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The greatest hip hop/breakdancing/graffiti/documentary/drama film is alive and well for a special Sunday screening under the stars of the 1983 classic Wild Style starring Fab Five Freddy, Grandmaster Flash and of course graf legend Lee. Presented by Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

From the Cinespia hip hop heads:

“Spirited, fun and funky, Wild Style bursts with flavor. Breakdancers, MCs, artists and DJs provide the backdrop for this sweet love story of two graffitti writers. Wild Style has become an invaluable document of the youthful and unaffected scene which became the hip hop movement. Filmed in the South Bronx, it captures the rare moment when these talented kids from one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country created the most important artistic movement of a generation. Starring Patti Astor, Lee Quinones, Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash and more. With special suprise guests !!

cinespia all star djs spin before and after the screening”

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Ray Liotta + Joe Pesci + Robert DeNiro + Lorraine Bracco x Martin Scorcese = my favorite movie of all time and an all-time classic, 1990’s Goodfellas and it’s playing alongside those who sleep with the fishes. Presented by Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. “Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.”

From the f-ing clowns at Cinespia:

“The classic gangster tale told by master filmmaker Martin Scorcese. Based on a true story, Henry Hill rises through through the ranks of the new york mafia in the 50s and 60s, moving from theft to murder. Goodfellas has become an iconic film, not only because of the rare glimpse into the secret world of the mob, but also the wild energy of the camera and hilarious and terrifying performances. Starring Ray Liotta, Robert Deniro and Joe Pesci, with an epic soundtrack loaded with the Rolling Stones, Nillson, the Shangri Las, George Harrison, Aretha Franklin and more.

dj carlos nino spins before and after the screening.”

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Enter a world of pure imagination surrounded by a world of pure dead people as Cinespia presents everyone’s favorite candy man (sorry Johnny Depp but it’s still Gene Wilder) along with everyone’s favorite orange midgets (sorry Tattoo) in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sweetens up the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Also…Daedelus spins before and after the screening!

From Cinespia:

“Classic children’s fantasy starring comic genius Gene Wilder. A visual treat, this movie is filled with wild and imaginative sets, colorful characters and of course, mountains of candy. Charlie is a poor boy who becomes one of five winners of the golden ticket, a special pass which brings him inside the wondrous and mysterious factory of Willy Wonka. Only one of the winners will win a lifetime supply of chocolate, and as they tour the factory, they are eliminated one by one. Come take a tour of the chocolate factory with us!”

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Cinespia presents an evening with two of the best con men to ever grace the screen as Paul Newman and Robert Redford star in 1973’s classic The Sting at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

From Cinespia:

“Paul Newman and Robert Redford are on the grift in this bright and entertaining comedy. In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to try to win a fortune from a criminal banker. The dream team of the stars and director of Butch Cassidy reassembled to make this cinematic jewel. Jam packed with plot twists, trickery and fleecing, The Sting is the winner of 7 academy awards.

DJs Hair and Carlos Nino spin before and after the movie.”

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Austin’s one-of-a-kind Alamo Drafthouse movie theater has teamed up with several of Los Angeles’ own purveyors of provocative film programming (The Cinefamily, Cinespia) as their touring Rolling Roadshow comes to town with a special (FREE!) screening of Jackie Brown presented by Quentin Tarantino and the film’s starts (schedule permitting). Co-presented by Levi’s “We Are All Workers” campaign.

Click here for complete screening details of the Rolling Roadshow’s LA leg.

From The Cinefamily:

“Austin TX’s legendary Alamo Drafthouse comes to Los Angeles, as part of their touring Rolling Roadshow extravaganza! This year, the Rolling Roadshow’s L.A. leg takes place at The Proud Bird (near LAX), and features an outdoor screening of Jackie Brown!

A down-on-his-luck bail bondsman (Robert Forester) finds himself wrapped up in a crime plot likely to break his heart and/or end his life. But after falling head-over-heels for gorgeous flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), there’s nowhere to go but straight through the wringer. Quentin Tarantino’s late ’90s masterpiece is a mountain of incredible parts: a crime story, a love story, a tribute to the most sincere cinema of the ’70s, and an unbelievable showcase for the talents of some of Hollywood’s very finest.

To properly celebrate Jackie Brown, we’ll be joining the director and stars (schedules permitting) in the shadow of LAX, where Pam Grier’s flight attendant gets busted by the ATF, kick-starting the high stakes game of double-cross and intrigue. Join us in the grassy rear lawn on the grounds of The Proud Bird (overlooking Los Angeles Int’l Airport). Flanked by vintage airplanes and with a view of the landing strip, this new location is the perfect spot for Tarantino’s airline-centric pot-boiler. Seating is not provided, so please bring your blankets or camping chairs to this event. Winners will also be drawn at random from the crowd to join us at The Proud Bird’s Doolittle Room for a VIP after-party.”

