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ADAM RESURRECTED
[ADAMR]
(Germany/USA, 2008, 106 mins)
Special Screenings
Saturday, November 8th 7:10pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Sunday, November 9th Noon
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

The latest from the writer of TAXI DRIVER tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who, having used his humor to escape Auschwitz now performs with hopes of rising above the madness of a post-war asylum. Jeff Goldblum's Oscar-worthy performance elevates this adaptation of a classic Israeli novel.

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THE BROTHERS BLOOM
[BROTH]
(USA, 2008, 109 mins)
Special Screenings
Monday, November 3rd 7:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Saturday, November 8th 3:15pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Johnson's follow-up to BRICK tells the story of two globe-trotting con men who, before quitting their lives of crime, decide to do one more job: swindle a beautiful, eccentric heiress. This twisty thriller-comedy will leave you guessing—who's conning whom?—until the final sequence.

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A CHRISTMAS TALE
[CHRIS]
(France, 2008, 151 mins)
Special Screenings
Sunday, November 2nd 6:45pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Friday, November 7th 7:30pm
LACMA
$10.00

It's holiday season, and a back-biting, dysfunctional family finds themselves pulled together by an ailing relative. Desplechin spins this familiar concept into novelistic, inventive storytelling magic, adding a funny, rich, powerful and altogether surprising new work to his already substantial oeuvre.

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HOT DOG
[IDIOT]
(USA, 2008, 6 mins)
Special Screenings
precedes IDIOTS AND ANGELS
Wednesday, November 5th 9:40pm
ArcLight Hollywood 9
$11.00

Thursday, November 6th 1:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$7.00

This is the third in the DOG series. In this episode our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affection he so richly deserves. Typically, the results never turn out the way he had planned.

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IDIOTS AND ANGELS
[IDIOT]
(USA, 2008, 78 mins)
Special Screenings
preceded by:
HOT DOG
Wednesday, November 5th 9:40pm
ArcLight Hollywood 9
$11.00

Thursday, November 6th 1:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$7.00

Animation legend Bill Plympton returns with his funniest, most high-concept film—the story of a sloppy, selfish and insensitive man who, after wings sprout on his back, is compelled to do the kind of good deeds he abhors. Plus he must cope with the side effects of having wings: fame and fortune. Preceded by short film HOT DOG.

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NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
[NOTQU]
(Australia, 2008, 100 mins)
Special Screenings
Saturday, November 1st 7:10pm
ArcLight Hollywood 14
$11.00

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD is the wild, wonderful, untold story of “OZPLOITATION” films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor, full bore action!

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SUGAR
[SUGAR]
(USA, 2008, 118 mins)
Special Screenings
Thursday, November 6th 7:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Friday, November 7th 3:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 14
$7.00

This follow-up to HALF NELSON miraculously juggles a story that seems to evolve organically—it follows a gifted Dominican baseball player makes it to the American minor leagues—with an inspired visual style in which every frame is carefully, gorgeously composed. An offbeat, engaging new masterpiece of American indie cinema.

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TOKYO!
[TOKYO]
(France/Japan/Germany/South Korea, 2008, 112 mins)
Special Screenings
Saturday, November 1st 3:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 9
$11.00

Saturday, November 8th 9:30pm
ArcLight Hollywood 14
$11.00

Three featurettes by three of cinema's most extraordinary talents prowl Tokyo—one of the world's megacities. Gondry transmutes a doomed romance into useful furniture; Carax sends a red-bearded madman into the hordes; and, during an earthquake, Bong lures an agoraphobic out into the world.

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TWO LOVERS
[LOVER]
(USA, 2008, 108 mins)
Special Screenings
Saturday, November 1st 7:00pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Thursday, November 6th 3:30pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$7.00

A suicidal young man (Phoenix) is caught between two women: the daughter of his father's business associate (Shaw), and a gorgeous blonde socialite (Paltrow). With its sincerity and rich characters, this very modern ode to the complications of romance radiates a streak of Golden Age Hollywood moviemaking.

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WENDY AND LUCY
[WENDY]
(USA, 2008, 80 mins)
Special Screenings
Saturday, November 1st 3:30pm
ArcLight Hollywood 10
$11.00

Saturday, November 8th 7:45pm
ArcLight Hollywood 13
$11.00

A woman's life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job when her car breaks down, her dog is taken to the pound and her financial situation collapses. The latest from Reichardt (OLD JOY) affirms her status as cinema's poet laureate of the American working class.

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