LANDMARKTHEATRES.COM/LOS-ANGELES JANUARY 24 – MARCH 5, 2020 NUART FILMCALENDAR MOVIES OPENING EXCLUSIVELY AT NUART THEATRE 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard (at the 405 Freeway) • West Los Angeles (310) 473-8530 Matinees Daily! /NuartTheatreLA @NuartTheatre @NuartTheatre Email sign up: filmclub.landmarktheatres.com Bertrand Bonello’s ZOMBI CHILD © 2020 Landmark Theatres Redoubt Oscar Nominated Short Films 2020 STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 • TWO WEEKS Filmmaker Matthew Barney and Author Maggie Nelson In Person Fri, Jan 24 at 8pm! “The most beautiful film Barney has made.” —Sebastian Smee, WASHINGTON POST Short films are the incubators of the directing stars of tomorrow, and “A visual equivalent of a tone poem…Recalls the laconic, enigmatic show a remarkable variety of inspiration and technique. Landmark dreaminess of Terrence Malick.”—Clayton Press, FORBES Theatres is once again happy to offer audiences a chance to see the Critic’s Pick! “Breathtakingly beautiful…Matthew Barney’s film is a western new Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Animated that reaches for the cosmic...Builds an emotional power that’s unusual in Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film. Thanks to ShortsTV and any kind of art.”—Glenn Kenny, THE NEW YORK TIMES Magnolia Pictures, audiences will have an opportunity not only to second guess the Academy voters, but to get a leg up in their office pools! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce REDOUBT loosely adapts the classical myth of Diana, goddess of the hunt and of nature, and Actaeon, a hunter the nominees on Monday, January 13. Details about the contents of who trespasses on her privacy and is punished. The first new film in several years by internationally acclaimed each program will be made available on our website in the days that artist, writer and director Matthew Barney, creator of the CREMASTER CYCLE and DRAWING RESTRAINT 9, unfolds follow. And don’t forget to watch the 92nd Academy Awards show as a series of hunts in the rugged wilderness of Idaho’s spectacular Sawtooth Mountains. Anette Wachter, a when it is broadcast live on Sunday, February 9! The ceremony will real champion sharpshooter, is cast as Diana, and the director himself plays a grizzled mountain man known take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and will be televised on as The Engraver. The characters communicate a mythological narrative through dance, letting movement the ABC Television Network. replace language as they pursue each other and their prey. By layering classical myths, cosmological myths, and American myths about humanity’s place in the natural world, the film creates a complex portrait of the American landscape. Note: Hunting scenes in REDOUBT were staged using special effects. (USA, 2019) grasshopperfilm.com/film/redoubt shorts.tv/theoscarshorts Beanpole Zombi Child STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 • ONE WEEK WINNER! BEST DIRECTOR UN CERTAIN REGARD CANNES FILM FESTIVALL “Achingly beautiful...Extraordinary performances.”—Dave Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE “Thrilling to watch...Zombi Child looks and sounds beautiful, lush, and “A devastating, brilliantly directed and acted drama.” immersive...The rare film that’s both rich in ideas and fun.” —Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES —Joe Blessing, THE PLAYLIST “Strong performances from the young cast make this a zombi drama that’s not “Ferocious and extraordinary...You often have to remind yourself to breathe.” undead but bracingly alive.”—Jonathan Romney, SCREEN DAILY —Jessica Kiang, VARIETY “Peels back centuries of racist stereotypes to rescue Voodoo from the stuff of black magic and portray it instead as a kind of communion...Even the most terrifying scenes are rooted in something real.”—David Erlich, INDIEWIRE 1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and spiritually. Although the siege—one of the worst in history—is finally over, life and death continue their battle in the wreckage that remains. Two women, intensely bonded after fighting side Poetic and mysterious, the latest from French master Bertrand Bonello (SAINT LAURENT, NOCTURAMA) is a by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world. Iya (astounding newcomer Viktoria provocative, compelling new take on classic horror tropes. Haiti, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead Miroshnichenko), nicknamed “Beanpole” because she is so tall and skinny that she towers over everyone, is only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields in an undying state. In Paris, 55 years later, Melissa a nurse at a war veterans hospital, caring for traumatized soldiers, and also the loving mother of a small frail (Wislanda Louimat), a Haitian teenager in a prestigious all-girls boarding school, confesses an old family secret boy. Her friend Masha (Vasilisa Perelygina), returning late from the front, is determined to seize life as she can. to a group of new friends, who find it intriguing and exciting. Melissa never imagines that her strange tale will A shocking accident brings them closer and also seals their fates. The 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable. Strikingly shot, ZOMBI CHILD is a fascinating mixture Balagov won Un Certain Regard’s Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival for this richly burnished, that combines contemporary teenage girl coming-of-age story with classic suspenseful horror, shaded with devastatingly powerful film that finds hope and healing even in the worst of circumstances. (Russia, 2019) colonialism, revolution, racism and female desire. It’s a potent mix. (France, 2019) kinolorber.com/film/beanpole filmmovement.com/zombi-child Corpus Christi STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 • ONE WEEK CINE FRIDAYS ’ROUND MIDNIGHT JAN FEB Bob Hoskins & Christopher Lloyd 24 35mm Print! 21 in Robert Zemeckis’s John Carpenter’s WHO FRAMED CHRISTINE ROGER RABBIT Co-presented with Shriekfest! Plus Matinee Show Sat, Feb 22 at 12:30pm! JAN 35mm Print! FEB 35mm Print! 31 10th Anniversary! 28 40th Anniversary! Michael Cera in Edgar Wright’s Al Pacino in William Friedkin’s ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE! SCOTT PILGRIM BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM VS. THE WORLD CRUISING “An intelligent and provocative film which alternately charms and unsettles.” —Jennie Kermode, EYE FOR FILM “An engrossing exploration of faith, second chances and the possibility of atonement.”—Allan Hunter, SCREEN DAILY FEB Actor Barbara Magnolfi 7 (“Olga”) In Person! SATURDAYS ’ROUND MIDNIGHT “Often moving but also disquieting and even intermittently funny...A smartly 4K Digital Restoration! written, unsettling work of realism.”—Leslie Felperin, THE GUARDIAN Extended Version! Dario Argento’s Twenty-year-old Daniel (a mesmerizing performance by Barosz Bielenia) is a juvenile delinquent released from prison to go to a job in a small town. When Daniel arrives one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town’s SUSPIRIA new priest, a vocation he was drawn to but was told was impossible due to his criminal past. Embracing the deception, Daniel starts out faking it, but soon his passion and charisma have a moral impact on the community. At the same time, his unconventional sermons and unpriestly behavior raise suspicions among some of FEB the townsfolk—even more so as he edges towards a dark secret that the community hasn’t revealed in the 14 Nicolas Cage in confessional booth. Bielenia, winner of the Best Actor award at the Chicago Film Festival, makes an unforgettable Richard Stanley’s impression with his piercing blue eyes and dynamic performance. A box office hit in Poland, CORPUS CHRISTI tells a riveting story of redemption, finding surprising room for religious faith amid the sins of the world. Academy COLOR OUT Featuring Sins O’ The Flesh LIVE! Award nominee for Best International Feature Film! Directed by Jan Komasa. (Poland, 2019) OF SPACE www.sins.la filmmovement.com/corpus-christi.