The battles that shaped Los Angeles are revealed in this raucous tale of a 20th Century fight palace and the remarkable woman who ran it. The Olympic Auditorium was a hub of outrageous entertainment for generations, where heroes and villains often came from the neighborhoods of the city, making their mark in the ring, track or stage. Told through the distinctive voices of wrestlers, boxers, punks and skaters, 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story remembers a lost, and more interesting L.A. Q&A to follow the film including East Bay Ray
Rfor violence.
Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with.
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Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heals. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.
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DOLLY PARTON DOUBLE FEATURE: 9 to 5 with an opening Live Tribute Set from the Meredith Edgar Trio Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him. Presented with a special introduction from Amanda Bartlett of SFGATE
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DOLLY PARTON DOUBLE FEATURE: BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse. Presented with an introduction from Amanda Bartlett of SFGATE
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Georgia Flood (Mare Winningham) is a well-to-do folk-singer with a stable family and a loving husband. Her younger sister, Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is the lead singer in a rowdy punk-rock band. Living in Georgia's shadow causes Sadie to become obsessed with her, and she tries everything she can to live up to her big sister's achievements. Unfortunately it is this very obsession --coupled with her self-destructive tendencies and rampant drug abuse-- that keep her spiraling down the drain.
Rfor language, some violence and sexuality/nudity.
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Rfor horror violence and sensuality
BLOOD FOR DRACULA (Udo Kier Double Feature with Seduction: The Cruel Woman) Celebrate the late, great Udo Kier with one of his most beloved films - Blood for Dracula! Also known as Andy Warhol’s Dracula, despite the film being produced and directed by legendary cult director Paul Morrissey (Flesh, Trash), this 1974 English-language French-Italian co-production stars Kier as the titular bloodsucker, beside Morrissey fave Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, and Vittorio de Sica, and follows Kier’s Dracula as he travels from Transylvania to pre-fascist Italy to feast upon the blood of virgins, only to find that the Italian girls aren’t as chaste as he had expected. Content warning - this film is crazy when it comes to sex, rape, and age (don’t worry, the “14 year old” is played by a 23 year old actress), but its status as a camp classic and one of the greatest Dracula adaptations endures. MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE Gender jesters Piranha Psychotronica and Kafka X bring you a new experience in cinematic depravity… Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse! Prepare yourself to enter into a world of face-flaying forgotten and forsaken films… Made-for-TV, Direct-to-Video, VCR games, underground cinema, and more wiley weirdness than your minds can handle! In a world dominated by AI, CGI, mega streaming platforms, and cinematic universes, Media Meltdown celebrates the amateur, the low-budget, the handmade, the experimental, and the weird! Commit yourself every 3rd Sunday to … MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE!
SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN (Udo Kier Double Feature with Blood for Dracula) A German dominatrix (Mechthild Grossman) and her costumed troupe perform for customers, on stage and off. MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE Gender jesters Piranha Psychotronica and Kafka X bring you a new experience in cinematic depravity… Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse! Prepare yourself to enter into a world of face-flaying forgotten and forsaken films… Made-for-TV, Direct-to-Video, VCR games, underground cinema, and more wiley weirdness than your minds can handle! In a world dominated by AI, CGI, mega streaming platforms, and cinematic universes, Media Meltdown celebrates the amateur, the low-budget, the handmade, the experimental, and the weird! Commit yourself every 3rd Sunday to … MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE!
Without darkness, we can’t see the light. In Mountains of the Moon, world renowned artist and skier, Chris Benchetler explores the unseen connections between sport, life, music, and the living earth—set to the timeless tunes of the Grateful Dead. Captured almost entirely at night using cutting-edge cinematography, lasers, animation, and projection mapping, the film leads viewers on a surreal journey through ocean, river, and mountain landscapes. The world’s greatest athletes, adventurers, and thinkers appear as luminous figures, navigating through the natural world. At its core, the film reflects on what makes us human. The glowing skeletons represent the essential truth of our existence, the light within us all no matter our external differences. Through their journey, the film reflects on life and death, the resilience of nature, and the threads of humanity that bind us together.
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Mulholland Drive, 2001 Directed by David Lynch AN ACTRESS LONGING TO BE A STAR. A WOMAN SEARCHING FOR HERSELF. BOTH WORLDS WILL COLLIDE… ON MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
PGfor thematic elements and language
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
RFor some violence, disturbing images and language.
A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
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The Muppet Movie 1979 Directed by James Frawley MORE ENTERTAINING THAN HUMANLY POSSIBLE A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Rfor some violence
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. With opening orchestral performance from One Found Sound of Johnny Greenwood's piece There Will Be Blood Suite
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Vampire’s Kiss, 1988 Directed by Robert Bierman SEDUCTION. ROMANCE. MURDER. THE THINGS ONE DOES FOR LOVE. A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he’s experiencing may be hallucinations.
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A SCREWBALL COMEDY. REMEMBER THEM? Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in music. The man seems a bit distracted, and that was before he met a strange woman who has devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers.