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Now Playing at the Nuart Theatre
Director Jean-Jacques Beineix In Person
Fri & Sat, July 3 & 4 for a Q&A
After the 8:00pm Shows!
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Quintessential French cinema, Betty Blue is an uninhibited and tumultuous
story of an obsessive relationship that descends into madness. Zorg (Jean-Hugues
Anglade), an aspiring novelist who gets by as a handyman at a dilapidated
beach resort, is happy with his life until he meets the beautiful, wild and
unpredictable Betty (Béatrice Dalle). Life with Betty becomes a carnival
ride filled with prolific sex and increasingly madcap adventures, until Betty's
mental state turns dark. Released in 1986, the film became a cult sensation
for its full-frontal nudity and explicit sex while introducing effervescent
Béatrice Dalle to the world. The Director's Cut, which has never been
released in U.S. theatres before, features an additional hour of footage.
The characters of Zorg and Betty are more fully realized, with the leads'
performances and the voluptuous, early days of their relationship fleshed
out in more detail. Betty's crossover from obsessive passion to full-on emotional
breakdown is more fully depicted and this version gives more screen time to
the secondary characters who add a sense of celebration and wild abandon with
plenty of extremely funny moments along the way. Written and directed by Jean-Jacques
Beineix (Diva), based on the novel by Philippe Djian. Official Web Site
Director Beineix discusses the film's alternate versions Susan King's Los Angeles Times article... |
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| Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann (Collateral, Ali, The Insider, Heat) returns with the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Johnny Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie (Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw's capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One. Official Web Site |
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| The sub-zero heroes from Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown are back for a new animated adventure. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while maybe finding true love); Manny and Elle await the birth of their mini-mammoth; Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he's growing too "soft" hanging with his pals and Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna, run amuck, and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck. Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah and Simon Pegg. Presented in 3D! Official Web Site |
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If war is hell, why do so many men choose to fight? In an age when armies
consist not of draftees but of volunteers, and men willingly thrust themselves
into military action, sometimes the rush of battle is a potent and alluring
attraction, even an addiction. The Hurt Locker is an intense portrayal
of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming
bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James (Jeremy Renner), takes
over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises
his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge (Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty),
by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves
as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild
new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals
itself in a way that will change each man forever. This riveting
and suspenseful drama from visionary filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow
(Strange Days, K-19: The Widowmaker) is based on first-hand observation by journalist and
screenwriter Mark Boal who was stationed on assignment with a special bomb
unit. Also starring Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce. Official
Web Site Director Kathryn Bigelow on the importance of casting the perfect actor Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
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Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) live an idyllic life with their
young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking
news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to
save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical
and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship.
Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family
apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions
of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing. Co-starring
Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. Directed and co-written by
Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), based on the novel by Jodi Picoult.
Official Web
Site Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times review... |
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| Two years have passed since Sam (Shia LaBeouf) and the Autobots saved the human race from the invading Decepticons. Now he's preparing for the biggest challenge of his life: leaving home for college. Despite his extreme heroics, the battle of Mission City has become an urban legend believed only by conspiracy theorists. Sam is still an average teenager with everyday anxieties and excitement about heading off into adulthood, separating from his parents for the first time, and vowing to be faithful to girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox). Of course, he also has to explain his departure to his guardian robot, Bumblebee. Leaving home is something the Autobots understand only too well. With the destruction of the Allspark, the Transformers home planet of Cybertron is uninhabitable, and the Autobots make the best of their lives on earth, working in league with the military as part of a top secret team called NEST. Operating alongside their human counterparts, field commanders Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and USAF Master Sergeant Epps (Tyrese Gibson), the NEST team seeks to hunt down whatever remaining Decepticons are still hiding on earth. Unfortunately, even as the Autobots try to make a new life among humans, they discover they may not be welcome. Official Web Site |
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| When high-powered book editor Margaret (Sandra Bullock) faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she's actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), who she's tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to Alaska to meet his quirky family (Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White) and the always-in-control city girl finds herself in one comedic fish-out-of-water situation after another. With an impromptu wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the plan despite the precarious consequences. Directed by Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, Step Up). Official Web Site |
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| Filmmaker Woody Allen returns to New York with an offbeat comedy about a crotchety, world class grouch named Boris (Larry David, writer/star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and co-creator of "Seinfeld"). One night, he is about to enter his apartment when he is approached by a young runaway named Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) who begs to be let inside. Seeing that she is hungry and cold, he reluctantly agrees. Melody turns out to be dewy-eyed innocent from Mississippi, who takes every sarcastic comment Boris makes completely literally. Boris helpfully tells her she is too fragile to survive in New York, but he allows her to stay for a "few nights." But as time passes, Melody makes herself at home, and shows no intention of moving out. When her uptight parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr.) arrive to rescue her from the misanthropic Boris, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works." Co-starring Michael McKean and Conleth Hill. Official Web Site |
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Tetro is writer/director Francis Ford Coppola's first original screenplay
since 1974's The Conversation. It is his most personal film yet, arising
from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional.
When Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) finds his long-estranged brother Tetro (Vincent
Gallo) living in Buenos Aires, he discovers that his sibling, once a brilliant
writer, is now tormented and self-destructive. A bittersweet story
of two brothers, of family lost and found and the conflicts and secrets within
a highly creative Argentine-Italian family, the drama co-stars Klaus Maria Brandauer,
Maribel Verdú and Carmen Maura. Official
Web Site Francis Ford Coppola on his return to independent filmmaking Manohla Dargis's New York Times review... |
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From Todd Phillips, the director of Old School and Road Trip, comes
a comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly wrong. Two days before his wedding,
Doug (Justin Bartha) and his three buddies (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach
Galifianakis) drive to Vegas for a blow-out night they'll never forget. But
when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches,
they can't remember a thing. Their posh hotel suite is beyond trashed and
the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue of what happened and little
time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the
night before in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully
get Doug back to L.A. in time for his wedding. However, the more they begin
to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they're really in.
Heather Graham and Jeffrey Tambor co-star. Official Web Site |
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| Exploring the comedic twists and emotional turns in one couple’s journey across contemporary America, Away We Go is the new movie from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty). Longtime (and now thirtysomething) couple Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) are going to have a baby. The pregnancy progresses smoothly, but six months in, the pair is put off and put out by the cavalierly delivered news from Burt’s parents Jerry and Gloria (Jeff Daniels and Catherine O’Hara) that the eccentric elder Farlanders are moving out of Colorado—thereby eliminating the expectant couple’s main reason for living there. So, where, and among whom of those closest to them, might Burt and Verona best put down roots to raise their impending bundle of joy? The couple embarks on an ambitious itinerary to reconnect with old friends and family, and to evaluate cities. Co-starring Allison Janney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Schneider and Chris Messina. Featuring music by singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch. Official Web Site |
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From Disney•Pixar comes an animated comedy adventure about 78-year-old
balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen (voice of Ed Asner), who finally fulfills
his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons
to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers
all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly
optimistic 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell (Jordan Nagai). Directed
by Pete Docter (Academy Award nominee for Monsters, Inc.) and
written and co-directed by Bob Peterson (Finding Nemo), Up invites
you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on
Earth. Official
Web Site Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times review... |
Friday Midnight Movies at the Nuart Theatre!
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Adult film legend Bill Margold In Person with The Disco Dolls in Hot Skin in 3-D · Fri, Jul 10 See Rainbow Carnage LIVE with John Cameron Mitchell's cult musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch · Fri, Jul 17 Los Angeles Theatrical Premiere! Actors Noah Segan & Shiloh Fernandez In Person with Writer Trent Haaga for the L.A. Theatrical Premiere of Deadgirl · Fri, Jul 24 BonJon performs a new, live electronic soundtrack to F.W. Murnau's Faust · Fri, Jul 31 The OZploitation classic! Razorback · Fri, Aug 7 See Sins o' the Flesh LIVE with Rocky Horror sequel Shock Treatment · Fri, Aug 14 New 35mm print! James Cameron's Aliens · Fri, Aug 21 10th Anniversary! Mike Judge's Office Space · Fri, Aug 28 David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me · Fri, Sep 4 Uncut version! Adults only! Flesh Gordon · Fri, Sep 11 Lori Petty is Tank Girl · Fri, Sep 18 1984's Dance-ercize drama Heavenly Bodies · Fri, Sep 25 Steven Spielberg's dino-tastic Jurassic Park · Fri, Oct 2 See Sins o' the Flesh LIVE with board game-turned-movie Clue · Fri, Oct 9 |
New 35mm Uncut Print!
Every Saturday at Midnight at the Nuart Theatre!
Featuring Sins O' The Flesh LIVE!
