Special Guests in Attendance
Snowy Bing Bongs – Comedy, Dance, Cinema Spectacular!
- Fri, May 1
Director: Alex Huston Fischer, Rachel Wolther Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2017
Starring: Eleanore Pienta, Kate Berlant, Reggie Watts, Sunita Mani, Tallie Medel
Join us for a night of cinema, comedy, and dance when we bring you the absurd short film Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone preceded by live comedy sets from Carmen Christopher, Aparna Nancherla, and Kyle Mooney and followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and Cocoon Central Dance Team moderated by The Daniels!
Blue Film
- Sat, May 2
Director: Elliot Tuttle Run Time: 82 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026
Starring: Kieron Moore, Reed Birney
Vidiots is so excited and proud to finally be able to share our friend and burgeoning new directing talent Elliot Tuttle's provocative new film Blue Film on our big screen with you!
Popeye
- Sat, May 9
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 114 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1980
Starring: Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Ray Walston, Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall
A delightful and quirky manic musical fantasy from one of the great masters of American cinema.
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome stars and comedic legends Paul Dooley and Donovan Scott for a post screening conversation!
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 video introduction from Vidiots Founding Member Alex Winter and a post-screening conversation with Patric moderated by writer/film critic Travis Woods!
Dreams in Nightmares
- Wed, May 13
Director: Shatara Michelle Ford Run Time: 128 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2024
Starring: Charlie Barnett, Denée Benton, Dezi Bing, Mars Storm Rucker, Sasha Compère
Three black queer femmes in their mid 30s take a road trip across the Midwestern United States in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.
Featuring a post-screening conversation with filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford and star Sasha Compère!
Instructions Not Included
- Thu, May 14
Director: Eugenio Derbez Run Time: 122 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2013 Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Starring: Daniel Raymont, Eugenio Derbez, Hugo Stiglitz, Jessica Lindsey, Loreto Peralta
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome Writer/Producer/Director and Star Eugenio Derbez for a special screening of his hilariously sweet comedy Instructions Not Included!
Trigonometry
- Sat, May 16
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari Run Time: 235 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2020
Join us in the microcinema for a special screening and discussion with Athina Rachel Tsangari of her limited series Trigonometry.
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
Filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari in conversation with filmmaker/animator Flóra Anna Buda!
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
With Writer/Director/Producer Athina Rachel Tsangari in conversation with filmmaker Josephine Decker after the screening!
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.
Sir! No Sir!
- Mon, May 18
Director: David Zeiger Run Time: 85 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2005
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Ed Asner, Jane Fonda, Troy Garity
Vidiots is overwhelmed to welcome actor, activist, and eternal icon Jane Fonda for a special 20th Anniversary screening of the documentary Sir! No Sir! followed by a conversation with Fonda, director David Zeiger, and Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer).
River of Grass
- Tue, May 19
Director: Sasha Wortzel Run Time: 83 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Betty Osceola
Artist and Filmmaker Sasha Wortzel joins us in the microcinema for a screening of her dreamy and poetic documentary River of Grass.