October 16, 2019
BLACK SABBATH (I TRE VOLTI DELLA PAURA)
DescriptionDescription Kick off the Halloween weekend with our all-night Halloween Movie Rave- -Thon! On Friday night the Vogue Theatre will host five classic horror, sci-fi and cult films. Most will include live accompaniment, as guest DJs from Berlin DJ Traveler & DJ Neucleus and notorious L.A. DJs Carlos Nino & Tony Watson spin a web...
October 16, 2019
THE BLUE SUMMER
DescriptionDescription Shot picture-postcard style in the gorgeous Welsh Marches, THE BLUE SUMMER is a provocative experimental feature documentary about a writer's ill-fated attempt to understand his lover and her art via an increasingly tormented contemplation of the media, contemporary art, digitalization, and the countryside. The film opens as an off-screen narrator describes how he discovered...
October 16, 2019
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
DescriptionDescription John Irving's adaptation of his own best selling novel, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, is realized by celebrated filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom. Homer Wells begins his life journey as a child without parents who is raised and mentored by his orphanage's doctor, a man named Larch. Theirs was an extraordinary bond. Larch taught Homer everything about...
October 16, 2019
CITIZEN KANE
DescriptionDescription Voted the number one film of all time in "AFl's l 00 Years ... I 00 Movies," CITIZEN KANE was written and directed by boy wonder Orson Welles, at the age of 27. At the center of this intricate film lies the true story of a man who conquered many, but dies alone. The...
October 16, 2019
THE BICYCLE THIEF (LADRI DI BICICLETTE)
DescriptionDescription This film is the quintessential example of Italian Neo Realism. With Fascism gone and Italy battered by poverty, neo-realists dealt with issues of poverty because they felt it was one of their country's most important social issues. A film that shows in postwar Italy, even schlepping movie posters looks good to a jobless man,...
October 16, 2019
THE BIG SPLIT
DescriptionDescription Tracey and Frank rushed into marriage after a mere two weeks. Now, on the eve of their divorce, they tell us they are "mature enough to rush back out." She is a documentary filmmaker working on a project about Angelenos and New Yorkers; he is a driving instructor and aspiring composer. Circumstances - ranging...
October 16, 2019
BIG WHEEL
DescriptionDescription When a seven-year-old boy's vivid imagination cannot fend off the harsh realities of his life, he resorts to drastic action against his abusive father.
October 16, 2019
CHARMING BILLY
DescriptionDescription We all have disappointments in life. Most of us deal with it and get on with the day-to-day business of living with unrealized expectations. But for "Charming" Billy Starkman, something, somewhere went terribly wrong. A haunting portrait of the quiet, desperate angst that lurks beneath a deceptively smooth surface, CHARMING BILLY tells the story...
October 16, 2019
CHILDREN OF PARADISE (LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS)
DescriptionDescription Based on a true story of the crime trial of the legendary mime, JeanGaspard Debureau, the story revolves around a group of performers and thieves living on the "Boulevard of Crime" of 1840's Paris. A meditation on the true nature of love that the French are renowned for, the film has an incredibly complex...
October 16, 2019
BARNEY GOOGLE: RUNNIN’ THRU THE RYE
DescriptionDescription AFl's latest film restoration/ preservation work includes the only existing copies of three comedies, a 1949 Three Stooges TV film and two movies based on old-time comic strips. The Stooges film, JERKS OF ALL TRADES, was made for a TV series but never shown on television. It stars Moe, Larry and Shemp as painters/wallpaper...
