Welcome to the Buzz’s community calendar – please explore our list of local-ish events…and please feel free to add your own.
Robert Aldrich’s film version of Mickey Spillane’s pulp novel is one of the most memorably brutal noirs ever produced during what some refer to as the Golden Age of Hollywood. Ralph Meeker plays Spillane’s iconic tough guy private eye Mike Hammer, who finds himself embroiled in a complicated case involving a woman on the run […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel—inspired by the rise and fall of Huey P. Long, the controversial governor and senator from Louisiana—became a gripping political thriller that won Best Picture. The film also won Oscars for the career-making performance of Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark (the film’s character based on Long) and Mercedes McCambridge’s tough, […]
Introduction by filmmaker Roberto Fiesco. Brilliant filmmaker Roberto Gavaldón collaborated with screenwriter José Revueltas to create this distinctly Mexican variant on the time-honored Evil Twin plot: this time, it’s the great Dolores del Río as both a meek, bespectacled manicurist and her mercenary, man-eating sister. But in this case, envy proves to be a greater […]
Selected by the Executives Branch. A seemingly immature young man insinuates himself into the life of a handsome, charming heir with deadly results in Anthony Minghella’s lavish film version of the first of Patricia Highsmith’s “Ripley” books, previously adapted as the French film Purple Noon (1960). Matt Damon makes a deceptively sympathetic Ripley, supported by […]
Introduction by Gabriel Figueroa Flores, photographer and son of cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa. Llévame en tus brazos (Take Me in Your Arms) Lensed by the renowned Gabriel Figueroa, the magnetic Ninón Sevilla (1921–2015)—who also produced, uncredited, alongside brothers Guillermo Calderón and Pedro Calderón—stars as Rita, a young woman in Veracruz who lives for her family and […]
Directed by John G. Avildsen (1976, 119 minutes) Gates - 7:15pm / Film - 9pm It’s red, white, black and blue this Fourth of July Celebrate Independence Day with a stellar combo: a prizefighter classic, jaw-dropping fireworks, and a sizzling summer party. Italian Stallion Sylvester Stallone tries not to get TKO-ed on the rocky road […]
A former big band leader (screen musical legend Gene Kelly) and a frustrated painter (The Warriors star Michael Beck) team up to create the roller disco of their dreams in LA’s Pan Pacific Park with the help of none other than the muse of dance (pop icon Olivia Newton-John). The imaginative musical fantasy has developed […]
Join museum educators as they highlight the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery within our Stories of Cinema exhibition. Museum educators will focus on the innovations of costumes, props, and movie magic. These highlighted conversations will range from unique themes, designs, and elements of the moviemaking process. Visitors are encouraged to tango with Harley Quinn, […]
Maryam Tafakory radically recontextualizes film, poetry, and archival sound and image to create a vital dialogue with post-Revolution Iranian cinema. Creating and illuminating layers of meaning through digital collage, her video essays and live performances provide a prismatic lens through which to view Iranian cinema and storytelling, without centering a Western gaze. The work is […]
Enjoy a bevy of robots, 3-eyed aliens, Mumu monsters & wonderfully cheezy lightsaber rip-off battles in the courtyard of PRS under the sky! STARCRASH starring Caroline Munro and Marjoe Gortner Presented in association with dublab What better place to enjoy a bevy of robots, 3-eyed aliens, Mumu monsters and wonderfully cheezy lightsaber rip-off battles than […]
Dive into the unique, filthy, and laugh-out-loud world of John Waters with museum educators as they engage on films and objects in brief, 30-minute guided tours. These tours will cover a brief exploration into Waters’s process, style, and films as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor.
