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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Weekly What To Do: Should Square Enix Make Pies?


 The Square Enix Pop-Up Shops

 

Chocolate Talk & Tasting | Keeping it Grounded

Thursday, April 25, 6 pm–8 pm
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007COST: $18 for Members, $20 for Non-Members
 
Join us at NHM as we dive into the world of chocolate. Meet chocolatiers featured in the digital series, Chocolate: From Beans to Bliss, as they share stories about their journey to chocolate and their connections to family, health, and resilience. Best of all, enjoy a chocolate tasting from each featured speaker's shop as part of the evening experience.
 

Alien 45th Anniversary Re-Release 
Starts on Alien Day 4/26, this Friday
Select Theaters
 
Before the film, attendees will see “ALIEN: A CONVERSATION WITH RIDLEY SCOTT & FEDE ALVAREZ” where Fede Alvarez (Director of ALIEN: ROMULUS) sits down with Ridley Scott (Director of ALIEN) to discuss the film that started the iconic franchise. 
 
Vidiots
$
 
Vidiots welcomes you back for more 16mm celluloid oddities with Sweet 16mm: Stop-Motion Explosion!, a program of adorable, mesmerizing, and mind-blowing stop-motion animation from the 1940s to the 1980s.

 
Pizza City Fest Los Angeles
L.A. LIVE | April 27-28, 2024
$125

Pizza City Fest offers a stellar lineup of Southern California’s best pizza makers in one location, giving fans the unique opportunity to taste, see live demos, and attend panel discussions with culinary experts over two days at L.A. LIVE. 




Sunday April 28, 2024 12pm-5pm
Royce Quad at UCLA, 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90095
$40


PIEFEST IS BACK! KCRW is partnering with The Fowler Museum for a day of festivities celebrating the best food of all time: pie! At the heart of the festival is a massive pie contest where hundreds of bakers compete to impress the judges — a collection of LA's finest chefs and food writers. The event also features baking demos, a marketplace with pie slices and lunch options, a beer garden, kids activities, exhibitions at the Fowler Museum, and music sets from KCRW DJs Dan Wilcox and SiLVA. Evan Kleiman, the unofficial Pie Queen of Southern California, will preside over the festivities. This event is free and open to the public. Spend the day with us and grab a slice while you’re at it! 

April 27th & 28th, 2024 from 10am - 5pm each day
Central Park, 275 S Raymond Ave. Pasadena, CA 91105
Free

Featuring 200+ local, hand-selected artisans, shoppers can expect to find trendsetting indie goods including original fashion and jewelry design, paper goods, innovative home decor and housewares, art, photography, food, and much more.  





 is BACK on April 27th & 28th
Lumiere Cinema, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, 90211
$ 

Be the first ones to laugh out loud and discover a selection of the latest French comedies,
shown for the first time in the US, just after their release in France!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 KILN Earthenware and More
April 27th - May 14th
Sat April 27th Live Instagram Tour @giantrobot Art On Sale Online 12Noon (Gallery Open from 1pm) Artist Reception 6-9pm
Christine Luu, DANI KAWAII, Gina Zycher, Ginger Chen, Godeleine de Rosamel, Jenn Lima, kozyndan, Lucas Pincer Flynn, Michelle Sakai-Hart, Pawena Studio,  Sun-mo Koo , Taehoon Kim .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saturday, April 27th and Sunday, April 28th
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
2ND & PCH is located at E 2nd St & Pacific Coast Hwy Long Beach, CA 90803

2ND & PCH invites the community to the first-ever Cherry Blossom Festival, presented in partnership with Dreamers Market, on Saturday, April 27th, and Sunday, April 28th from 12:00 - 6:00 pm. Attendees can discover an array of handcrafted treasures, artisanal delights and unique finds from local Japanese-inspired vendors, meet & greet with special characters and anime mascots, and Japanese cultural performances at this inaugural event. From Japanese crafts to delectable treats, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Guests in cosplay can stop by the Dreamers Market info booth and will be entered to win prizes up to $100 in center gift cards.

