Welcome to Insomniac Cinema hosted by Andrew Gualtieri, where classic films are shown the way the filmmakers intended: on the big screen (measured in feet, not inches!) with big sound and a total film experience.
Insomniac Cinema has returned to the L.A. midnight movie scene! Check out our great films at our newly-acquired Westwood complex! (All Westwood midnight shows are now on Saturday nights.)
31 Jul 2010, Midnight • Pasadena
Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the mysterious Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos has began! The evil race of grotesque birdlike lizards the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Meanwhile the orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of the peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal which gives the Skesis their power and restore the balance of the universe.
4 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Agoura Hills
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
5 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Ventura
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In 1985, Doc Brown invents time travel; in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake. He's the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born!
Saturday, 7 Aug 2010, Midnight • Westwood Village
Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood -- unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course, and that's quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the famed "One-Eyed" Willy's hidden fortune, Mikey, Brandon, and their friends Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, Andrea "Andy" Carmichael, Stefanie "Stef" Steinbrenner, and Richard "Data" Wang, calling themselves The Goonies, set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood. The treasure is in a cavern, but the entrance to the cavern is under the house of evil thief Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake Fratelli, Francis Fratelli, and the severely disfigured Lotney "Sloth" Fratelli. Sloth befriends the Goonies and decides to help them.
7 Aug 2010, Midnight • Pasadena
Quentin Tarantino won an Oscar for this violent film about "The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption."
Starring John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Amanda Plummer and Bruce Willis. Rated R (for all kinds of reasons!)
11 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Agoura Hills
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
12 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Ventura
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You've GOTTA see this film. The knobs go to 11!
Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Directed by Rob Reiner and starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer.
Saturday, 14 August 2010, Midnight • Westwood Village
Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.
Stars David Bowie and Jennifer Connolly; directed by Jim Henson.
Rated PG.
14 Aug 2010, Midnight • Pasadena
Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
18 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Agoura Hills
The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. They do not travel on horses, but pretend they do and have their servants bang coconuts to make the sound of horse's hooves. Through satire of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the Grail, scenes of the knight's tales appear and why they have the name they have. Throughout their search they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade), others from not answering a question right from the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film, so they were not able to get into the castle.
19 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Ventura
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
21 Aug 2010, Midnight • Westwood Village
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination! A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
21 Aug 2010, Midnight • Pasadena
A gang called The Warriors is framed for killing a gang leader trying to unite all the gangs in the area. With other gangs gunning for them they must get back to the home turf of Coney Island... Alive.
25 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Agoura Hills
One of Stanley Kubrick's finest films, with an incredible all-star cast. Peter Sellers plays three roles, while George C Scott, Keenan Wynn, James Earl Jones, Sterling Hayden, and Slim Pickens each play one.
An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
An outstanding piece of satire. You must see it on the big screen!
26 Aug 2010, 7:30 PM • Ventura
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Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.
Stars David Bowie and Jennifer Connolly; directed by Jim Henson.
Rated PG.
27 Aug 2010, Midnight • Ventura
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"A Different Set of Jaws"
Do you really need a description? Do you NOT know about the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Saturday, 28 August 2010, Midnight • Westwood Village
Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the mysterious Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos has began! The evil race of grotesque birdlike lizards the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Meanwhile the orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of the peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal which gives the Skesis their power and restore the balance of the universe.
28 Aug 2010, Midnight • Pasadena
High Times. Hard Bodies. Soft Rock. Summer camp hijinks, set in 1981.
Films we're considering for the next calendar. Tell us what you think!
Locations
Westwood Village
(two theatres across the street from each other)
Bruin Theatre
948 Broxton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
phone: 310.208.8998
Village Theatre
961 Broxton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
phone: 310.208.5576
Agoura Hills
Regency Agoura 8
29045 Agoura Rd. (at Kanan)
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
phone: 818.707.9966
Ventura
Ventura
Regency Buenaventura 6
1440 Eastman Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
phone: 805.658.6544
Pasadena
Regency Academy Cinemas
1003 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91106
phone: 626.229.9400
Ticket Prices
Ventura: $6 advance/
$9 day of show
Pasadena: $8
Los Angeles: $9
Agoura Hills: $8