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Laemmle's Monica Film Center

1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Movieline: 1-(310)-478-3836

Website: https://www.laemmle.com

Apocalypse in the Tropics (PG-13)

Cast: Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Lula
Runtime: 1 hr. 50 mins.

When does a democracy end, and a theocracy begin? In Apocalypse in the Tropics, director Petra Costa takes us on a decade-long journey through the spiritual and political upheaval of Brazil. What begins as a search for signs of life in a fragile democracy transforms into a deeper inquiry into the seductions of power, prophecy and belief. Costa gains extraordinary access to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President Jair Bolsonaro and the nation’s magnetic televangelist Silas Malafaia. More than a chronicle of political change, Apocalypse in the Tropics is a cinematic investigation of the fault lines that emerge when religion fuels political ambition. With the savage clarity that defined her Academy Award–nominated The Edge of Democracy, Costa documents a time of kaleidoscopic confusion and fear with intimate observational filmmaking that braids together the personal, the historic and the mythic. As faith shifts from private refuge to public battleground, Brazil holds a mirror to a world where democracies are being tested by the power of prophecy.

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Sovereign (R)

Cast: Nick Offerman, Dennis Quaid
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 mins.

Inspired by true events, SOVEREIGN is a tense and provocative true crime thriller about a father and his teenage son — Jerry and Joseph Kane (Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay) — who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system, a deeply anti-establishment worldview rooted in distrust of government authority. As the pair travel across the country delivering self-taught legal seminars and pushing back against systems they believe have failed them, their journey brings them into conflict with Police Chief Jim Bouchart (Dennis Quaid), setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle, and the limits of freedom.

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Jurassic World Rebirth (PG-13)

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey
Runtime: 2 hr. 13 mins.

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.

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F1 The Movie (PG-13)

Cast: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris
Runtime: 2 hr. 35 mins.

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition—and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

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Materialists (R)

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal
Runtime: 1 hr. 57 mins.

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

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The Life Of Chuck (R)

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill
Runtime: 1 hr. 51 mins.

From the hearts and minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan comes THE LIFE OF CHUCK, the extraordinary story of an ordinary man. This unforgettable, genre-bending tale celebrates the life of Charles 'Chuck' Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

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Bad Shabbos (NR)

Cast: Milana Vayntrub, Kyra Sedgwick
Runtime: 1 hr. 24 mins.

An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way.

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Short Film Program ()



This program features a series of short films.

OCULUS-SPEI • Reserved Seating

The Polish Women ()

Cast: Valentina Herszage, Caco Ciocler
Runtime: 2 hr. 5 mins.

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