Richard Linklater’s love letter to teenage life captures the exhilaration of youth as we follow a group of high school kids on their last day of school in 1976. A group of seniors teeter on the unknown as they enter adulthood, and freshmen run for their lives from a brutal initiation, inevitable to all who attend the Texas high school. Characters rule the film, and Linklater’s dead-pan pop sensibility favors those on the fringe and as a late night outdoor party brings everyone together, the camaraderie of adolescence outshines social rigidity. The film is pure joy, the kind of movie you want to stay in forever, and the rock soundtrack is the most ripping in all of cinema. DJs Zach Cowie and Elijah Wood spin before the screening.

Spielberg wrote and directed this science fiction masterpiece that can still fill us with wonder. When strange sightings start to occur across the globe, a team of scientists and government officials make plans to make contact. But the mysterious visitors have other plans, and some ordinary people are invited to what may be the first encounter between two distant planets.

Still awe-inspiring, Close Encounters dazzles with it’s special effects and compelling story. It is an adventure movie in the truest sense. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut and Teri Garr, Vilmos Zsigmond won an Oscar for his gorgeous cinematography.
DJ Carlos Niño spins before and after the screening.

This is Lynch at his best: sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying, always riveting, always strange. After an accident, a woman with amnesia finds herself in the apartment of a Hollywood-hopeful from out of town. But as they start to find clues to her identity, they begin a journey down a dark and twisted path filled with danger.

This is Hollywood through the Lynchian lens: a cauldron of freaks, beauties and gangsters who make up our fair city. A steamy performance from Naomi Watts made her a star, and the film is as indelible on the American psyche as any ever made.

DJs Boss Harmony and Dina J spin before and after the screening.

Havoc rules in National Lampoon’’s breakout film, as nostalgia and cynicism are perfectly balanced by comedy maestro John Landis. Drinking, sex and rock and roll usurp academic life in this timeless story of slob versus snob. Delta is the most irresponsible, loathsome fraternity on campus, but also the most fun. When the college dean threatens to kick them out of school, they retaliate with an ingenious revenge that could only come from their brilliantly demented minds. John Belushi is pitch perfect in his greatest role: the irreverent dirtball who’’s crazy like a fox. One of the funniest movies ever made, it changed the landscape of film comedy forever. DJ Jimi Hey spins before and after the screening.

Join us for an evening at an exquisite movie palace, see ‘Return To Oz’ on the big screen, and explore one of LA’s historical treasures. Rarely open to the public, the Palace Theatre in the heart of downtown is a jewel box theater full of lush colors, enormous murals, and gorgeously ornate decorations.

Based on the books, rather than the musical, this bizarre but rapturous fairy tale is a magical dive into the world of Oz. Darkly inventive, phantasmagoric and hallucinatory, it was too scary for young children then, but now is delightfully spooky and strange. Sumptuous set design, colorful characters and great Disney special effects create a bizarro envisioning of the Emerald City. Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) flees a sanitarium with shock therapy and returns to find Oz in ruins and ruled by an evil sorceress.

Mombi, the most unsettling villainess in fantasy film with her interchangeable heads, terrified an entire generation of unsuspecting young girls, and we all still love it to this day! Join us for this very rare 35mm film screening with a themed Photobooth downstairs, 3 full bars, and DJ Carlos Niño spinning before the film. This event is 21+ only.