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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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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.
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.
Eddie Murphy plays a cook who comes into the lives of a young girl and her terminally ill mother and forms an incredible bond with them.
The film is directed by Bruce Beresford, who also directed Academy Award-winner "Driving Miss Daisy." Beresford will join KCET Cinema Series host Pete Hammond for a Q&A session.
"Snowden" producers Eric Kopeloff and Rob Wilson visited the KCET Cinema Series to chat about Oliver Stone's biopic on the famed NSA whistleblower.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Edward Snowden in "Snowden." The film will screen Tuesday, September 6 at the KCET Cinema Series.
The feature directorial debut for Julia Hart, "Miss Stevens" is the story of a teacher whose life intertwines with those of her students on a trip to a drama competition.
"Miss Stevens" will show at the KCET Cinema Series on August 30. Single admission tickets will be available at the door for $25.
Acclaimed comedy-drama "The Hollars" stars and was directed by John Krasinski. The ensemble cast also features Margo Martindale, Richard Jenkins and Sharlto Copley as a family who must come together under trying circumstances.
Written by Jim Strouse and directed by John Krasinski, the film tells the story of a New York artist who heads back to his hometown to see his ailing mother.
The drama stars Matthew McConaughey as a professor who ends up inside Japan's notorious Sea of Trees, also known as Suicide Forest, where he meets an enigmatic stranger played by Ken Watanabe.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Chris Sparling, the compelling drama stars Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts and Ken Watanabe.