There's nowhere on earth quite like Los Angeles when it comes to cinema. As the entertainment capital of the world, the city doesn't just make movies -- it lives and breathes them. Any given week brings repertory screenings at historic theaters, new releases at multiplexes, and special events at beloved institutions like the Egyptian or the Aero.
Yul Brynner plays a gunslinger leading a septet of strangers to defend a Mexican village against marauders in director John Sturges’ classic Western remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
John Ford’s epic, morally complex Western drama has become one of his most revered films in the 70 years since its release.
John Sturges directed this vivid re-telling of the classic Western set in 1880s Arizona, starring Burt Lancaster as Marshal Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday.
Screened in 35mm, this epic drama blends the iconography of the classic Western with a sweeping examination of wealth, race, and social change. The film explores shifting power dynamics between ranching tradition and modern industry, while also confronting racial hierarchies embedded in the mythology of the American West.
A screening of the 1956 film "Giant" as part of the "What Is a Western?" series.
Marlon Brando directed and starred in this character-oriented Western about a bank robber who tracks down a friend who betrayed him, featuring Academy Award–nominated VistaVision color cinematography.
Yul Brynner plays a gunslinger leading a septet of strangers to defend a Mexican village against marauders in director John Sturges’ classic Western remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
John Ford’s epic, morally complex Western drama has become one of his most revered films in the 70 years since its release.
John Sturges directed this vivid re-telling of the classic Western set in 1880s Arizona, starring Burt Lancaster as Marshal Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday.
Screened in 35mm, this epic drama blends the iconography of the classic Western with a sweeping examination of wealth, race, and social change. The film explores shifting power dynamics between ranching tradition and modern industry, while also confronting racial hierarchies embedded in the mythology of the American West.
A screening of the 1956 film "Giant" as part of the "What Is a Western?" series.
Marlon Brando directed and starred in this character-oriented Western about a bank robber who tracks down a friend who betrayed him, featuring Academy Award–nominated VistaVision color cinematography.