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Ends Mar 1
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered Animated, Live Action and Documentary this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, dont miss this years selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.
Monday, Feb 17
7:30 PM Tuesday, Feb 18
4:30 PM Wednesday, Feb 19
1:15 PM ...Ends Mar 1
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered Animated, Live Action and Documentary this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, dont miss this years selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.
Monday, Feb 17
4:00 PM Tuesday, Feb 18
1:00 PM Wednesday, Feb 19
6:30 PM ...Ends Mar 1
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered Animated, Live Action and Documentary this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, dont miss this years selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.
Monday, Feb 17
1:30 PM Tuesday, Feb 18
7:15 PM Wednesday, Feb 19
4:00 PM ...Opens Feb 21
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and ...
Friday, Feb 21
10:00 PM Opens Feb 22
In recognition of Black History please invite you to join us for a special screening of The Big Payback, a powerful documentary exploring the fight for reparations in America.
The film follows the journey of Evanston, Illinois, the first U.S. city to implement a reparations program for Black residents, sparking a nationwide conversation on racial justice and economic equity.
Following the screening, engage in a thought-provoking discussion with Melissa Morgan of Black Worker Hub and Emmy Award-winning ...
Saturday, Feb 22
1:30 PM Opens Feb 23
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations ...
Sunday, Feb 23
11:00 AM Opens Feb 28
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israels occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with a journalist from the other side who joins his fight. An elegantly assembled diary of the Palestinian experience, No Other Land is a harrowing document that leaves traces of hope for a better future.
Friday, Feb 28
11:00 AM Saturday, Mar 1
11:00 AM Opens Feb 28
The songs of the Beatles provide the sonic framework for this musical tale of romance, war and peace. When young British worker Jude (Jim Sturgess) sets sail for the United States in search of his father, he ends up meeting carefree college student Max (Joe Anderson) and his lovely sister, Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a cast of eccentric characters. As Jude and Lucy fall for each other, their relationship is threatened by the ...
Friday, Feb 28
10:00 PM Opens Mar 2
Enjoy watching the Red Carpet ceremony? Dont have an exclusive ticket for the awards in Hollywood? No problem, The Art Theatre of Long Beach is holding its annual Red Carpet Awards Fundraiser! While you watch the Awards Live, your contribution will help preserve Long Beachs last remaining independent theatre. Join us in your formal finest (or not no pressure) for a viewing party you will not forget. This unique event takes place Sunday, March ...
Sunday, Mar 2
4:00 PM Opens Mar 3
The english-languaged debut from Academy Award-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Monday, Mar 3
3:15 PM 6:00 PM Tuesday, Mar 4
2:00 PM 4:45 PM Thursday, Mar 6
3:15 PM 6:00 PM ...Opens Mar 10
Music for Mushrooms (2024) documents East Forests journey as he explores the intersection of music and psychedelics, using this powerful combination to facilitate transformative healing in a world increasingly in need. A long-time collaborator of the late Ram Dass, East Forest blends shamanistic practices with guided psychedelic experiences, creating spaces where participants can confront their pain and fears, rediscover hope, and reconnect with their inner compass.
Through deeply intimate encounters with individuals whose lives have been ...
Monday, Mar 10
7:00 PM Opens Mar 28
Please join us following the film for an in-person Q and A with director Ed Cunningham. ~A musical documentary following 74-year-old Walter Day - the father of esports and star of "The King of Kong" - as he battles a lawsuit threatening his legacy while fulfilling his dream of recording and performing the rock-opera style love songs he has been hearing in his head since having his heart broken at the height of the arcade ...
Friday, Mar 28
7:00 PM Opens Apr 5
Saturday April 5, 2025, the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble brings their original live score to the 1920 silent classic THE GOLEM to the historic ART THEATRE in Long Beach, California!
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
About Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble:
JCDE sparks new life with original scores to classic ...
Saturday, Apr 5
7:00 PM Enjoy having your name, brand, company or any person you wish to celebrate, laser engraved on a plaque on your very own Art Theatre seat. When you sponsor a seat, we can also acknowledge your gift to a recipient of your choice.
WINE
Our intimate wine bar brings you the best in personally chosen wines from around the globe. Enjoy artisanal meats and cheeses to make your visit a complete evening to remember.
ABOUT ART DU VIN ►
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Voted THE NUMBER ONE INDEPENDENT THEATRE in Los Angeles, the Art opened as a silent movie theatre and included a pipe organ and orchestra pit. It is the oldest operating single screen house in Long Beach. Our art deco, streamline moderne-style historical landmark is famous for its screening of the most imaginative and stimulating independent, documentary, animated, alternative lifestyle, and foreign language films. After one million dollars of loving restoration, the addition of a wine bar and coffee bar, The Art Theatre is the perfect destination for memorable evening.