RIEFENSTAHL director Andres Veiel and producer Sandra Maischberger will participate in a Q&A following the 7 p.m. show on Thursday, Sept. 11 at the Glendale, after the 7 p.m. show on Friday, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Royal and after the 1 p.m. show on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Town Center.
A Savage Art director Bill Banowsky, producer Paul O'Bryan, and composer Geneviève Gros-Louis will participate in a Q&A at the Royal after the September 17 screening. Mr. O'Bryan will also do Q&A's after the September 20 and 22 screenings in Santa Monica and the September 21 screening in Glendale.
Somnium director Racheal Cain and cast members will participate in Q&A's after the early evening screenings August 28 at the Royal and August 29 and 30 at the Laemmle Glendale.
In Rachael Abigail Holder's new romantic drama, Love, Brooklyn, three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city. We are proud to open the film September 5 at the Laemmle Royal and Glendale.Ms. Holder wrote the following about Love, Brooklyn:"On a bike ride, when the sun shines and the breeze hits my face, I can easily cry at the beauty in the ordinary. I am a highly sensitive person. I also happen to be Black. When I first read the script, I saw a timeless story about the wrestle that is love, and I also saw myself. The screenplay was written by Paul Zimmerman
My career at Laemmle Theatres began in early 1991 after a screening of Gerard Depardieu’s Cyrano de Bergerac at the Town & Country (now the Town Center 5) Theater in Encino. My father pointed out the “help wanted” sign in the box office window, and by March I was scooping and selling popcorn and later sweeping up the errant pieces from the auditorium floors. Soon enough I graduated to the more coveted role of box office cashier. My most memorable shift in that position involved a case of laryngitis and handmade signs reading “which film?” and “$4.50, please” held up to the box office window for bemused moviegoers to read. It was like a silent
Founded in 2000, the Laemmle Charitable Foundation gives back to moviegoers and the Los Angeles community by supporting organizations that address the critical social and environmental challenges of our region.The admirable local charity Jewish Family Service L.A. recently featured the foundation on its Donor Spotlight page with the headline "A Legacy of Giving Back." It begins:"For Greg Laemmle, giving back is a family tradition deeply rooted in history, legacy, and a commitment to community."A third-generation Angeleno, Greg’s roots in Los Angeles run deep. Greg’s grandfather, Max Laemmle, and his brother Kurt founded Laemmle Theatres in 1938
We choose the best films from the world of ballet, opera, stage, fine art, architecture, design, photography and more to feature on the big screen every Saturday and Sunday morning and Monday evenings at five Laemmle theaters -- the Laemmle Claremont 5, Glendale, Monica Film Center, Newhall, and Town Center 5 -- as part of our long-running Culture Vulture series.August 23-25: The first documentary exploring the visionary genius of Rudolph Schindler, the architect who redefined modern living by blending innovative design with the natural world, Schindler Space Architect is narrated by Meryl Streep and features architect Frank Gehry. The film
You may not be familiar with Jeff Buckley’s name. But you almost certainly have heard his haunting cover of Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah," a song which was named to Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and has been inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.In her latest documentary, It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg explores the singer's story and impact.Tragically, Buckley drowned while swimming in the Wolf River in Memphis just as he was about to start work on his second album. But his stature as a singer and songwriter has only grown in the years since his