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My Sweet Land director Sareen Hairabedian will participate in a Q&A following the 7:30 PM screening at the Laemmle Glendale on Friday, November 29. Abby Sun, Director of Artist Programs and Editor of Documentary Magazine, will moderate. Additional Q&A's:November 30 at 7:30pm: Q&A with Ms. Hairabedian moderated by Armen Karaoghlanian, Founder and CEO, Armenian Film Society.December 3 at 7:30pm: Q&A with Ms. Hairabedian moderated by Matt Carey, Documentary Editor at Deadline.

Sabbath Queen Q&A's:12/57:00 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorAmy Ziering, Producer/Director12/61:20 PMRoyal12/67:10 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, Director12/71:20 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, Director12/77:10 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Subject of film12/81:20 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Subject of film12/87:10 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Subject of filmRabbi Sharon Brous, Senior & Founding Rabbi, IKAR12/91:20 PMRoyal12/97:00 PMNoHoSandi DuBowski, Director12/101:20 PMRoyal12/107:00 PMGlendaleSandi DuBowski, Director12/111:20 PMRoyal12/114:00 PMTown CenterSandi DuBowski

On December 20th we are opening Pedro Almodóvar's first movie in English, The Room Next Door, at the Royal. We'll bring it to Claremont, Glendale, Newhall, North Hollywood, and Encino in January. Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton star as two friends who reconnect after decades apart and embark on an unusual new phase of their friendship. Writing in Time Magazine, Stephanie Zacharek describes how "the colors of The Room Next Door are its secret message, a language of pleasure and beauty that reminds us how great it is to be alive. If it's possible to make a joyful movie about death, Almodóvar has just done it." "The Room Next Door, as driven by the

The newest episode of Inside the Arthouse just dropped and it's a fascinating one. Hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge discuss the centenary of arthouse film with professor, historian, author and Academy Film Scholar Ross Melnick. It's a lively conversation about the amazing history of arthouse film -- Where it started, how far it's come, and where is it today. Laemmle, third generation arthouse theater owner, adds his perspective, as the trio explores the last century considers the future of arthouse.Here's a taste from the beginning of their conversation:ROSS MELNICK: The history of arthouse theaters is about a hundred years old. It really

Tomorrow we open Blitz, the latest film English filmmaker Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave, Occupied City), at the Claremont, Glendale, Monica Film Center, Newhall, and Town Center. Starring Saoirse Ronan, it follows the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II. Top film critics have been singing its praises:"McQueen—a director who understands we can only look forward by looking back—gives us a new lens through which to examine WWII in this masterful film." ~ Emily Zemler, Observer"I’ve been to whole film festivals with less cinema than Steve McQueen packs into just two hours." ~