Steve Martin is brilliant alongside his iconic castmate Diane Keaton in the remake of the 1950 film of the same name, Father of the Bride, portraying George, a business owner from the small California town of San Marino. He loses his cool when his “little girl,” 22-year-old Annie (Kimberly Williams), returns home from Europe with […]
The Education team invites families to join museum educators every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings to create, learn, and have fun! July’s Drop-in Workshop for Families is inspired by the art of Claymation! This month’s workshop is inspired by the different forms of animation found in the Inventing Worlds and […]
As B. Ruby Rich notes in her foundational New Queer Cinema essay for The Village Voice, at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, “Isaac Julien was suddenly cast in the role of the older generation” with the premiere of Young Soul Rebels, his narrative feature debut after a career of shorts and documentaries. Set during the […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA – 1972, Mosfilm, 150 min. The final film from Russian fantasy master Aleksandr Ptushko (ILYA MUROMETS, SAMPO), RUSLAN AND LUDMILA was a glorious and magical summation of his career: a 2-1/2 hour greatest hits package filled with the sweeping lyricism, bejeweled visual F/X and mythic storytelling that put him on par with […]
Following members of New York City’s ballroom scene started by Black and Latinx gay and transgender communities in Harlem, Paris Is Burning documents the inner workings of ball culture from its origins and competitions to the houses and the mothers who founded them. Shot through interviews conducted between the mid- and late-1980s, the film offers […]
“Somehow, I seduced the public,” María Félix (1914–2002) proclaims in her autobiography, Todas mis guerras (All My Wars), though today it’s hard to believe the legendary actress truly underestimated her own power onscreen. It is precisely her powerful performance in pioneering Mexican director Fernando de Fuentes’s Doña Bárbara that gave Felix her enduring nickname, “La […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
Director David Lean’s film based on the Pierre Boulle novel about a World War II Japanese prison camp established the filmmaker as the master of intelligent epics. Best Actor–winner Alec Guinness is the officer who tries to broker an uneasy peace with the Japanese, supporting actor nominee Sessue Hayakawa is the inflexible commandant, and William […]
A key film of the movement, Gus Van Sant’s third feature film draws from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II and is retold through the relationship between two young street hustlers, Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves). The pair form a deep bond, and Mike falls in love with Scott, who is waiting […]
Selected by the Film Editors Branch. Federico Fellini’s fantastical epic about the personal and creative struggles of a successful film director is one of his most iconic movies, inspiring generations of filmmakers as well as a hit Broadway musical. Marcello Mastroianni plays the auteur Guido Anselmi, who reflects on the women in his life as […]
Made during director Luis Buñuel’s prolific yet still under-appreciated two-decade period in Mexico, Los olvidados proved an exception to the downward trend of Mexico’s film industry that began in the early 1950s. The film won Mexico’s second major prize at Cannes, following in the footsteps of María Candelaria’s (1944) landmark win. This against-formula juvenile crime […]
This thirteen-minute film documents a community campaign to change the name of a local peak in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Previously known as a racial slur, the mountain was renamed in 2010 to honor the first Black family to homestead in the Santa Monica Mountains. This community’s actions reverberated across the region, […]
Pre-screening conversation with producer Christine Vachon, moderated by Kirsten Schaffer, CEO, WIF (Women In Film). The producing prowess of Christine Vachon cannot be overstated, especially in discussions of the queer independent filmmaking space. Half of the two-woman team that founded production company Killer Films in 1996 (along with Pamela Koffler), Vachon has been the driving […]
Join us in conversation with Vertical Cinema writer/director Walter Thompson-Hernández, Ghetto Film School Executive Program Director Kyle Provencio Reingold, El Cine Founder and Executive Director Mariana Da Silva, and Manager, Community and Impact Andrew Acedo as they explore what makes Los Angeles a great place for cinema, the myriads of ways filmmakers portray the city, […]
Join museum educators as they highlight the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery within our Stories of Cinema exhibition. Museum educators will focus on the innovations of costumes, props, and movie magic. These highlighted conversations will range from unique themes, designs, and elements of the moviemaking process. Visitors are encouraged to tango with Harley Quinn, […]
Join us at the Academy Museum for a full day of workshops, screenings, performances, and conversations centered around bringing awareness to Disability, Representation, and Accessibility in Film Celebrate the historic civil rights law Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that was signed into law in July 1990. Join us at the Academy Museum for a full day of workshops, screenings, performances, and conversations […]
Dive into the unique, filthy, and laugh-out-loud world of John Waters with museum educators as they engage on films and objects in brief, 30-minute guided tours. These tours will cover a brief exploration into Waters’s process, style, and films as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor.
