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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 2d

Next up at Acropolis! 🌗🎶

On 10/20 @2220arts.bsky.social we welcome Kevin Jerome Everson for a special double bill of the artist-filmmaker’s eclipse films, plus a vinyl pre-release of composer David Dominique’s mesmerizing WHEN THE SUN IS EATEN score!

One night only! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/b0faa048f2d0

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 9d

Join us tonight @2220arts.bsky.social as we welcome Ben Rivers for the LA premiere of BOGANCLOCH, a sequel to the landmark TWO YEARS AT SEA (2011), featuring filmmaker’s friend Jake Williams as a hermit in the Scottish wilderness.

Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum. 🎟️: link.dice.fm/q1c820beef1c

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 11d

Today! ✨

Urthworks: 3 Film by Ben Rivers

12:30pm: Doors/book launch 📕
1:00pm: Screening 🎥
In person: Ben Rivers

Tickets still available online or at the door
@2220arts.bsky.social! 🔗: link.dice.fm/c3a9fd0d0ce0

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 13d

Join us this Sunday @2220arts.bsky.social for the first of two screenings w/ British filmmaker Ben Rivers presented in collaboration with Los Angeles Filmforum!

First up, a trilogy of eye-popping speculative sci-fi films Rivers made w/ the author Mark von Schlegell. 🎟️: link.dice.fm/c3a9fd0d0ce0

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 14d

Tonight!⚡️

Everything Is Now: A Night of 1960s NY Avant-Garde with J. Hoberman

7pm: Book signing 📕🖊️
8pm: 16mm shorts program 🎥 🎞️
@2220arts.bsky.social

Featuring rarely screened films by Ken Jacobs, Ron Rice, Michael Snow, and Jud Yalkut!

🎟️: link.dice.fm/ca3f6ea4c66f

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 15d

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 16d

Thursday! 🎥 🎞️

The LA launch of legendary critic J. Hoberman’s new book on the 1960s New York avant-garde with a book signing and 16mm shorts program featuring rarely screen films by Ken Jacobs, Ron Rice, Michael Snow, and Jud Yalkut at @2220arts.bsky.social!

🎟️: link.dice.fm/ca3f6ea4c66f

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 21d

One week from today! 🎥 🎞️

Join us Sept 25 @2220arts.bsky.social as we welcome J. Hoberman for the LA launch of his new book on the 1960s avant-garde, Everything Is Now, featuring a book signing at 7pm, followed by a program of 16mm shorts and a Q&A w/ Hoberman!

🎟️: link.dice.fm/ca3f6ea4c66f

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 24d

Announcing! 📣

Kevin Jerome Everson: Eclipse Films

On October 20 @2220arts.bsky.social we welcome Kevin Jerome Everson for a double bill of the artist’s eclipse films, including the Los Angeles premiere of his latest, WHEN THE SUN IS EATEN (CHI’BAL K’IIN)! 🌗

🎟️: link.dice.fm/b0faa048f2d0

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 26d

Today! 🎥🌱 🌺🚶🏻‍♂️

Two by Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré
1:00pm: 7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN
2:45pm: VA, TOTO!

Tickets still available online or at the door @2220arts.bsky.social! link.dice.fm/b9eeccd2a0b5

Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Aug 18

Announcing! 📣

7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN + VA, TOTO!

On 9/13 we present a double bill by Pierre Creton & Vincent Barré—partners in art and life who apply their backgrounds in farming and sculpture to films that take a tactile approach to the natural world. link.dice.fm/b9eeccd2a0b5

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Sep 1

Announcing! 📣

Urthworks: 3 Films by Ben Rivers
UK, 2010-2019, 82min

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Bogancloch
dir. Ben Rivers
UK, Germany, Iceland, 2024, 85 min

Excited to partner w/ Los Angeles Filmforum for two screenings with British artist Ben Rivers—Sept 28 and 30
@2220arts.bsky.social! 🎟️: acropoliscinema.com

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tonight! 🚨

THE FRIENDS
directed by Shinji Sômai
Japan, 1994, 113 min

New 4K restoration—one night only, 8pm @2220arts.bsky.social! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/lbaeb1b84748?d…

Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Maybe the last great master of Japanese film history." —Kiyoshi Kurosawa

THE FRIENDS
directed by Shinji Sômai
Japan, 1994, 113 min

LA premiere of new 4K restoration—Tuesday @2220arts.bsky.social! 📷: link.dice.fm/lbaeb1b84748...

