📽️ Established 1984. Celebrating the experience of cinema. 1500+ screenings per year at the Aero, Egyptian & Los Feliz 3 Theatres. Member-supported 501c3
Blessed by N.T Rama Rao Jr. @tarak9999 twice in one week 😎🙏
Photos from last Thursday’s sold out @beyondfest 2024 screening of DEVARA: PART 1 (2024) at the Egyptian Theatre!
“For the first time, America is not a vacation spot. It’s a workplace. I have a lot of emotions running through me. This to me is an achievement as an actor.” — @tarak9999 ⭐️ @RRRMovie
An epic unofficial start to @beyondfest 2024 – RRR (2022) Pre-Beyond Fest Thank You Screening with actor N.T Rama Rao Jr. @tarak9999 in-person at the Aero! ⭐️🔥⭐️
From Tollywood To Hollywood! Last nights @BeyondFest screening of @RRRMovie brought 900+ screaming fans to @ChineseTheatres to watch the global phenomenon & see @ssrajamouli in person. He watched the entirety of the film from the balcony- his first time seeing it in @IMAX
Last Friday with @ssrajamouli 🔥
Thank you to everyone who came out to our SOLD OUT screening of RRR at the Aero! We ❤️🔥 this film!
And thank you of course to @BeyondFest for co-presenting! @VarianceFilms
Added guests to our @Stranger_Things event this Thurs.! A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3 / STRANGER THINGS 4 + Q&A w/ the Duffer Brothers, Casting Director @carmencubacasts, Hair Department Head Sarah Hindsgaul, & Stunt Coordinator @hkstunts!
Members-only!
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“I’ve only read 5 scripts in the history of doing this that I went, ‘I HAVE to do this.’
Those five scripts are:
VAMPIRE’S KISS
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
RAISING ARIZONA
ADAPTATION
and DREAM SCENARIO”
Now that’s how you do a sold out @IMAX screening of @RRRMovie in the heart of Hollywood! 🐯🔥🎟️
A legendary night at the @ChineseTheatres. To all the super fans & first-time watchers who joined us, thank you ❤️ @BeyondFest@VarianceFilms
“The intention is there to create something spectacular”
“If the audience has joy, I want them to have lots of joy”
— @ssrajamouli talking all things @RRRMovie 🙌
Just announced! ✨@goldenglobes Non-English Language Film Nominees Screenings & Symposium with Filmmakers coming to the Aero this January! ✨
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, ARGENTINA, 1985, CLOSE, DECISION TO LEAVE, RRR
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GOLDEN GLOBES NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES SYMPOSIUM ✨✨ This Sun. @ 11 am @ the Aero!
FREE live panel discussion w/ Park Chan-wook (DECISION TO LEAVE) & S.S. Rajamouli (RRR) in-person! Edward Berger, Lukas Dhont & Santiago Mitre
join virtually!
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Luca Guadagnino says he hopes to have a lifelong working relationship with BONES AND ALL and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME star Timothée Chalamet 😍 We love to hear it!
But wait, there’s more!
We’re kicking off the celebRRRation with the world’s largest screening of RRR in Los Angeles on 3/1 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel!
With @ssrajamouli, @mmkeeravaani, @AlwaysRamCharan , and special guests LIVE
Tickets on sale noon PT tomorrow.
40 years ago today, ALIEN premiered at the Egyptian Theatre. At that time the theatre, perhaps appropriately, had it's wavy & spacey mid century marquee. An immersive experience walking through props in the courtyard & 1st time we learned you'd never hear us scream in space.
Ultra-marathon of BAAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING, BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION & EEGA w/ S.S. Rajamouli in-person + MAGADHEERA & MARYADA RAMANNA at the @mubi Theatre at the Aero!
S.S. Rajamouli presents Charlie Chaplin’s CITY LIGHTS at the @Shudder Theatre at LF3 for ‘Sunday Print'!
