The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian & Aero Theatres, is a 501 (C) 3 non-profit organization.Tumblr (3.0; @amcinematheque)http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/094cccb63e71127f919534433fd7e50b/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef10190e4633eecbb1850ab40a6d9b06/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo3_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0603ec31a76b976474b0447727c02b6a/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a62739486df30c740ad017169e303477/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a8d923df54e4720fb14a22f08d4e1f98/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4accf29950b4e0c46023c60563f1af66/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/54060a4d8420d9bb277ae00302db179e/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4734f75e7d029a2ec16aa8e0ab105d9d/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/39e8ac96b72df565f98af6563206a2d6/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b4423f4eea4ccd5c84d247da6d0fdd8/tumblr_mn4bavlwuz1qegacgo10_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Double Feature tribute to Screenwriter Alan Sharp.  Screenwriter Howard Rodman and Actress Jennifer Warren in person.</em></p> <p><strong>NIGHT MOVES / ULZANA’S RAID</strong></p> <p><em>Thursday, May 23rd - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p>Come celebrate the work of Screenwriter/Director/Producer Alan Sharp who passed away this past February.  His body of work includes <strong>DAMNATION ALLEY, LITTLE TREASURE</strong> (his only directing credit), <strong>THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, ROB ROY</strong> and these two films <strong>NIGHT MOVES</strong> and <strong>ULZANA’S RAID</strong>.</p> <p>Actress Jennifer Warren who starred with Gene Hackman in <strong>NIGHT MOVES</strong> will be on hand for a discussion between films, moderated by Screenwriter and WGAW President Howard Rodman.</p> <p>Both films are 35mm prints.</p> <p><strong>NIGHT MOVES</strong></p> <p><em>1975 / Warner Bros. / 95 minutes / Directed by: Arthur Penn</em></p> <p><span>Gene Hackman plays an ex-football-star-turned-private eye whose life unravels when he finds his wife (Susan Clark) has been unfaithful. Adding to Hackman’s midlife crisis, his job finding a missing teenager (a young Melanie Griffith) goes abruptly sour in a nightmarish labyrinth of betrayals and sudden death, crafted by screenwriter Alan Sharp. With Jennifer Warren.</span></p> <p><strong>ULZANA’S RAID</strong></p> <p><em>1972 / Universal / 103 minutes / Directed by: Robert Aldrich</em></p> <p><span>When Ulzana (Joaquin Martinez) and a small band of Apaches escape from an Arizona reservation and begin killing settlers, a green cavalry lieutenant (Bruce Davison) is assigned to capture them with the help of a veteran scout (Burt Lancaster). The desert pursuit that ensues is both a tense tactical game and an unflinching look at how ethnic conflicts brutalize both sides. An underrated Western, expertly directed by Robert Aldrich (<strong>THE DIRTY DOZEN</strong>) from Alan Sharp’s intricate screenplay.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong>TICKETS</strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50940244828http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50940244828Mon, 20 May 2013 15:36:56 -0700Alan SharpHoward RodmanJennifer WarrenDouble FeatureAero Theatre35mmNight MovesUlzana's Raid<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/581f786b56098cb874b67cbacc57834e/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a9617805c8c9b10e6cbaf73b4ae1e05/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/731682c9d81a164455737bf5eb519424/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9a8068b8f3ee81bdecb334a8b2136d96/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0b4332ee49bfa25e8e2fa385b4a84161/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5ceb72c13fb2f9404b40a231195f6bd/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a14002fefa0945e3e15e1d63b765e3f9/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2ba033f7fb3fcbe13801652ec425aa5/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo10_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6dcaff4d9edefc5b016d893f6ea07c56/tumblr_mmr4syt5nE1qegacgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Sally Kellerman in Person</em></p> <p><strong>BACK TO SCHOOL / MASH</strong></p> <p><em>Thursday, May 16 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>Actress Sally Kellerman pays a visit to the Aero this Thursday to discuss her work in the 1986 comedy <strong>BACK TO SCHOOL</strong> and 1970 Robert Altman film <strong>MASH</strong>.  She will also be signing copies of her book <a href="http://sallykellerman.com/book.html" target="_blank">READ MY LIPS: STORIES OF A HOLLYWOOD LIFE</a> in the lobby at 6:30pm. </span></p> <p><span>Both films are 35mm prints. </span></p> <p><strong><span>BACK TO SCHOOL</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>1986 / Orion / 96 minutes / Directed by: Alan Metter</span></em></p> <p><span>Rodney Dangerfield can’t get no respect as a father whose son has decided that he doesn’t want to go to college. Determined to show him the importance of education, Dangerfield enrolls at the university as well. He’s instantly popular due to his wild parties, but literature professor Sally Kellerman inspires him to crack the books. There are lots of laughs, of course, as well as a cameo by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and a soundtrack by former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman.</span></p> <p><strong><span>MASH</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>1970 / Twentieth Century Fox / 116 minutes / Directed by: Robert Altman</span></em></p> <p><span>Director Robert Altman’s breakout film defines black comedy and the pushing-the-envelope, pioneering spirit then blossoming in the New Hollywood of the 1970s. Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould are hilarious as Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John, newly arrived surgeons at the 4077th MASH unit located in a Korean War battle zone. They’re anarchic spirits with no patience for hypocrisy, bureaucracy or stupidity. Timeless, with a dream cast of standout performers, including Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman and Tom Skerritt.