Catherine Breillat has been known for her transgressive studies of female sexuality. In THE LAST MISTRESS, she sets her obsessive theme in the decadent aristocratic universe of post-Napoleonic France. It took eight months to shoot and cost as much as all her other films put together, and is fueled by Asia Argento's brilliant performance. More...
This multiple projection performance from acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Reeves has never before been exhibited in Los Angeles. Reeves works with two 16mm projectors, overlaying imagery or creating a side-by-side projection montage. This performance is site specific and unrepeatable, not to be missed. More...
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise star in this gripping story that digs behind the news, the politics and the partisan divides to explore the human consequences of a complicated war. Redford, who also directs, expertly handles the wide-reaching narrative, spinning a tale that is as topical as it is moving. While arguments, memories and bullets fly, the three stories are woven ever more tightly together, revealing how each of these Americans has a profound impact on each other and the world. More...
THE LIVING WAKE
(USA, 2007, 91 mins) American Showcase, World Cine
Friday, November 9th 9:15pm
ArcLight Theatre 14
$11.00
Saturday, November 10th 1:00pm
ArcLight Theatre 13
$11.00
In attendance: Peter Kline, Sol Tryon, Mike O'Connell, Ami Ankin, Chad Clough
THE LIVING WAKE is a dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius K. Roth Binew has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills, to take him around on a bicycle-powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life's deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew's friends and enemies gather to witness his madness one final time. More...
LOOK
(USA, 2007, 93 mins) American Showcase, World Cine
Thursday, November 8th 9:30pm
ArcLight Theatre 14
$11.00
Friday, November 9th 3:00pm
ArcLight Theatre 14
$7.00
In attendance: Brad Wyman, Adam Rifkin
There are approximately 30 million surveillance cameras in the United States capturing covert images of average Americans as much as 200 times a day. They're watching in department stores, gas stations, changing rooms, public bathrooms — seemingly no one and nowhere are free from the dispassionate eye of the hidden camera. LOOK pieces together this rush of information, finding several provocative, interwoven storylines amid the noise of life in a random city. More...
A sprawling, soulful epic about loss, life and most of all love. Director Mike Newell blends gorgeous locations, a stellar international cast and superb writing to transport us all into the world of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's classic novel. Starring Javier Bardem, John Leguizamo, Liev Schreiber, Benjamin Bratt and Giovanna Mezzogiorno. More...
LUCKY MILES
(Australia, 2007, 105 mins) World Cinema
Monday, November 5th 9:30pm
ArcLight Theatre 13
$11.00
Wednesday, November 7th 4:15pm
ArcLight Theatre 11
$7.00
In attendance: Michael James Rowland
Michael James Rowland in his feature debut tells this true story. Combining comedy, survival drama and shrewd political commentary, an Indonesian fishing boat abandons a motley group of Iraqi and Cambodian immigrants on a remote Australian beach. Three men with little in common but their history of misfortune elude capture and begin an epic journey, pursued by a bumbling army reservist unit. LUCKY MILES is a wry, insightful take on immigration and border issues. More...
Saturday, November 10th 10:30pm
ArcLight Theatre 10
$11.00
Sunday, November 11th 3:45pm
ArcLight Theatre 14
$11.00
This rare glimpse into the mind of the man who created visionary classics like ERASERHEAD and BLUE VELVET documents the making of INLAND EMPIRE. We listen to Lynch discovering the beauty in ideas and struggling to unveil his cinematic vision. His enthusiasm is infectious, inspiring us to tap into the well of creativity that he believes we all have. More...
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