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Marry Poppins, Fahrenheit 451

Michael Nordine
Sing some songs with Julie Andrews and burn some books with Oskar Werner in a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (not to mention unusual) double feature at LACMA: Mary Poppins (5 p.m.) and Fahrenheit 451 (7:30). François Truffaut’s first and only foray into English-language filmmaking didn’t exactly light the world on fire at the......
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You Never Know Women

Michael Nordine
The Silent Treatment, Cinefamily’s monthly showcase for underseen gems of the silent era, presents William Wellman’s You Never Know Women on a 35mm print from the Library of Congress at 2 p.m. Sandwiched between his earlier Westerns (The Vagabond Trail) and his later gangster/war pictures (The Public Enemy, Wings), this......
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Pierrot le Fou, Contempt

Michael Nordine
Prior to the American Cinematheque’s imminent run of Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3-D at the Aero, the repertory stalwarts are taking it upon themselves to acquaint viewers with his earlier works. Pierrot le Fou and Contempt kick off the series at the Egyptian at 7:30 p.m. French New Wave......
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Gloria, Minnie and Moskowitz

Michael Nordine
The Egyptian’s tribute to Gena Rowlands continues with Gloria and Minnie and Moskowitz, both on 35mm. Arguably our greatest living actress, the two-time Oscar nominee is set to take part in a discussion between the films. In Gloria, she becomes an adoptive mother to a boy whose family was offed......
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10 L.A. Movie Theaters Where You Can Drink

Michael Nordine
Since cinephilia and a crippling dependency on alcohol naturally go hand in hand, a number of multiplexes and single-screen theaters alike have taken to giving the beer-swelling masses that which they most desire over the last several years. This is part of a larger move at upscale establishments to provide......
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Grand Hotel

Michael Nordine
Grand Hotel’s most famous line isn’t actually true: “People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.” Edmund Goulding’s Best Picture winner is set entirely in the eponymous Berlin hotel, which plays host to much sadness and intrigue among its ensemble cast (which includes Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and a couple of......
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10 Best Movies of 2014 That Didn't Make It to L.A.

Michael Nordine
This year saw more than its fair share of good and even great movies — not that all of them made it to Los Angeles. Sure, Stray Dogs had a one-off screening at UCLA and A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness played AFI Fest last year, but neither received proper theatrical......
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Flying Down to Rio

Michael Nordine
Close out the weekend with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio, which the friendly folks at Old Town Music Hall are presenting in matinee form at 2:30. The musical wasn’t intended as a showcase for the now-legendary talents, but their rendition of the Carioca so entranced......