Summer 2015
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South (1919) by Frank Hurley
Mush! To The Movies! - South
Date: Jun 26, 2015 7:30PM
Location: The Velaslavasay PanoramaThe fourth installment of Mush! To the Movies! Polar film series features South (1919), Frank Hurley's 1914 film of the trials of the ship Endurance, led by legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, and its crew in their attempt to cross Antarctica via the South Pole.
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From Sea to See, by Eve Lauryn LaFountain
Forward to Distant Times: New Visions of the West
Date: Jun 28, 2015 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianPresented in conjunction with the culminating weekend of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division’s (LAND) Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, the films in this program offer contemporary visions of the relationship between place, land and power. Including two world premieres, Cuentos by Penelope Uribe-Abee and From Sea to See by Eve Lauryn-LaFountain, with the filmmakers in person!
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Jack Smith, Flaming Creatures, 1962-63 Film Still, Copyright Jack Smith Archive, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Jack Smith: The Whole Fantasy
Date: Jul 9, 2015 7:00PM
Location: MOCA Grand AvenueIn conjunction with the MOCA exhibition Tongues Untied, Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA is proud to present Jack Smith’s 16mm masterpiece, Flaming Creatures, along with his films Scotch Tape and I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo.
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The 108 Movements, by Beth Block
Beth Block: Successive Approximations to the Goal
Date: Jul 12, 2015 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianBeth Block returns to Filmforum with four recent works, including one World premiere and one West Coast premiere!
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The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Mush! To The Movies! The Los Angeles Premiere of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, with In the Best of All Possible Worlds and Break
Date: Jul 18, 2015 7:30PM
Location: The Velaslavasay PanoramaThe Los Angeles premiere of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, the follow-up film to Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner, which was recently voted the greatest Canadian film ever, screening with Steve Rowell’s short video In the Best of All Possible Worlds and Kate Lain's digital loop Break.
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3-D Rarities Poster, courtesy of Bob Furmanek and Flicker Alley
3-D Rarities Screening with Bob Furmanek!
Date: Jul 19, 2015 2:00PM
Location: The Downtown Independent Theater3-D Rarities celebrates sixty Years of the LA 3-D Club and 100 Years of 3-D Cinema! Bob Furmanek in person!
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Model Workers, by William E. Jones
Reclamation Works: New and recent films by William E. Jones and Thom Andersen
Date: Jul 26, 2015 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianWilliam E. Jones and Thom Andersen in person! One U.S and five Los Angeles premieres!
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The Royal Road, by Jenni Olson
The Royal Road, by Jenni Olson
Date: Aug 2, 2015 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianFilmmaker Jenni Olson in person! “A breathtaking cinematic essay…a masterpiece.”— Sam Fragoso, Roger Ebert.com
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WS Van Dyke and Ray Mala shaking hands in a scence from 'Eskimo"
Mush! to the Movies: Eskimo (1933) and Northern Lights Over Mount Halde (in 3-D!)
Date: Aug 15, 2015 7:30PM
Location: The Velaslavasay PanoramaMush to the Movies concludes with the stunning 1933 melodrama Eskimo, the first fictional feature film to be shot in a Native American language (Inupiat) and the first to be shot in Alaska, paired with a 3-D short showing the Northern Lights!
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Saul Levine: A few tunes going out: Groove to Groove
The Films of Saul Levine I: Tunes of Sound and Silence
Date: Aug 26, 2015 7:30PM
Location: Chins PushThe first evening of Saul Levine’s first screening series in Los Angeles, with the super-8 master in person from Boston!
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Driven (Boston After Dark): Joe Gibbons
The Films of Saul Levine II: Dreams Driven
Date: Aug 27, 2015 7:30PM
Location: VeggieCloudSaul Levine in person with two videos, including the Los Angeles premiere screening of ‘Driven (Boston After Dark): Joe Gibbons’, a rare portrait of Saul’s longtime friend, recently incarcerated artist Joe Gibbons.
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The Iron Ministry
The Iron Ministry
Date: Sep 3, 2015 7:00PM
Location: The Downtown IndependentFilmed over three years on what will soon be the world's largest railway network, THE IRON MINISTRY traces the vast interiors of a country on the move: flesh and metal, clangs and squeals, light and dark, and language and gesture. Extended til September 3rd with one screening per day!
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film still from Mankinda courtesy of The New American Cinema Group, Inc, The Film-Makers' Cooperative
Stan VanDerBeek: Newsreel of Dreams
Date: Sep 10, 2015 7:00PM
Location: MOCA Ahmanson AuditoriumLos Angeles Filmforum at MOCA is proud to present a program of VanDerBeek’s films in connection with the work of artists associated with Black Mountain College currently on view in the permanent collection.