The New Bev Invites You to The Wright Stuff III: Movies Edgar Wright Has Never Seen

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The New Bev Invites You to The Wright Stuff III: Movies Edgar Wright Has Never Seen

If you're a film fan in Los Angeles, then you no doubt have an unapologetic love of the New Beverly, a wonderful revival theater that excels in scheduling films obscure, beloved, bygone, and everywhere in between. If you're a film fan virtually anywhere on the planet Earth, then you no doubt have an unapologetic love of Edgar Wright, the director and (in all cases but one) co-writer of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Spaced. Not just a filmmaker of unique, once-in-a-generation gifts, Wright is also a sentient film encyclopedia who has brought his love of film to the New Bev with two previous scheduling seasons, is hosting yet another, and for the Wright Stuff III, he's exploiting gaps in his knowledge.

The Wright Stuff III, starting this Friday, is a week of movies Edgar Wright has never seen, all shown in the spirit, "that you can’t be late to a party if the party never stops." The eclectic collection of films include a few of my favorites (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg!), but even if you're not familiar with them all, you'll be treated to appearances by not just Wright himself, but the likes of Peter Bogdanovich, Rian Johnson, James Gunn, Joe Carnahan, John Landis, Elvis Mitchell, and Patton Oswalt.

Below you'll find the full line-up, and if you head to Wright's blog or the official New Beverly site, you can find more information and, of course, tickets.

Friday, December 9th: Rock and Roll All Night

7:30 pm / The Girl Can’t Help It

1956, USA, 99 minutes, 35mm, Criterion Pictures USA/20th Century Fox
Directed by Frank Tashlin

9:40 pm / Get Crazy

1983, USA, 92 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by Allan Arkush

Midnight / Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010, USA/UK/Canada, 112 minutes, 35mm, Universal Pictures
Directed by Edgar Wright

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright & Allan Arkush (Schedule permitting)

Saturday, December 10th: Stone Face vs Little Tramp vs Uncle Claude

7:00 pm / Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928, USA, 70 minutes, 35mm, Kino International
Directed by Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton (uncredited)

8:40 pm / Modern Times

1936, USA, 87 minutes, 35mm, Janus Films
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin

10:40 pm / The Bank Dick

1940, USA, 72 minutes, 35mm, Universal Pictures
Directed by Edward F. Cline

Evening screening hosted by Edgar Wright with Greg Mottola & Bob Wiede.

Sunday, December 11th: Far Out & Far East

7:00 pm / The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

1953, USA, 92 minutes, 35mm, Sony Pictures Repertory
Directed by Roy Rowland

9:00 pm / Kwaidan

1964, Japan, 161 minutes, 35mm, Janus Films
Directed by Masaki Koybayashi

Evening screening hosted by Edgar Wright, Patton Oswalt & John Landis.

Monday, December 12th: The New Romantics

7:30 pm / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964, France/West Germany, 91 minutes, 35mm, Zeitgeist Films
Written and Directed by Jacques Demy

9:30 pm / Chungking Express

1996, Hong Kong, 102 minutes, 35mm, Swank/Miramax Films
Written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright & James Gunn.

Tuesday, December 13th: The Rise and Fall and Rise and...

7:30 pm / White Heat

1949, USA, 114 minutes, 35mm, Warner Bros.
Directed by Raoul Walsh

9:55 pm / Throne of Blood

1957, Japan, 110 minutes, 35mm, Janus Films
Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright & Rian Johnson.

Wednesday, December 14th: Farewell John, Hello Sam

7:30 pm / The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962, USA, 123 minutes, 35mm, Paramount Pictures
Directed by John Ford

10:00 pm / Ride the High Country

1962, USA, 94 minutes, 35mm, Warner Bros. (of an MGM release)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright, Peter Bogdanovich & Joe Carnahan.

Thursday, December 15th: Hangdog & Underdog

7:30 pm / To Be or Not to Be

1942, USA, 99 minutes, 35mm
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

9:40 pm / The Bad News Bears

1976, USA, 102 minutes, 35mm, Paramount Pictures
Directed by Michael Ritchie

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright, Leonard Maltin, Larry Karaszewski & Doug Benson.

Friday, December 16th: Noir is the New Black

7:30 pm / Hickey & Boggs

1972, USA, 111 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by Robert Culp

9:50 pm / Cutter’s Way

1981, USA, 105 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by Ivan Passer

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright, Elvis Mitchell & Josh Olson.

Midnite / The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984, USA, 103 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by W. D. Richter

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright & Kevin Smith.

Wright is a lively, ingratiating presence in person, and his enthusiasm for film is completely infectious. You can't go wrong with any one of these nights at the New Bev, but I'm particularly thrilled about The New Romantics, as well as Farewell John, Hello Sam. We'll see you there, folks.