Coming Soon to Vidiots
Upcoming Film Screenings at Vidiot’s historic Eagle Theatre and the MUBI Microcinema
Sweet 16mm: Stop-Motion Explosion!
- Sat, Apr 27
Run Time: 90 min. Format: 16mm Film
Mind-blowing stop-motion animation from the 1940s to the 1980s
Muppets from Space
- Sat, Apr 27
Director: Tim Hill Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1999
Starring: Bill Barretta, Brian Henson, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire
Space. It's not as deep as you think.
Lilies of the Field
- Sat, Apr 27
Director: Ralph Nelson Run Time: 94 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1963
Starring: Francesca Jarvis, Isa Crino, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall.
Butterfly in the Sky
- Sat, Apr 27
Director: Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2022
Starring: LeVar Burton
"A loving tribute to the power of Reading Rainbow and the magic of LeVar Burton" — Slashfilm
In-person conversation with LeVar Burton
Delicatessen
- Sat, Apr 27
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro Run Time: 99 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1991 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Ticky Holgado
A futuristic comic feast.
Ratatouille
- Sun, Apr 28
Director: Brad Bird Run Time: 111 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2007
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn
He's dying to become a chef.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- Sun, Apr 28
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 120 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1971
Starring: John Schuck, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, Shelley Duvall, Warren Beatty, William Devane
Name your poison.
The War of the Roses
- Sun, Apr 28
- Fri, May 3
Director: Danny DeVito Run Time: 116 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1989
Starring: Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, Marianne Sägebrecht, Michael Douglas, Sean Astin
Danny DeVito in person at the April 28th screening
Second screening added on May 3rd (film only)
Fallen Angels
- Wed, May 1
Director: Wong Kar-wai Run Time: 98 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1995 Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
Starring: Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro
The night's full of weirdos.
Jesus Christ Superstar
- Thu, May 2
Director: Norman Jewison Run Time: 108 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1973
Starring: Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman
The Divine Rock Opera
Join us after for some heavenly Karaoke!
Blackhat
- Fri, May 3
Director: Michael Mann Run Time: 133 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2015
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Holt McCallany, Leehom Wang, Tang Wei, Viola Davis
We are no longer in control.
Introduction by Timothy Simons
Rubber
- Fri, May 3
Director: Quentin Dupieux Run Time: 82 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2010
Starring: David Bowe, Jack Plotnick, Roxane Mesquida, Stephen Spinella, Thomas F. Duffy, Wings Hauser
Are you TIRED of the expected?
Wildcat
- Sat, May 4
Director: Ethan Hawke Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2024
Starring: Laura Linney, Maya Hawke, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Steve Zahn
Writer/Director Ethan Hawke in person!
Badlands
- Sat, May 4
Director: Terrence Malick Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: Alan Vint, Martin Sheen, Ramon Bieri, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Young love... and murder --- With an in-person introduction from screen legend Ethan Hawke
Dune
- Sat, May 4
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 137 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: Francesca Annis, Jack Nance, José Ferrer, Kyle MacLachlan, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart, Sting
A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.
Willow
- Sun, May 5
Director: Ron Howard Run Time: 126 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1988
Starring: Billy Barty, Jean Marsh, Joanne Whalley, Patricia Hayes, Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis
A world where heroes come in all sizes and adventure is the greatest magic of all.
Phantom of the Paradise
- Sun, May 5
Director: Brian De Palma Run Time: 92 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1974
Starring: George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams, Peter Elbling, William Finley
Vidiots welcomes legendary, Oscar and Grammy-winning musical superstar Paul Williams and actor Peter Elbling for a special 50th Anniversary screening!
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- Mon, May 6
Director: Tsai Ming-liang Run Time: 82 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2003 Language: Mandarin with English Subtitles
Starring: Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tian, Shih Chun
Tsai Ming-liang's elegiac love letter to movie theaters
Girlfight
- Tue, May 7
Director: Karyn Kusama Run Time: 110 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2000
Starring: Jamie Tirelli, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Calderon, Ray Santiago, Santiago Douglas
With a conversation with writer/director and Founding Member Karyn Kusama
Drive
- Wed, May 8
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2011
Starring: Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Ryan Gosling
There are no clean getaways.
The Linguini Incident – Director’s Cut
- Thu, May 9
- Fri, May 10
Director: Richard Shepard Run Time: 93 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1991
Starring: Andre Gregory, Buck Henry, David Bowie, Eszter Balint, Rosanna Arquette
Join us for a special conversation with director Richard Shepard, stars Rosanna Arquette and Eszter Balint, and producer Sarah Jackson
Second screening (film only) added May 10th
Postcards from the Edge
- Fri, May 10
Director: Mike Nichols Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1990
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Richard Dreyfuss, Shirley MacLaine
Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.
