Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Lincoln,’ ‘The Searchers,’ ‘Prisoner of Azkaban,’ ‘Up’ and more

Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"
Daniel Day-Lewis portrays the sixteenth U.S. president Steven Spielberg’s 2012 historic drama “Lincoln.”
(DreamWorks Photos / Twentieth Century Fox)

Discover a flick with our weekly curated listing of traditional motion pictures, cult favorites, movie festivals, and so forth., taking part in at theaters and pop-ups and/or streaming on-line. Earlier than you go, keep in mind to name or verify on-line for reservation necessities and different COVID-19 protocols.

‘Betty Blue’
French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix, who died in January, is remembered with a screening of his erotic 1986 art-house hit about an aspiring novelist (Jean-Hugues Anglade) who has a passionate affair with a unstable youthful girl (Béatrice Dalle). American Cinematheque on the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18. $8, $13. americancinematheque.com

‘Days of Heaven’
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams and Sam Shepard kind a romantic triangle in 1916 Texas in writer-director Terrence Malick’s visually ravishing 1978 interval drama. The Frida Cinema, Calle Cuatro Plaza, 305 E. 4th St., Santa Ana. 5:45 and eight p.m. Feb. 23-25. $10.50. thefridacinema.org

‘The Gospel In keeping with St. Matthew’
A celebration of the movies of Pier Paolo Pasolini contains the director’s hypnotic, neo-realist 1964 retelling of the lifetime of Christ, which screens with the Pasolini-directed 1965 making-of documentary “Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo.” In Italian with English subtitles. Offered in 35 millimeter. Academy Museum of Movement Photos, Ted Mann Theater, 6067 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21. $7-$12. academymuseum.org

‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’
Daniel Radcliffe performs the previous and Gary Oldman the latter on this 2004 entry within the fantasy franchise tailored from the J.Ok. Rowling novels. Alfonso Cuarón directs. Alamo Drafthouse, 700 W. seventh St., downtown L.A. 2 and 5:45 p.m. Feb. 19, 5 p.m. Feb. 20, 2:45 p.m. Feb. 21 and 23, 6 p.m. Feb. 22. $18. drafthouse.com

‘La Dolce Vita’
When in Rome, Marcello Mastroianni does because the Romans do in Federico Fellini’s acclaimed 1960 comedy-drama a few journalist dwelling the candy life within the Everlasting Metropolis. Offered in 35 millimeter. In Italian, English, French and German with English subtitles. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. 7 p.m. Feb. 18-19, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20. $12; advance buy really helpful. thenewbev.com

‘Woman Sings the Blues’
Motown legend Diana Ross is jazz legend Billie Vacation in fiftieth anniversary screenings of this 1972 bio-drama. Sidney J. Furie directs and Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor additionally star. TCM Massive Display screen Classics, varied native theaters (see web site). 3 and seven p.m. Feb. 20, 7 p.m. Feb. 23. $15. fathomevents.com

‘Mala Noche (Unhealthy Evening)’ with ‘Cover & Search’
The UCLA Movie & Tv Archive’s “Pioneers of Queer Cinema” retrospective will get underway with a double invoice that pairs filmmaker Gus Van Sant’s black and white 1986 debut characteristic with Su Friedrich’s black and white 1996 coming-of-age fable. Offered in 35 millimeter and 16 millimeter, respectively, with Van Sant available for a Q&A. UCLA Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18. Free; advance registration closed; standby line obtainable. cinema.ucla.edu

‘The Searchers’
John Wayne stars as a relentless former Accomplice soldier on a mission to rescue his younger niece (Natalie Wooden) from a Comanche raiding occasion in John Ford’s epic 1956 western. American Cinematheque on the Los Feliz 3, 1822 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. 4 p.m. Feb. 19. $8, $13. americancinematheque.com

‘Stormy Climate’
Black showbiz legends Lena Horne, Invoice “Bojangles” Robinson, Cab Calloway, Dooley Wilson, Fat Waller and the Nicholas Brothers take it to the stage on this jumpin’ 1946 musical. UCLA Movie & Tv Archive, UCLA Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Free; advance registration really helpful; standby line obtainable. cinema.ucla.edu

‘The Story of a Three-Day Move’
An African American soldier in Paris romances a neighborhood store woman in pioneering Black filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles’ underappreciated 1968 drama tailored from his personal novel, “La Permission.” In French and English with English subtitles. Mind Useless Studios on the Silent Film Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. 3 p.m. Feb. 20. $12; advance buy required. studios.wearebraindead.com

‘The Tree of Life’
What do Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, the massive bang, dinosaurs, the Outdated Testomony and a filmmaker’s childhood in suburban Fifties Texas all have in frequent? Your guess is nearly as good as ours within the aforementioned Terrence Malick’s sprawling 2011 exploration of life, the universe and every thing. Academy Museum of Movement Photos, Ted Mann Theater, 6067 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 2 p.m. Feb. 18. $5. academymuseum.org

‘Up’
A widower and a stowaway Boy Scout take to the sky in a balloon-powered home on this fantastical 2009 animated journey from the kindly of us at Pixar. With the voices of Ed Asner and Christopher Plummer. Santa Monica Airport, 3233 Donald Douglas Loop S., Santa Monica. 6 p.m. Feb. 19. $20 per automobile plus $8 per individual; ages 3 and youthful, free; advance tickets required. streetfoodcinema.com

‘Younger Mr. Lincoln’ with ‘Lincoln’
A Presidents’ Day double characteristic kicks off with Henry Fonda as Sincere Abe within the aforementioned John Ford’s 1939 biopic, adopted by Daniel Day-Lewis’ flip because the Nice Emancipator in Steven Spielberg’s monumental 2012 historic drama (offered in 35 millimeter). Secret Film Membership on the Million Greenback Theater, 307 S. Broadway, downtown L.A. 11 a.m. and a couple of p.m. Feb. 21. $14-$24; advance buy required. secretmovieclub.com

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