Cinefamily's 100 Most Outrageous Fucks (encore show!)
NOTE: This show contains X-rated material.
If you’ve ever been to a showing of Cinefamily’s “The 100 Most Outrageous Kills” around Halloween time, then you KNOW that it’s a mind-blowing mix night of some of the craziest clips on the subject you’ve ever seen. Join us for an encore presentation of its brand-new sister show “The 100 Most Outrageous Fucks” (which premiered at a sold-out show this past Valentine’s Day 2012)!
Watch Cinefamily’s trailer for “The 100 Most Outrageous Fucks (encore show!)”
Watch an outrageous sex scene from “Bad Teacher!
Birdemic Fest ("Birdemic" & sneak peek at "Birdemic 2"!)
The impossible has just become a reality! Birdemic: Shock And Terror auteur James Nguyen is in the middle of shooting a sequel: Birdemic II: The Resurrection 3D. Join Mr. Nguyen as he presents exclusive footage from the sequel, and stick around for a Q&A with James and cast members after our anniversary screening of Birdemic: Shock and Terror! The most discussed and anticipated avian-based disaster film since the The Birds, Birdemic: Shock And Terror is equal parts epochal tale and cinematic warning shot. It tells the story of a couple unexpectedly and unforgettably caught in the eye of a feather-based storm — an apocalyptic attack winging down from the skies in a twisted morass of feathers, talons and blood-soaked claws. And the man that fired the shot across the diegetic bow of cineastes everywhere? That would be writer/director/dream factory foreman James Nguyen. One of cinema’s most persistent imagineers, Nguyen (legally trademarked as “The Master of the Romantic Thriller”™) funded his masterwork with savings accrued from his day job as a Silicon Valley software salesman. No less than five years in the making, Birdemic stands as a testament to Nguyen’s dark, enduring vision.
Birdemic: Shock And Terror Dir. James Nguyen, 2008, HD presentation, 90 min.
Watch the trailer for “Birdemic: Shock & Terror”!
The FP (L.A. premiere party, cast/crew in person!)
Fraiser Park: an alternate trailer trash dimension out of time and space. Within these county lines, a Dance-Dance-Revolution-inspired dystopian underground prevails — only, in this game, losing can be fatal. The dumpster lovechild of Mad Max, Idiocracy and Footloose, The FP weaves a harrowing tale of bros, hos, and fancy footwork. After the tragic “dirt nap” (i.e. death) of his beloved bro, JTRO thinks he’s out of the game for good — but when a turf war threatens to rip the town apart, it’s up to our hero to set shit straight once again in an ultimate montage-loving battle for vengeance, until only one man is left dancing. With an epic 1980s John Carpenter-meets-JPop soundtrack, gratuitous nudity, and a flurry of neon streetwear, this film is going to blow your brain, for reals. Directors Brandon and Jason Trost, as well as other cast/crew members, will be here at the Cinefamily to introduce the film, and for a Q&A afterwards. Plus, stick around for our post-screening afterparty on the Cinefamily Spanish patio!
Dirs. Brandon & Jason Trost, 2011, HDCAM, 83 min.
Watch the trailer for “The FP”!
The Acro-Cats/Rock-Cats live! + "That Darn Cat"!
7:30pm – The Acro-Cats/Rock-Cats LIVE!
9:30pm-ish – “That Darn Cat”
It’s a CATastrophic PAWSativly MEOWraculous CATtacular! Join us for a very special evening as we celebrate the worlds cutest cuddliest creatures with a command performance by the world famous Acro-Cats from Chicago. That’s right, a live kitty circus* that also doubles as a feline rock band! In showbiz, people often describe production as “herding cats” — and the amazing trainers of the amazing Acro-Cats are literally doing that and so much more. You’ll be stunned and awed while you watch the one-of-a-kind troupe’s only Los Angeles performance this tour. Plus, stick around after the performance concludes, as we screen the 1965 frolicking feline caper That Darn Cat. The evening also includes some additional kitty surprises (and we don’t mean a hairball in your favorite pair of shoes.) It’s not to be missed!
That Darn Cat Dir. Robert Stevenson, 1965, 35mm, 116 min.
* Please note: we would never endorse or participate in animal cruelty or abuse; the Acro-Cats are trained in the loving “rewards-based” style, and are well-cared for by their trainers.
Watch an excerpt from a show by The Acro-Cats!
Watch the trailer for “That Darn Cat”!
Animation Breakdown: Harry Smith's "Heaven And Earth Magic" (w/ original audio)
“One of the greatest films of all time.” – John Zorn
Both a heady milestone in low-budget folk animation and a glimpse into the clip-art mindscape of one of America’s most legendary culture hounds, Harry Smith’s Heaven and Earth Magic is an unforgettable animated experience of watermelons, dentistry, and heavenly ascension. Smith’s black-and-white opus of a collage film elevates 19th-century graphic imagery with both a loony dream-logic disregard for laws of physics (Terry Gilliam fans, take note) and a poetic sense of metaphor. For this early evening screening, we’ll meditate on the definitive cut with its original sound-effects-only audio track.
Dir. Harry Smith, 1957-1962, 16mm, 66 min.
Animation Breakdown: Harry Smith's "Heaven And Earth Magic" (live score by Flying Lotus!)
Reprising an unforgettable show commissioned for the Ann Arbor Film Festival, L.A.’s own Flying Lotus joins Animation Breakdown for a unique screening of animator/folk music archivist/string figure enthusiast/culture hound extraordinaire Harry Smith’s 66-minute animated collage film Heaven and Earth Magic. The marriage of Smith’s ‘50s folk art mindset and Flying Lotus’ genre-defying 21st century sound may seem at odds, but they are both equally brilliant alchemical cut-and-paste samplers of world culture — and as kindred as spirits can get. Heaven and Earth Magic is a testament to the ability of animators to act as magicians, breathing life into even the most static, eyeworn 19th-century imagery — and as Flying Lotus contributes audio from disparate yet familiar sources (drum machine, turntable, laptop, synthesizer), two giants of sampling unite across time, and Smith’s playful experiments are imbued with a new, positively cosmic energy. This is one-of-a-kind live pairing you are not likely to see again!
Heaven and Earth Magic Dir. Harry Smith, 1957-1962, 16mm, 66 min.
