In place of a full calendar this month, we have a very select group of films and retrospectives you simply must see, including one hilarious Halloween special screening.<\/p>\n
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Due to my thesis film encompassing my life, I won\u2019t have enough time this month to put together an actual calendar (the calendar will return in November).\u00a0 I know you\u2019re all disappointed, but I\u2019m still going to do my best to steer you in the right direction this month with a list of the best repertory screenings in LA in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
\u00a0If you were asked to name the most talented director in the world today the list would undoubtedly include names like Scorsese, Almodovar, Tarantino, and Paul Thomas Anderson.\u00a0 With the recent release of The Master<\/em>, any doubt that Anderson\u2019s name deserves to be in the same league as the other directors listed was ensured.\u00a0 For those of you who don\u2019t know how Anderson became the director he is today, you\u2019re in luck as the New Beverly Cinema is doing a retrospective of his work, five films in all: Hard Eight<\/em>, Boogie Nights<\/em>, Magnolia<\/em>, Punch-Drunk Love<\/em>, and There Will Be Blood<\/em>.\u00a0 The retrospective is a crash course in modern cinematic greatness and also allows viewers the ability to see the changes in Anderson\u2019s filmmaking style post-Magnolia<\/em>.\u00a0 This is an event not to be missed, and more importantly, one that should undoubtedly be followed by a screening of The Master <\/em>in 70mm at the nearby Arclight Hollywood.<\/p>\n \u00a0The filmmaking community was shocked and saddened by the recent suicide of director Tony Scott.\u00a0 In his memory, the American Cinematheque is showing three double features of some of his best work including a 70mm double feature of Top Gun <\/em>and Days of Thunder<\/em>.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity to see the work of a vastly talented director who has somehow gone underappreciated.<\/p>\n \u00a0This is where sci-fi cinema truly begins.\u00a0 Yes, Melies and various other filmmakers toyed around with the genre before Lang made this masterpiece, but this is the film that forever changed sci-fi cinema.\u00a0 Released in 1927, the film was severely cut after its premiere and the full length cut was thought lost forever.\u00a0 However, in 2008, a 16mm reduction negative of the original cut of the film was discovered in South America.\u00a0 It was restored and re-released in a handful of theatres and now is your chance to see the film the way it was meant to be seen.<\/p>\n \u00a0I have a soft spot for this film, so much so that it\u2019s on my list of the top 10 films of the last decade.\u00a0 It\u2019s brilliantly written, acted, directed, edited, etc.\u00a0 The whole thing is just perfect, not to mention it\u2019s incredibly funny.\u00a0 A parody of the zombie film, in addition to being a rather scathing social commentary (as all the Romero films are), it\u2019s also the first film teaming of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost.\u00a0 Aside from Ghostbusters<\/em> (which is playing at the Cinematheque tonight as well), this should be your first choice in terms of Halloween movie watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Max's Must-See October 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Scott retrospective at the American Cinematheque (Oct. 25, 26, 28)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u00a0The Complete Metropolis at LACMA on Oct. 13th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Shaun of the Dead on Halloween at Regency Theatre in Costa Mesa<\/strong><\/h3>\n