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50358889581http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50358889581Mon, 13 May 2013 12:29:00 -0700AeroSally Kellerman35mmBack to SchoolRead My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood LifeMASHRobert Altman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc6555406599d29376ae19aff6e0c48e/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f5e8e659080c887908402f74f887bcd/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ffa658cdfc85e0f274c1c840480c4c25/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d1de6a1db394a481cef312212660e96a/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/569cce3cb1a20f4a31f6a242bd0a0bcb/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9feea005e9cdd47808833675ab37390f/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b37393dda7fd155a7a420829c13e2501/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo8_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d9ed8db6c393e9863f0727510116f1f/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/deeb94bc416c4c7f9fd9faeeaf090f52/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf86b207b997b3714877362417f66025/tumblr_mmnegaCaJx1qegacgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>The American Cinematheque celebrates a different side of Motherhood this Mother’s day…</em></p> <p><strong>PSYCHO / MOMMIE DEAREST</strong></p> <p><em>Sunday, May 12 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>Celebrate Mom with two movies that will make you glad your mothers aren’t like this.</span></p> <p><span>First, Anthony Perkins has some mother issues while running his out-of-the-way motel, and Janet Leigh finds out about them the hard way in Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic <strong>PSYCHO</strong>.</span></p> <p><span>Then Faye Dunaway goes for mother of the year as legendary movie star Joan Crawford making daughter Christina Crawford’s life a living hell in <strong>MOMMIE DEAREST</strong>.</span></p> <p><span>Just remember to take the following motherly advice.  Keep your eyes peeled for knife wielding maniacs while showering and </span><span>by all means, NO WIRE HANGERS!!!</span></p> <p><strong><span>PSYCHO</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>1960 / Paramount (via Universal) / 109 minutes / Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock</span></em></p> <p><span>Coming off the comparatively big budget <strong>NORTH BY NORTHWEST</strong>, director Alfred Hitchcock decided he wanted to make a nice little, low-budget black-and-white film for a change of pace. This was the result, and the shock waves are still reverberating. Lovely embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) takes refuge from a rainstorm off the beaten track on a lonely California highway. Unfortunately, she checks in at the Bates Motel, presided over by young Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a strange fellow living with his mother in a nearby mansion. Hitchcock used the small crew from his popular TV show for this hair-raising example of California Gothic, and it remains one of the most influential chillers ever made. With Vera Miles and John Gavin.</span></p> <p><strong><span>MOMMIE DEAREST</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>1981 / Paramount / 129 minutes / Directed by: Frank Perry</span></em></p> <p><em>“Don’t fuck with me, fellas. This ain’t my first time at the rodeo!”</em><span>Faye Dunaway scorches as Joan Crawford in this blistering exposé of the icon’s troubled and abusive relationship with her adopted daughter, Christina Crawford (who penned the memoir on which the film is based). Told from the perspective of grown-up Christina (Diana Scarwid) remembering her traumatic upbringing, “Mommie” Joan crumples under the pressures of alcohol, men and show business, and turns into an emotionally manipulative domestic monster. Though a critical disaster on its initial release, earning an abundance of Razzie Award wins and nominations, the film has since become a cult touchstone, thanks to a ferocious performance by Dunaway and no-holds-barred direction by Frank Perry (<strong>THE SWIMMER, PLAY IT AS IT LAYS</strong>). With Mara Hobel as young Christina, Steve Forrest as Joan’s Hollywood lawyer boyfriend, hopelessly loyal to MGM, and Howard Da Silva as the screaming studio titan himself, Louis B. Mayer.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50186370470http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50186370470Sat, 11 May 2013 12:07:00 -0700Mother's Dayaero theatreMommie DearestPsychoAlfred HitchcockFrank Perry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/188f9aec5f4df0fa488c18b5c9b62fe2/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3450174d7e28dea63b87df67eca056ef/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe89add2487022eb4034720f1b02b0d9/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d805835374e24f22306fb89bc3d63ca/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46c4a86f4d8ebcf0f21dbc415d28051a/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/137892a65256f99bd7db93bcdf9fa53d/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5dd481850f7e9e78590949f7e6c25a39/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecea356dbd58c0bac1507346f7f11b6b/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90da9100dfe6b1fed985438657ab26ff/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0327345491dd78862ea3d4516825e172/tumblr_mmltlxYetN1qegacgo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>May the power of Christ compel you!</strong></p> <p>William Friedkin in person on Friday and Saturday.</p> <p><strong>THE FRENCH CONNECTION / TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. </strong>on Friday</p> <p><strong>THE EXORCIST</strong> on Saturday</p> <p>The William Friedkin series continues tonight and tomorrow at the Aero, and Mr. Friedkin will be on hand to sign copies of his book <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Friedkin-Connection-William-Friedkin/?isbn=9780061775123" target="_blank"><span>The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir</span> </a>at 6:30 in the lobby, and will participate in a discussion about the films.</p> <p>If you’ve never seen William Friedkin speak about his movies live, you’re missing out.  He’s passionate about his work and is fascinating.  He also doesn’t pull any punches.  I once saw him do a Q&A about <strong>THE FRENCH CONNECTION</strong> at the Academy and when an audience member asked him a bizarre question about what he viewed to be a gaffe in the movie, Friedkin entertainingly defended it.