Film

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Friday, October 10, 2008

IMAX Theater

Through Oct. 16: Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure has viewers accompany modern and historical fossil hunters to remote locations as they learn about creatures from the deep (10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.).

Through Oct. 16: Journey to the royal tombs of Egypt and explore the history of ancient Egyptian society as told through the mummies of the past in Mummies 3D: Secrets of the Pharaohs (11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and on Sat.-Sun., 5:30 p.m.).

California Science Center, 700 State Dr., (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org.

Flagship Theatres

Through Oct. 9: Beverly Hills Chihuahua (12:30 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.), Eagle Eye (1:30 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m.), Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist (1 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10 p.m.).

3323 S. Hoover St., (213) 748-6321 or flagshipmovies.com.

Laemmle Theaters Grande 4-Plex

Through Oct. 9: Eagle Eye (5 p.m., 7:40 p.m.), The Violent Kind (8 p.m.), Mentor (6 p.m.), Lakeview Terrace (5 p.m., 7:35 p.m.), Burn After Reading (5:30 p.m., 7:50 p.m.).

345 S. Figueroa St., (213) 617-0268 or laemmle.com.

ImaginAsian Center

Through Oct. 10: Frozen River is the story of Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling.

Opening Oct. 10: In Ashes of Time Redux, Wong Kar Wai works his magic in this long-planned reworking of his legendary, romantic and only martial arts film.

251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or iacenterla.com.

Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival

Oct. 12, 6 p.m.: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey screens for its 40th anniversary. Special guests actor Keir Dullea and Vivian Kubrick.

Oct. 24-26: The second annual festival brings screenings of sci-fi and nature feature films and documentaries to two venues. Documentaries compete for the Jules Verne Award. Special events will celebrate Roy E. Disney, Mickey Mouse and “Battlestar Galactica” creator and executive producer Ron Moore. The final schedule will be announced on the website.

The Edison, 108 W. Second St., jvaff.org.

REDCAT

Oct. 13, 8:30 p.m.: Nina Paley’s feature-length animated film Sita Sings the Blues combines an autobiographical story with Indian mythology.

Oct. 21, 8:30 p.m.: Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese’s Political Advertisement VII (1952-2008) is a historical survey of television campaign spots from 1952 to the present.

Nov. 10, 8:30 p.m.: Moving Figures: The Animated World of Robert Breer features more than a dozen works from the filmmaker colleague of artists like Rauschenberg and Oldenburg.

Nov. 17, 8:30 p.m.: An evening of “dangerous cinema” with Kenneth Anger, a filmmaker who has posited himself at the junction of pop culture, queer underground, occultism and rock music.

Nov. 20-22, 8:30 p.m.: A multi-screen installation of videos from Caribbean Pirates, Paul and Damon McCarthy’s sprawling survey of the pirate figure in American popular culture.

Nov. 22-Jan. 18: 9 Scripts From a Nation of War is a collaboration by Sharon Hayes, Ashley Hunt, Katya Sander, David Thorne and Andrea Geyer. The multi-channel video installation responds to the conditions and questions that have arisen during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.: New York artists Sandra Gibson and Luis Recorder present their double 16mm projection performance, Untitled.

Dec. 1, 8:30 p.m.: Shorts and feature clips from Austrian avant-garde filmmaker Martin Arnold.

Dec. 8, 8:30 p.m.: Two multimedia works from video and performance artist Jona Jonas. The evening is called “Reading Culture Through Dante and Aby Warburg.”

631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.



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