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Stanley Kubrick’s LOLITA (1962)Special 62nd Anniversary Screening and Discussion of a 1962 ClassicWednesday, December 18, at 7 PMLaemmle’s Royal Theatre*“How did they ever make a movie of 'Lolita'?” Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series help to answer that question -- posed in all the advertising for the 1962 release -- with a special screening of Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s incendiary novel. The theme of a middle-aged man obsessed with a young teenage “nymphet” was controversial when the book and movie first appeared, and the theme is perhaps even more problematic today.However, the masterful

Sabbath Queen Q&A's:12/57:00 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorAmy Ziering, Producer/Director12/61:20 PMRoyal12/67:10 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, Director12/71:20 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, Director12/77:10 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Subject of film12/81:20 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Subject of film12/87:10 PMRoyalSandi DuBowski, DirectorRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Subject of filmRabbi Sharon Brous, Senior & Founding Rabbi, IKAR12/91:20 PMRoyal12/97:00 PMNoHoSandi DuBowski, Director12/101:20 PMRoyal12/107:00 PMGlendaleSandi DuBowski, Director12/111:20 PMRoyal12/114:00 PMTown CenterSandi DuBowski

JOIN US on DECEMBER 24th for our umpteenth annual alternative Christmas Eve! That's right, It's time for the return of our Fiddler on the Roof Sing-Along! Screening in five shtetls: Claremont, NoHo, West L.A., Encino, and Newhall.Belt out your holiday spirit … or your holiday frustrations. Either way, you'll feel better as you croon along to all-time favorites like “TRADITION,” “IF I WERE A RICH MAN,” “TO LIFE,” “SUNRISE SUNSET,” “DO YOU LOVE ME?” and “ANATEVKA,” among many others.We encourage you to come in costume! Guaranteed fun for all. Children are welcome (Fiddler is rated "G") though some themes may be challenging for young children.Prices

On December 20th we are opening Pedro Almodóvar's first movie in English, The Room Next Door, at the Royal. We'll bring it to Claremont, Glendale, Newhall, North Hollywood, and Encino in January. Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton star as two friends who reconnect after decades apart and embark on an unusual new phase of their friendship. Writing in Time Magazine, Stephanie Zacharek describes how "the colors of The Room Next Door are its secret message, a language of pleasure and beauty that reminds us how great it is to be alive. If it's possible to make a joyful movie about death, Almodóvar has just done it." "The Room Next Door, as driven by the

The newest episode of Inside the Arthouse just dropped and it's a fascinating one. Hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge discuss the centenary of arthouse film with professor, historian, author and Academy Film Scholar Ross Melnick. It's a lively conversation about the amazing history of arthouse film -- Where it started, how far it's come, and where is it today. Laemmle, third generation arthouse theater owner, adds his perspective, as the trio explores the last century considers the future of arthouse.Here's a taste from the beginning of their conversation:ROSS MELNICK: The history of arthouse theaters is about a hundred years old. It really