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Spring 2015

  • Gregory Markopolous

    Gregory J. Markopoulos: The Illiac Passion

    Date: Mar 22, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: The Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    This screening of The Illiac Passion is the first known to be presented in Los Angeles in decades. The Illiac Passion features Jack Smith, Taylor Mead, Beverly Grant, Gregory Battcock and Gerard Malanga, and Andy Warhol appears as Poseidon riding an exercise bike!

  • Gregory Markopolous

    Gregory J. Markopoulos: Early Films of the 40s & 50s

    Date: Apr 12, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    These rarely-screened early works often explore themes of sexual awakening and the anxiety of coming to terms with homosexuality in an age of repression.  

    Introduced by Mark Webber, editor of Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos

  • The Thoughts That Once We Had

    Thom Andersen: The Thoughts That Once We Had

    Date: Apr 19, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    Following its sold-out shows at REDCAT, Thom Andersen’s newest film comes to Filmforum to give you an additional chance to dive into its delights.

    NOW SOLD OUT!

  • ownerBuilt, by Lawrence Andrews

    The Art of Reperformance: ownerBuilt and The Reveal

    Date: Apr 26, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    Lawrence Andrews in person!  An exciting set of explorations where the verisimilitude of image and audio is questioned and documentary and artistic practice converge.

  • Mariah Garnett, Encounters I May Or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin

    Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA presents: Different Every Time

    Date: May 14, 2015 7:00PM
    Location: MOCA Ahmanson Auditorium

    Featuring Ken Jacobs’ Soft Rain (1968), Hollis Frampton’s Works and Days (1969)Cauleen Smith’s Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron) (1992), Jill Godmilow’s tribute to the late Harun Farocki, What Farocki Taught (1997), and Mariah Garnett’s Encounters I May Or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin (2012).

  • Lagos Island, by Karimah Ashadu

    Almost Gone: The 52nd Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour

    Date: May 17, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    The Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour gives Los Angeles audiences a chance to see the best new experimental films and digital works!  including highlights from the 2014 festival.

  • The Day of Forevermore, 2015 (Photo by LeeAnn Nickel)

    Marnie Weber: Twenty Years and Forevermore

    Date: May 30, 2015 8:00PM
    Location: The Velaslavasay Panorama

    Marnie Weber and F for Evermore in person! at a broad selection of Weber’s work, including excerpts from her as yet unreleased first feature entitled, Day of Forevermore plus a live performance by F for Evermore, which includes Weber, Doug Harvey, and Daniel Hawkins.  Second show added at 5:30 pm!

  • natural history

    James Benning: natural history

    Date: May 31, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: The Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    James Benning returns to Filmforum with the West Coast premiere of natural history, an exploration of the Vienna Museum of Natural History in 54 shots over 77 minutes,.

  • Wunderkammern: The Private Life of Objects

    Wunderkammern: The Private Life of Objects, by Erika Suderburg

    Date: Jun 7, 2015 7:30PM
    Location: Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian

    World premiere with Erika Suderburg in person!  We invite you to get lost with us.