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Thu Apr 16 – Fri Apr 24, 2026

This Is Not a Fiction 2026

Festival | This year’s festival will feature an 8-film in-person retrospective with the trailblazing Gianfranco Rosi and in-person tributes to filmmakers Caveh Zahedi and Ross McElwee.

The full 45 film lineup, featuring even more special guests, premieres and screenings, will be announced next week.

Sat April 4, 2026

1:00 PM

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Aero Theatre | Extended Edition

25th Anniversary

Sun April 12, 2026

4:00 PM

ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW

Egyptian Theatre | Live musical performance by pianist Chris Dawson

Introduction by Alan K. Rode and Shari Belafonte

Sat Feb 21 – Sun May 24, 2026

Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Series | WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE! on Nitrate, EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS, APART FROM YOU, BROTHER AND SISTER, AVALANCHE, THREE SISTERS WITH MAIDEN HEARTS, THE THIN LINE, A WANDERER’S NOTEBOOK, FLOATING CLOUDS, MOMENT OF TERROR, REPAST, LIGHTNING, SUDDEN RAIN, SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN, WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS, LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, FLOWING, MOTHER, SCATTERED CLOUDS, YEARNING

Fri Apr 3 – Sun Apr 12, 2026

NOIR CITY: Hollywood 2026

Festival | BLACK ANGEL, BLUES IN THE NIGHT, HANGOVER SQUARE, ANATOMY OF A MURDER, THE YELLOW CANARY, THE CRIMSON CANARY, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, A MAN CALLED ADAM, ALL NIGHT LONG, THE MAN I LOVE, NORA PRENTISS, THE LONG GOODBYE, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, KING CREOLE, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, KANSAS CITY, PETE KELLY’S BLUES

Co-Presented by the Film Noir Foundation

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Sun Mar 29 – Tue Mar 31, 2026

Nadav Lapid: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Series | AHED’S KNEE, SYNONYMS, YES, POLICEMAN, THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Sun Nov 2, 2025 – Thu Apr 2, 2026

Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Series | JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES, Early Short Films, JE TU IL ELLE, In the Room: Chantal Akerman Short Films, NEWS FROM HOME, In New York Short Films, HOTEL MONTEREY, LES RENDEZ-VOUS D’ANNA, “Hôtel des Acacias,” PORTRAIT D’UNE JEUNE FILLE DE LA FIN DES ANNÉES 60 À BRUXELLES, TOUTE UNE NUIT, LA CAPTIVE, LA FOLIE ALMAYER, “Dis-moi,” HISTOIRES D’AMÉRIQUE: FOOD, FAMILY AND PHILOSOPHY, DOWN THERE

Tue April 7, 2026

7:30 PM

FACES OF DEATH

Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmakers Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei and actors Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery

Advance Screening of New 35mm Print

Sat Mar 14 – Sat Apr 11, 2026

Starring Catherine O’Hara

Series | FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, A MIGHTY WIND, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, AFTER HOURS, THE PAPER, BEETLEJUICE

Sun Apr 27, 2025 – Sun Mar 29, 2026

Sunday Print Edition

Series | Extra! Extra! Watch all about it! 35mm movies in Black and White, every Sunday at 1:00 PM at the Los Feliz 3

Sun May 4, 2025 – Sun Apr 5, 2026

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Series | Confirming your Transcendental Appointment with the American Cinematheque on Sundays at the Aero Theatre and Egyptian Theatre.

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