</p> <p><em>Tonight, Friday, May 10th - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p>William Friedkin has both New York and Los Angeles covered with an action packed double feature, each with an outstanding car chase.  One has Gene Hackman chasing a killer on a New York subway, the other has William Peterson driving the wrong way on a busy L.A. freeway.</p> <p>Both films are 35mm prints.</p> <p><strong>THE FRENCH CONNECTION</strong></p> <p><em>1971 / 20th Century Fox / 104 minutes / Directed by: William Friedkin</em></p> <p><span>Arguably the greatest American crime film ever made. Gene Hackman stars as Detective Popeye Doyle, who’s muscling minor hoods in NYC (the “You ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?” scene is still a classic) when he catches the trail of a huge shipment of French heroin. With partner Roy Scheider, Hackman dogs drug-kingpin Fernando Rey through the concrete jungle - highlighted by a brain-jangling car chase that still hasn’t been topped.</span></p> <p><strong>TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.</strong></p> <p><em>1985 / MGM Repertory / 116 minutes / Directed by: William Friedkin</em></p> <p><span>Director William Friedkin’s startling, exhilarating thriller stars William Petersen as a hot-shot Federal agent out to bust ruthless counterfeiter Willem Dafoe (in a revelatory, tour-de-force performance). Along the way, they collide with John Turturro as a drug mule addicted to Pepto Bismol and Dean Stockwell as Dafoe’s morally ambivalent mouthpiece. As dynamic and unnerving as <strong>THE FRENCH CONNECTION</strong> a decade earlier, <strong>TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.</strong> is Friedkin at his very best - a turbo-charged ride through an imploding, morally-corrupt American landscape.</span></p> <p><em>Saturday, May 11 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p>Quite possibly the scariest movie ever made.  It’s a horror movie that even I have trouble making it through and still gives me nightmares.</p> <p>This presentation is a DCP.</p> <p><strong>THE EXORCIST</strong></p> <p><em>1973 / Warner Bros. / 121 minutes / Directed by: William Friedkin</em></p> <p><span>Friedkin adapted William Peter Blatty’s bone-chilling best-seller into the classic American horror film in which Catholic priests Jason Miller and Max von Sydow go head-to-head with the unholy one, inhabiting the body of young Linda Blair. “I auditioned 500 girls and went with Linda because I felt she was the most intelligent, most pulled-together youngster I had ever met.” - Friedkin. With Ellen Burstyn.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50118645842http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/50118645842Fri, 10 May 2013 15:39:33 -070035mmDCPwilliam friedkinThe French ConnectionTo Live and Die in L.A.The ExorcistCar ChaseAeroThe Friedkin Connection<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/97e28b1e5c656418a8d7144a5f10af10/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6fbe4dabb3aaa99515cd36aa0a337c56/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da7c413049c2b85c5e8f07f30e10d038/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f28e580a63d6140b2398eb65b6a3e3a/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a8721b5b3cb1d769b55b9a1d138e752/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b9ef73cd36c31974aa09d443b10bd636/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo8_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d913a4d269e0a983b1813bab31ebc805/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3e34a0cde6c659db0053ca66365f61a/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a166f3ac7b38fbf08d04a83350d44e66/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e3daa1a0f1d1c1a10f711bd4f8bd23e/tumblr_mme2va2gsD1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>William Friedkin in Person!</em></p> <p><strong>SORCERER / CRUISING</strong></p> <p><em>Thursday, May 9 - 7:30PM Aero Theater</em></p> <p>Academy Award winning director William Friedkin (<strong>THE FRENCH</strong> <strong>CONNECTION</strong>) will be on-hand to discuss his work on these two films as well as sign copies of his book <span> </span><strong><span><a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Friedkin-Connection-William-Friedkin/?isbn=9780061775123" target="_blank">The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir</a> </span></strong>in the lobby at 6:30pm.</p> <p>An American remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot 1953 film <strong>THE WAGES OF FEAR</strong>, <strong>SORCERER</strong> is a solid effort that continues to be a highly requested film by fans of Friedkin’s work - especially for a Blu-ray Disc release (a DVD was issued in 1998).  Here is a chance to see it on the big screen with the director in person, on a double bill with <strong>CRUISING </strong>which features Al Pacino as an undercover cop who ventures into the New York City gay S&M scene in search of a serial killer.  Both are 35mm prints.</p> <p>This is a rare chance to catch <strong>SORCERER</strong> that shouldn’t be missed.</p> <p><strong>SORCERER</strong></p> <p><em>1977 / Paramount / 122 minutes / Directed by: William Friedkin</em></p> <p><span>Friedkin’s most visually awesome film follows small-time crook Roy Scheider from Brooklyn to the sweltering South American jungles, where he lands a job hauling nitroglycerine with hard-luck losers Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal. Rather than simply remake Henri-Georges Clouzot’s famed <strong>THE WAGES OF FEAR</strong>, Friedkin re-imagined the story as a cosmic vision of man vs. nature, climaxing in the mind-bending image of Scheider and crew literally pushing a loaded truck across a spindly rope bridge.</span></p> <p><strong>CRUISING</strong></p> <p><em>1980 / Warner Bros. / 106 minutes / Directed by: William Friedkin</em></p> <p><span>A bleakly chilling emotional travelogue of desperation, loneliness and spiritual hunger, <strong>CRUISING</strong> stars Al Pacino as a naïve undercover cop who descends into the leather-bar underworld of New York’s gay S&M scene. Widely condemned and misinterpreted on its release, <strong>CRUISING</strong> emerges today as one of Friedkin’s major works - it succeeds as a police procedural, horror film (there are scenes every bit as terrifying as <strong>THE EXORCIST</strong>), and saga of one seemingly “decent” man’s inability to face the truth about himself. Featuring a terrific score by composer Jack Nitzsche, with songs by The Germs.