Thank you @ssrajamouli for introducing CITY LIGHTS on 35mm as part of @BeyondFest x AC’s Sunday Print Edition. Rajamouli shared how influential Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 film is on his storytelling and “how impactful a simple story can be”
@PotentateFilms@VarianceFilms@iffla
“I remember getting to the end of the shoot and thinking ‘This was the most fun summer I’ve ever had.’” — John C. Reilly on working on BOOGIE NIGHTS with PTA
William Friedkin, one of the greatest to ever do it. We are saddened to lose such a great filmmaker and friend. Friedkin served on AC’s advisory board for many years, and participated in more Q&As + book signings than we can count.
Raise a toast to the iconic Egyptian Theatre at 100-years young 🥂 We can’t wait to celebrate & watch movies with you at the newly renovated Egyptian. More updates on the 2023 re-opening coming soon ✨
Share your favorite Egyptian Theatre memory from the last 100 years! 📸📽️
Happy Birthday Philip Seymour Hoffman, born July 23, 1967 in Fairport, NY.
Brilliant actor who won an Oscar for CAPOTE (2005) and also was in THE MASTER (2012), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006) and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999).
We're opening! The full August calendar for the Los Feliz 3 has arrived. 75 shows, 50 films on 35mm, plus live guests. Tickets available now through the weekend for Members Only. Tickets for general public begin Monday. See you on Vermont!
Free! ✨ GOLDEN GLOBES NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES SYMPOSIUM ✨
This Sunday at 11 am at the Aero! Live panel discussion with nominated filmmakers such as S.S. Rajamouli @ssrajamouli & Park Chan-wook!
RSVP now:
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‘FROM TOLLYWOOD TO HOLLYWOOD: THE SPECTACLE & MAJESTY OF S.S. RAJAMOULI’ is hitting @BeyondFest 2022 this Fall!
All S.S. Rajamouli Tickets on Sale Tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:00 am on our website.
Did you know Salvador Dali designed the famous dream sequence in Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND? See how these Dali concept designs for the film translate to cinema reality & better still, in the clarity of a Nitrate screening! This Sat 11/16 4pm tinyurl.com/yf9xoo2b
Remember that cryptic tweet from earlier? 😈 GDT @RealGDT just delivered the ultimate @beyondfest surprise — with the help of special guests Mia Goth & Jacob Elordi. PAN’S LABYRINTH will have to wait until after because we’re about to watch FRANKENSTEIN‼️
Kristen Stewart’s first American Cinematheque appearance back in 2005 for a ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE Q&A! We are excited to have her back this week for Q&A’s tonight at the Aero and tomorrow at LF3 for SPENCER 👑
Who's ready for ANOTHER ROUND? Oscar nominated director Thomas Vinterberg and star @theofficialmads discuss the film and working together in a conversation with @rianjohnson. You don't want to miss this! Fri, Apr. 9th at 6pm PT. RSVP link below. eventbrite.com/e/virtual-con…
We’re elated to hear the recent news of the Regency Westwood Village Theater’s acquisition by Jason Reitman & other incredible directors! 🎉
It was such an honor presenting events here over the years. We’re so thrilled this beautiful theater is being saved for Los Angeles! ❤️📽️
Not only did Norman Lloyd work with Hitchcock, Chaplin, Welles, Renoir, Scorsese and so many other luminaries - he remembered everything, and told the greatest stories. We will always remember him.
The American Cinematheque is thrilled to announce that we have just been awarded a grant from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors @CountyofLA through the Department of Arts and Culture ✨📽️🤍
This is our first grant ever from the county!
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting Tues. Nov. 2nd, all American Cinematheque screenings and events will be vaccinated-only, requiring both proof of vaccination and valid ID for entry. Physical vaccine cards or digital proof is acceptable. For more information please visit our website.
We’ve begun digitizing our 35-year-old archive! 1000’s of Q&A’s dating back to the 80’s- VHS, Mini DV, cassettes, CDs, Betamax, 16mm & more.
▶️ Check out our MIXTAPE VOL. 1- a small sampling from our vast archive: bit.ly/3ewmJiO | Thanks to #HFPA for seed grant!