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Wed, Jan 24, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Barbie" (2023) Join us for a screening of Barbie (2023) in our community room. Feel free to wear pink. |
Playa Vista Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Mon, Jan 29, 2024 3:30 pm |
Movie Screening: "Thunderheart" When a series of murders stuns a small Native American reservation, the FBI sends in agent Ray Levoi (Val Kilmer) to investigate. While Ray is relatively inexperienced, he is one... |
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Feb 01, 2024 1:30 pm |
Film Discussion: "Showing Up" Join us on Zoom to discuss the 2023 film Showing Up.A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends. A... |
Online Los Feliz Branch Library |
Adults |
Film English |
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Mon, Feb 05, 2024 3:30 pm |
Movie Screening: "Stand and Deliver" Los Angeles high school teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) is being hassled by tough students like Angel Guzman (Lou Diamond Phillips). But Jaime is also pressured... |
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Feb 06, 2024 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm |
Film Screening: "The Space Race" Join us for a screening of The Space Race, a feature documentary that uncovers the little-known stories... |
Pacoima Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Sat, Feb 10, 2024 2:00 pm |
Movie Screening: "Harriet" Join us for a screening of the film Harriet.The catalog description of this film notes: "Harriet is the incredible true story of one of America's greatest heroes, Harriet Tubman.... |
Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Mon, Feb 12, 2024 3:30 pm |
Movie Screening: "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a contract killer, a master of his trade who can whirl a gun at warp speed and move through this world like a phantom—... |
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Feb 13, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- Mutant Mayhem" With its super-cool neon retro animation style, classic hip-hop soundtrack, and action and laughs aplenty,... |
Edendale Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Feb 20, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Summer of Soul" Join us for Summer of Soul, a 2021 documentary on the third annual Harlem Cultural Festival. For several weekends in 1969, music legends including Stevie Wonder, Nina... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Sat, Feb 24, 2024 2:00 pm |
Film Screening - "Eve's Bayou" Starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Kasi Lemmons, the director of Whitney Houston: I Want to Dance With Somebody and Harriet among other films. The story is set... |
Palisades Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "The Blue Beetle" Join us to watch The Blue Beetle (2023). Recent college graduate Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations, but suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient... |
Edendale Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
Family Movie: "Black Panther" Join us for a family movie night in celebration of African American History Month. We will screen Black Panther and serve light refreshments. This program is... |
Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Feb 29, 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
"Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten" The landmark PBS documentary, Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten, examines the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on the 100th anniversary of the crime. The film includes... |
Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library | Adults |
Film, History & Genealogy English |
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Mon, Mar 04, 2024 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm |
Teen Zone Series: "Selena" Movie Screening Biographical drama charting the extraordinary career and tragic slaying of pop singing sensation Selena as her career transcended the Tejano music scene that... |
Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library | Teens |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 05, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Harriet" Join us for Harriet (2019), director Kasi Lemmmons’ long awaited big-screen adaptation of the life of Harriet Tubman. In 1849, Araminta Ross (Cynthia Erivo) flees the Maryland farm... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 05, 2024 4:00 pm |
Family Movie Night: "Elemental" Join us for popcorn and a free screening of the movie Elemental. Rated PG. |
Junipero Serra Branch Library | Babies and Toddlers, Kids |
Film English |
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Thu, Mar 07, 2024 1:30 pm |
Film Discussion: "How It Feels To Be Free" Join us on Zoom to discuss the 2021 documentary How It Feels To Be Free.How It Feels to Be Free takes an unprecedented look at the intersection of... |
Online Los Feliz Branch Library |
Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Mar 07, 2024 4:00 pm |
Big Read: Movie Screening and Book Discussion Excerpts of Throw Momma from the Train (1987) and discussion of similarities between the film and the graphic novel, Can’t We Talk About Something... |
Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library | Adults |
Book Clubs, Film English |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "The Lost City" Join us for rom-com action fun with The Lost City (2022). Reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Sat, Mar 16, 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Movie Screening: "Zootopia" (2016) From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin... |
Frances Howard Goldwyn - Hollywood Regional Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Sat, Mar 16, 2024 2:00 pm |
Movie & Candy Craft Kids and parents, join us in the Community Room for a screening of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). And be sure to stick around after! The Friends of the Wilshire Branch Library will... |
Wilshire Branch Library | Kids |
Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Film English |
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Sun, Mar 17, 2024 3:00 pm |
The Sun in Eclipse: Selected Great Courses Lessons Join us for a screening of information from The Great Courses Understanding the Universe series. We will be examining lessons relating to solar... |
Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Mon, Mar 18, 2024 3:30 pm |
Movie Screening: "The Bigamist" San Francisco businessman Harry Graham (Edmond O'Brien) and his wife and business partner, Eve (Joan Fontaine), are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Jordan (... |
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 19, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Selena" Selena (1997) dramatizes the story of music legend Selena Quintanilla, the Queen of Tejano, who was tragically murdered by a member of her own inner circle just as she was achieving... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 19, 2024 4:00 pm |
The Cartoon & Projector Show Presenter Steven Peros will bring in a vintage 16mm movie projector and demonstrate how it works. Vintage classic catoons from the 1930s-1970s will be screened for your enjoyment.... |
Westchester - Loyola Village Branch Library | Kids, Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Wed, Mar 20, 2024 5:30 pm |
