Does anything ever happen in Burbank, CA? Find out at Frida Cinema, followed by a Q&A with director Emmanuel Duga at both screenings.
Ever sat down with a couple of friends, doing nothing? Where nothing gets accomplished and having conversations? Those conversations don’t really lead to anything significant, just totally random. Yet…you don’t seem to mind. You enjoy the sensation of being in good company with your friends. This is a day in a life in Burbank, CA, for young Gen-Z. Through a series of short vignettes, we get a glimpse of the anxieties, joys, hopes, dreams and expectations from today’s young adults.
Nothing Ever Happens in Burbank, CA is a quietly funny, intimate portrait of a single day in the lives of Gen-Z young adults. Told through a series of short vignettes, the film captures the anxieties, small joys, drifting hopes, and unspoken expectations of growing up in Los Angeles.
This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.
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One…last…plan.
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie is back for a late night party screening at The Frida Cinema!
As the long-gestating feature expansion of the cult Canadian series Nirvanna the Band the Show, created by and starring Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, the film continues the misadventures of the two best friends. As relentlessly delusional Toronto musicians, their main goal in life is to “play a show at the Rivoli.” When their plan goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
Like the series, the movie blurs fiction and reality, staging elaborate public pranks with unsuspecting bystanders while escalating the characters’ schemes to increasingly absurd and self-destructive extremes. If you love comedy that feels like it might collapse at any second, or perhaps maybe even get its creators thrown in jail, boy do we have a movie for you and your friends to come see!
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Join us on Saturday night, February 28th, as we screen Grease 2, the Michelle Pfeiffer star-making sequel to the iconic 1978 musical.
It’s 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there’s a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school…but he’s been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?
Grease 2 isn’t Grease. We get it. But we love it because it’s louder and messier, two adjectives used to throw it under the bus upon its initial release. But what was once a punchline has become a midnight movie favorite: a sequel that failed on release but succeeded, decades later, as gloriously ridiculous cult entertainment. The music and feeling go on forever!
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Some girls will do anything to meet their idols.
We’re doing an encore of Isa’s Staff Pick from February as she presents another screening of Robert Zemekis’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand!
The story follows a group of wide-eyed New Jersey teenagers who descend on New York City in hopes of getting close to their idols. What begins as a simple plan (to see The Beatles) spirals into a chaotic, cross-town odyssey filled with manic Beatlemania-fueled hijinks.
More than just a period comedy, I Wanna Hold Your Hand is a joyous time capsule of a cultural turning point. Come see this rarely screened gem on the big screen with fellow Beatles fans!
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Just added: Robert Daniels, the Associate Editor at RogerEbert.com, will be giving a pre-recorded introduction before each screening of The Annihilation Of Fish!
Robert has also written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Reverse Shot, Screen Daily, and the Criterion Collection. He has covered film festivals ranging from Cannes to Sundance to Toronto to the Berlinale and Locarno. He lives in Chicago, and is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association
The final film in our Three By Charles Burnett series is his charming 1999 drama The Annihilation Of Fish, now restored in a beautiful 4K restoration!
Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady (Margot Kidder) where she meets a Jamaican widower, Fish (James Earl Jones), who has recently been released from a mental institution despite his continued battles against unseen demons. In the face of personal challenges and differences, the couple grows together and begins to discover new things about themselves and the nuances of love and happiness.
Released in partnership with Milestone Films, restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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You sold it out, so we’re bringing it back! Join us for a couple additional screenings of the Drew Barrymore-starring Cinderella adaptation: Ever After.
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle’s stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle’s life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
Over the past 25 years, Ever After has earned a reputation as the definitive grounded, feminist retelling of Cinderella. Many viewers, especially our beloved Millenial moviegoers, consider it the best non-animated version of the fairy tale ever put to screen.
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Grab your history books and cruise on over to The Frida Cinema as Moviebusters are back to present a most triumphant screening of the 1989 cult classic Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure! And be sure to stay after the screening for an in-person Q&A with special guests Diane Franklin and Kimberly Kates, who played the role of Princess Joanna and Princess Elizabeth, respectively.
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus’ time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
Anchored by the endlessly likable pairing of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, the film zips through history with Socrates, Napoleon, and Joan of Arc in tow, but never loses sight of its big heart. Beneath the goofy catchphrases and mall-set mayhem is a surprisingly sincere belief in the power of showing up for one another.
Diane and Kimberly will also be signing autographs in the lobby before the film, so make sure to get there early!
This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff. Membership discounts and comp passes do not apply. Doors open at 8:00PM and the film will begin at 8:30PM.
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Our Page To Screen series kicks off in the new year with the Drew Barrymore-starring Cinderella adaptation: Ever After.
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle’s stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle’s life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
Over the past 25 years, Ever After has earned a reputation as the definitive grounded, feminist retelling of Cinderella. Many viewers, especially our beloved Millenial moviegoers, consider it the best non-animated version of the fairy tale ever put to screen.
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Our brand new Staff Picks series kicks off with the 2018 indie dramedy Hearts Beat Loud, courtesy of our Development Director, Porter!
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.
Over the years, Hearts Beat Loud has settled into the same emotional space as films like Begin Again, Sing Street, and Once. They’re not huge theatrical hits, but deeply beloved by those who found them. And for first timers, now is as good a time as ever to discover this gem on this big screen!
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Play It By Fear (@playitbyfear.33) continues their brand new series, Sunday Scaries, with a belated 40th anniversary celebration of Steve Miner’s House!
After the disappearance of his young son and a painful divorce, horror novelist Roger Cobb (William Katt) retreats to his late aunt’s spooky old mansion to write a book about his Vietnam War experiences. But solitude isn’t what he finds. The house is alive–filled with vengeful spirits, interdimensional portals, demonic entities, and at least one closet that REALLY needs a warning sign, man.
House is a gloriously bizarre blend of haunted-house horror and off-kilter comedy that only the 1980s could have produced. It’s a cult classic has earned a devoted following for one simple reason: it’s genuinely weird as hell.
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