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Film Consultant Thomas Ethan Harris welcomes a panel of short film industry experts on everything a maker of film shorts needs to know. Uncover a wealth of information on short film distribution and filmmaking trends and find out what festival programmers look for in a short film in this seminar that puts an exclusive spotlight on shorts. Learn more...

The American Cinematheque presents a double feature of 1970s "Blaxploitation" films starring Rudy Ray Moore. In the low-budget cult classic Dolemite, the titular hero uses a squad of kung fu hookers to battle the evil Willie Green. In Petey Wheatstraw, recently deceased Petey is offered a second chance at life, but only if he agrees to marry the devil's daughter, the world's ugliest woman. Learn more...

The 1960s Music & Film Fest presents a screening of The Monkees. Four episodes of the Emmy-winning series, never before screened theatrically, will be shown at the historic Egyptian Theatre. The program also features a discussion with songwriter Bobby Hart, Monkees authority Andrew Sandoval, rare trailers and commercials, a performance by '60s-style garage punk band The Living Sickness, go-go dancers and more. Learn more...

Banking on Heaven is an unflinching look at the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). In the film, polygamist communities in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, are shown to be home to a culture that routinely practices child abuse, welfare fraud and systematic mind control. The documentary is constructed from hidden-camera footage, interviews with polygamist escapees, "lost boys" (those cast out of the community) and government officials. A discussion with writer-producer Laurie Allen follows the film. Learn more...

The Egyptian Theatre celebrates its 87th anniversary with a screening of King Vidor's silent masterpiece The Big Parade. In 1925, the historic movie palace hosted the premiere of The Big Parade, which tells the story of a young World War I soldier's romance with a French woman. Presented with live musical accompaniment, the screening also features author Laura Petersen Balogh speaking on the career and tragic life of The Big Parade actor Karl Dane, as well as cake and wine. Learn more...

The American Cinematheque teams with Wise Guys Events for a high-tech Scavenger Hunt. Visit historic locations where Hollywood's spookiest ghosts still dwell, hunt for hidden messages and create your own video masterpieces, "Blair Witch"-style, that will be premiered for all to see on the big screen -- or should we say, on the big SCREAM? Then stay for the award show and screening of The Lost Boys and The Goonies. Learn more...

Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre hosts 25th anniversary screenings of two 1984 hit movies. Streets of Fire stars Michael Paré as an enigmatic loner who fights sinister biker Willem Dafoe to rescue his ex-girlfriend; Prince's Purple Rain features the legendary pop star, and its soundtrack album went multi-platinum. The evening also features a discussion with actors from the films. Learn more...

Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre hosts a 50th anniversary screening of Some Like it Hot. Billy Wilder's classic comedy features Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two musicians who hide from the mob by posing as women, and also stars Marilyn Monroe. Hosted by Mark Viera, who wrote The Making of "Some Like It Hot" with Tony Curtis, the event features a post-screening discussion with cast members. Learn more...

In the web series Easy to Assemble, Illeana Douglas (playing herself) is hired to add some "showbiz sparkle" to her local Ikea. In Triumph of Sparhusen, Douglas and co-stars Rob Mailhouse and Todd Spahr play doomed Swedish band Sparhusen in a Spinal Tap-esque spin-off. The evening includes a live performance from Sparhusen and a discussion with Douglas, Justine Bateman and Greg Proops hosted by Kevin Pollak. Learn more...

Director Greg Becker traveled around the world, filming scientists, alternative-health advocates and others, exploring the role of "bioenergetics" in medicine. The film mixes new science, recovery stories and 3-D motion graphics to take the provocative discussion of quantum physics, energy fields and consciousness and apply it to health and healing. Learn more...

The American Cinematheque and the Art Deco Socity present a screening of the 1932 classic ensemble drama Grand Hotel accompanied by a lecture about that film's visionary art director, Cedric Gibbons. Numerous characters and subplots intersect in the hugely influential, Oscar-winning Grand Hotel, which stars Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford and Wallace Beery. Learn more...

