Added film! Our tribute to acclaimed novelist, poet & screenwriter Barry Gifford begins Friday with Matt Dillon’s CITY OF GHOSTS (2002) in 35mm Series also includes: WILD AT HEART, LOST HIGHWAY, PERDITA DURANGO, & ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO www.americancinematheque.com/series/barry...
American Cinematheque
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📽️ Established 1984. Celebrating the experience of cinema. 1500+ screenings a year at the LF3, Aero & Egyptian Theatres. Member-supported 501c3🎞
Director/actor Olivia Wilde stopped by the Aero last month for a sold out members-only screening of THE INVITE (2026) in 35mm + Q&A with cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra, ASC 🩷
L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration! 🇯🇵 Make your next ‘Transcendental Appointment’ with us this Sunday for Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN (1965). This rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories is playing at the Egyptian on 10/18 at 11:30 am. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Photos from Opening Night of ‘German Currents 2026’ with the West Coast Premiere of FATHERLAND (2026) + Q&A with filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, moderated by Bill Hader 🖤❤️💛 Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Aero last Thursday to celebrate 20 years of German Currents!
The New 4K Restoration of E. Elias Merhige’s BEGOTTEN (1989) is coming to LF3 for a limited engagement starting this Friday! Vintage American Cinematheque flyer advertising our screening of BEGOTTEN on November 21st, 1996. www.americancinematheque.com/series/e-eli...
This Saturday! See SPANNING TIME (2026), a cinephilic love letter to the humble photobooth, + Q&A with filmmaker Brian Meacham at 1 pm at LF3 📽️💌📸 www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Pulling out our original one sheet for DR. BUTCHER M.D. See the film in 35mm on 10/19 at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social 🎟️: tinyurl.com/dfhhmpea
Another ‘Women Wednesday’ installment 10/14 at LF3! 💜 BIRD IN HAND (2025) + Q&A Inspired by Roscher’s own biracial experience, this bitingly comic feature film debut weaves themes of race, belonging & family into Bird’s mercurial journey back to herself: www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
It’s been one week since Beyond Fest @beyondfest.bsky.social 2026 ended! Enjoy the remaining event recaps from the MUBI Theatre at the Aero last weekend:
This week at the AC! 📽️ Void co-presents a 4K restoration, we present Closing Night of ‘German Currents,’ conclude our M. Night + Sky Hopinka series, bring you fun-sized scares, host a ‘Women Wednesday’ screening, show you more films not streaming + more: www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
The Beyond Fest 2026 Opening Night film YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER is in theaters now! Filmmaker Bassam Tariq compares his new film to Jarmusch’s GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI (2000). Hear more about Tariq’s Dream Screening on our most recent episode of the AC Podcast!
Tonight at LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social, join us and Scream Screen for a screening of DEMONWARP. Q&A with filmmaker Emmett Alston & producer Richard Albert + @vinsyn.bsky.social Pop-up shop. 🚨only 20 tickets left!🚨 🎟️: tinyurl.com/msbjrr78
We celebrated 20 years of MIAMI VICE (2006) last weekend during @beyondfest.bsky.social with Michael Mann at the World Premiere of the Director’s Final Cut 4K Restoration 🙌 Thank you to Moria Griffin for moderating an excellent Q&A + to everyone who sold out the Directors Village.
Sun. at the AC! ORPHEUS 35mm intro 1pm LF3 DANCES WITH WOLVES 35mm 2pm Egyptian TIME AND WATER Q&A 2pm Aero Short Films from Sky Hopinka 4pm LF3 🚨 BLUE HERON Q&A 7pm LF3 🚨 SID AND NANCY / REPO MAN Q&A 7pm Egyptian LEGEND 7:30pm Aero 🚨 TAKE ME HOME intro/Q&A 9:30pm LF3
Sat. at the AC! LA's RSFF VALENTINA Q&A 1pm LF3 TOP HAT 35mm 1pm Aero Michael Douglas Marathon 2pm Egyptian THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY intro 3:30pm Aero THE FROG AND THE WATER Q&A 4pm LF3 A LAND WITHIN Q&A 7pm LF3 WALKER / EL PATRULLERO Q&A 7:30pm Aero BATMAN & ROBIN 10pm LF3
New series starts 10/13! 🎃 ‘Fun-Sized, Family-Friendly, Faintly Frightening Films’ feat. rare 35mm prints, anniversary screenings, animated classics + more: MONSTER HOUSE, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, THE BLACK CAULDRON, HOCUS POCUS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
It might not be your typical choice, but Bassam Tariq makes a case for SIRĀT as the perfect Family Matinee — see what other movies make up the YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER director’s film festival on this week’s episode of the AC Podcast.