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49787113332http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49787113332Mon, 06 May 2013 11:18:46 -0700SorcererCruising35mmwilliam friedkinThe Friedkin Connectionaero theatre<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/71d48c5838393ba4aae85a35eb4c8b99/tumblr_mm52y8zECv1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f8baf90635ecafc47725f87c5e158ea2/tumblr_mm52y8zECv1qegacgo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7b94d58bb598371bb65806a752c1227d/tumblr_mm52y8zECv1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/15a2d45efbc655d4e18372434900060f/tumblr_mm52y8zECv1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3df9ff1089012e72a2bbf927485ef104/tumblr_mm52y8zECv1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival</em></p> <p>Chuck Jones Creativity Center Presents…</p> <p><strong>DRAWING ON IMAGINATION</strong></p> <p><em>Saturday, May 4th - 2:00PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>One of the great animation directors, Oscar-winner Chuck Jones directed more than 300 cartoons during his 60-year career, creating such classic characters as the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and Pepe LePew, and making Dr. Seuss’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” a holiday TV tradition. Join us for a demonstration of animation techniques along with a screening of a small sample of his cartoons.</span></p> <p><strong><em>Show your ticket stub to any of our Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival screenings to receive admission to this free event!</em></strong></p> <p><strong>Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lacff" target="_blank">Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival</a> on Facebook!</strong></p> <p><strong>See our <a href="http://americancinematheque.com/mail13/childrens_film_festival_0413/childrens_film_festival_0413.html" target="_blank">e-flyer</a> for all the festival info in one place!</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong>TICKETS</strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49386855176http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49386855176Wed, 01 May 2013 14:43:48 -0700Los Angeles Children's Film FestivalDrawing on ImaginationChuck Jones<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd05b917ac3a29fbc79c251a3be5d77d/tumblr_mm38e6TGaX1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Screening In May - <strong>THE FRENCH CONNECTION</strong>.</p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49304725640http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49304725640Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:44:30 -0700May 2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c26caaaad7abeec9d4dd4905c872837e/tumblr_mm2w7fW6kr1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f0fda885e499653d9162f73cae35f070/tumblr_mm2w7fW6kr1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79d65d4df5ecd2c616bdabdae30f6fb0/tumblr_mm2w7fW6kr1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69ca820f1bff518ed65cff4740826183/tumblr_mm2w7fW6kr1qegacgo6_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/de5b42f38810a02ad45eb70f5cba5392/tumblr_mm2w7fW6kr1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6eba3613feba960f2fdfc9a3c2e8431a/tumblr_mm2w7fW6kr1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival Continues with Jamie Lee Curtis in Person!</em></p> <p><strong>FROM UP ON POPPY HILL</strong></p> <p><em>2011 / Studio Ghibli / 91 minutes / Directed by: Goro Miyazaki</em></p> <p><em>Friday, May 3 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>Co-presented with New York International Children’s Film Festival</span></p> <p><span>The highly anticipated new film from Studio Ghibli was written by legendary studio founder Hayao Miyazaki and directed by Goro Miyazaki, the first feature film collaboration between father and son. In Yokohama in 1963, high school kids Umi and Shun work together to save a dilapidated Meiji-era club house from demolition. But as their tentative romance begins to blossom, a buried secret from their past emerges to pull them apart. Richly evocative of time and place (and the optimism in Japan in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics), <strong>FROM UP ON POPPY HILL</strong> boasts a star-filled voice cast including Jamie Lee Curtis, Christina Hendricks, Ron Howard and Anton Yelchin. Recommended ages: 9 and up.</span></p> <p><strong>Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lacff" target="_blank">Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival</a> on Facebook!</strong></p> <p><strong>See our <a href="http://americancinematheque.com/mail13/childrens_film_festival_0413/childrens_film_festival_0413.html" target="_blank">e-flyer</a> for all the festival info in one place!</strong></p> <p><em>Buying tickets in support of your participating school? Visit our page for <a href="http://gkids.tv/losangeles/" target="_blank">School Fundraising</a> to select your school and make your purchase!</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong>TICKETS</strong></a></p> <p><span> </span></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49267571538http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/49267571538Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:21:50 -0700Los Angeles Children's Film FestivalFrom Up on Poppy HillStudio GhibliJamie Lee Curtis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f40abf872934c1fb828b103233eab26d/tumblr_mlo9chblkf1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5fc6b527f4c3e6ab69030910b4a26bbe/tumblr_mlo9chblkf1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bffb8274272c3aa3e5876bf0b8e18485/tumblr_mlo9chblkf1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>POSSESSION</strong> </p> <p><em>1981 / Bleeding Light Film Group / 127 minutes / Directed by: Andrzej Zulawski</em></p> <p><em>Monday, April 22 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>In this controversial, unclassifiable cult film, secret agent Mark (Sam Neill) reunites with Anna (Isabelle Adjani) and their young son only to be asked for a divorce. But it’s not because his wife has been seeing another man - when Mark hires a private investigator to follow her, he learns she’s been spending time with a strange, tentacled creature (designed by famed special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi). Director Andrzej Zulawski was in the midst of his own difficult divorce when he came up with this nightmarish mix of domestic distress, bloody violence and bio-horror. Adjani’s performance in dual roles (she also plays Anna’s doppelgänger, Helen) earned a César as well as a Best Actress award at Cannes.</span><em>“<strong>POSSESSION</strong> starts on a hysterical note, stays there and surpasses it as the film progresses.”</em><span> – Variety</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/48630478308http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/48630478308Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:41:05 -070035mmPossessionAndrzej Zulawski<h3><span>Yeah Sister, We’re Having a Party Alright!</span></h3> <p><span> </span></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/624fdc97972bf2b2a31348db2e009118/tumblr_inline_ml5xvqU8wv1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>NOIR CITY 15TH ANNIVERSARY CLOSING NIGHT PARTY AND SCREENING OF </span><span>ROAD HOUSE IN HOLLYWOOD</span></strong></p> <p><span><em>Presented in collaboration with the Film Noir Foundation. </em></span></p> <p><em>Sponsored by <a href="http://distillery209.com/" target="_blank">Distillery No. 209</a>, <a href="http://titosvodka.com/" target="_blank">Tito&#8217;s Handmade Vodka</a> with Support from <a href="http://www.pmvintage.com/" target="_blank">Paper Moon Vintage</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.filmnoirtours.com/" target="_blank">Film Noir Tours</a></em><span></span></p> <p><strong><span>Sunday, April 21, 2013&#160;6:00 PM - ROAD HOUSE &amp; 7:30 PM to 12 AM Noir City Party</span></strong></p> <p><span>Pull down the brim of your fedora and jump on the Red Car to join a bevy of other shady characters for a celebration Noir City style. Set the mood with a 6PM screening of ROAD HOUSE immediately </span><span>followed by a <a href="http://americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/noir-city-15th-anniversary-closing-night-party-road-house" target="_blank">party </a>at Jefty’s (Egyptian Thea</span><span>tre) Courtyard “Road House!” </span></p> <p><span><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/78854865576f6a987dad2b1ca9e7b41b/tumblr_inline_ml5xzs4pE01qz4rgp.jpg"/></span></p> <p><span>Featuring an Italian dinner that would make Lucky Luciano&#8217;s mama proud, a chance to wet your beak with a martini in the lounge of the &#8220;Antlers Hotel&#8221; where you can also grab a dame or a sailor for a shuffle around the dance floor to the rhythms of the Dean Mora Swingtet and the sweetest canary you&#8217;ll ever hear tweet.</span><br/><span><br/></span><span></span><span>Don&#8217;t let the coppers catch you gambling when they raid the burlesque show! And of course, no trip to Jefty&#8217;s Road House would be complete without bowling &amp; vintage cars! gangster! And, introducing our Film Noir murder mystery interactive caper!</span><br/><span></span></p> <p><span><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/4b66b9400aa82300000d929c553f5751/tumblr_inline_ml5y18ngrN1qz4rgp.jpg"/></span></p> <p><span>Come as a femme fatale, gumshoe, gun moll or </span><span>mobster!</span></p> <p><span><br/></span><span></span><span><strong>Here’s how much Dough </strong></span><span><strong>it’ll set you back:</strong></span><br/><span><br/></span><span></span><span><strong>$50 VIP Admission</strong></span><br/><span>Movie, Drinks, Entertainment, Dinner, Your Very Own Mugshot, and 1st-In-Line Priority</span><br/><span><br/></span><span></span><span><strong>$40 Dinner Admission</strong></span><br/><span>Movie, Drinks, Entertainment, Dinner</span><br/><span><br/></span><span></span><span><strong>$35 Cinematheque Member Dinner Admission</strong></span><br/><span>Movie, Drinks, Entertainment, Dinner</span><br/><span><br/></span><span></span><span><strong>$25 General Admission</strong></span><br/><span>Movie, Drinks, Entertainment</span><br/><br/><span>When you <strong><a href="http://www.americancinematheque.com/amcinebiz/BuyMembership.htm" target="_blank">join the American Cinematheque</a></strong> at the $350 or above level, you will get two free Member Dinner Admission tickets to this event! </span><br/><span><br/></span><span></span><strong>TICKET SALES END ON APRIL 19 at NOON. A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF $25 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. </strong></p> <p><span>We respectfully ask that you pay in small, unmarked bills and please leave your Luger at home.</span></p> <p><span></span><strong><a href="http://americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/noir-city-hollywood-15th-annual-festival-of-film-noir" target="_blank">Details on the 15th Annual Festival of Film Noir</a></strong></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/47811607746http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/47811607746Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:21:00 -0700Film Noir FoundationRoad HouseRichard WidmarkPartyCostume1940s FilmsFilm NoirGumshoeMurder Mystery<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cfb5fedab76d9ccb0327bbf439d07b7e/tumblr_ml5kc6xing1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be730487844a41e28c02e7f841db7cef/tumblr_ml5kc6xing1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/538ec9e4e564b7be789bb16afd32ce11/tumblr_ml5kc6xing1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e81687d5b4773ba70ee4cf1dbc75c3e0/tumblr_ml5kc6xing1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c7eab456b33e96ea85c38aad6c156f2/tumblr_ml5kc6xing1qegacgo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Double Feature - Actor Tom Sizemore in person!</em></p> <p><strong>BRINGING OUT THE DEAD [1999] / DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS [1995]</strong></p> <p><em>Friday, April 12th - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>Tom Sizemore will sign copies of his book </span><strong><a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/By-Some-Miracle-I-Made-It-Out-of-There/Tom-Sizemore/9781451681673" target="_blank">By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir</a></strong><span> in the Aero lobby at 6:30 PM.  There will also be a discussion with him between films. It’s sure to be a lively one as Sizemore is a larger than life character.</span></p> <p><span>Both are 35mm prints.</span></p> <p><strong><span>BRINGING OUT THE DEAD</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>1999 / Paramount / 121 minutes / Directed by: Martin Scorsese</span></em></p> <p><span><strong>TAXI DRIVER</strong> director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader return to the gritty streets of Manhattan - in an ambulance. This time Nicolas Cage (in one of his best performances) takes the wheel as burnt-out paramedic Frank Pierce, bedeviled by a heroin epidemic that’s gripped the city and haunted by the patients he couldn’t save. His partners on the graveyard shift deal with the chaos of the job in varying ways: Ving Rhames appeals to God, while the brutal Tom Sizemore puts his trust in a baseball bat. An underrated meditation on how tenuous the ties to life and to sanity can become.</span></p> <p><strong><span>DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>1995 / Sony Repertory / 102 minutes / Directed by: Carl Franklin</span></em></p> <p><span>Adapted from the first of Walter Mosley’s popular Easy Rawlins novels, this neo-noir stars Denzel Washington as the private investigator plying his trade in South Central Los Angeles after WWII. When DeWitt Albright (a memorably shifty Tom Sizemore) asks Easy to find a missing woman (Jennifer Beals) involved with a mayoral candidate, the detective soon has several murders to solve. With Don Cheadle. </span><em>“It’s the film’s glowing visual qualities, a striking performance by Denzel Washington and the elegant control Carl Franklin has over it all that create the most exotic crime entertainment of the season.”</em><span> - Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/47791088688http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/47791088688Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:24:00 -070035mmDevil in a Blue DressBringing out the DeadMartin ScorseseTom SizemoreCarl FranklinBy Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e39a0e950ad6c7334c6336ffc2561f05/tumblr_mkyfdaSklf1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb8aa25dcc7a33c16dfad9857f9835c9/tumblr_mkyfdaSklf1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5db6a2facf72255daffd690474dad51f/tumblr_mkyfdaSklf1qegacgo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a2288f498c9761bc7f3462807735c74/tumblr_mkyfdaSklf1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/600d2dcae2bc843679804e3a65252707/tumblr_mkyfdaSklf1qegacgo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc4818a7150156e6453005688b1db82f/tumblr_mkyfdaSklf1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>A PLACE IN THE SUN</strong></p> <p><em>1951 / Paramount / 122 minutes / Directed by: George Stevens</em></p> <p><em>Monday, April 8 - 10:00PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p>One of the great American film classics screens tonight at the Aero, and not only is is a gorgeous 35mm print, but it is also free on a first come, first served basis.</p> <p>Montgomery Clift is at his best as the relative of a wealthy family that goes to work in the company factory, and after having a wild fling with factory worker Shelley Winters (also at her best as a very sad and pathetic character) falls in love with socialite Elizabeth Taylor.  Things get complicated for Clift with tragic results.</p> <p>Try not to fall in love with Elizabeth Taylor in this film, I dare you.</p> <p>George Stevens took home the Academy Award for Best Director.</p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong>TICKETS</strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/47480232822http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/47480232822Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:53:34 -0700A Place in the SunGeorge Stevens35mm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b7a13f73f1c54d3d489fc7f33b44b5f/tumblr_mknhwhnW5m1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7775a49b38412878654d78ded7167ec9/tumblr_mknhwhnW5m1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b208038c07fe817e1ac767d278ab12e0/tumblr_mknhwhnW5m1qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2522076643c25ed2112dbeeeb0cacc33/tumblr_mknhwhnW5m1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/90d7b276796d3fa147a5600f50ad7ef1/tumblr_mknhwhnW5m1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b32767afa3fe58284e7d46f132c0187f/tumblr_mknhwhnW5m1qegacgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Actress Mamie Van Doren in person!</em></p> <p><strong>HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL / UNTAMED YOUTH</strong></p> <p>A juvenile delinquent double feature from the 1950s with Sexpot Mamie Van Doren on hand for a discussion between films as well as to sign her book <strong>PLAYING THE FIELD</strong> in the lobby of the Aero at 6:30.</p> <p><em>Thursday, April 4 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><strong>HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL</strong></p> <p><em>1958 / MGM - Cinema Associates / 85 minutes / Directed by: Jack Arnold</em></p> <p><em>“Behind these ‘nice’ school walls – a teacher’s nightmare! A teen-age jungle!”</em><span> More interested in studying marijuana than mathematics, tough new kid Tony Baker (Russ Tamblyn) makes a beeline for the wrong crowd in this fast-paced exploitation fave. The cast is as wild as the action, with memorable appearances from slumming Hollywood scions Charlie Chaplin, Jr. and John Drew Barrymore, recovering teenage werewolf Michael Landon and the immortal Mamie Van Doren as Tony’s hot-to-trot aunt. Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis sings the classic title song.</span></p> <p><strong>UNTAMED YOUTH</strong></p> <p><em>1957 / Warner Bros. / 80 minutes / Directed by: Howard W. Koch</em></p> <p><span>Sexpot Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson play sisters convicted of hitchhiking and skinny-dipping and sent to a correctional farm - whose owner dates the local judge to ensure a steady supply of inmate labor. Like any good juvenile delinquent flick, UNTAMED YOUTH includes cool tunes; along with incidental music from Les Baxter, Mamie gets to wail a few numbers, and rock ‘n’ roll great Eddie Cochran chimes in as fellow inmate Bong. As ’50s film pleasures go, we find this one “guilty”!