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| The longest-running midnight movie of all time stars Tim Curry as the kinky yet endearing “transsexual from Transylvania” Dr. Frank N. Furter, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick as his hapless guests Brad and Janet, Meat Loaf as motorcycle-riding rough trade and author Richard O’Brien as the hunchbacked butler Riff Raff. It’s harmless musical fun—a delightful spoof of Hollywood horror movies and Old Dark House melodramas. All of our engagements feature live casts who perform scenes during the movie, and the audience is always welcome to respond to the on-screen action. The Rocky Horror Picture was the first—and is still the best—interactive movie experience! Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, July 10 at The Landmark
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| Sacha Baron Cohen ("Da Ali G Show"), who left the world in stitches as Borat, returns with another of his most popular characters, this time as Brüno—a gay Austrian supermodel/TV reporter who worms his way into style hot spots around the United States. As in the comedy Borat, most of the people who appear in the film are completely unaware that Brüno is a put-on, leading to hysterically funny and politically incorrect hijinks. Directed by Larry Charles (Religulous, Borat). Official Web Site |
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, July 10 at the Nuart Theatre
Director Megumi Sasaki In Person Fri & Sat, July 10 & 11 at 7:30pm and Sun, July 12 at 2:50pm!
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| This documentary tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to minimalist and conceptual art, Herb and Dorothy quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb's salary to purchase art they liked, and living on Dorothy's paycheck alone, they continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they collected over 4,000 pieces and proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists. Their circle includes: Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi and Lawrence Weiner. Official Web Site |
Starts Wednesday, July 15 at The Landmark
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| In the sixth film of the Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent), whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny (Bonnie Wright), but so is Dean Thomas (Alfie Enoch). And Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) has decided that Ron (Rupert Grint) is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane's (Anna Shaffer) chocolates! And then there's Hermione (Emma Watson), simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, July 17 at The Landmark
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| This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be—it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer (Zooey Deschanel) dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days "together" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, July 17 at The Landmark
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| It's been a decade since Ben (Mark Duplass) and Andrew (Joshua Leonard) were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a vagabond artist, skipping the globe from Chiapas to Cambodia. When Andrew shows up unannounced on Ben's doorstep, they easily fall back into their old dynamic of macho one-upmanship. Late into the night at a wild party, the two find themselves locked in a mutual dare: to enter an amateur porn contest together. But what kind of boundary-breaking, envelope-pushing porn can two straight dudes make? After the booze and "big talk" run out, only one idea remains—they will have sex together...on camera. It's not gay; it's beyond gay. It's not porn; it's art. But how exactly will it work? And more importantly, who will tell Anna (Alycia Delmore), Ben's wife? Writer/director Lynn Shelton, director of My Effortless Brilliance and recipient of the Someone to Watch Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, expertly mines the biggest ironies of the male ego to hilarious effect in this buddy movie gone wild. Official Web Site |
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, July 17 at the Nuart Theatre
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| Maya Entertainment proudly presents the first annual Maya Independent Film Series Presented by Blockbuster. Featuring international films from emerging Latino filmmakers, the series highlights eight theatrical premieres, assisting a select group of filmmakers in reaching the broadest possible audience and enabling Latino film enthusiasts and the general public to experience the power of Latino cinema. The eight premieres include: The Line (USA), starring Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Danny Trejo, Armand Assante and Esai Morales in the tale of a veteran assassin as he tracks down the elusive head of a crime cartel; Once Upon a Time in Rio (Brazil), a love story between a boy who lives in the slums of Ipanema and the daughter of a rich lawyer; Vicious Circle (USA), a tragic punk rock Latino love story starring Paul Rodriguez Jr. and Emily Rios and set on the streets of modern day Venice Beach, CA; Bajo la Sal (Mexico), about a lonely teenager who spends his time making crude animated horror films, but is later suspected of a series of murders; Máncora (Peru), a tender and pulsating road-trip drama that delicately traces the shifting emotional boundaries between three disconnected souls; Bad Guys (USA), the story of a shrewd female attorney with a grudge against the system who schemes to produce and distribute a wicked new designer drug to earn a fortune—and a measure of respect; Sultanes del Sur (Mexico), about four high class bandits who lose the money they just robbed from a bank—and have to find out who betrayed them; and Crónicas Chilangas (Mexico), a black comedy about the adventures and entangled paths of three people who all have strong obsessions in common. (Sorry, Crónicas Chilangas will not be screened in Los Angeles.) Official Web Site |
Los Angeles Theatrical Premiere!
Friday, July 24 at Midnight at the Nuart Theatre!
Actors Noah Segan & Shiloh Fernandez and Writer Trent Haaga In Person!
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| Daringly original and genre-busting, Deadgirl is an odyssey into the soul of our alienated youth. But by injecting universal teen moral moorings into something fantastical and terrifying, the film takes the conventions of the horror and coming-of-age movies and turns them on their heads. When high school misfits Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) decide to cut school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a woman whose body has been stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic. When both react to the situation in extremely different ways, the boys soon find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey that forces them to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong. A no-holds-barred look at the horror of growing up, Deadgirl also stars Michael Bowen and Candice Accola. Official Web Site |
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