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MovieTown visits the glorious Gardena Theater on Crenshaw blvd. Owner Judy Kim flipped the theater to a revival cinema in 2023.

MovieTown hits the road to the Metrograph in New York City to talk with Film Programmer Edo Choi. We get into upcoming Metrograph film series 'The Memory Palace' and "Early Naruse: Five Silents and a Talkie' as well as the nitty gritty of what it is to be a film programmer in NYC.

‍https://metrograph.com/memorypalace/

‍https://metrograph.com/early-naruse/

A new remaster of Diane Keaton''s directorial debut, HEAVEN (1987), gets it's L.A. premiere at The Philosophical Research Society. I sat down with Alex McDonald, 7th House Screenings, to talk through this underseen documentary about the afterlife finally getting it's due.

HEAVEN (1987), dir. Diane Keaton

Friday, November 14 at The Philosophical Research Society

MovieTown visits the Texas Theatre to talk with Creative Director and Co-Owner, Jason Reimer, about how he found himself running a revival cinema in Dallas struggling to get five people to show up for a Kurosawa series on 16mm to being one of the jewels in the U.S, arthouse scene.

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Andy hits the road to the famed Texas Theatre in Dallas for a special screening of Les Blank's masterpiece A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON (1974).

The Texas Theatre ‪@AviationCinemas‬ Co-Owner and Creative Director, Jason Reimer, takes us through the theatre's roots to its position today amongst the best arthouses in the country.

Filmmaker and artist Harrod Blank ‪@LesBlankFilmsInc‬  talks his father's film, A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON's, 40 year journey to the screen from rock star Leon Russell's initial refusal to let the film out in the world to the 2015 release with ‪@janusfilmsnyc‬  and ‪@criterioncollection‬.

Tessa Granowski of the new Dallas art gallery Nature of Things shares how she partnered with The Texas Theatre for her "Too Much Ain't Enough" show featuring the work of Jim Franklin, Les Blank's archive and the screening of A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON.

Do you know French New Wave Icon, Luc Moullet? I did not, but thanks to Mezzanine Artistic Director Micah Gottlieb I do now!

LUC MOULLET: HARDLY WORKING - A Mezzanine Retrospective

9/9 - ANATOMY OF A RELATIONSHIP (1976) dirs. Luc Moullet & Antonietta Pizzorno at 2220 Arts+Archives

9/11 - ORIGINS OF A MEAL (1978) at 2220 Arts+Archives

9/13 - BRIGITTE AND BRIGITTE (1966) / THE SMUGGLERS (1967) at Brain Dead Studios

9/14 - A GIRL IS A GUN (1971) at Brain Dead Studios

9/20 - THE COMEDY OF WORK (1987) at Brain Dead Studios

9/21 - THE SEATS OF ALCAZAR (1989) / DEATH’S GLAMOUR (2006) at 2220 Arts+Archives

9/27 - THE SHORT FILMS OF LUC MOULLET at 2220 Arts+Archives

9/28 - UP AND DOWN (1993) at Brain Dead Studios, Co-presented with Hollywood Entertainment

As soon as I read about the SOV (Shot On Video) September series, I knew I needed to drop by the VHS store/Microcinema to hear all about it directly from proprietor Erik Varho. Once again SOV SEPTEMBER returns to Whammy! 13 psychotronic, no-budget, bonkers movies all shot on beautifully imperfect magnetic videotape.

9/3 - SLEDGEHAMMER (1983) dir. David A. Prior

9/4 - FINAL FLESH (2009) dir. Vernon Chatman

9/7 - BONE SICKNESS (2004) dir. Brian Paulin, pres. by Saturn’s Core

9/9 - MY CREPITUS (I Never Left the White Room) (2000) dir. magGot in person, pres. by Saturn’s Core

9/14 - TERROR TOONS (2002) dir. Joe Castro in person

9/17 - SAVAGE HARVEST (1994) dir. Eric Stanze, pres. By Saturn’s Core

9/19 - BEYOND THE SEVENTH DOOR (1987) dir. Bozidar D. Benedikt, pres. By Uh Oh, Canadia9/21 - TWISTED ISSUES (1988) dir. Charles Pinion in person, pres. By Saturn’s Core at Brain Dead Studios

9/23 - SCREEN KILL (1997) dirs. Doug Ulrich & Al Darago

9/26 - MID/EVIL TIMES (2025) dir. Devon Daniel Green / DISPATCH FROM L.A. (2025) dir. Jessica GZ

9/27 - FATAL IMAGES (1989) dir. Dennis Devine and prod. Steve Jarvis in person

9/28 - HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS (1984) dir. Ken Camp in person, pres. by Muscle Distribution9/30 - SPECTER’S ROCK (2003) dir. Josh Eisenstadt in person, pres. by Saturn’s Core

Andy heads to the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills to talk through the 61st edition of the Cinecon Classic Film Festival with festival producer, Bryan Cooper.

