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Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4
Festival | This year’s festival will expand beyond Los Angeles to seven cities and 10 venues across the United States and internationally to London. The Los Angeles festival features 55 films from 16 countries, more than 20 special guests and six restoration premieres across our three venues. Full lineup below.
Claire Denis: An American Cinematheque Retrospective
Series | 35 SHOTS OF RUM, TROUBLE EVERY DAY, BASTARDS, WHITE MATERIAL, BEAU TRAVAIL, HIGH LIFE
A Tribute to Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Series | FUNNY GAMES, THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER, YOUNG TÖRLESS, MELANCHOLIA, THE WORLD TO COME, VOX LUX
Philippe Grandrieux: An American Cinematheque Retrospective
Series | MALGRÉ LA NUIT, SOMBRE, LA VIE NOUVELLE, UN LAC
Co-presented by Kaplan Morrison
Guest programmed by Ryan Coleman and Caleb Hammond
Jon Jost: An American Cinematheque Retrospective
Series | LAST CHANTS FOR A SLOW DANCE, DEADENDZ, FRAMEUP, SURE FIRE, THE BED YOU SLEEP IN
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1:00 pm
THE PROPOSITION
Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker John Hillcoat and actor Robert Morgan (in-person) and actors Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Guy Pearce and Emily Watson (virtual)
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4’
3:00 pm
FUNNY GAMES
Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with actor Brady Corbet
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4’ and ‘A Tribute to Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold’
7:00 pm
MISSING / THE CONFESSION
Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Costa-Gavras and producer Michèle Ray-Gavras
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 4’
7:30 pm
SOMBRE / LA VIE NOUVELLE
Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux. Moderated by filmmaker Brady Corbet.
L.A. Premieres!
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4′ and ‘Philippe Grandrieux: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
7:00 pm
MILLER’S CROSSING
Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with actor Gabriel Byrne
35th Anniversary
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4’
7:00 pm
FRAMEUP
Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Jon Jost
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair — Year 4’ and ‘Jon Jost: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
7:00 pm
TROUBLE EVERY DAY
Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Claire Denis
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4’ and ‘Claire Denis: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
7:30 pm
SURE FIRE / THE BED YOU SLEEP IN
Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Jon Jost
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4’ and ‘Jon Jost: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
7:00 pm
LAST DAYS
Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Gus Van Sant
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 4’
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