Diablo Cody Programs Two Weeks of Repertory Cinema in LA
Filed under: Fandom, Exhibition, Newsstand
Among the perks of being a sought-after Oscar-winning screenwriter is, apparently, the ability to fourwall a movie theater for two weeks and play a bunch of your favorite films for an appreciative audience. That's exactly what Juno's Diablo Cody is doing at LA's New Beverly Cinema from today through July 24th, and it won't come as any surprise to Cody's admirers that the lady's got good taste. Her slate includes reliable classics (Stripes, Pretty in Pink), off the wall genre picks (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors), some culty fun (Wet Hot American Summer) and the expected shout-out to Juno director Jason Reitman.Previous guest programmers at the New Beverly have included Edgar Wright, Eli Roth and Joe Dante. Cody will introduce some of the films herself, and the theater's MySpace page promises "many guest appearances."
Kudos to Movie City News for coming across this. Check out the entire schedule after the jump -- it's really an inspired slate of picks. She's got a nose for filmmaking that's smart and unabashedly mainstream, as both Juno and this film festival proves.
July 11-12
Thank You for Smoking
Stripes
July 13-15
Labyrinth
Xanadu
July 16-17
Gimme Shelter
Grey Gardens
July 18-19
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Fright Night
July 20-22
Midnight Madness
Wet Hot American Summer
July 23-24
Desperately Seeking Susan
Pretty in Pink
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-11-2008 @ 6:07PM
Wampa43 said...
Here is the theaters official site. Its one of the best places in LA.
www.newbevcinema.com
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7-11-2008 @ 7:54PM
Mr. R said...
Desperately seeking Susan, Xanadu, Nighmare on Elm St. 3? Surely appreciative crowds will flock the streets by the thousands in anguish not to lose this amazing collection of cinema masterpieces! She should do this for a living.
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