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Aug 25

Announcing! 📣

Everything Is Now: A Night of 1960s NY Avant-Garde with J. Hoberman

On 9/25 @2220arts.bsky.social we celebrate J. Hoberman’s Everything Is Now w/ a book signing, Q&A, and 16mm shorts program featuring films by Ken Jacobs, Ron Rice, & Michael Snow! acropoliscinema.com/films/everyt...

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Maybe the last great master of Japanese film history." —Kiyoshi Kurosawa

THE FRIENDS
directed by Shinji Sômai
Japan, 1994, 113 min

LA premiere of new 4K restoration—Tuesday @2220arts.bsky.social! 📷: link.dice.fm/lbaeb1b84748...

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Aug 18

Announcing! 📣

7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN + VA, TOTO!

On 9/13 we present a double bill by Pierre Creton & Vincent Barré—partners in art and life who apply their backgrounds in farming and sculpture to films that take a tactile approach to the natural world. link.dice.fm/b9eeccd2a0b5

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jul 29

Announcing! 📣

On August 26 @2220arts.bsky.social we present the LA premiere of the new 4K restoration of Japanese director Shinji Sômai’s late-period masterpiece THE FRIENDS, a comic coming-of-age chronicle about the emotional complexities of adolescence.

🎟️: link.dice.fm/lbaeb1b84748...

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Jessica Kiang @jessicakiang.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is a gorgeous film. variety.com/2024/film/re...

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tonight! 🚨

THE BALLED OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE
directed by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
United States, 2024, 75 min

Doors: 7:30pm
Screening: 8:00pm

One night only @2220arts.bsky.social! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/W97e5f34d1e9

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jul 21

Wednesday! ✨

Join us @2220arts.bsky.social for a special one-night-only presentation of artist-filmmaker Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich‘s acclaimed debut THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE, about a film crew coming to grips with the legacy of the surrealist French writer.

🎟️: link.dice.fm/W97e5f34d1e9

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jul 17

Next up at Acropolis! ✨

Join us on July 23 @2220arts.bsky.social for a special one night only screening of visual artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's debut THE BALLED OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE, a highlight of last year's Rotterdam, New York, and Toronto film festivals!

🎟️: link.dice.fm/W97e5f34d1e9

link.dice.fm

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jul 9

Tonight! 🚨

COLLECTIVE MONOLOGUE
directed by Jessica Sarah Rinland
Argentina, UK, 2024, 104 min

Join us as we welcome director Jessica Sarah Rinland for her first in-person appearance in LA—8pm @2220arts.bsky.social, co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/xbe4b2e28fae

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jul 5

Tuesday! 🦥

On July 8, in collaboration w/ Los Angeles Filmforum, we present the LA premiere of COLLECTIVE MONOLOGUE, a transfixing portrait of zoo workers and animals in Argentina, with director Jessica Sarah Rinland in person!

One night only @2220arts.bsky.social! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/xbe4b2e28fae

Jessica Sarah Rinland's Collective Monologue Tickets | $15 | 8 Jul @ 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles | DICE

Acropolis Cinema presents *Collective Monologue* (*Monólogo Colectivo*), directed by Jessica Sarah Rinland (2024), in person for the screening. Co-presented...

link.dice.fm

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jun 30

Announcing! 📣

On July 23 @2220arts.bsky.social we present Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE, in which a film crew grapples with the legacy of writer Suzanne Césaire, whose achievements have been overshadowed by the work of her poet husband. 🎟️: link.dice.fm/W97e5f34d1e9

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jun 29

Today! 🎻✨

Director Sofia Bohdanowicz joins us @2220arts.bsky.social for the LA premiere of her latest autobiographical fiction, MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL, starring Deragh Campbell as a woman who seeks to restage a composition by violinist Kathleen Parlow. link.dice.fm/nabec52b6fe8

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Acropolis Cinema @acropoliscinema.bsky.social · Jun 25

"Both a grand culmination of Bohdanowicz’s past decade of filmmaking and a bold leap forward." — Desistfilm

MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL
directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz
Canada, 2024, 142 min

Los Angeles premiere: this Sunday @2220arts.bsky.social. Director in person! 🎻 link.dice.fm/nabec52b6fe8

link.dice.fm

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