Scanners
- Fri, May 10
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 103 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1981
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack
10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.
Cinema Paradiso
- Sat, May 11
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Run Time: 124 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1988 Language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring: Agnese Nano, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio
An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.
Double Indemnity
- Sat, May 11
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 107 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1944
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Fred MacMurray, Porter Hall, Richard Gaines
It's love and murder at first sight!
Co-presented by LAist
The Sound of Music – Sing-Along
- Sun, May 12
Director: Robert Wise Run Time: 174 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1965
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Julie Andrews, Peggy Wood, Richard Haydn
The happiest sound in all the world!
Serial Mom
- Sun, May 12
Director: John Waters Run Time: 94 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1994
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Matthew Lillard, Ricki Lake, Sam Waterston, Scott Morgan
Every woman wants to be wanted... Just not for murder one!
Irma Vep
- Mon, May 13
Director: Olivier Assayas Run Time: 99 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1996 Language: English and French with English subtitles
Starring: Antoine Basler, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Maggie Cheung, Nathalie Boutefeu, Nathalie Richard
Get meta with Maggie Cheung and Olivier Assayas
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
- Wed, May 15
- Fri, May 17
Director: Jeff Broadway Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2013
Starring: Common, Earl Sweatshirt, Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Madlib, MF DOOM, Mike D, Peanut Butter Wolf, Tyler the Creator
May 15th screening includes a conversation with Peanut Butter Wolf, director Jeff Broadway, and Sudan Archives
Second screening May 17th
The Fall
- Fri, May 17
Director: Tarsem Singh Run Time: 117 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2006
Starring: Catinca Untaru, Jeetu Verma, Lee Pace, Leo Bill, Marcus Wesley
A little blessing in disguise.
Mortal Kombat
- Fri, May 17
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1995
Starring: Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Christophe Lambert, Linden Ashby, Robin Shou
Nothing in this world has prepared you for this.
Chicken Run
- Sat, May 18
Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord Run Time: 84 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2000
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha, Lynn Ferguson
There's nothing more determined than poultry with a plan.
Scarface
- Sat, May 18
Director: Brian De Palma Run Time: 169 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1983
Starring: Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, Steven Bauer
He loved the American Dream. With a vengeance.
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
- Sun, May 19
Director: Robert M. Young Run Time: 106 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1982
Starring: Brion James, Bruce McGill, Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower
The true story of one man who made a difference.
Stand and Deliver
- Sun, May 19
Director: Ramón Menéndez Run Time: 103 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1988
Starring: Andy García, Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto
Edward James Olmos in person!
Juice
- Tue, May 21
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson Run Time: 96 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1992
Starring: Jermaine Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Samuel L. Jackson, Tupac Shakur
In Harlem you don't buy respect... you earn it.
Johnny Mnemonic in Black + White
- Wed, May 22
Director: Robert Longo Run Time: 97 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1995
Starring: Dina Meyer, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T, Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano
The hottest data on earth. In the coolest head in town.
Howl’s Moving Castle (English Dubbed)
- Sat, May 25
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 119 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2004 Language: English Dubbed
Starring: Blythe Danner, Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall
The two lived there.
Top Gun
- Sat, May 25
Director: Tony Scott Run Time: 110 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1986
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Kelly McGillis, Tom Cruise, Tom Skerritt, Val Kilmer
Up there with the best of the best.
Godzilla
- Sun, May 26
Director: Ishirō Honda Run Time: 96 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1954 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Fuyuki Murakami, Momoko Kôchi, Takashi Shimura
Godzilla, a weapon of science, a great battle of wonder and terror!
Pride and Prejudice
- Sun, May 26
Director: Joe Wright Run Time: 127 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2005
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Hollander
A romance ahead of its time.
Howl’s Moving Castle (Japanese with English Subtitles)
- Mon, May 27
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 119 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2004 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Akihiro Miwa, Chieko Baisho, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin
The two lived there.
Velvet Goldmine
- Mon, May 27
Director: Todd Haynes Run Time: 123 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1998
Starring: Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette
Leave your expectations at the door.
ME + It’s Such A Beautiful Day – A Night with Don Hertzfeldt
- Thu, May 30
Director: Don Hertzfeldt Run Time: 84 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2012
Starring: Don Hertzfeldt, Sara Cushman
Animator Don Herzfeldt in person!
Teeth
- Fri, May 31
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein Run Time: 94 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2008
Starring: Hale Appleman, Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Lenny Von Dohlen
Every rose has its thorns.