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Series at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood

MEXICAN CINEMA: GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES
Thu, Sep 8, 2011 - Sun, Sep 11, 2011

The last 10 years have seen an explosive growth in Mexican cinema, and the annual Guadalajara International Film Festival has served as a bellwether for the movie industry south of the border. The American Cinematheque is proud to present 2011 Guadalajara highlights including drama (THE PRIZE), comedy (BETWEEN US), coming-of-age (THE CINEMA HOLD-UP) and short films, as well as prominent recent features like TEQUILA: A HISTORY OF PASSION. It’s a weeklong taste of Mexican movies that’s no less than ¡magnífico!


THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF FRANTISEK VLACIL
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 - Wed, Aug 31, 2011

The Wall Street Journal recently described Frantisek Vlacil as “a director whose work should be world-renowned.” MARKETA LAZAROVA, the haunting film widely acknowledged to be his masterpiece, was voted the best Czech film of all time. Join us for a tribute to this giant of Czech cinema, including screenings of SIRIUS, THE WHITE DOVE and SHADOWS OF A HOT SUMMER. We invite you to discover this remarkable director during the short time that these rare 35mm prints remain in the U.S.!


LONELY PLACES: A NICHOLAS RAY CENTENNIAL
Wed, Aug 3, 2011 - Sun, Aug 7, 2011

Nicholas Ray (1911 - 1979) spent his early years soaking up a staggering array of influences, including studying architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright, working with Elia Kazan in New York’s Theatre of Action, and promoting folk music with Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax. Ray soon gained a reputation for his unique, intuitive rapport with actors and for his combative, almost sadomasochistic relationship with the Hollywood establishment. Although his strangest, most daring (and some say greatest) film came in 1954, with the surreal Joan Crawford Western JOHNNY GUITAR, it was the epochal REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE that was his most widely acclaimed success. Join us for this centennial salute to his work, including screenings of BIGGER THAN LIFE and the not-on-DVD KNOCK ON ANY DOOR starring Humphrey Bogart.


Limited Engagement MEEK'S CUTOFF
Thu, Jun 23, 2011 - Sat, Jun 25, 2011

Pioneers lost in the barren 1845 Oregon dessert must decide whether to put faith in their headstrong guide Meeks or a native they encounter who might have more knowledge of this land. Stars Michelle Williams.


THE BIG PICTURE: 70MM AT THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 - Thu, Jul 28, 2011

From Super Technirama 70 to Ultra Panavision to Dimension 150 and more, the 70mm large-screen format has always promised - and delivered - a Barnum-esque world of spectacular sights and 6-track sounds. If the movies are always larger than life, then 70mm movies are much, much larger! Join us at the Cinematheque for a program of hugely exciting 70mm screenings, including BARAKA, TRON, GLORY, and THE UNTOUCHABLES.


TRUE ADVENTURE: THE FILMS OF RAOUL WALSH
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 - Sun, Jun 12, 2011

Iconoclastic director Raoul Walsh deftly mastered every genre the studios had to offer - from Westerns to gangster yarns, from high-seas adventures to romantic biography and melodrama. In a career spanning five decades, Walsh was the true adventurous spirit, the consummate craftsman and one of the best set-up men in pictures. To celebrate the first book-length biography of Raoul Walsh, the Cinematheque will run a three-night retrospective that includes HIGH SIERRA and THE THIEF OF BAGDAD.