PM, 7:40 PM and 10 PM with an added 10:50 AM screening on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd only. All screenings will be at the Playhouse 7.
by Lamb L.
BAND OF SISTERS is a terrific documentary about activist nuns who worked for social justice in the aftermath of Vatican II. Filmmaker Mary Fishman will introduce and participate in Q&A’s after each screening: June 24 at the Royal at 7:30 PM; June 25 at the Playhouse and 7:30 PM; June 26 at the NoHo at 7:30 PM; and June 28 at the Royal at 11 AM.
by Lamb L.
Special AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Screenings in the Royal
-Friday 6/6 7:40PM (SOLD OUT): Presented by the L.A. World Affairs Council
-Saturday 6/7 7:40PM: Presented by UC Irvine School of Law with special introduction by David Kaye, UC Irvine law professor specializing in international human rights
Special AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Screenings in the Pasadena Playhouse:
-Friday 6/6 7:40PM: Presented by art collective The Haggus Society and introduced by co-director and artist Terri Lloyd
-Saturday 6/7 7:40PM: Presented by Chris Csikszentmihalyi, director of The RootIO Project and a transgressive artist, former director of MIT Center for Civic Media & Computing Culture Group
by Lamb L.
LLYN FOULKES ONE MAN BAND co-directors Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:40 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17; after the 11 AM screening at the NoHo on Saturday, May 17; and after the 7:30 PM screening at the Playhouse on Monday, May 19. Mr. Foulkes himself will attend all but the Monday screening.
by Lamb L.
HANNA RANCH director Mitch Dickman will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 screening at the Playhouse on Friday, May 16.
by Lamb L.
It’s nearly time for Last Remaining Seats, the always-compelling series of film classics presented by the L.A. CONSERVANCY in our city’s grand, vintage movie palaces. The program opens this year on June 11, 2014, 8pm with the iconic comedy THE LADY EVE (1941, Preston Sturges) at the downtown LOS ANGELES THEATRE. What’s more, the evening will be hosted by our own GREG LAEMMLE who will be in conversation with PRESTON STURGES JR. and TOM STURGES, sons of the legendary director. It promises to be a captivating evening and we invite you to join in our support of the L.A. Conservancy by attending. If you haven’t been to the lavish LOS ANGELES THEATRE on Broadway, you are sure to be astonished.
Tickets for this event and other screenings are available through the L.A. CONSERVANCY who produces the series as a way to highlight the treasure trove of beautiful and historically significant theaters that remain in our city. In addition to the Los Angeles Theatre, this year’s line up includes the PALACE THEATRE (The Great Madcap), ORPHEUM THEATRE (Citizen Kane, Footlight Parade), the THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL (Back to the Future), and the DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION (West Side Story).
Tickets are pre-sold to Conservancy members, but are now also available to the general public. Seating is limited, however, so you must act quickly. We’ve already learned that one of the screenings has been sold out. GO HERE for more program and ticketing info.
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Program notes from the Conservancy:
The Los Angeles Conservancy has assembled an esteemed slate of special guests for its twenty-eighth season of Last Remaining Seats. This annual series presents classic films as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, in a beautiful historic theatre, surrounded by fellow fans. Each event in the series is full of extras, including live entertainment, special guests, cartoons, and more. What began in 1987 as a way to draw attention to Los Angeles’ historic theatres is now a summer tradition, drawing thousands of people from the region, the nation, and outside the U.S.
While subject to change, the special guests and live entertainment for 2014 are outlined below.
The season kicks off June 11 with a screening of The Lady Eve at the Los Angeles Theatre. Evening host for opening night is Greg Laemmle, president of Laemmle Theatres. Laemmle will interview Preston Sturges, Jr. and Tom Sturges, sons of Preston Sturges, who wrote and directed the acclaimed 1941 comedy.
On June 14, West Side Story at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion will feature one of the film’s stars, George Chakiris, in conversation with dance critic Debra Levine. Chakiris won an Academy Award® for his performance as Bernardo, leader of the Sharks, in this classic 1961 musical.
Guests at 1933’s Footlight Parade at the Orpheum Theatre on June 18 will enjoy two live performances. Robert Salisbury will perform on the theatre’s 1928 Mighty Wurlitzer organ, followed by Maxwell DeMille Presents “The Lullaby of Broadway:” A Tribute to the 1930s Movie Music of Harry Warren and Al Dubin, with Dean Mora and his Orchestra.
Renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin will host the sold-old evening screening of Back to the Future at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on June 21. Maltin will interview cast members Lea Thompson, Claudia Wells, and Don Fullilove. A DeLorean Time Machine will make a special appearance at both the matinee and evening screenings.
Co-presented with the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles, the screening of Luis Buñuel’s El gran calavera (The Great Madcap) on June 25 will be hosted by Oscar Arce, director of the Luis Buñuel Film Institute. Arce will appear on stage before the film with special guest Pablo Ferro, award-winning film title designer.
The season ends June 28 with two screenings of Citizen Kane at the Orpheum Theatre. Both screenings will be preceded by a live performance by Tony Wilson on the Mighty Wurlitzer organ. The matinee will be hosted by author and film historian Alan K. Rode, with the evening screening hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, weekend daytime host of Turner Classic Movies and the grandson of the film’s co-writer with Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Details and tickets are available at laconservancy.org.
Tickets cost $16 for L.A. Conservancy members and $20 for the general public.