Our 2026 Nitrate Film Festival begins this weekend at the Egyptian! 🎞️🧚♀️ Enjoy an ultra rare 35mm nitrate print of William Wyler’s THE GOOD FAIRY (1935) this Sat. 2/14 at 3 pm.
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Photos from last Friday’s sold out screening of THE NATURAL (1984) + Q&A with actor Kim Basinger, filmmaker Barry Levinson, producer Mark Johnson, & cinematographer Caleb Deschanel 🎬✨
Running the numbers on my 2025 viewing for financial planning in ‘26…definitely gotta cut some streamers, but AMC A-List got me 64 movies ( roughly $5.25 per film), our American Cinematheque membership saved my wife and I over $100, and moviepass reduced 30 $15-$20 tickets to $12 apiece.
Special guests just added! ✨ THE NATURAL (1984) + Q&A with actor Kim Basinger & producer Mark Johnson — members-only event coming to the Egyptian on Fri. 1/30 at 7 pm.
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Béla Tarr‘s advice to young filmmakers ♥️
Clip from our Q&A following THE TURIN HORSE (2011) in 35mm on 6/7/23 at the Aero.
Remembering James Ransone ♥️ The actor (& his dog) joined us at the Egyptian in 2016 for a Beyond Fest screening of IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE.
“I’m going to shoot a movie in May . . . Little Kieran Culkin’s in it.” !!! Filmmaker Nancy Meyers revealed what she’s working on next during our sold out FATHER OF THE BRIDE Q&A over the weekend 💓🎬
Sun.
THE RECKLESS MOMENT 35mm 1pm LF3
TASTE OF CHERRY 35mm 2pm Egyptian
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 4pm LF3
HIGH NOON 4pm Aero
MUSTANG + Q&A 6:30pm LF3
THE GOLD RUSH 7pm Egyptian
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND 7:30pm Aero
4K! FIVE EASY PIECES 10pm LF3
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We bring you gifts of GOLDENEYE, frankincense, & myrrh this holiday season with our upcoming Bond screenings! 💥
30th Anniversary! GOLDENEYE (1995) – Fri. 12/12 7pm Egyptian
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) – Sat. 12/20 3:30pm Egyptian
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I thought Dan Chariton was going to run away with the Best Phone Acting Award for OBAA but now having seen Bridget Everett in WAKE UP DEAD MAN I’m not so sure. It’s going to be tight race, the likes of which has not been seen since the 1979 NL MVP voting
New ongoing series! ‘Film by the Foot’ – Folks, this has never happened before in the 40-year history of this organization. You can see top-of-the-line cinema for just 10¢ per 100 feet.
Upcoming (more TBA):
DAISIES (1966)
ROPE (1948)
THE CIRCUS (1928)
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Join us in congratulating Chris LeMaire on his promotion to Director of Programming at the American Cinematheque! Thank you to Deadline for the announcement.
We’re thrilled to have LeMaire guiding an unprecedented 1600+ screenings a year with our phenomenal programming team 🎉
Just announced! Michael B. Jordan & Ryan Coogler in-person for SINNERS in 70mm + Michael B. Jordan Career Retrospective 🎬❤️🔥
Free, members-only! SINNERS + Q&A 11/22 Aero
Retrospective 11/5 - 11/15 LF3
FRUITVALE STATION, CREED, JUST MERCY, BLACK PANTHER
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Day 3 panel with EP Sabrina Sutherland, actor/singer Chrystabell, editor Duwayne Dunham, first AD Scott Cameron, on-set dresser Mike Malone, + actors Ray Wise, Amy Shiels, George Griffith, & John Pirruccello. Moderated by Vera Drew.
9/21/25 ❤️🔥
‘Club Haunted House’ starts next week! 👻🪩 Oct. 14th - 31st, 10 pm’s at LF3.
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It’s William Petersen Day at Beyond Fest ❤️🔥
“I learned a lot from Mr. Friedkin. And I miss him a lot.”
A sold out screening of TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985) to start things off.
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Tickets are selling fast for the West Coast Premiere of SIRÂT (2025) + Q&A w/ filmmaker Oliver Laxe & actor Sergi López at Beyond Fest 2025.
A father & son are soon drawn into a primal landscape in which they must walk a tightrope between heaven & hell.
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Friday at the AC!
New 4K Restoration! HIGH AND LOW 3:30pm LF3
🚨 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY 35mm 6:45pm LF3
SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE 7pm Egyptian
ASHES AND DIAMONDS / EVERYTHING FOR SALE + intro 7:30pm Aero
WHO'S THAT GIRL? 35mm + Kiwi Smith intro 10pm LF3
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Just Announced – John Carpenter Residency at the Egyptian Theatre!
The series begins with a special members-only 45th anniversary screening of THE FOG (1980) + Q&A with filmmaker John Carpenter & producer Larry Franco on Fri. 9/12 at 7 pm.
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Next Thurs. at the Aero! Catch the new 4K restoration of NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980) + actor James Brolin in-person 💥🏙️
The grit & intensity of late-1970s NYC is depicted in stark detail in this relentlessly action-packed cult classic from Robert Butler.
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Standing ovation for Mr. Spike Lee 👏
Just announced: TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – presented on the big screen in its entirety for the 1st time in L.A.!
Members-only weekend marathon of David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (2017) coming to the Egyptian 9/19 - 9/21 w/ exciting in-person guests.
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Spike Lee on going to film school + being inspired by Kurosawa — HIGHEST 2 LOWEST is a reimagining of Kurosawa’s HIGH AND LOW
Our 70mm limited engagement of Steven Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) starts tomorrow 💫🎞️ The first couple of screenings have already sold out so don’t miss out on seeing our personal, newly struck 70mm print of the Director’s Cut!
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Did you catch Bill Hader on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” last night? When Meyers complimented Hader’s vast film taste, Hader couldn’t help but mention American Cinematheque 😆
Moral of the story: if you go to a lot of movies + sport AC merch, you might just get a shout out on national television!
We are not alone... See the Director’s Cut of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND on 70mm for the first time in these limited engagements! 🛸👽 Now you can See Steven Spielberg’s director’s cut of #CEOT3K via the AC’s new personal 70mm print struck from a new negative at the Aero and Egyptian Theatres!
You can watch our incredible Q&A with Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa from CLOUD’s West Coast Premiere at Beyond Fest 2024! Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CLOUD (2025) opens this Friday, July 25th at the Nuart, courtesy of Sideshow & Janus Films.
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