Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue,
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Events at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica

THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ANDREI TARKOVSKY
NOSTALGHIA
Thu, Aug 23, 2018 • 7:30pm

World Premiere of New DCP! In director Andrei Tarkovsky’s first film outside the Soviet Union, Russian writer Oleg Yankovsky travels to Italy to research an 18th-century composer and is stricken with homesickness, until he meets eccentric Erland Josephson, who challenges him to save the world.


THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ANDREI TARKOVSKY
Los Angeles Premiere of New Restoration!
ANDREI RUBLEV
Fri, Aug 24, 2018 • 7:30pm

Los Angeles Premiere of New Restoration! This masterpiece from Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky is Inspired by the life and works of 15th-century poet and icon painter Andrei Rublev, and frames an exploration of the role of a creator in society in a religious setting: An artist is only a servant offering his talent to his community and to God.


THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ANDREI TARKOVSKY
SOLARIS
Sat, Aug 25, 2018 • 7:30pm

Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem, this is probably director Andrei Tarkovsky’s best-known film and far more than just a science fiction epic. Scientists try to understand the secrets of the mysterious planet Solaris but find themselves slowly becoming victims of their own imaginations and secret desires.


THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ANDREI TARKOVSKY
STALKER
Sun, Aug 26, 2018 • 7:30pm

A sci-fi tale that unwinds in the environs of the soul takes the form of a nightmarish quest for nothing less than truth itself. A writer and a scientist follow a shaven-headed "stalker" into forbidden territory, a dangerous wilderness known as the Zone.


ROCK & ANIMATION
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
Thu, Aug 30, 2018 • 7:30pm

One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, this swirling, psychedelic light-show is equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien and Gustav Klimt-influenced eroticism. An innocent young woman is assaulted by the local lord on her wedding night, and to take revenge makes a pact with the Devil, who transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire.


ROCK & ANIMATION
YELLOW SUBMARINE
Fri, Aug 31, 2018 • 7:30pm

When Pepperland is threatened by the terrible Blue Meanies and their menacing Flying Glove, the Beatles arrive to save the day, armed with little more than their humor, their songs and their yellow submarine. An icon of psychedelic pop culture and a landmark in animation, this colorful musical spectacle is an exhilaratingly joyful cinematic experience for all ages.