Film Events

MARY POPPINS on Monday, December 26th

It will definitely be a jolly holiday as the Alex Film Society presents Disney's enduring classic Mary Poppins at Hollywood's Legion Theater on Monday, December 26th at 2PM. Considered a motion picture technological marvel when first released in 1964 – long before the advent of digital special effects – the film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, winning five, for Actress, Song, Musical Score, Editing and Visual Effects. Memorable songs, which shaped the childhood of an entire generation, include A Spoonful of Sugar, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-ee, and of course Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Presented with the Legion Theater's state-of-the-art projection and sound, chances are that you'll have the opportunity to experience the film as you never have before. General Admission - Online Ticket Sales Available Now Tickets may be purchased in advance online, then printed at home, or downloaded to your phone. Tickets to Mary Poppins make the perfect Holiday gift. Ticket Prices Adults - $15.00 Member Groups*  - $10.00 Students & Seniors - $10.00 Kids 11 and under - $10.00 *Members of the Alex Film Society, Hollywood Heritage, the Film Noir Foundation, Secret Movie Club & Retroformat Silent Films. Tickets are now available at the following link: Mary Poppins 12/26/22 at 2PM Location and Parking Address: 2035 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90068. Limited free parking for this event is available in the lot behind the theater. Additional free parking is available across Highland Avenue from the theater in front of the Hollywood Heritage Museum - this is also known as Hollywood Bowl Lot D. Enter the lot from either Odin St. or Milner Rd. Parking is free for cars

The Three Stooges® Big Screen Event! – 11/26/22

The Alex Film Society is pleased to announce that tickets for the twenty-third annual edition of The Three Stooges® Big Screen Event!, presented in association with C3 Entertainment, are now on sale. This annual holiday tradition at Glendale’s historic Alex Theatre returns on Saturday, November 27th with shows at 2:00 and 8:00 PM.

The Omen (1976) on Sunday, Oct. 30

The Omen - poster

Richard Donner's modern horror classic The Omen will screen on Sunday, October 30th at 4:00 PM at the Alex Theatre in Glendale as part of the Hocus-Focus Halloween Film Festival. In 1962 Gregory Peck earned an Oscar® for his portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, in which he protected his children Scout and Jem from both the perceived threat of neighborhood recluse Boo Radley as well as the overt racism prevalent in their small 1930s Alabama town. Fourteen years later Peck returned to the screen as the father of a young son named Damien. Their happy home life in England with wife Lee Remick slowly and terrifyingly unravels as the parents come to the realization that their young son may in fact be the Antichrist. Following a wildly successful theatrical release in the Summer of 1976, the film left an indelible mark on popular culture, introducing the number "666" as the Biblical "mark of the beast" to the general populace, and branding countless social castoffs and playground misfits with the moniker "Damien." The Hocus-Focus Film Festival Presented by The Alex Picture Show, the festival will present seven classic horror films from Friday through Sunday, October 28 - 30 at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre. Titles to be shown: Donnie Darko - Friday at 7:00 & 10:00 PM Hellboy - Saturday at 1:00 PM The Sixth Sense - Saturday at 4:00 PM The Shining - Saturday at 7:00 PM Beetlejuice - Sunday at 1:00 PM The Omen - Sunday at 4:00 PM A Nightmare on Elm Street - Sunday at 7:00 PM For more information regarding both The

AFS Events at Film Week Glendale 10/4/22

Los Angeles Plays Itself and Dawson City: Frozen Time on 10/4/22

The Alex Film Society is honored to participate in Film Week Glendale, which is a sidebar of the Glendale International Film Festival, running from September 29 through October 6 at the Laemmle Glendale 5, just around the corner from the Alex Theatre in downtown Glendale. We’ve selected two outstanding films that transcend their categorization as documentaries, emerging as masterful explorations of the power of cinema to capture reality and preserve it for all time, and to create new realities that often achieve the status of myth. Both films are composed virtually entirely of footage from other films, assembled to reflect the unique vision of their respective directors. Tickets for both films are now available at the following link: Laemmle Glendale 5 Web site Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 2:00 & 7:00 PM “THE BEST DOCUMENTARY EVER MADE ABOUT LOS ANGELES.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen’s encyclopedic exploration of how Los Angeles has been depicted in movies, is as sprawling as the city itself. Featuring clips from more than two hundred films, from well-known titles like Chinatown, L.A. Confidential and Blade Runner, through ‘40s film noir to genre films like Gone in 60 Seconds and more obscure independent titles such as Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, Andersen charts the course of motion picture history in parallel with that of the city. In three chapters spanning close to three hours of screen time – “The City as Background,” The City as Character” and “The City as Subject” – Andersen examines the reality of Los Angeles versus the

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