</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong>TICKETS</strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46973277964http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46973277964Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:14:00 -070035mmDVDMamie Van DorenHigh School ConfidentialUntamed Youth<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aeb37fa35c9790270938d68324103037/tumblr_mkc73vkg061qegacgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6cd233dda28b170872d647305b68b9aa/tumblr_mkc73vkg061qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed29e74d5336d33437a1914aff7106cc/tumblr_mkc73vkg061qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/45dc9122e75b5fbcfcda55c8f53ce063/tumblr_mkc73vkg061qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1bd9752db8dba1a7083c47670d30b154/tumblr_mkc73vkg061qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>On the Road: Cinematic Journeys</em></p> <p><strong>THE WAGES OF FEAR</strong></p> <p><em>1953 / Janus Films / 131 minutes / Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot</em></p> <p><em>Thursday, March 28 - 7:30PM Egyptian Theatre</em></p> <p><span>Four desperate truck drivers are hired by an oil company to transport nitroglycerin via treacherous mountain roads in South America to the site of an oil well that has caught fire.  Their cargo is volatile so even the slightest jolt from a pot hole could blast the trucks and the drivers to kingdom come.</span></p> <p>Critic Pauline Kael referred to this as <em><span>“the most original and shocking French melodrama of the ’50s.” </span></em><span>and director William Friedkin later remade this into <strong>SORCERER</strong>.  It’s a suspenseful and unforgettable experience that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat for the entire running time.</span></p> <p><span>The Cinematheque will be screening it from a 35mm print. </span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage" target="_blank"><span>TICKETS</span></a></strong></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46445263949http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46445263949Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:47:00 -0700Wages of Fear35mmHenri-Georges ClouzotCinematic Journeys<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/607333cafb45276f0cdec154a77242ce/tumblr_mkab39g9xl1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Things tend to get a little cynical and stylish at the American Cinematheque in April.  Just watch out for those Femme Fatales and dirty cops, they’re everywhere.</p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46358727402http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46358727402Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:18:45 -0700Noir City 15April 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e366edf7b43059f7b003ba26882369eb/tumblr_mk8nxl6pyC1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/23557cf9971ebde209b15f3d78e96722/tumblr_mk8nxl6pyC1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Double Feature!</em></p> <p><strong>NEW FACES / THE HINDENBURG</strong></p> <p><em>Wednesday, March 27 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <div class="event_description"> <p><em>This event is free to all current American Cinematheque Members, with regular pricing for non-Members.</em></p> <p><em>Paris-born Robert Clary was a promising singer when he was sent to a Nazi concentration camp in 1942. Relocating to the U.S. after the war, Clary drew notice as a comedic performer, and in 1965 found television immortality as Corporal LeBeau in the WWII-set sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes.”</em></p> <p><em>Robert Clary will sign his book <a href="http://www.robertclary.com/book.html" target="_blank">From The Holocaust To Hogan’s Heroes</a> in the lobby at 6:30 PM.</em></p> <p><em><span>Discussion between films with Robert Clary.</span></em></p> </div> <p><strong>NEW FACES</strong></p> <p><em>1954 / 98 minutes / Directed by: Harry Horner, John Beal</em></p> <p><span>A young Mel Brooks got one of his first writing credits on this film of the hit Broadway revue about a producer trying to keep his stage show alive. It features a series of dynamic musical performances from Robert Clary and Eartha Kitt, and hilarious sketches with Ronny Graham, Alice Ghostly and Paul Lynde (who also shares writing duties).</span></p> <p><strong>THE HINDENBURG</strong></p> <p><em>1975 / Universal / 125 minutes / Directed by: Robert Wise</em></p> <p><span>Director Robert Wise helmed this film about the Hindenburg conflagration, touched off when the German zeppelin landed in Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937. George C. Scott is a conflicted German security officer aboard, Anne Bancroft is a wayward countess, William Atherton (<strong>DAY OF THE LOCUST</strong>) a possible saboteur, Roy Thinnes (TV’s “The Invaders”) a fanatical Gestapo officer and Charles Durning (<strong>DOG DAY AFTERNOON</strong>) the Hindenburg’s captain. Recipient of two Oscars for Special Achievement in Sound Effects (Peter Berkos) and Visual Effects (Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson).</span></p> <p><strong>TICKETS</strong></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46288039055http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46288039055Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:00:00 -0700New FacesThe Hindenburg<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/010081ae5ad98922ec90409b59fa21ee/tumblr_mk36o5nJmy1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42fdda844828e493449c43f81db66c74/tumblr_mk36o5nJmy1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de522d17f3e4203c5d40e3190feef030/tumblr_mk36o5nJmy1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0f7ae8ce65e5ee6ecbbb12016b09b210/tumblr_mk36o5nJmy1qegacgo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/331e9240e33938baf538a104fd85ddda/tumblr_mk36o5nJmy1qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c337bc588bf0a73bb61fff476fcc8d26/tumblr_mk36o5nJmy1qegacgo6_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>35mm print!</em></p> <p><strong>SEVEN SAMURAI</strong></p> <p><em>1954 / Janus Films / 207 minutes / Directed by: Akira Kurosawa</em></p> <p><em>Saturday, March 23rd - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p>Today would have been director Akira Kurosawa’s 103rd birthday and the American Cinematheque is celebrating it with one of his (many) masterpieces, <strong>SEVEN SAMURAI</strong>.  </p> <p>Not only is the Cinematheque screening this must-see film, but it’s also a 35mm print which is the ONLY way to view this movie.