Check out all the films and stars we discussed here https://cinecon.org/

‍Cinecon 61

August 29 - September 1

WGA Theater

Andy tracks down the roving, 4-seat. Tiny Cinema and its proprietor, Davey B. Gravey, for a truly one of a kind movie experience.

Andy heads to The Philosophical Research Society on a Los Feliz hillside to talk with Lead Programer Alex McDonald about their fantastic YESTERDAY LA series this month featuring David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001), Charles Burnett’s MY BROTHER’S WEDDING (1981), WATTSTAX (1973), Thom Andersen’s rarely screened LOS ANGLES PLAYS ITSELF (2003), Agnes Varda’s MUR MURS (1981), experimental filmmaker Pat Oneill’s WATER AND POWER (1989) and Alison Anders’ entry in the Los Angeles gang subgenre, MI VIDA LOCA (1994).

But that’s not all! Tons of other screenings around Los Angeles, Orange County and Riverside including:

LITTLE DARLINGS (1980)

JASON GOES TO HELL (1993)

COMPUTER BEACH PARTY (1998)

PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS (1991)

ON THE AIR (1992)REBEL (1973)

DROP ZONE (1994)

Andy heads The Frida Cinema, to an absolute gem of revival moviegoing in downtown Santa Ana, to talk with Director of Programming, Trevor Dillon, Director of Graphic Design and Social Media, Bekah Phillips, volunteers and many many moviegoers.

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MovieTown May Recs at The Frida Cinema:

May 7, 8 - NOSTALGHIA (1983) - Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

May 9-12 - SOLARIS (1972) - Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

May 16 - VIY (1967) - Dirs. Georgi Kropachyov & Konstantin Yershov

May 16-19 - CASINO (1955) - Dir. Martin Scorsese

May 21 - THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1995) - Dir. Charles Laughton

May 23-26 - RAN (1985) - Dir. Akira Kurosawa

May 30 - STOP MAKING SENSE (1984) DANCE PARTY - Dir. Jonathan Demme

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Created by Andy Viner

Director of Photography - Zach Huber

Additional Camera - Daniel Amarith

An extra 15 minutes of additional conversation with Cinematic Void's Jim Branscome covering Bong Joon Ho, Tarkovsky, Stanley Donen, Todd Phillips, HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT, JUST BEFORE DAWN, the Philosophical Research Society, the Frida and Videotheque!

Andy Viner and episode guest, American Cinematheque Programmer Jim Branscome (Cinematic Void), sit down at the Los Feliz 3 to take you through the best revival cinema screenings in Los Angeles this April.

April 7 - DR. STRANGELOVE (Kubrick, 1964) - Cinematic Void - American Cinematheque

April 11, 12, 13 - AFTER HOURS (Scorsese, 1985)/DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (Seidelman, 1985)

April 11 - THE GOLEM (Wegener & Boese, 1920) - Gardena Cinema

April 11, 12 - CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL (Parker, 1993) - The Eastwood

April 13 - THE LODGER (Hitchcock, 1927) - Old Town Music Hall

April 18 - WILD TALES (Szifron, 2014) - Vidiots

April 20 - INHERENT VICE (PTA, 2014) - Vidiots

April 21 - LAND OF THE DEAD (Romero, 2005) - Cinematic Void - American Cinematheque

April 21, 22 - DUEL (Spielberg, 1971)/THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (Spielberg, 1974) - New Beverly Cinema

April 23, 24 - THE TOXIC AVENGER (Herz & Kaufman, 1984) - The EastwoodApril 26, 27 - TENEBRAE (Argento, 1982) - The Eastwood

April 28 - THE TIN DRUM (Schlöndorff, 1979) - Cinematic Void - American Cinematheque

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Created by Andy Viner

Director of Photography - Jacob Hatley

Additional Camera - Austin Crowley