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I couldn’t think of a better place to die laughing than the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as Cinespia presents one of the funniest comedies of all time with the Jim Abrahams and Zucker brothers 1980 classic Airplane!

From Cinespia:

“The one that started it all! Wild, wacky and downright hilarious, Airplane is a brilliant send-up of 70s disaster films told in an endless stream of jokes. When the pilots of a plane become ill, the passengers only hope lies with an ex- army pilot, who’s terrified of flying. Loved for generations, Airplane is still one of the funniest movies ever made! With special guest star Kareem Abdul Jabaar. Join us under the skies for this classic screening. DJ Jun spins before and after the movie.”

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The Cinefamily’s month long tribute to an American art icon reaches it’s finale this Saturday evening as the Dennis Hopper film series appropriately ends with Hopper’s 1971 film The Last Movie. Following the film will be an outdoor after party and a special appearance from Hopper collaborator L.M. Kit Carson. The series of Dennis Hopper films was co-presented by the MOCA and Cinespia.

From the Cinefam:

“Following the massive reverberations of Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper had carte blanche and a $1 million budget to realize the project of his dreams. The result was The Last Movie, a beautifully raw folk symphony of cinematic romanticism — and his most ambitious effort behind the camera. Hopper plays a movie stuntman who’s working on the set of a Peruvian-shot, Hollywood-funded western. Then, he falls in love. Sound simple? It’s not. Initially conceived and edited as a linear narrative, The Last Movie was obsessively retooled by a haunted Hopper for nearly an entire year, and what emerged was an epic, constantly-in-flux fever dream that lobotomized the Godardian ideals of fiction vs. reality, reality vs. reality, form vs. content, and everything between. Rightly eulogized in Europe upon release (and wrongly reviled in the U.S.), this mesmerizing film is both a benchmark and an epitaph for Hollywood’s unhinged hippies and their uncompromising home movies. You may be challenged, but you’ll never be bored by The Last Movie. L.M. Kit Carson (co-director of The American Dreamer), will be here to tell stories of the making of The Last Movie — and join us on our backyard Spanish patio after the film, for the closing reception in honor of our Dennis Hopper retrospective!
Dir. Dennis Hopper, 1971, 35mm, 108 min.”

More Dennis Hopper:

• FRIDAY (July 30): Dennis Hopper in Out of the Blue & White Star @ The Cinefamily
• THURSDAY (July 29): Come As You Are @ PRISM
• SUNDAY (July 25): Dennis Hopper Triple Feature (Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, River’s Edge) & BBQ @ The Cinefamily
• FRIDAY (July 16): Dennis Hopper in Mad Dog Morgan & Kid Blue @ The Cinefamily
• SATURDAY (July 10): Dennis Hopper Double Standard @ MOCA
• FRIDAY (July 9): Easy Rider & The American Dreamer @ The Cinefamily
• SATURDAY (July 3): Cinespia Presents Easy Rider @ The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Dennis Hopper Too Cool For Cool School

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As the month long Dennis Hopper film series co-presented by The Cinefamily, the MOCA and Cinespia comes to a close this weekend, the second to last screening features two seldom seen Hopper films in Out Of The Blue (Hopper’s return to directing in 1980) and Roland Klick’s White Star.

Click here for film details and more from The Cinefamily.

More Dennis Hopper:

• THURSDAY (July 29): Come As You Are @ PRISM
• SUNDAY (July 25): Dennis Hopper Triple Feature (Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, River’s Edge) & BBQ @ The Cinefamily
• FRIDAY (July 16): Dennis Hopper in Mad Dog Morgan & Kid Blue @ The Cinefamily
• SATURDAY (July 10): Dennis Hopper Double Standard @ MOCA
• FRIDAY (July 9): Easy Rider & The American Dreamer @ The Cinefamily
• SATURDAY (July 3): Cinespia Presents Easy Rider @ The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Dennis Hopper Too Cool For Cool School
  

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The month long Dennis Hopper film series at The Cinefamily continues with an honorable triple feature of Hopper classics in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, David Anspaugh’s Hoosiers and Tim Hunter’s River’s Edge. Co-presented by the MOCA and Cinespia.

Click here for more from The Cinefamily.

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What better place to disco than in a cemetery? Saturday night is your chance to dance on graves with a young John Travolta as Cinespia trips the light fantastic with 1977’s Saturday Night Fever at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

BUT…the real reason to get down to the cemetery this weekend is to shake your ass to a special performance by the world famous Cut Chemist on the 1’s and 2’s!

From Cinespia:

“John Travolta’s first starring role as a brooklyn youth who becomes the neighborhood’s greatest disco dancer. With amazing dance numbers set to a Bee Gees powered soundtrack, Fever is a glimpse into the height of the disco days. DJ Cut Chemist makes a special appearance spinning before and after the movie. Join us for a special disco dancing night under the stars!!!”

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