</p> <p><span>Director Akira Kurosawa’s first attempt at a samurai film yielded this character-driven masterpiece about an aging swordsman (Takashi Shimura) who enlists six other warriors-for-hire (among them Toshiro Mifune) to safeguard a remote village plagued by bandits. After viewing <strong>SEVEN SAMURAI</strong>, filmmaker Federico Fellini called Kurosawa </span><em>“the greatest living example of all that an author of the cinema should be.”</em><span> In Japanese with English subtitles.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46028380258http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/46028380258Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0700Akira Kurosawa35mmThe Seven SamuraiToshiro Mifune<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e757baa525e55076dbb8fe5506275575/tumblr_mjzhqdbAsQ1qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9792d04103c84ce3db9950ed60ec5b5c/tumblr_mjzhqdbAsQ1qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c8b6c690c75eceae177febe92989095c/tumblr_mjzhqdbAsQ1qegacgo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e441d3268f2206ee801e26933fc276d9/tumblr_mjzhqdbAsQ1qegacgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>LA STRADA</strong></p> <p><em>1954 / Janus Films / 107 minutes / Directed by: Federico Fellini</em></p> <p><em>Thursday, March 21st - 7:30PM Egyptian Theatre</em></p> <p><span>When peasant Gelsomina (the dazzling Giulietta Masina) is sold to boorish strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) as his on-the-road assistant, she quickly becomes both an adept carnival performer and victim of her master’s cruelty. This magical, poetic tale of love, loss and loneliness was one of Fellini’s favorites. With Richard Basehart. Winner of the inaugural Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar in 1956. </span><em>“Giulietta has the lightness of a phantom, a dream, an idea. She possesses the movements, the mimic skills and the cadences of a clown.”</em><span> - Fellini. In Italian with English subtitles.</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage" target="_blank">TICKETS</a></strong></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/45873784629http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/45873784629Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:08:37 -0700La StradaFederico Fellini35mm<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H3jnzXX9mXs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>65th Anniversary</em></p> <p><strong>BICYCLE THIEVES (LADRI DI BICICLETTE)</strong></p> <p><em>1948 / Corinth Films / 93 minutes / Directed by: Vittorio de Sica</em></p> <p><em>Thursday, March 21st - 7:30PM Aero Theatre</em></p> <p><span>When Antonio has his invaluable bicycle stolen on the first day of a job that is vital to the welfare of his family, he and his son, Bruno, spend an unforgettable day searching the streets of Rome for it. One of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism. In Italian with English subtitles.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/45770680020http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/45770680020Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:07:14 -0700Bicycle ThievesVittorio de SicaDCP<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af0110c5d906367a61b06a5f6dba1a8a/tumblr_mjojp5Uyj11qegacgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56b954fc98f8f4fa263f4e51c4420eb6/tumblr_mjojp5Uyj11qegacgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/58d7094ad8cfc09b1c28e6673a872c33/tumblr_mjojp5Uyj11qegacgo3_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5d5633e121720ac06736159de6b723bd/tumblr_mjojp5Uyj11qegacgo4_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a3b1d1d185812e3299ac7b31cea860c5/tumblr_mjojp5Uyj11qegacgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong><span>One movie marathon to rule them all,</span></strong><br/><strong><span>One </span><span>movie marathon </span><span>to find them,</span></strong><br/><strong><span>One </span><span>movie marathon </span><span>to bring them all</span></strong><br/><strong><span>and in the darkness bind them.</span></strong></p> <p><span>Take a 13 1/2 hour journey to Middle Earth with <strong>THE HOBBIT</strong> / <strong>LORD OF THE RINGS</strong> marathon.</span></p> <p><em><span>Saturday, March 16th - 11:00AM Aero Theatre</span></em></p> <p><span>It’s a full day with Peter Jackson’s blockbuster adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy series - one of which (<strong>RETURN OF THE KING</strong>) took home the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2003.  </span></p> <p><strong><span>THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>2012 / Warner Bros. / 169 minutes / Directed by: Peter Jackson</span></em></p> <p><span>Martin Freeman is Bilbo Baggins, reluctantly recruited by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) to help a band of Dwarves reclaim their mountain home from a Dragon that drove them off.  </span></p> <p><strong><span>THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>2001 / New Line Cinema / 208 minutes / Directed by: Peter Jackson</span></em></p> <p><span>Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins sets out with 8 companions - the “Fellowship of the Ring” - to begin the arduous journey to Mount Doom to destroy the ring of power.</span></p> <p><strong><span>THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>2002 / New Line Cinema / 223 minutes / Directed by: Peter Jackson</span></em></p> <p><span>Frodo continues his journey towards Mount Doom in an uneasy alliance with the very shifty (and creepy) Gollum (Andy Serkis).</span></p> <p><strong><span>THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>2003 / New Line Cinema / 201 minutes / Directed by: Peter Jackson</span></em></p> <p><span>The battle for Middle Earth reaches it’s climax as the World of Men battles the armies of Sauron and Frodo gets closer to Mount Doom as the power of the ring consumes him.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.fandango.com/americancinemathequeattheaerotheatre_aacpd/theaterpage" target="_blank"><strong><span>TICKETS</span></strong></a></p>http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/45390707649http://amcinematheque.tumblr.com/post/45390707649Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:17:29 -0700Lord of the RingsThe HobbitPeter JacksonDCP