Still adore this movie
Special 5th Anniversary event just added! 🩷👯♀️🖤 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021) + Q&A with filmmaker Edgar Wright & actor Thomasin McKenzie. Revisit this swinging sixties-set nightmare on Sun. Oct. 25th at 7 pm at the Egyptian. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Sunday October 25th 7pm at The Egyptian Theater with @amcinematheque.bsky.social! Celebrate LAST NIGHT IN SOHO’s 5th anniversary with @edgarwright.bsky.social ! www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Special 5th Anniversary event just added! 🩷👯♀️🖤 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021) + Q&A with filmmaker Edgar Wright & actor Thomasin McKenzie. Revisit this swinging sixties-set nightmare on Sun. Oct. 25th at 7 pm at the Egyptian. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
We summon you to the LF3 / @amcinematheque.bsky.social on 10/26 as we screen EVILSPEAK in 35mmm for our Voidoween Spooktacular. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/bddtwf5k
“What I want to do is get hijacked when I’m in a movie. I want to be living this experience.” Filmmaker Michael Mann took us all inside the world of MIAMI VICE for the premiere of the brand new cut of the film, restored in 4K for the 20th anniversary! 🌴🚤🍹 @beyondfest.bsky.social
Fri. at the AC! THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) 35mm 1pm LF3 TAKE ME HOME (2026) Q&A 4pm LF3 DEAD SOULS (2025) Alex Cox + more Q&A 7pm LF3 LA’s RSFF Shorts Program 7pm Egyptian 4K! MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (1983) Q&A 7:30pm Aero STRAIGHT TO HELL (1986) Q&A 10pm LF3 americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
Filmmaker Bassam Tariq rewatched the revered Hayao Miyazaki film PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) while he was writing YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER (2026) so he could carry the film’s fluid depiction of ‘good guys’ & ‘bad guys’ over to his own movie.
West Coast Theatrical Premiere of New 4K Restoration! Charles Burnett’s “tragicomic work of realism,” MY BROTHER’S WEDDING (1983), is coming to the Aero followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, moderated by Brandon D. Wilson. Oct. 9th at 7:30 pm. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
‘Here and Elsewhere: Films from Sky Hopinka’ starts this weekend! ☁️🌎🎨 Join us for a celebration of the work & cinematic vision of filmmaker/visual artist Sky Hopinka, in partnership with Vidiots. www.americancinematheque.com/series/here-...
October 15 Halloween Movie Fright🧟 Greg Proops Film Club Curated by Jennifer Let’s Scare Jessica to Death🪦 7pm No Nurse on Duty @amcinematheque.bsky.social www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Halloween Greg Proops Film Club🐈⬛ Lets Scare Jessica to Death💀 October 15, 7pm Los Feliz 3 Curated by Jennifer @amcinematheque.bluesky.social Awesome 70’s Horror Movie 👻 “Dreams or nightmares? Madness or sanity? I don't know which is which.” www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
“Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?” 🐰💙 We celebrated the 25th anniversary of DONNIE DARKO (2001) during Beyond Fest @beyondfest.bsky.social 2026 last week with a sold out screening + Q&A with filmmaker Richard Kelly & actor James Duval.
I love all of these movies and I didn’t know they shared a location so that’s fun new knowledge!
A new ‘Watch Local’ begins Saturday! 🍂 This October, take a cinematic tour around the mysterious Greystone Mansion as we spotlight the enigmatic estate with a series of strange, sinister, quirky films that capture the magic & allure of the historical site www.americancinematheque.com/series/watch...