June 23 at the Royal: Q&A with Shaun Rushforth, Executive Director of Villa Gardens, the Pasadena senior living facility featured in Familiar Touch, and Jane Dietrich and Lisa Tanahashi, Villa Gardens residents. Familiar Touch writer-director Sarah Friedland and star Kathleen Chalfant will participate in Royal Q&A's after the 7:30 P.M. shows on June 27 & 28; at the Town Center following the 12:50 P.M. show on June 29; and at the Glendale after the 4:30 P.M. show on June 29. Lydia Storie, Director of Culture Change at Caring Across Generations, will moderate the June 27 screening.
Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos director Rex Miller will participate in Q&A's at the Glendale following the 7:20 and 10:15 P.M. screenings on June 27 and 28. Subject Harley Flanagan and producer Laura Flanagan will join him for both Friday Q&A's and introduce the Saturday, 7:20 P.M. show. Joe Nelson will moderate the Q&A's.
This Friday we are proud to open TATAMI, the acclaimed collaboration between Iranian and Israeli filmmakers. Some plaudits from top American film critics:"A superb example of pop cultural translation that freshens up the clichés of the sports corruption thriller and gives the actors and filmmakers a chance to flex their considerable skills." ~ Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com"The mounting tensions of these moving parts — and steely performances by Mandi and Amir — make for an engrossing thriller fueled by female rage." ~ Beatrice Loayza, New York Times"Despite its urgent political engagement, TATAMI never forgets to be a gripping watch." ~
In August 2017, in the lead-up to national elections, Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became New Zealand’s opposition party leader. She had just turned 37. Two frenetic months later, she was Prime Minister. Just before the final vote was in, she discovered she was pregnant. She would become only the second head of state in history to give birth while in office.Ardern quickly became one of the most recognizable leaders in the world. She drew global attention from people craving a sensitive and compassionate approach to the critical issues of our time. In private, she struggled with being a mother and proving herself to a public skeptical of women’s
A huge hit last weekend in New York, we're excited to open the comedy Bad Shabbos this Friday at the Royal and Town Center with expansion runs planned around L.A. County in the subsequent weeks. The film follows David and his fiancée, Meg, who are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner. Things get far more complicated because of an accidental death (or murder?). With Meg's Catholic parents due any moment, the family dinner soon spirals into a hilarious disaster.The following Bad Shabbos screenings will feature in-person introductions or Q&A's: Thursday, June 5 at the Royal w/director Daniel Robbins, producer Adam
Thirty years after her mother’s death, photographer Rachel Elizabeth Seed discovers her mother’s work — more than 50 hours of interviews with the greatest photographers of the 20th century, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Cecil Beaton, William Albert Allard, Brian Lanker, Cornell Capa, Bruce Davidson and Eliot Porter. When Rachel threads in the audio reels and presses play, she hears her mother’s voice for the first time since she was a baby. Sheila Turner-Seed, a daring, world-traveling journalist ahead of her time, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm when Rachel was just 18 months old. Moved to uncover more of what
Laemmle Theatres' weekly series of fresh international films, Worldwide Wednesdays! Most are newer obscure films that we want to bring to a broader L.A. audience, screening in multiple venues all over L.A. County so cinephiles will not have to schlep to a single location. The films, however, come from many thousands of miles away! Screenings are Wednesday evenings with encore showings on Saturday and Sunday mornings.PERFECT ENDINGS June 4, 7 & 8. After a decade-long relationship ends, filmmaker João finds himself at a crossroads in both his personal and professional lives. While trying to break into the film industry, he ends up directing amateur