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Read More about Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3
Sat Jun 1Fri Jun 7, 2024

Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3

Festival | This year’s program includes 43 films, from 18 countries, archival prints, premieres of restorations, in-person guests and for the first time it will take place across three venues

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Read More about MERRILY WE GO TO HELL
Sat June 1, 2024

2:00 pm

MERRILY WE GO TO HELL

Egyptian Theatre | ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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Read More about TESTAMENT
Sat June 1, 2024

7:00 pm

TESTAMENT

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Lynne Littman. Moderated by Tim Grierson. 

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’ 

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Read More about PAISAN / GERMANY, YEAR ZERO
Sat June 1, 2024

7:30 pm

PAISAN / GERMANY, YEAR ZERO

Aero Theatre | ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

Rare imported print Courtesy of Cinecittà

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Read More about KILLED THE FAMILY AND WENT TO THE MOVIES
Sat June 1, 2024

10:00 pm

KILLED THE FAMILY AND WENT TO THE MOVIES

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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Read More about THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK
Sat June 1, 2024

5:00 pm

THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK

Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg and actor Al Pacino. Moderated by filmmaker Bernard Rose.

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’ and ‘Dark Poetry: Two Films by Jerry Schatzberg and Al Pacino’

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Read More about DESTROYER
Sat June 1, 2024

4:00 pm

DESTROYER

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Karyn Kusama and screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. Moderated by Jim Hemphill.

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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Read More about LADIES IN RETIREMENT
Sun June 2, 2024

1:00 pm

LADIES IN RETIREMENT

Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by Kristen Lopez

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’ and ‘Sunday Print Edition’

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Read More about UNFORGIVEN
Sun June 2, 2024

4:00 pm

UNFORGIVEN

Egyptian Theatre | Introduction by Brandon Wilson

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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Read More about HARD TO BE A GOD
Sun June 2, 2024

3:00 pm

HARD TO BE A GOD

Aero Theatre | Introduction by film editor, producer and sound designer Josh Ethier

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3′

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Read More about COME AND SEE
Sun June 2, 2024

1:00 pm

COME AND SEE

Egyptian Theatre | Introduction by filmmaker John Hillcoat

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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Read More about THE DEVIL
Sun June 2, 2024

10:00 pm

THE DEVIL

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 3’

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