Monica Film Center

Rarely does a film carry the quiet anticipation that surrounds The History of Sound, Oliver Hermanus’s latest queer period romance. Hermanus—already celebrated for works like Beauty (2011), Moffie (2019), and Living (2022)—has built a reputation for telling intimate stories with hefty moral weight, exploring identity, repression, and the varied textures of longing. In The History of Sound, he turns his gaze from South Africa to early 20th-century America to examine how love and music intertwine when both must be framed in shadow.Catch The History of Sound in theaters beginning September 19th at the Laemmle NoHo, Glendale, Claremont, Town Center

In her latest documentary Democracy Noir (2024), Oscar-nominated director Connie Field turns her lens on various resistance movements against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party.Tune into Inside the Arthouse to hear Field discuss her latest project with co-hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge ahead of its release in NYC on September 5th and Los Angeles on September 19th.Field—who rose to prominence following the release of her acclaimed 1980 documentary, The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter—returns to guide viewers from Orbán's initial rise to power in 2010 to the grassroots protests of 2023, exploring how

On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were stolen from Boston's Gardner Museum. Thirty-five years later, the case remains unsolved. No arrests have been made, and not a single piece of art has been recovered. The $500 million theft, regarded as the largest property crime in history, continues to capture the world's attention.Any Day Now is a new indie film inspired by the unsolved theft of these 13 masterpieces. To market the project, the team launched a bold pop-up gallery stunt in New York, inspired by the film's true-crime art heist plot. The opening night party blurred fiction and reality for both invited guests and passerby, culminating in

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