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Cinema Series

Since its inception in 1994, the Cinema Series welcomes movie fans to enjoy preview screenings of the best of Hollywood, independent and festival films prior to their release in theaters or streaming.

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Celebrating three decades of great new films.

The Cinema Series is held on Tuesday evenings at the Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles. Each preview screening is followed by an in-depth conversation with the filmmakers, actors, or other special guests.

The virtual Cinema Series screenings of new films are presented periodically and include a conversation with the filmmakers and top talent.

Popular film critic Pete Hammond hosts both Cinema Series experiences.



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Directed by Jeff Nichols, "Loving" features Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga
Director Jeff Nichols and actors Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton chatted about "Loving" at the KCET Cinema Series this week. The film depicts the 1967 Supreme Court case Loving vs. Virginia, which ruled that interracial couples could marry.
Directed by Jeff Nichols, "Loving" features Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga
Civil Rights-era drama "Loving," centers on a couple whose marriage becomes the basis for Loving vs. Virginia, the 1967 Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage across the country.
 "American Pastoral" movie starring Ewan McGregor and Jennifer Connelly (featured)
"American Pastoral," based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Philip Roth, features Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning as a family pulled apart during traumatic times.
Arclight
The Winter KCET Cinema Series takes place in theatre number two at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks. We received an overwhelming response for the winter series so we apologize to those of you who are unable to attend the series. 
"American Pastoral" featuring Ewan Mcgregorand and Jennifer Connelly
It's a movie about "family and what keeps us together and what tears us apart." Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut with "American Pastoral," which stars McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, and Dakota Fanning.
"The Carey Treatment" featuring James Coburn
A rare 35 mm print of 1972 film "The Carey Treatment" screened at the KCET Cinema Series. Actress Jennifer Edwards stopped by to speak about the film, her work, and 1968's 'Heidi' Game.
"The Carey Treatment" statting James Coburn
"The Carey Treatment" stars James Coburn as a pathologist who is drawn into a deep source of corruption at the local hospital when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
"Denial" movie poster
Much-anticipated film "Denial" is based on the true story of Deborah Lipstadt, an author who had to fight a libel case against her to prove that the Holocaust happened.
Loving, the Film
The KCET Cinema Series returns to the ArcLight Cinemas Sherman Oaks for the winter series. KCET Cinema Series members will have the opportunity to preview…
Rachel Weisz in "Denial"
Rachel Weisz portrays historian Deborah E. Lipstadt who, after the release of her book, is sued for libel by a Holocaust denier.
"A Man Called Ove" movie
Record-breaking box office Swedish film "A Man Called Ove" screened at the fall KCET Cinema Series last week. The movie follows a grouchy man who strikes up an unexpected friendship with his new neighbors.
"A Man Called Ove" movie
The film is Sweden's entry for the Academy Awards. Director Hannes Holm will join Pete Hammond for a Q&A session following the screening.
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