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Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Bowfinger,’ ‘Fight Club,’ ‘Kagemusha,’ Laurel & Hardy and more
Discover a flick with our weekly curated record of basic motion pictures, cult favorites, movie festivals, and many others., enjoying at theaters, drive-ins and pop-ups and/or streaming on-line. Earlier than you go, keep in mind to name or examine on-line for reservation necessities and different COVID-19 protocols.
‘Blade Runner — The Closing Reduce’
Are you a replicant … or a repli-can? That’s the query in Ridley Scott’s definitive 2007 verision of his visually gorgeous 1982 sci-fi basic. Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer star. Hollywood Legion Theater at Publish 43, 2035 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. 2 p.m. April 3. $5, $10. hollywoodlegiontheater.com
‘Bowfinger’
Put some foolishness in your April Idiot’s Day with this very humorous 1999 showbiz satire starring Steve Martin as a low-rent film producer and Eddie Murphy because the unwitting star of Martin’s newest movie. Frank Oz directs. Secret Film Membership Theatre, 1917 Bay St., 2nd ground, downtown L.A. 8 p.m. April 1. $15, $17. secretmovieclub.com
‘Cannibal Holocaust’
Human flesh. It’s what’s for dinner in director by Ruggero Deodato’s graphic 1980 terror story that helped beginning the found-footage horror style. Offered in 35-millimeter. Mind Lifeless Studios on the Silent Film Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. $12. 10 p.m. April 2. studios.wearebraindead.com
‘The Exterminating Angel’
They will try any time they like, however they’ll by no means depart in Luis Buñuel’s basic 1962 surrealist fable about company at a schmancy feast from which there’s seemingly no escape. In Spanish with English subtitles. Mind Lifeless Studios on the Silent Film Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. $12. 6 p.m. April 3. studios.wearebraindead.com
‘Struggle Membership’
We’re not gonna discuss it, besides to say that Brad Pitt and Edward Norton star in David Fincher’s divisive 1999 adaptation of the gritty Chuck Palahniuk novel about civilization and its discontents. The Landmark Westwood, 1045 Broxton Ave., Westwood. 10 p.m. April 1. $10. (310) 208-3250. landmarktheatres.com
‘The French Connection’
Gene Hackman is “Popeye” Doyle, the cop who received’t cop out, in William Friedkin’s New York-set 1971 motion drama that options one of many biggest automotive chases of all time … of all time! Offered in 35-millimeter. Academy Museum of Movement Footage, David Geffen Theater, 6067 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 7:30 p.m. April 3. $5-$10. academymuseum.org
‘A Arduous Day’s Evening’
John, Paul, George and Ringo are on the unfastened in London in Richard Lester’s giddy 1964 romp that’s jam-packed with basic Beatles tunes. Alamo Drafthouse, 700 W. seventh St., downtown L.A. 11:30 a.m. April 2, 11:15 a.m. April 3. $15. drafthouse.com
‘The Hidden’
Kyle MacLachlan performs a G-man who’s much more peculiar than MacLachlan’s “Twin Peaks” character, FBI agent Dale Cooper, on this creepy 1987 sci-fi/horror flick. Offered in 35-millimeter. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. 11:59 p.m. April 2. $10; double options, $12; advance buy beneficial. thenewbev.com
‘His Woman Friday’ with ‘Carry Up Child’
A salute to Howard Hawks continues and consists of this double invoice of the director’s basic screwball comedies. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell star within the former, and Grant and Katharine Hepburn within the latter. American Cinematheque on the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. 7:30 p.m. April 1. $8, $13. americancinematheque.com
‘Kagemusha’
A condemned felony in feudal Japan is dragooned into posing as an ailing clan chief whom he considerably resembles in Akira Kurosawa’s epic 1980 historic drama. In Japanese with English subtitles. Secret Film Membership Theatre, 1917 Bay St., 2nd ground, downtown L.A. 7:30 p.m. April 2. $15, $17. secretmovieclub.com
‘Laurel and Hardy Uncommon Early Shorts’
Title a funnier comedy duo; we’ll wait. Stan and Ollie convey the silliness in a collection of silent-era shorts offered with reside organ accompaniment. Outdated City Music Corridor, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. 2:30 and eight p.m. April 2, 2:30 p.m. April 3. $10, $12. oldtownmusichall.org
‘Velocity Racer’
Right here he comes, right here comes Emile Hirsch because the titular race-car driver within the Wachowskis’ underrated 2008 motion thriller based mostly on the Nineteen Sixties-era cartoon collection from Japan. John Goodman and Christina Ricci additionally star. The Frida Cinema, Calle Cuatro Plaza, 305 E. 4th St., Santa Ana. 8 p.m. March 31, April 1. $10.50. thefridacinema.org
‘Suspiria’
That prestigious ballet academy is haunted — haunted, I tells ya! — in Dario Argento’s chilling 1977 cult basic. With Jessica Harper and Joan Bennett. In Italian with English subtitles. Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. 11:59 p.m. April 1. $14. (310) 473-8530. landmarktheatres.com
twentieth Anniversary Dance Digicam West Movie Pageant
This annual showcase for dance-themed efficiency movies and documentaries from world wide continues. Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz, Lycée Français de Los Angeles, 10361 W. Pico Blvd., L.A. Varied instances by way of April 2. $15-$30; passes: $75, $100. dancecamerawest.org
‘The Ladies’
The UCLA Movie & Tv Archive launches the brand new collection “This Lady’s Work: How Gender Formed Cinema From Behind the Scenes” with a monthlong retrospective of movies written or co-written by pioneering screenwriter Anita Loos. First up: this basic 1939 comedy directed by George Cukor. UCLA Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. 7:30 p.m. April 1. Free; advance registration beneficial; standby line out there. cinema.ucla.edu
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