In this informative seminar, film festival programmer/film consultant Thomas Ethan Harris (former Director of Programming Los Angeles Film Festival and Palm Springs International Short Film Festival) offers filmmakers practical skills to navigating the world of film festivals to maximum effect. Learn more...

Director Peter Bogdanovich screens his films Nickelodeon and Mask for the American Cinematheque, as well as discussing the films. Nickelodeon is a slapstick valentine to the earliest days of the movie industry, starring Ryan O'Neal and Burt Reynolds. Mask is the touching story of a disfigured teen, starring Eric Stoltz and Cher. Learn more...

From child Liza impersonators to lesbian depression, eccentric Southerners to suburban teens with secrets hidden under their mattresses, these fun and touching short films were some of the most beloved at Outfest 2009. Learn more...

Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre hosts the Los Angeles premiere of Seventh Moon, the latest film by director Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project). Amy Smart and Tim Chiou star as Americans honeymooning in China; stranded in a remote town, they're menaced by ancient spirits. The director and cast-crew members will be on hand for a post-screening discussion. Learn more...

Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre hosts a 10th anniversary screening of The Blair Witch Project. Shot on a shoestring budget, this innovative horror film created a sensation with its story of three student filmmakers exploring an eerie wilderness legend. A discussion with the film's directors, producers, and cast members follows. Learn more...

Scopitones were pop music films designed to be played in "film jukeboxes" in the 1960s. Their camp quality and overt sexuality provide an early view into what the music television industry would become. This screening will feature original 16mm Scopitones after a panel discussion about the history and technical aspects of these music video progenitors. Learn more...

American Cinematheque presents a double feature of films by acclaimed French director Jean-Jacques Beineix. On the program will be Diva, an arthouse hit from 1981, and the Los Angeles premiere of 2001's Mortal Transfer, a film not available on DVD. Learn more...

Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre plays host to a big-screen showing of 1776. This film adaptation of the hit 1969 musical tells the story of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and their efforts to create the Declaration of Independence. Director Peter Hunt will introduce a newly restored print, featuring the director's cut of the film, and discuss it afterwards. Learn more...

Never before screened in the U.S., Stanley Dorfman's concert film documents a three-hour 1998 concert held in Paris to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The movie includes performances by Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Learn more...

The American Cinematheque presents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the extremely rare U.S. versions of The Secret Policeman's Other Ball and The Secret Policeman's Private Parts. Both films contain footage of benefit performances from the late 1970s featuring comedians like John Cleese, Rowan Atikinson and Billy Connolly, and musicians like Sting, Phil Collins and Eric Clapton. Learn more...

Director Kathryn Bigelow will be in attendance at the Egyptian to introduce American Cinematheque's screening of two of her films. A cult classic, 1991's Point Break stars Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey as FBI agents investigating a group of surfing bank robbers. In 2002's K-19: The Widowmaker, Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson try to save a submerged Russian nuclear submarine in danger of meltdown. Learn more...

American Cinematheque and Outfest present Queer Shorts, an evening of gay-themed short films curated by Andrew P. Crane & Kimberley Yutani. After the screening, there will be a discussion with directors Brian Harris Krinsky ("Dish), Jules Nurris ("Bend It"), Jennifer Jordan Day ("Make A Mate"), Barry Morse ("Ookie Cookie") and Dennis Hensley ("Reunion"). Learn more...

Art Directors Guild Film Society and American Cinematheque present a Flash Gordon double feature, with two versions of the same film created in different decades: 1936's fast-paced Flash Gordon: Rocketship and 1980's Queen-scored Flash Gordon. A panel of distinguished film artists will discuss the production design of the two sci-fi adventures in between the screenings. Learn more...

Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre is the site of a special Mother's Day Tour. Built in 1922, the legendary venue hosted stage shows and films; many of old Hollywood's greatest films had their premieres there. The one-hour tour, led by a docent, will be followed by Forever Hollywood, a documentary celebrating a century of movie-making history. Learn more...

