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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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The Dust of Time

Making a film about his parents, filmmaker moves between past and present, memory and history, fiction and reality. Part of the series Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos.

Sun Nov 20 7:00 PM

Sill from the film "The Wild Angels" (1966)

The Wild Angels, with Roger Corman

This exploitation vehicle about an outlaw motorcycle club helped inaugurate the biker film as a genre. Live intro by director Roger Corman!

Tue Nov 29 7:30 PM

Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

Still from the film "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" (2022)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, with director Rian Johnson

Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc in this star-studded sequel. In-person introduction by director Rian Johnson!

Wed Nov 30 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Decision to Leave" (2022)

Decision to Leave, with writer Chung Seo-kyung

Director Park Chan-wook, "A world-class artist at the top of his game," took home the Best Director award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for this inventive thriller.

Thu Dec 1 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Reconstruction" (1970)

The Broadcast / Athens, Return to the Acropolis / Reconstruction

Part of the series Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos, this screening presents the director's first feature alongside two shorter works.

Fri Dec 2 7:30 PM

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POSTPONED: The Mermaid

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens Stephen Chow’s musical action comedy, once the highest grossing film in China. In-person: Julie A. Turnock.

Sat Dec 3 7:30 PM

Skeletons hold hands as silohouette's in front of a setting moon

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: Nightmare Before Christmas

The beloved stop motion animation, full of memorable songs and characters, follows the misadventures of Halloweentown's Jack Skellington, whose plot to take over Christmas goes seriously awry.

Sun Dec 4 11:00 AM

Still from the short film "Black Panthers" (1968)

Didion and the Counterculture

Short films by Agnès Varda, Kenneth Anger, and Ralph Arlyck, plus a Newsreel doc, offer contrasting vibe reports on 1960s counterculture.

Sun Dec 4 7:00 PM

Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

Still from the film "Corsage" (2022)

Corsage

In this "inspired addition to period films dedicated to complex women" Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image and devises a plan to protect her legacy.

Mon Dec 5 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Everything Everywhere All At Once" (2022)

Everything Everywhere All At Once, with directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

The A24 box office smash starring Michelle Yeoh, followed by a conversation with directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

Tue Dec 6 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022