Street Food Cinema is back with Barbie @ The Autry Museum April 27th

Universal Studios Hollywood Introduces an 87North Produced Live Show,“The Fall Guy Stuntacular
Pre-Show,”Added to Its Popular “WaterWorld,”

The Limited-Run, Action-Packed Pre-Show Kicks Off on April 27 and Continues Through May 19
to Coincide with the Theatrical Release of The Fall Guy, Opening in Theatres May 3



 
Studio Ghibli Fest 2024 Kicks Off With “SPIRITED AWAY”
Saturday, April 27 at 3:00 PM (SUB)
Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM (DUB)
Monday, April 29 at 7:00 PM (SUB)
Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 PM (DUB)
Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00 PM (SUB)
Select Theaters
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Ford’s THE SEARCHERS in 70mm Limited Engagement
Sun. Apr. 28 - Sat. May 4, 2024
Egyptian Theatre and Aero Theatre
Newly struck 70mm print!

THE SEARCHERS (1956) was filmed in VistaVision and released in 1.85. WB’s Motion Picture Imaging scanned the original 8 perf 35mm VistaVision camera negative in 13k with all restoration work completed in 6.5k, Jan Yarbrough, Colorist. The 70mm film print was created at Fotokem by filming out a new 65mm negative. WB’s Post Production Creative Services restored the original mono audio mix, with Doug Mountain as lead and assistance from Matt Vowles. Inventure Studios created the DTS encoded deliverable of the restored audio to playback flawlessly with the 70mm film print. The Film Foundation has given approval of this newly restored version.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extra:
 
UCB, a cheapo comedy show almost every night, see comedians before they make podcasts and have
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.
 


American Cinematheque-A celebrated independent theater group that brings both the talent and catalog of films to make for some of LA's best movie nights.
 

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love.

Check out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level. Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán.


 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style

Cinelounge - Hollywood based tiny theater, showing off indies you've never heard of
 
Brain Dead Studios-manages to fill its schedule almost every night
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
 
Vidiots -A one-of-a-kind hub for film lovers, filmmakers, and everyone curious about cinema. A small theater is more than made-up for with the constant content and special screenings.
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd
 
 
Art
 
March 2-Sept 1
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Admission $

Giant Robot Biennale 5 features artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean,
Taylor Lee, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto, among others. Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the brand’s ethos.
 
 
March 9, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Bowers Museum 
$ Admission
 
 Never-before-seen at a museum and making its American debut, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form presents the largest ever selection of original artworks from Asian comics, displayed alongside their printed, mass-produced forms. This exhibition is a vivid journey through the art of comics and visual storytelling across Asia. From its historical roots to the most recent digital innovations, the exhibition looks to popular Japanese manga and beyond, highlighting key creators, characters,
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Pixels So Good: Jimmy and Baby

 

Paul Robertson's latest 16-bit looking short is a 20 minute adventure about two frogs committing robbery and going to Hell. Crazy how much can be put on screen! It's so filled with...everything, you'll have to re-watch to catch it all. Oh, and NSFW with boobs and blood. It looks like he had help from his old friends from Mecha Fetus, that we covered ages ago for Anime Expo. Now you can catch Mecha Fetus's memebers work in random cons and video games.

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The Island of Cats

 

This snuck up on us, just like a cat. Check it out today!

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Friday, April 19, 2024

The Gentlemen On Netflix

 By Jonathan Bilski


 

I didn't expect to have so much fun with The Gentleman, the new Guy Ritchie series on Netflix, but it
what Ritchie's best at. British gangster life with a nice dose of violence. The premise, Edward Horniman has just become the Duke of Halstead. He didn't realize his father had let some of his family's multi-acre land be used for an underground weed-growing empire run by the daughter of a notorious mobster. What follows is him trying to get his family out of such an affair, but learning he might be good at the dealing with all the problems a drug lord has.

