Melnitz Movies Archives
May 14, 2013 - 7:30pm
Sponsored by the Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute
Co-Presented by USC
Alice (Paolo Cortellesi) lives a phenomenally pampered life, surrounded by servants and every gadget imaginable. Then one day, her somewhat shady husband is killed in a car...
May 10, 2013 - 7:30pm
Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she¹s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances...
May 9, 2013 - 7:30pm
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In 1995, they won our hearts with the honesty of Before Sunrise. In 2004, that resonant magic was revisited in Before Sunset. Now, in the eagerly anticipated third chapter in the star-...
May 3, 2013 - 7:30pm
Presented by Melnitz Movies and Film Independent
--Q&A to follow with director Olivia Silver--
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A coming-of-age story set in a vast, cross-country landscape, Arcadia begins...
April 25, 2013 - 7:30pm
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--Co-sponsored by the Horn Press--
We live in a media-saturated environment that exposes us to a daily stream of visual information, and the typography that shapes these visual messages...
April 24, 2013 - 7:30pm
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Q&A with writer/director Ron Morales to follow!
In this unpredictable and tightly-paced thriller, family man Marlon Villar — a longtime chauffeur to corrupt Filipino politician...
April 11, 2013 - 7:30pm
--Q&A with Antonio Campos and Brady Corbet to follow--
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A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. His life should be open-ended...
April 9, 2013 - 7:30pm
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When Rodolfo Costa was found naked on the floor of his home in Paraguay, he had been dead for days. Though ostensibly jobless, he had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. He also had a...
April 4, 2013 - 7:30pm
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Let those who think they've heard every inspiring tale of Holocaust survival have a talk with Chris Nicola. His discovery of a cave where dozens of Jews waited out the Nazis is the...
April 2, 2013 - 7:30pm
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Winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film festival, legendary director Ken Loach , one of Britain's most distinguished and respected filmmakers, who makes tough, uncompromising...
March 19, 2013 - 7:30pm
--Q&A with Director and Producer to follow--
Co-sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
In Go Grandriders, a group of senior citizens embark on what may be the most daring adventure of their lives: a thirteen-day tour—entirely on...
March 12, 2013 - 7:30pm
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PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL VENUE:
Istituto Italiano di Cultutra Los Angeles
1023 Hilgard Avenue
Sponsored by the Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute
Co-Presented by USC
Warmly...
March 8, 2013 - 7:30pm
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The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage...
March 7, 2013 - 7:30pm
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The Misfits (1961) is a poignant drama about the death of the old West, from director John Huston and screenwriter Arthur Miller (who was briefly married to star Marilyn Monroe...
March 1, 2013 - 7:30pm
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In an isolated Orthodox convent in Romania, Alina has just been reunited with Voichita after spending several years in Germany. The two young women have supported and loved each...
February 27, 2013 - 7:30pm
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--followed by Q&A with Jonathan Levine and Nancy Richardson--
A new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie...
February 15, 2013 - 7:30pm
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The fourth installment in François Truffaut’s chronicle of the ardent, anachronistic Antoine Doinel, Bed and Board plunges his hapless creation once again into crisis. Expecting...
February 14, 2013 - 7:30pm
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--Happy Valentine's Day!--
Jean-Pierre Léaud returns in the delightful Stolen Kisses, the third installment in the Antoine Doinel series. It is now 1968, and the mischievous and...
February 12, 2013 - 7:30pm
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--Co-Sponsored by the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies--
Originally created in 1961 to distribute European art films, Japan's Art Theater Guild (or ATG) began producing...
February 7, 2013 - 7:30pm
Co-sponsored by UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.
Sayoko rents out cats. Every day she walks along the banks of the river towing her animals in a little handcart, with a parasol to shade her against the heat and a megaphone over her mouth,...
February 5, 2013 - 7:30pm
Q&A with Director Kief Davidson following the screening.
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Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life or death journey seeking high-risk heart...
January 24, 2013 - 7:30pm
Followed by Q&A with Gael Garcia Bernal and Pablo Larraín!
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In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite...
January 17, 2013 - 7:30pm
-TABU SCREENING CANCELLED-
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight’s sneak preview of TABU is CANCELLED. Every attempt will be made to reschedule the film and all registrations for tonight’s show will be honored. We apologize for any...
January 10, 2013 - 7:30pm
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Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of golden dubloons, the...
December 12, 2012 - 7:30pm
UPDATE: Reserved tickets for AMOUR are SOLD OUT as of December 5th! Standby tickets will be available the day of the show at the Bridges box office from 6:30-7:15pm. Admittance of the standby line will begin at 7:15.
Winner of the Palm d'Or, Cannes...
November 27, 2012 - 7:30pm
--PLEASE NOTE: LIMITED TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF--
Q&A with Director Cate Shortland to follow screening.
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It's not often that we have an Australian film submitted to the...
November 20, 2012 - 7:30pm
--PLEASE NOTE: LIMITED TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF W/ VALID UCLA ID-
“You’ve never seen images like this before… It deserves to be seen and felt on the big screen.”
- Robert Redford
Nature photographer James Balog spent years photographing...
November 8, 2012 - 7:30pm
Q&A with director Jim Wang!
Sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Hollywood has gleefully churned out numerous identical twin comedies of switching places and parent-trapping, and they predictably show the ups and downs and...
November 6, 2012 - 7:30pm
Special Election Day Screening!
Tracey Flick (Reese Witherspoon), an ambitious student, finds her unopposed run for high school president hijacked by teacher (Matthew Broderick), who, in a fit of pique, bribes a popular football player (Chris Klein...
November 4, 2012 - 7:30pm
Q&A with director Joachim Lafosse!
Co-sponsored by the Consulate General of France, Los Angeles and UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies
The official entry of Belgium to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013...