Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker Marian Marzynski will be doing a special advance screening of the first-person narrative of the Holocaust, “Never Forget to Lie,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at La Jolla’s Landmark La Jolla Village Cinemas, 8879 Villa La Jolla Drive.
Coming on the heels of the uproar in the news over the super sexy commercials and half-time entertainment at this year’s Super Bowl game, the La Jolla Cluster Association will present the 2011 documentary “Miss Representation,” 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at Muirlands Middle School auditorium, 1056 Nautilus St.
Barbara Field, Sr. Analyst in Business & Financial Services at UC San Diego, Regional Director of The Op Ed Project and Mentor for The Afghan Women’s Writing Project, is bringing this groundbreaking documentary to La Jolla.
The Spike and Mike Festival of Animation is back for its 30th year, running Feb. 9 to April 13, at its home in Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St. in La Jolla.
With 47 films from 10 countries, San Diego’s 23rd annual Jewish Film Festival (Feb. 7-17) is looking better than ever.
For the past 15 years, MCASD’s Sherwood Auditorium has been the site of the Cinema Society’s popular Evening of Award-Winning Short Films. This year, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, they will be screening nine films from seven different countries.
La Jolla’s AMC Theater is getting an upgrade, with renovations already in the works. Hoping to make the theater more “upscale,” manager Jesse Dancy-Weathers said some of the improvements include replacing all seats with leather recliners, a new concession area and installing new digital projectors.
Two short films about the lives of autistic children will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 in Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St. in La Jolla.
La Jolla’s Westfield mall at University Towne Center (UTC) is the new home of ArcLight Cinemas, a luxury movie theater with a few amenities not found in many theaters. It is also the first ArcLight theater outside of Los Angeles County, and the fifth overall.
A bevvy of Hollywood stars walked the red carpet Thursday night, Sept. 27, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla for the San Diego Film Festival’s tribute to filmmaker Gus Van Sant (“Milk,” “To Die For,” “My Own Private Idaho”).
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