I'm not done with the series, but it's only 8 episodes about an hour each. So far, I've gotten to learn the fam, including an idiotic older brother who had to dress like a chicken to appease...let's say business debts. Susie Glass, the posh lady in charger of the weed empire, who seems to team-up with the duke quite often on solving mmm...certain problems such an empire has. And, each episode is a charming and violent look into the criminal underbelly of England.

Now, I'm a big fan of Ritchie's film Snatch and this show wears it on its sleeves. I'm constantly taken back to one of my favorite films, but everything feels fresh with the new actors, some of his favorites are back, but mainly new actors bringing his violent world to life.

As always, don't want to give that much away, but if you want some family drama on a lovely estate with each episode like a mini-movie, why not? Oh, and of course the proper amount of bloody time.

Highly recommended, if the algorithm somehow missed you and you haven't started seeing it.

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Horror Hype: Abigail Out Now, The Devil's Bath, IFC's In a Violent Nature & Humane

 By Jonathan Bilski
Abigail is now in theaters. From the directing team of Radio Silence, who we are fans of, comes a new horror movie about a team of would-be child kidnappers turned into a smorgasbord for an adorable little ballerina with sharp teeth.


The Devil's Bath comes from the people who brought us Goodnight Mommy and is coming to Shudder June 28th. Been looking forward to this one since reading about research going into it by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala in Rue Morgue. If memory serves, I think it goes over the fact you could legally kill people if you think they weren't going to make to Heaven or would do something sinful later. So the people who were murdering you might think they were doing G-d's work and helping your eternal soul.

SYNOPSIS - In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped in a murky and lonely path leading to evil thoughts, until the possibility of committing a shocking act of violence seems like the only way out of her inner prison. Giving a voice to the invisible and unheard women of the rural past; THE DEVIL’S BATH is based on historical court records about a shocking, hitherto unexplored chapter of European history.

I've got two from IFC

In a Violent Nature is a new take on the slasher film from the perspective of the slasher. To be more accurate, one of your classic undead slashers like Jason. From what I've read, it's a slow burn film as you literally spend time just wandering the woods with the killer waiting to find whatever stupid teenagers/college kids woke him up from his eternal sleep. And, when it gets violent, oh, it gets violent. Out in theaters May 31st.

Cronenberg's kids don't fall that far from the tree as his daughter made this scary look at the future. Caitlin Cronenberg takes us to a future where 20% of the population is asked to kill itself. Sadly, after some skips out of a family event, the government still needs to take a body to reduce the numbers.

Out April 26th in theaters, then comes to Shudder July 26th.

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

We Can't Wait For The Stories Tied To This

 

Twisters comes out July 19th.


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Delicious Little Tokyo & VC Film Fest May

We know, we should be writing about Cinco De Mayo, May The 4th for Star Wars or Alien Day, April 26th for LV-426 where Xenomorphs were first encountered. BTW, check out Alien, the original film for it's 45th Anniversary Re-Release, that day only; in select theaters.

Instead we're dining on Delicious Little Tokyo. Taking place May 4th, you can take tasting tours, do workshops and play J-Town Bingo, which has you exploring the area to earn bingo spots and possibly win prizes. Oh, and the ultra specific Little Tokyo Pop-Up shop, so people no where you go to eat.

There's also some Children's Day Festival activities to check out, so plenty to do.

May 4
Little Tokyo
Free and $
 
and also taking place in May,
 
VC Film Fest going through May 1st-10th. Now, you might be saying, wait what's that? Because, it goes by a much older name -big reveal- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). Yes, our favorite too-long an acronym film festival has ditched its old moniker for VC Film Fest. Why, because Visual Communications been running it and it does seems easier to say aloud than LAAPFF. 

A wonderful huge collection of Asian films to see. We like seeing the weirder and strange stuff, so nothing we can recommend just eyeing it, but they have many movies to see.
May 1-10th
Multiple Locations

Both happening the start this May.

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