Beverly Hills socialite Phyllis Nefler (Shelley Long) is in the middle of a divorce. In an effort to maintain a bond with her daughter Hannah (Jenny Lewis), she resolves to take the role as leader of the Wilderness Girls Troop Beverly Hills. The troop’s unconventional methods under Phyllis’s leadership catch the ire of rival leader […]
The 2024 Cine Clásico series presented by the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles (LACLA) kicks off with a screening of the classic Mexican film En este pueblo no hay ladrones (There Are No Thieves in This Village) on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The Japanese American National Museum- Democracy Center is located at 100 N. […]
Argentine-born actress Marga López (1924–2005) stars as Mercedes, a down-on-her-luck dancehall worker in desperate need of the winnings her dishonest dance partner keeps for himself. One of the legendary entries into the películas de cabareteras (dance hall pictures) genre for its exuberant performance scenes and smoky setting, Salón México is at its core a film […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
Recipient of the 2013 Ariel de Oro—the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award—actress and singer Columba Dominguez (1929–2014) started with small roles alongside fellow damas de la pantalla María Elena Marqués (La Perla) and María Félix (Río Escondito) before her star-making turn as Paloma in Emilio Fernández’s final film to focus on village life. Entered […]
Directed by her brother Julio Bracho, screen sensation Andrea Palma (1903–1987) stars as defeated wife and secret sex worker Julieta in this classic film noir made during the first decade of Mexico’s Golden Age of film production. Having worked in a Mexico City millinery in her teens, Palma could reflect on her lived urban experience […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
This epic look at the adventurous life of T. E. Lawrence is widely considered the gold standard of biographical cinema, with its intelligent script, imposing cast (led by a dazzling Peter O’Toole), and spectacular production value, all under the confident direction of David Lean. The film received ten nominations and seven Oscars, including for Best […]
Join museum educators as they highlight the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery within our Stories of Cinema exhibition. Museum educators will focus on the innovations of costumes, props, and movie magic. These highlighted conversations will range from unique themes, designs, and elements of the moviemaking process. Visitors are encouraged to tango with Harley Quinn, […]
Dive into the unique, filthy, and laugh-out-loud world of John Waters with museum educators as they engage on films and objects in brief, 30-minute guided tours. These tours will cover a brief exploration into Waters’s process, style, and films as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor.
The Education team invites families to join museum educators every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings to create, learn, and have fun! July’s Drop-in Workshop for Families is inspired by the art of Claymation! This month’s workshop is inspired by the different forms of animation found in the Inventing Worlds and […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
Tickets $15 A BEAM OF LIGHT ON THE VIBRANT LANDSCAPE OF QUEER LA FILM Anchored by love as a devotional practice of collective liberation and inspired by the work and impact of the special exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, The Broad is proud to present Love in Focus: Black Queer Rhapsody, a program of […]
Join museum educators as they highlight the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery within our Stories of Cinema exhibition. Museum educators will focus on the innovations of costumes, props, and movie magic. These highlighted conversations will range from unique themes, designs, and elements of the moviemaking process. Visitors are encouraged to tango with Harley Quinn, […]
Dive into the unique, filthy, and laugh-out-loud world of John Waters with museum educators as they engage on films and objects in brief, 30-minute guided tours. These tours will cover a brief exploration into Waters’s process, style, and films as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor.
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]
Join museum educators as they highlight the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery within our Stories of Cinema exhibition. Museum educators will focus on the innovations of costumes, props, and movie magic. These highlighted conversations will range from unique themes, designs, and elements of the moviemaking process. Visitors are encouraged to tango with Harley Quinn, […]
Dive into the unique, filthy, and laugh-out-loud world of John Waters with museum educators as they engage on films and objects in brief, 30-minute guided tours. These tours will cover a brief exploration into Waters’s process, style, and films as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor.
On weekend afternoons this summer, visitors can experience a curated selection of home movies filmed in and around Los Angeles in the state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater (DGT) with the purchase of a museum general admission ticket. Home movies are an essential part of our moving image heritage. The Academy Film Archive collects and conserves home […]