Veteran actor Robert Loggia appears in person at the Egyptian Theatre, which presents a double feature. Loggia received an Oscar nomination for his role in 1985's Jagged Edge, which features Glenn Close as an attorney defending accused murderer Jeff Bridges. Following a discussion with Loggia and Jagged Edge's producer Martin Ransohoff, the Theatre will screen Norman Jewison's classic The Cincinnati Kid, starring Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson as dueling gamblers. Learn more...

American Cinematheque presents a look at the publicity business. With the rise of electronic media, the role of publicists has changed drastically. The evening includes a screening of Sweet Smell of Success, the 1957 classic starring Tony Curtis as a ruthless press agent, and a signing of veteran publicist Howard Bragman's new book, Where's My Fifteen Minutes?. Learn more...

The Egyptian Theatre celebrates the upcoming Los Angeles premiere of the musical Dirty Dancing with a screening of the film that started it all. Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze play star-crossed lovers at a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963. The screening is preceded by dance lessons, a comedian, and giveaways in the historic Hollywood landmark's courtyard. Learn more...

In this informative seminar, film festival programmer/film consultant Thomas Ethan Harris (former Director of Programming, Los Angeles Film Festival and Palm Springs International Short Film Festival) will examine the European Film Movements that have defined contemporary filmmaking. Film clips will be used to inspire an open dialogue with the audience. Learn more...

In this witty lecture, Walter Nelson examines the future as it was viewed in the past. The lecture is followed by a screening of Things to Come. The 1920s and '30s were a time of rapid technological change, and those who experienced it expected that change would continue at the same hectic pace. In extrapolating from their own time, they foresaw a future of mega-cities, robot servants, space ships and more. Learn more...

American Cinematheque presents a double feature of two classic films noir, both directed by Anthony Mann and neither currently available on DVD. The films are Two O'clock Courage with Ann Rutherford and Tom Conway, and Desperate, starring Steve Brodie and Raymond Burr. There will be a discussion between the films with actress Ann Rutherford. Learn more...

The Brothers Warner is an award-winning documentary about the four film pioneers (Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner) who founded and ran Warner Bros. studios for over a half-century. King's Row was one of Warner Bros.' most popular melodramas of the 1940s, perhaps best known for a dramatic performance from Ronald Reagan. Learn more...

Actress Mary Stuart Masterson's directorial debut is a light-hearted, bittersweet romantic drama set in a small town where the intimate secrets and tensions of two families force them to come to terms with life, love and death. Features a dynamic ensemble cast including Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Aaron Stanford (X Men: The Last Stand), Bruce Dern (Coming Home) and Melissa Leo (Oscar-nominated for Frozen River). Learn more...

Outfest presents Fusion 2009, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian People of Color Film Festival. This two-day event, including both opening and closing night galas, features a variety of films about the lives and experiences of gay and lesbian people of color. Learn more...

This 90-minute lecture presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and American Cinematheque focuses on noted architect Timothy Pflueger, who created some of California's most beautiful and iconic movie palaces including Oakland's beloved Paramount. Author Therese Poletti (Art Deco San Francisco) will detail the stories behind the designs, accompanied by stunning photography. Learn more...

This 70-minute program from American Cinematheque focuses on short films from new voices in African American cinema. A combination of narrative, animated and documentary films -- ranging from comedy to drama -- will fill the screen at the historic Egyptian Theatre, with some of the filmmakers on hand for a discussion to follow the films. Learn more...

American Cinematheque screens two Academy Award winners -- and enduring classics -- at the Egyptian Theatre. Elia Kazan's On The Waterfront stars Marlon Brando as a washed-up boxer turned dock worker in what might be his best -- and best-known -- performance ("I could'a been a contender!"). In Midnight Cowboy, Jon Voight plays a naive male hustler trying to survive in Manhattan. Learn more...

