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

Planning is currently underway for our next show at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre. We hope to be able to share a title and details in the near future.