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We pick the best from the world of ballet, opera, stage, fine art and more to feature on the big screen every Monday at select Laemmle Locations. Can't make it Monday? No problem! Catch discounted encore presentations Tuesdays.
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Monday, April 22, 2024
On the Adamant
109 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Fest, this affecting, enlightening documentary from nonfiction master Nicolas Philibert (To Be and to Have) invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant and witness the transformational power of art and community. The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds and helps them recover and stabilize.
Playing at:
Royal,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5
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Monday, April 29, 2024
John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger examines how Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5
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Monday, May 6, 2024
J'Accuse
79 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
This blistering documentary is recalibrating the dialogue between the Jewish People and Lithuania by demanding that the Lithuanian government stops telling Holocaust lies.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5
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Monday, May 13, 2024
Mouthpiece
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Patricia Rozema's MOUTHPIECE centers on Cassandra, an aspiring writer who, while struggling to compose a eulogy after the sudden death of her mother, comes to discover that her own rebelliousness is as much a response to the male gaze as her mother's conformity. Enacting the two sides of Cassandra's conflicting inner dialogue, playwright-performers Nostbakken and Sadava create a compelling portrayal of the tension between regression and progress that is often found within women.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5
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Monday, May 20, 2024
Art Talent Show
102 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
In the vein of Frederick Wiseman’s work, ART TALENT SHOW offers insightful commentary on the intergenerational cultural dissonance surrounding topics like identity politics and social justice in relation to art and its practice. A “documentary less about art or talent than about the Sisyphean task of assessing one and nurturing the other” (Variety), filmmakers Adéla Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar take a sensitive and ultimately light-hearted approach to the examination of art school admission.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Glendale
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Monday, June 3, 2024
Nye
160 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal, spectacular biography of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the fight to create the National Health Service, Bevan is often referred to as the politician with most influence over the UK without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5
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Monday, June 10, 2024
My National Gallery
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? The power of great art lies in its ability to communicate with anyone, no matter their art historical knowledge, their background, their beliefs. This film gives voice to those who work at the gallery – from cleaner to curator, security guard to director – who identify the one artwork that means the most to them and why.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
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Monday, June 17, 2024
Lyd
78 mins
Synopsis:
A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd — a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
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Monday, June 24, 2024
Music for Black Pigeons
92 mins
Synopsis:
An informed and intimate portrayal of the jazz scene that offers revelatory glimpses for fans of the genre, Music for Black Pigeons strikes a universal chord in its pursuit of wider questions centered around creativity. How does it feel to play? What does it mean to listen? Is it even possible to put the emotions of music into words?
Playing at:
Glendale,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
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Monday, July 1, 2024
My Name is Andrea
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
A hybrid feature documentary about controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman’s daily life.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5,
Glendale
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Apolonia, Apolonia
116 mins
Synopsis:
The talented Parisian painter Apolonia grows up seeking her place in the art world while grappling with the agonies and joys of womanhood and relationships in a world dominated by patriarchy, capitalism, and war.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
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Apolonia, Apolonia
116 mins
Synopsis:
The talented Parisian painter Apolonia grows up seeking her place in the art world while grappling with the agonies and joys of womanhood and relationships in a world dominated by patriarchy, capitalism, and war.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
Dates:
7.8.24,
Mon Jul 08, 2024
7.9.24
and Tue Jul 09, 2024
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Art Talent Show
102 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
In the vein of Frederick Wiseman’s work, ART TALENT SHOW offers insightful commentary on the intergenerational cultural dissonance surrounding topics like identity politics and social justice in relation to art and its practice. A “documentary less about art or talent than about the Sisyphean task of assessing one and nurturing the other” (Variety), filmmakers Adéla Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar take a sensitive and ultimately light-hearted approach to the examination of art school admission.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Glendale
Dates:
5.20.24,
Mon May 20, 2024
5.21.24
and Tue May 21, 2024
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Breaking the Code
Synopsis:
Born to rural Texas farmers in 1943, Vernon Fisher's childhood exposure to painting was only as "something you did to houses." By the 1980’s, he was exhibiting alongside Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, establishing himself as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Winner of Best Historical Film prize at the 2023 Dallas International Film Festival, Breaking the Code introduces Vernon Fisher to a new generation while also giving the many who already know his work an intimate look at his life and art.
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J'Accuse
79 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
This blistering documentary is recalibrating the dialogue between the Jewish People and Lithuania by demanding that the Lithuanian government stops telling Holocaust lies.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
5.6.24,
Mon May 06, 2024
5.7.24
and Tue May 07, 2024
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John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger examines how Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
4.29.24,
Mon Apr 29, 2024
4.30.24
and Tue Apr 30, 2024
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Lyd
78 mins
Synopsis:
A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd — a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
6.17.24,
Mon Jun 17, 2024
6.18.24
and Tue Jun 18, 2024
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Mouthpiece
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Patricia Rozema's MOUTHPIECE centers on Cassandra, an aspiring writer who, while struggling to compose a eulogy after the sudden death of her mother, comes to discover that her own rebelliousness is as much a response to the male gaze as her mother's conformity. Enacting the two sides of Cassandra's conflicting inner dialogue, playwright-performers Nostbakken and Sadava create a compelling portrayal of the tension between regression and progress that is often found within women.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
5.13.24,
Mon May 13, 2024
5.14.24
and Tue May 14, 2024
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Music for Black Pigeons
92 mins
Synopsis:
An informed and intimate portrayal of the jazz scene that offers revelatory glimpses for fans of the genre, Music for Black Pigeons strikes a universal chord in its pursuit of wider questions centered around creativity. How does it feel to play? What does it mean to listen? Is it even possible to put the emotions of music into words?
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
Dates:
6.24.24,
Mon Jun 24, 2024
6.25.24
and Tue Jun 25, 2024
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My Name is Andrea
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
A hybrid feature documentary about controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman’s daily life.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5,
Glendale
Dates:
7.1.24,
Mon Jul 01, 2024
7.2.24
and Tue Jul 02, 2024
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My National Gallery
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom? The power of great art lies in its ability to communicate with anyone, no matter their art historical knowledge, their background, their beliefs. This film gives voice to those who work at the gallery – from cleaner to curator, security guard to director – who identify the one artwork that means the most to them and why.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
Dates:
6.10.24,
Mon Jun 10, 2024
6.11.24
and Tue Jun 11, 2024
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Nye
160 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal, spectacular biography of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the fight to create the National Health Service, Bevan is often referred to as the politician with most influence over the UK without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
6.3.24,
Mon Jun 03, 2024
6.4.24
and Tue Jun 04, 2024
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On the Adamant
109 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Fest, this affecting, enlightening documentary from nonfiction master Nicolas Philibert (To Be and to Have) invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant and witness the transformational power of art and community. The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds and helps them recover and stabilize.
Playing at:
Royal,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5
Dates:
4.22.24,
Mon Apr 22, 2024
4.23.24
and Tue Apr 23, 2024
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