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Upcoming 2018 Events
Eldorado
November 15 • 7:30pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Director Markus Imhoof and Amnesty International USA Field Organizer Muna Sharif. Moderated by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times writerClick Here for Tickets:
The Actresses Roundtable
(Live Panel)
November 17 • Los Angeles
Live Panel with Actresses: Viola Davis (Widows) • Nicole Kidman (Destroyer/Boy Erased) • Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther) • Saoirse Ronan (Mary Queen of Scots) • Marina de Tavira (Roma) • Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?). Moderated by Mark Olsen and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times writers.This event is Invitation Only.
The Actors Roundtable
(Live Panel)
November 17 • Los Angeles
Live Panel with Actors: Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) • Viggo Mortenson (Green Book) • Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate) • John C. Reilly (The Sister Brothers) • Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) • Steven Yeun (Burning). Moderated by Mark Olsen and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times writers.This event is Invitation Only.
The Directors Roundtable
(Live Panel)
November 18 • Los Angeles
Live Panel with Directors: Spike Lee (Black Klansman) • Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) • Karyn Kusama (Destroyer) • Josie Rourke (Mary Queen of Scots) • Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) • Alfonso Cuaron (Roma). Moderated by Mark Olsen and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times writers.This event is Invitation Only.
The Kindergarten Teacher
(Netflix)
November 19 • 7:30pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal. Moderated by Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times writerClick Here for Tickets:
Dirty John
(Bravo)
November 27 • 7:30pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Actor Connie Britton, and Executive Producers Alexandra Cunningham, Richard Suckle and Jeffery Reiner. Moderated by Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times writerClick Here for Tickets:
Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts
(Cinesurya and HOOQ)
November 28 • 7:30pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Director Mouly Surya. Moderated by Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times writerClick Here for Tickets:
Past Events
Capernaum
(Sony Pictures Classics)
November 14 • 8:00pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Writer/Director Nadine Labaki, Producer/Composer Khaled Mouznar and Actor Zain Al Rafeea (with translator Sara Harakat). Moderated by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times writerPrivate Life
(Netflix)
November 12 • 7:00 pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Writer/Director/Producer Tamara Jenkins and Actor Kathryn Hahn. Moderated by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times writerCostume as Character: Setting the Scene in Film
(Live Panel)
November 10 • 3:00 pm Skirball Cultural Center, Magnin Auditorium
Live Panel with Designers: Erin Benach (A Star Is Born) • Ruth Carter (Black Panther) • Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) • Caroline Eselin (If Beale Street Could Talk) • Sandy Powell (Mary Poppins Returns/The Favourite) • Mary Zophres (First Man). Moderated by Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times writer.Better Call Saul
(Sony Pictures Television/Gran Via)
November 5 • 6:45 pm Montalban Theater
Q & A to follow with Bob Odenkirk (actor), Peter Gould (co-creator, executive producer) and Thomas Schnauz (writer, executive producer). Moderated by Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times writerThe Fourth Estate
(Showtime)

August 8 • 7 PM ArcLight Cinemas, Sherman Oaks
Q&A to follow with Liz Garbus (Director and Executive Producer), Jenny Carchman (Executive Producer), Justin Wilkes (Executive Producer), Dean Baquet (Executive Editor, The New York Times) and Matthew Rosenberg (Intelligence and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times)Waco
(Paramount Network)

May 10 • 7:30 PM ArcLight Cinemas, Sherman Oaks
Q&A to follow with actor Taylor Kitsch, and creators John Eric Dowdle and Drew Dowdle.Wild Wild Country
(Netflix)

May 15 • 7:00 PM Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles
Q&A to follow with directors Chapman Way and Maclain Way, executive producer Mark Duplass, and subject Ma Anand Sheela. Reception will follow the Q&A.The Shape of Water
(Fox Searchlight)

February 21 • 8 PM ArcLight Cinemas, Sherman Oaks
Q&A to follow with writer Vanessa Taylor and writer/director/producer Guillermo del Toro.Call Me By Your Name
(Sony Pictures Classics)

February 22 • 7:30 PM ArcLight Cinemas, Sherman Oaks
Q&A to follow with actor Timothée Chalamet.HEROIN(E)
(Netflix)

February 26 • 7:30 PM AMC DINE-IN Sunset 5West Hollywood
Q&A to follow with with director Elaine McMillion Sheldon.Phantom Thread
(Focus Features)

January 8 • 7:30 PM ArcLight Cinemas, Sherman Oaks
Q&A to follow with actress Vicky Krieps and costume designer Mark Bridges.