American Cinematheque pairs two stylish modern romances from one of the most unique filmmakers working today in a Baz Luhrmann double bill at the Egyptian Theatre. Moulin Rouge incorporates recent pop songs into an inventive musical set during turn-of-the-century Paris. Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is unlike any other version of Shakespeare's classic love story ever filmed, with its modern setting, retro-futuristic look, and rock music soundtrack. Learn more...

Movie fans can go behind the scenes of the Egyptian Theatre, a Hollywood landmark since 1922, with a docent-led tour that includes the dressing rooms, singers' boxes, and projection booth. This Valentine's Day version of the tour includes an emphasis on Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks, who were an integral part of the theater's history. Also included is a screening of Forever Hollywood, which celebrates a century of movie-making history with rare footage. Learn more...

American Cinematheque screens a lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) double feature, highlighted by the Los Angeles premiere of a rare English-language version of the 2008 animated action-comedy Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre (The Champions of Mexican Wrestling). The evening includes a surprise second feature celebrating the 25th anniversary of the death of Mexican wrestling legend El Santo. Learn more...

Author Gregory Paul Williams presents a slide show and discusses his award-winning book, The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History, at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre as part of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles lecture series. Williams will display vintage images of Hollywood from his private collection, and tell stories of the town that go beyond the film industry to union busting, gangsters, and scandals. Learn more...

The Egyptian Theatre presents a screening of The Magic Flute, director Ingmar Bergman's sublime 1973 film staging of Mozart's opera. The screening is presented in association with the L.A. Opera's staging of The Magic Flute; L.A. Opera Music Director James Conlon will be on hand for a pre-film discussion. Learn more...

Film history is filled with classic movie moments. But what makes these moments so instantly famous that they stand the test of time? Join the American Cinematheque to unravel the deeper significance behind the greatest movie moments and learn the reasons why these scenes are burned so deeply into our memories. Thomas Ethan Harris instructs. Learn more...

The Egyptian Theatre presents a double feature of films featuring the late, great Paul Newman. In 1982's The Verdict, Newman plays an aging, alcoholic lawyer struggling with a malpractice case. 1971's Sometimes A Great Notion, directed by and starring Newman, is based on Ken Kesey's novel about an embattled family of Oregon loggers. Learn more...

White Christmas features Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as two war buddies turned song-and-dance men, who team up to save an inn run by their former general. The classic holiday film, featuring the music of Irving Berlin, screens at Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre. Learn more...

The historic Egyptian Theatre presents a screening of West Side Story. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins's film version of the classic Bernstein and Sondheim musical, which updates Romeo and Juliet to tell the story of two star-crossed lovers amid New York's gangs, is presented in a brilliant new 70mm print. Featuring a live appearance by George Chakiris, who won one of the film's ten Oscars for his portrayal of Bernardo. Learn more...

Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre presents a tribute to film legend Tyrone Power. The historic venue will screen 1947's Nightmare Alley, a lost classic of the noir genre, in which Power plays a carnival barker involved with a scam in which he pretends to contact the dead. A discussion with Power's Nightmare Alley co-star Coleen Gray follows the screening, which is preceded by the documentary short Tyrone Power: The Prince of Fox. Learn more...

The Egyptian Theatre presents Danny Boyle in person. The acclaimed director will introduce a double feature of the films that made him famous. 1995's black comedy Shallow Grave tells the tale of three friends, their dead roommate, and a roomful of drugs and money; 1996's Oscar-nominated Trainspotting stars Ewan MacGregor as a young man struggling with heroin addiction. Learn more...

American Cinematheque celebrates Halloween with a Dusk to Dawn Horrorthon, featuring a program of six art-house horror films. Screening at the Egyptian Theatre will be Santa Sangre, Pieces (Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche), Scream...and Die!, Atom Age Vampire (Seddok, L'erede Di Satana), Night of the Bloody Apes (La Horriplante Bestia Humana) and Burial Ground. Learn more...