Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Weekly What To Do: Don't Forget Your Mom or Mom-Like Person In Your Life


The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
$12 – $20
 
7:30pm THE WICKER MAN: THE FINAL CUT (1973, dir. Robin Hardy, Rialto, UK, 92mns, 4K DCP)
9:30pm MIDSOMMAR (2019, dir. Ari Aster, A24, USA, 148mns, Digital)

Tonight, Secret Movie Club Team Member Connor Crews guest programs one of his favorite movies the 1973 cult classic The Wicker Man and we pair it with a new horror gem it inspired-Ari Aster’s 2019 Midsommar
 
SAT MAY 13, 2023 11:00 AM
Aero Theatre | Q&A with actor Robert Englund
$30.00 (member) ; $35.00 (general admission)

Free admission courtesy of Cinedigm to HOLLYWOOD DREAMS & NIGHTMARES: THE ROBERT ENGLUND STORY with purchase of marathon ticket. Co-Presented by Beyond Fest.

Marathon includes: FREDDY VS. JASON, THE LAST SHOWING, STAY HUNGRY and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS
 
May 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 5919 Franklin Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028

$20.00 

An hour long improvised show spoofing your favorite Netflix genres from true crime docs like Wild Wild Country to dating experiment shows like Love is Blind to soapy guilty pleasures like You or Emily in Paris. We’ll get a suggestion from the audience for the name of a Netflix show and then we’ll improvise an entire bingeable episode right before your very eyes!
 
May 13 – May 31
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403
Los Feliz Theatre
1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027
$
 
Oh yea, a real piece of cinema. Rain soaked streets, sodium lights, police scanner radios, Tom Cruise’s grey pushed back hair, NY and LA transit systems, time lapse photography, cab rides with Ernest Borgnine, cab rides with Jamie Foxx,  cab rides with Larry Block! Real pieces of cinema. Red vests, no shirts, “live” to catch a serial killer, Linda Fiorentino!  Date nights with penne vodka and cream sauce at Original Joe’s. Oh yea, real pieces of cinema. 
 
 
Sunday, May 14
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403
Los Feliz Theatre
1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027
$

This Mother’s Day, the AC has something for everyone! Give your loved ones the gift of cinema and join us all day long with a slate full of cult classics, thrillers, and heartfelt dramas, plus a family-friendly matinee.

Dead Mother’s Day
May 14 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 
2829 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
$15.00 

Come join some of UCB’s most talented and motherless performers as they gather for an evening of hilarious expressions of grief!

Mother’s Day can be super fun when your mom is alive. Otherwise it pretty much sucks. Come join some of UCB’s most talented and motherless performers as they gather for an evening of storytelling, stand-up, songs, and other hilarious expressions of grief! 

May 14, 20233:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mount Wilson Observatory
$55

Artistic Director Cécilia Tsan curates thoughtful musical adventuresunder the magnificent vaulted dome of the 100-inch telescope.

Extras:

 

Day/Dream in the M&A Storefront
Opening May 13, 6-10pm (sunset)
1313 Sunset Boulevard
Free


Mark your calendars! Day/Dream, an installation by Sara Suárez and Regina Teng, opens with a reception on May 13 at M&A's Storefront Project Space at 1313 Sunset Boulevard. The opening reception is structured around sunset at 7:46pm, as the space gradually transitions from one operative state to another.


Fruits & Veggies Show 2023: Art You Should Almost Eat is a group show at Giant Robot Store running from May 6th, 2023 to May 21st, 2023.

 KoreanSubs

This immersive format takes traditional moviegoing a step further, by surrounding the audience with a 270-degree panoramic visual.

Saturday, May 13, 2023
1 Casino Way, Casino Building, Avalon, CA 90704
On Catalina Island
 
One of the world’s longest running annual celebrations of silent film, this year's showcase will be held at the historic Avalon Casino Theatre where attendees will be treated to an authentic 1920s cinematic experience with the screenings of The White Shadow (1923) and Upstream (1927) with live musical accompaniment by renowned pianist and composer Michael Mortilla and world-class violinist and percussionist Nicole Garcia. Stand-up comedian, actor and magician Ron Lynch will emcee the evening. Tickets are $30 for members ($55 for two tickets) and $35 for not-yet-members ($65 for two tickets).
 
May 5-29, open Thursdays-Sundays and Memorial Day
1101 W. McKinley Ave. , Pomona, CA 91768
$
Parking $ 

"The 2023 LA County Fair, Spring Into Fair: Where Fun Blooms, is now open! And we have everything from the mild to the wild. From thrilling new rides (Joker 360 and Sling Shot) to incredible food concoctions to baby goats – the LA County Fair has it all!"

 

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.
Secret Movie Club-Special edition posters and a large swatch of films to see.

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love
SFC Presents: Golden Girls Night
May 13, 2023
Live Music By:
The "Original" Golden Girls LIVE: On Stage Cast
 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-Newcomer that manages to fill its schedule almost every night