You’re acting like a first year fucking thief! I’m acting like a professional! -Mr. Pink Downtown Independent Presents RESERVOIR DOGS & NATURAL BORN KILLERS Ratings: R (Both Films) | Runtimes: 99 & 118 Minutes | Years: 1992 & 1994 | Trailers: Dogs / Killers Friday, May 25th, 2012 | Doors: 7:00 PM / Films: 8:00 & 10:00 […]

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Aside from that, the simple answer is: run like a motherfucker and don’t stop till the sun comes up. -Eugene Downtown Independent Presents BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON Rating: R | Runtime: 92 Minutes | Year: 2006 | Trailer: Mask Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 | 10:00 PM Director Scott Glosserman, Writer David Stieve and Composer […]

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I started exploring the idea of making a film that explores what it means that so much of us as an urban population live without darkness and certainly without the night sky. -Ian Cheney Downtown Independent Presents THE CITY DARK Rating: Unrated | Runtime: 83 Minutes | Year: 2011 | Trailer: City Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, April 10th, […]

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I don’t know who these characters are until I start writing. It just came so fast—I actually had a fever, I was really sick when I started writing, and that’s where the title came from initially. -Dustin Guy Defa Downtown Independent Presents BAD FEVER Rating: Unrated | Runtime: 77 Minutes | Year: 2012 | Trailer: Fever Monday, April […]

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What are we longing for? Where does all this yearning come from? -Pina Bausch Downtown Independent Presents PINA Rating: PG | Runtime: 103 Minutes | Year: 2011 | Trailer: Pina Monday, March 5th, 2012 | 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 PM Runs ’til Thursday, March 8th! Click here for Showtimes! Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St. Los Angeles, […]

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It’s a rare privilege to be able to tell the story of how sometimes change has too much momentum to be stopped. You can’t kill an idea whose time has come. -Chris Paine Downtown Independent Presents REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 90 Minutes | Year: 2011 | Trailer: Revenge Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 […]

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We wanted to create something timeless. The film is not totally black and white. We prefer to describe it as pearlescent… -Vincent Morisset Downtown Independent Presents INNI Rating: Unrated | Runtime: 74 Minutes | Year: 2011 | Trailer: Inni Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | 7:00 PM Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA […]

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I like SIN CITY by American Comics creator Frank Miller. I took influence from things like how he unifies the shadows through the use of blacks. -Takeshi Koike Downtown Independent Presents REDLINE Rating: Unrated | Runtime: 102 Minutes | Year: 2009 | Trailer: Redline Monday, December 5th, 2011 | 9:00 PM (Dubbed) Tuesday, December 6th, […]

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