Culture Vulture

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We pick the best from the world of ballet, opera, stage, fine art and more to feature on the big screen every Monday at select Laemmle Locations. Can't make it Monday? No problem! Catch discounted encore presentations Tuesdays.
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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Michelangelo: Love and Death
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Spanning his 89 years, Michelangelo: Love and Death takes a cinematic journey from the print and drawing rooms of Europe, through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to explore the tempestuous life of Michelangelo. We go in search of a greater understanding of this most charismatic figure, his relationship with his contemporaries and his valuable artistic legacy.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
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Saturday, June 7, 2025

A Streetcar Named Desire
Synopsis:
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Crown), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
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Saturday, June 14, 2025

A Photographic Memory
87 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
How well can we know someone through the things they leave behind? Director Rachel Elizabeth Seed was only 18 months old when her mother, the world-travelling journalist Sheila Turner-Seed, died suddenly. Thirty years later, after she discovers more than 50 hours of audio interviews conducted by her mother, Seed hears her mother’s voice for the first time. Through a wealth of audio recordings, photographs and films, the filmmaker sets out to connect with her late mother.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Newhall,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Glendale
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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Ron Delsener Presents
99 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
In a career spanning sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener was the name behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City for generations. From promoting the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to bury the hatchet and play the biggest concert of all time in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Storhy of Ellen McIlwaine celebrates the legendary but largely forgotten Canadian musician who fought for her right to play the slide guitar, a male-dominated instrument in a male-dominated world. Eight months after arriving in Greenwich Village with no prospects, she found herself opening for the biggest blues legends in the world, like Odetta, Richie Havens, and Mississippi John Hurt. But it’s the six magical nights that Ellen ignited the stage with Jimi Hendrix that changed the course of her life.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5
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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Heartworn Highways
92 mins
Synopsis:
In the mid 1970s, filmmaker James Szalapski documented the then-nascent country music movement that would become known as “outlaw country.” Inspired, in part, by newly long-haired Willie Nelson’s embrace of hippie attitudes and audiences, a younger generation of artists including Townes Van Zandt, David Allan Coe, Steve Earle and Guy Clark popularized and developed the outlaw sound. It borrowed from rock, folk and bluegrass, with an edge that was missing from mainstream Nashville country. This newly restored documentary includes rarely captured performances of these musicians as they perfected this then-new style and helped change the course of country music history.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Town Center 5
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Saturday, July 19, 2025

The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival
96 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & the Art of Survival is a visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States in 1940, fleeing the rise of fascism, and her revival in the current art market.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center
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Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Storhy of Ellen McIlwaine celebrates the legendary but largely forgotten Canadian musician who fought for her right to play the slide guitar, a male-dominated instrument in a male-dominated world. Eight months after arriving in Greenwich Village with no prospects, she found herself opening for the biggest blues legends in the world, like Odetta, Richie Havens, and Mississippi John Hurt. But it’s the six magical nights that Ellen ignited the stage with Jimi Hendrix that changed the course of her life.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Newhall
Dates:
6.28.25,
Sat Jun 28, 2025,
6.29.25,
Sun Jun 29, 2025
6.30.25
and Mon Jun 30, 2025
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Heartworn Highways
92 mins
Synopsis:
In the mid 1970s, filmmaker James Szalapski documented the then-nascent country music movement that would become known as “outlaw country.” Inspired, in part, by newly long-haired Willie Nelson’s embrace of hippie attitudes and audiences, a younger generation of artists including Townes Van Zandt, David Allan Coe, Steve Earle and Guy Clark popularized and developed the outlaw sound. It borrowed from rock, folk and bluegrass, with an edge that was missing from mainstream Nashville country. This newly restored documentary includes rarely captured performances of these musicians as they perfected this then-new style and helped change the course of country music history.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
Dates:
7.5.25,
Sat Jul 05, 2025,
7.6.25,
Sun Jul 06, 2025
7.7.25
and Mon Jul 07, 2025
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Michelangelo: Love and Death
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Spanning his 89 years, Michelangelo: Love and Death takes a cinematic journey from the print and drawing rooms of Europe, through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to explore the tempestuous life of Michelangelo. We go in search of a greater understanding of this most charismatic figure, his relationship with his contemporaries and his valuable artistic legacy.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
5.31.25,
Sat May 31, 2025,
6.1.25,
Sun Jun 01, 2025
6.2.25
and Mon Jun 02, 2025
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A Photographic Memory
87 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
How well can we know someone through the things they leave behind? Director Rachel Elizabeth Seed was only 18 months old when her mother, the world-travelling journalist Sheila Turner-Seed, died suddenly. Thirty years later, after she discovers more than 50 hours of audio interviews conducted by her mother, Seed hears her mother’s voice for the first time. Through a wealth of audio recordings, photographs and films, the filmmaker sets out to connect with her late mother.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Newhall,
Claremont 5
Dates:
6.14.25,
Sat Jun 14, 2025,
6.15.25,
Sun Jun 15, 2025
6.16.25
and Mon Jun 16, 2025
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Ron Delsener Presents
99 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
In a career spanning sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener was the name behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City for generations. From promoting the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to bury the hatchet and play the biggest concert of all time in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Town Center 5
Dates:
6.21.25,
Sat Jun 21, 2025,
6.22.25,
Sun Jun 22, 2025
6.23.25
and Mon Jun 23, 2025
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Synopsis:
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Crown), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Newhall
Dates:
6.7.25,
Sat Jun 07, 2025,
6.8.25,
Sun Jun 08, 2025
6.9.25
and Mon Jun 09, 2025
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The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival
96 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & the Art of Survival is a visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States in 1940, fleeing the rise of fascism, and her revival in the current art market.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Glendale
Dates:
7.19.25,
Sat Jul 19, 2025,
7.20.25,
Sun Jul 20, 2025
7.21.25
and Mon Jul 21, 2025
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