Special Guests in Attendance
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
- Sat, Apr 11
Director: Courtney Stephens, Michael Almereyda Run Time: 89 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Allen Ginsberg, Chloe Sevigny, Scott McVay, Timothy Leary
The most psychedelic documentary of the year!
Filmmaker Courtney Stephens in person Saturday!
LAFM Closing Night – Blue Heron
- Sun, Apr 12
Director: Sophy Romvari Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026 Language: English and Hungarian with English subtitles
Starring: Ádám Tompa, Amy Zimmer, Edik Beddoes, Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti
US Premiere - Q+A with writer/director Sophy Romvari
Real Women Have Curves
- Tue, Apr 14
Director: Patricia Cardoso Run Time: 86 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2002 Language: English and Spanish
Starring: America Ferrera, Brian Sites, George López, Ingrid Oliu, Lupe Ontiveros
Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...
Director Patricia Cardoso in conversation after the screening!
Outerlands
- Wed, Apr 15
Director: Elena Oxman Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Asia Kate Dillon, Daniel K. Isaac, Lea DeLaria, Louisa Krause, Ridley Asha Bateman
Join us in the microcinema for Elena Oxman's festival darling, the beautifully touching triumph Outerlands starring Asia Kate Dillon in a stirring performance.
Filmmaker Elena Oxman in person Wednesday April 15th!
Other Music
- Sat, Apr 18
Director: Puloma Basu, Rob Hatch-Miller Run Time: 83 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2019
Starring: Ezra Koenig, Jason Schwartzman, Matt Berninger, Regina Spektor, Tunde Adebimpe
Vidiots celebrates Record Store Day with a special screening of the physical media-glorifying documentary Other Music featuring a conversation with filmmakers Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller plus special guests Gary Wilson and Dam-Funk (after the 1:45pm screening) and Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500 & Luna at the 4:30pm screening), and a pre-show montage of international music videos curated by our neighbors at Pop Overbite Records!
The Man with the Iron Fists in 35mm
- Sat, Apr 18
Director: RZA Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: R Release Year: 2012
Starring: Dave Bautista, Lucy Liu, Pam Grier, Russell Crowe, RZA
You can't spell Kung Fu without F and U!
RZA in person!
The Mystery of Chess Boxing
- Sat, Apr 18
Director: Joseph Kuo Run Time: 91 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1979 Language: English Dubbed
Starring: Jack Long Shi-Chia, Li Yi-Min, Mark Lung, Simon Yuen Siu-Tien, Wang Chi-Sheng
The original Ghostface Killer is on the loose!
With an introduction by RZA!
An Evening with Lucrecia Martel: Our Land (Nuestra Tierra)
- Wed, Apr 22
Director: Lucrecia Martel Run Time: 123 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome the legendary and luminous filmmaker Lucrecia Martel for a very special evening featuring her newest documentary film Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) followed by a conversation about the film with Martel and DP Ernesto de Carvalho!
An Evening with Lucrecia Martel: The Headless Woman
- Wed, Apr 22
Director: Lucrecia Martel Run Time: 87 min. Format: 4K Digital Release Year: 2008 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: César Bordón, Claudia Cantero, Guillermo Arengo, Inés Efrón, María Onetto
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome the legendary and luminous filmmaker Lucrecia Martel for a very special evening featuring the new 4K Restoration of her mesmerizing mystery.
The Height of the Coconut Trees
- Sat, Apr 25
Director: Du Jie Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026 Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Mado Karasumori, Minami Ohba, Riria Kojima, Seita Shibuya, Soichiro Tanaka
A haunting tale of youthful love and loss set along the dramatic Japan seaside, a mysterious ring found inside a fish connects two couples across time, place and the lines between the living and the dead.
With a special introduction from Carson Lund (writer/director of Eephus)!
Jeff Parker – ETA IVtet – Happy Today
- Sun, Apr 26
Director: Charlie Weinmann Run Time: 45 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026
This homegrown concert film directed by Charlie Weinmann documents the August 20, 2025 performance by guitarist/bandleader Jeff Parker and his ETA IVtet (with drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Anna Butterss, and saxophonist Josh Johnson) at Highland Park, Los Angeles venue Lodge Room.
Jeff Parker and band members in person!
After Dark, My Sweet on 35mm
- Tue, May 12
Director: James Foley Run Time: 114 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: R Release Year: 1990
Starring: Bruce Dern, Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Rocky Giordani, Tom Wagner
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome Jason Patric for a special 35mm screening of his sizzling hot neo-noir After Dark, My Sweet to celebrate the life and legacy of filmmaker James Foley, featuring a special introduction and hosted by Vidiots Founding Member Alex Winter and a post-screening conversation with Patric moderated by writer/film critic Travis Woods!
Short Films by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Sun, May 17
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari Run Time: 76 min. Format: Digital
Part of Worlds Apart: The Films of Athina Rachel Tsangari, a retrospective of the Greek director's films presented by Acropolis Cinema and MUBI
Athina Rachel Tsangari in person
Harvest
- Sun, May 17
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari Run Time: 131 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Arinzé Kene, Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen, Thalissa Teixeira
Athina Rachel Tsangari in person!
Part of Worlds Apart: The Films of Athina Rachel Tsangari, a retrospective of the Greek director’s films presented by Acropolis Cinema and MUBI and running from April 17 through mid-May at 2220 Arts + Archives, Vidiots, and the Los Feliz 3.