Film Screening: "It’s For You: Ephemeral Art and the Death of the Public Phone" Join us for a screening of It's For You: Ephemeral Art and the Death... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Wed, Mar 20, 2024 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
"Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: History of Blaxpoitation Cinema" Please join us for a talk given by film critic Odie Henderson of the Boston Globe on his new book... |
Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library | Adults |
Authors, Film English |
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Wed, Mar 20, 2024 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
Virtual Film Discussion: "Queen of Glory" Join us for our monthly virtual film discussion. We will be talking about Queen of Glory. Nana Mensah wrote, directed, and starred in this 2021... |
Online Central Library |
Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Mar 21, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Gran Turismo" Join us for the screening of the film Gran Turismo. The film is rated PG-13. |
Granada Hills Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 26, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Rebel Without a Cause" Join us for Nicholas Ray’s teen-angst masterpiece Rebel Without a Cause (1955), the locus of the James Dean mythos. When Jim Stark moves to town with his... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 26, 2024 3:30 pm |
Family Movie: "Trolls Band Together" Relax after school and enjoy a movie in the library. Snacks will be provided and all are welcome to attend. |
Mark Twain Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Mar 26, 2024 4:00 pm |
Movie Sing-along From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes this feature film about an adventurous teenager who is inspired to leave the safety and security of her island on a daring journey to save her people. Inexplicably... |
Fairfax Branch Library | Kids, Teens |
Film English |
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Wed, Mar 27, 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Movie Screening: "Barbie" (2023) Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world,... |
Frances Howard Goldwyn - Hollywood Regional Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Wed, Mar 27, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: The Color Purple (2023) Join us for a screening of the musical, THE COLOR PURPLE (2023). |
Playa Vista Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Mar 28, 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Afternoon Movie Screening: "Hidden Figures" (2016) Join us for a showing of the 2016 film Hidden Figures to close out Women's History Month. |
Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Sat, Mar 30, 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Free Movie Screening: "Barbie" Barbie... |
Van Nuys Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Sat, Mar 30, 2024 2:00 pm |
Noir Film Festival We’re still doing our pop-up Noir Film Festival. Join us to experience noir films - they are often based in Los Angeles. In a Lonely Place (1950) directed by Nicholas Ray, chronicles a gifted but... |
Palisades Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Apr 02, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "The Creator" The Creator (2023, rated PG-13), from writer and director Gareth Edwards, is a visually stunning sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and a... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Apr 02, 2024 4:00 pm |
Family Movie: Turning Red Join us for popcorn and a free screening of the movie Turning Red. Rated PG. |
Junipero Serra Branch Library | Babies and Toddlers, Kids |
Film English |
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Thu, Apr 04, 2024 1:00 pm |
First Thursday Film Screening Join us for a screening of Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries to save her... |
Fairfax Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Apr 04, 2024 1:30 pm |
Film Discussion: "Young Ahmed" The Dardenne Brothers won for Best Director at Cannes for this brave new work, another intimate portrait of a protagonist in crisis. Young Ahmed focuses on a Muslim... |
Online Los Feliz Branch Library |
Adults |
Film English |
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Mon, Apr 08, 2024 3:30 pm |
Movie Screening: "Near Dark" Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny Wright) at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae turns out to be a vampire and bites Caleb on the neck,... |
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Tue, Apr 09, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "Death on the Nile" Death on the Nile (2022, rated PG-13) is the second in Kenneth Branagh’s series of blockbuster adaptations of Agatha Christie novels. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Apr 11, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
Film Screening: "The Marvels" Please join us for the film screening of The Marvels (2023), starring Brie Larson. The film is rated PG-13. |
Granada Hills Branch Library | Teens, Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Apr 11, 2024 4:00 pm |
Film / Película Celebrate Spring! Join us for an afternoon screening of the film Migration (2023) (PG), a story about a family of ducks dreaming of the perfect getaway vacation.¡Celebremos la Primavera! Únase a nosotros para la... |
Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library | Kids |
Film English |
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Sat, Apr 13, 2024 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Teen Anime/Manga Club Meeting Be Your Hero!Do you love my My Hero Academia? Or the great super powers found in your favorite Anime/Manga? Come join the Anime Club for an afternoon of Anime super powered fun!... |
Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library | Teens |
Book Clubs, Film English |
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Sat, Apr 13, 2024 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Movie Screening: "Lady and the Tramp" (1955) This Disney animated classic follows a pampered cocker spaniel named Lady whose comfortable life slips away once her owners have a baby. When, after... |
Frances Howard Goldwyn - Hollywood Regional Branch Library | Kids, Adults |
Film English |
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Mon, Apr 15, 2024 3:30 pm |
Movie Screening: "Battle of Algiers" Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu (Jean Martin), a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the... |
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Adults |
Film French |
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Tue, Apr 16, 2024 3:00 pm |
Film Screening: "True Stories" In the mid-’80s, Talking Heads singer David Byrne got inspired to make an arthouse movie about eccentric characters gearing up for the 150th anniversary of their Texas... |
Edendale Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |
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Thu, Apr 18, 2024 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
Classic Movie Night Adults, join us in the community room for a screening of George Lucas' classic dystopian tale THX 1138 (1971): In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX... |
Wilshire Branch Library | Adults |
Film English |