IndieCollect RESCUE FEST 2024
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RESCUE FEST celebrates 10 glorious 4K restorations of indie movies that couldn’t be seen in a high-quality format until now. Some of the negatives were physically lost for decades. All were restored by nonprofit IndieCollect. Highlights include:
Cannes Camera d’Or winner Northern Lights, soon to be released by Kino Lorber
Director’s Cut of Nationtime by William Greaves, lost for nearly 50 years
Melvin Van Peebles’ debut The Story of a Three Day Pass
Closing Night Gala Screening of Shadow Magic, Ann Hu’s valentine to the birth of cinema, in release via Sony Pictures Classics.
RESCUE FEST also features “Reel Resistance” Roundtable on how to save indie films for the future with Keynote by acclaimed indie producer Ted Hope.
Sunday, 11:30am, December 8, at Monica.
This event is FREE, but reservations required: IndieCollect.org/Roundtable
Cannes Camera d’Or winner Northern Lights, soon to be released by Kino Lorber
Director’s Cut of Nationtime by William Greaves, lost for nearly 50 years
Melvin Van Peebles’ debut The Story of a Three Day Pass
Closing Night Gala Screening of Shadow Magic, Ann Hu’s valentine to the birth of cinema, in release via Sony Pictures Classics.
RESCUE FEST also features “Reel Resistance” Roundtable on how to save indie films for the future with Keynote by acclaimed indie producer Ted Hope.
Sunday, 11:30am, December 8, at Monica.
This event is FREE, but reservations required: IndieCollect.org/Roundtable
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Friday, December 6, 2024
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
117 mins
Synopsis:
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, written by Jane Wagner for Lily Tomlin, directed by John Bailey (1985, 108’)
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A “philosopher for primetime” (per The New York Times), comedienne Lily...MORE
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Saturday, December 7, 2024
Nationtime
80 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Nationtime is a report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered black voices from across the political spectrum.
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F.T.A.
97 mins Not Rated
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The legendary and controversial anti-war documentary featuring Jane Fonda & Donald Sutherland.
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Tokyo Pop
99 mins
Synopsis:
Disillusioned with New York’s punk scene, bleached blond rocker Wendy (Carrie Hamilton) hops a plane to Tokyo with dreams of making it big. Fran Kuzui’s zany tour through Japan's economic miracle exposes its crass fascination with pop idols. When Wendy...MORE
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
105 mins
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Rosalind Chao & Chris Cooper give magnificent performances as the woman sold into sexual slavery and the saloon owner who buys her freedom. The LA Times lauded Kelly’s directorial debut as “a triumph [of] classic Western filmmaking,” comparing her to John...MORE
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Sunday, December 8, 2024
Northern Lights
98 mins
Synopsis:
After it won the 1979 Cannes Camera d’Or, critics worldwide hailed Northern Lights as an indie cinema classic. It dramatizes (in luminous B&W) the battle North Dakota wheat farmers waged against the bankers & big-city merchants who were pushing them into...MORE
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The Story of a Three Day Pass
87 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Turner (Harry Baird), an African American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base by his casually racist commanding officer and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger)—but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
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Thank You and Good Night
83 mins
Synopsis:
Portraying herself as a cartoon cardboard cutout that smiles or scowls, Jan Oxenberg wryly poses the ultimate questions of life and death in this genre-bending comedy that won acclaim from critics across America, including a rave review by Richard Brody in...MORE
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Monday, December 9, 2024
The Atomic Cafe
88 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Armageddon has never been so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe. This 1982 cult classic juxtaposes Cold War history, propaganda, music and culture, seamlessly crafted from government-produced educational and training films, newsreels and advertisements. Taken together, these sources cheerily instruct the public on how to live in the Atomic Age, how to survive a nuclear attack (!) ... and how to fight and win a nuclear war. As a U.S. Army training film advises, "Viewed from a safe distance, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man."
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Shadow Magic
116 mins
Synopsis:
Based on a true story, Ann Hu’s valentine to the birth of cinema — set in China in 1902 — stars Jared Harris as an itinerant motion picture exhibitor and Xia Yu as a young still photographer who becomes entranced with the moving image. They are invited to...MORE
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The Atomic Cafe
88 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Armageddon has never been so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe. This 1982 cult classic juxtaposes Cold War history, propaganda, music and culture, seamlessly crafted from government-produced educational and training films, newsreels and advertisements. Taken together, these sources cheerily instruct the public on how to live in the Atomic Age, how to survive a nuclear attack (!) ... and how to fight and win a nuclear war. As a U.S. Army training film advises, "Viewed from a safe distance, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man."
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.9.24
Mon Dec 09, 2024
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F.T.A.
97 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The legendary and controversial anti-war documentary featuring Jane Fonda & Donald Sutherland.
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Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.7.24
Sat Dec 07, 2024
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Nationtime
80 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Nationtime is a report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered black voices from across the political spectrum.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.7.24
Sat Dec 07, 2024
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Northern Lights
98 mins
Synopsis:
After it won the 1979 Cannes Camera d’Or, critics worldwide hailed Northern Lights as an indie cinema classic. It dramatizes (in luminous B&W) the battle North Dakota wheat farmers waged against the bankers & big-city merchants who were pushing them into...MORE
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.8.24
Sun Dec 08, 2024
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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
117 mins
Synopsis:
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, written by Jane Wagner for Lily Tomlin, directed by John Bailey (1985, 108’)
Tickets available only from IndieCollect.org.
A “philosopher for primetime” (per The New York Times), comedienne Lily...MORE
Tickets available only from IndieCollect.org.
A “philosopher for primetime” (per The New York Times), comedienne Lily...MORE
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.6.24
Fri Dec 06, 2024
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Shadow Magic
116 mins
Synopsis:
Based on a true story, Ann Hu’s valentine to the birth of cinema — set in China in 1902 — stars Jared Harris as an itinerant motion picture exhibitor and Xia Yu as a young still photographer who becomes entranced with the moving image. They are invited to...MORE
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.9.24
Mon Dec 09, 2024
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The Story of a Three Day Pass
87 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Turner (Harry Baird), an African American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base by his casually racist commanding officer and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger)—but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
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Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.8.24
Sun Dec 08, 2024
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Thank You and Good Night
83 mins
Synopsis:
Portraying herself as a cartoon cardboard cutout that smiles or scowls, Jan Oxenberg wryly poses the ultimate questions of life and death in this genre-bending comedy that won acclaim from critics across America, including a rave review by Richard Brody in...MORE
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.8.24
Sun Dec 08, 2024
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
105 mins
Synopsis:
Rosalind Chao & Chris Cooper give magnificent performances as the woman sold into sexual slavery and the saloon owner who buys her freedom. The LA Times lauded Kelly’s directorial debut as “a triumph [of] classic Western filmmaking,” comparing her to John...MORE
Playing at:
Monica Film Center
Dates:
12.7.24
Sat Dec 07, 2024
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Tokyo Pop
99 mins
Synopsis:
Disillusioned with New York’s punk scene, bleached blond rocker Wendy (Carrie Hamilton) hops a plane to Tokyo with dreams of making it big. Fran Kuzui’s zany tour through Japan's economic miracle exposes its crass fascination with pop idols. When Wendy...MORE
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Dates:
12.7.24
Sat Dec 07, 2024
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