Preview:
- Beyond Fest is back in Los Angeles for its 12 year later this month.
- ‘Salem’s Lot,’ ‘The Brutalist’ and more will receive premieres.
- Filmmakers including Sam Raimi, Shane Black and more will present retrospectives.
Now entering its 12th year, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, Beyond Fest is back offering even more exciting screenings and talks with filmmakers.
The event, which has brought first looks at new movies and more to fans for years, is back this month, boasting 82 features, including 16 World Premieres, 4 International Premieres, 1 North American Premiere, 3 US Premieres, and 25 West Coast Premieres.
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When and where is Beyond Fest 2024 happening?
This year’s event runs between September 25th – October 9th.
In partnership with the American Cinematheque and presented exclusively by distributor NEON, Beyond Fest will screen at the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3, and Vista Theatre.
Here’s what Head of Programming Evrim Ersoy has to say about this year’s fest:
“Combining a celebration of cinema whilst firmly focusing our gaze on the next generation of filmmakers has always been at the heart of the Beyond Fest. And this year we have even more opportunity to bring together the full spectrum of genre filmmaking to the community that is at the core of everything we do: from Kiyoshi Kurosawa to Brady Corbet, Jennifer Kent to Sam Raimi, we have created a program that embraces all corners of the cinematic spectrum.”
What could I see at the 2024 Beyond Fest?
In its inimitable style, Beyond Fest is blending exciting new movies with the chance to experience old favorites and listen to the people who made them.
Among the new movies on offer are ‘Salem’s Lot,’ the Stephen King adaptation directed by ‘It’ scribe Gary Dauberman (which opens this year’s event), Brady Corbet’s latest audacious indie ‘The Brutalist,’ the 35mm debut of Palme D’or Winner ‘Anora’ with writer/director Sean Baker and Mikey Madison in person and Marielle Heller’s scathing ‘Nightbitch’ starring Amy Adams hosted by Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus of The Bechdel Cast.
Guy Maddin launches a special retrospective with his new film, ‘Rumours,’ Jesse Eisenberg brings road trip pic ‘A Real Pain’ and there is the Los Angeles Premiere of Ali Abbasi’s cutthroat origin story ‘The Apprentice,’ starring Sebastian Stan (as Donald Trump), Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova.
Closing the event will be Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cloud‘ with the legendary Japanese auteur joining in-person to launch a 7-film retrospective.
And for those craving a look back? Get a load of the retrospective screenings boasting more great filmmakers… Sam Raimi returns with a 35mm triple feature of ‘Darkman,’ ‘The Quick and the Dead,’ and ‘Drag Me to Hell,’ Shane Black showcases his pugilistic excellence with a quadruple bill including ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ and ‘The Nice Guys’, while Australian genre expert Jennifer Kent makes a rare U.S. appearance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘The Babadook,’ paired with ‘The Nightingale.’
Walter Hill revisits the murderous swamps of ‘Southern Comfort,’ Paul W.S. Anderson attends for a rare showing of his cosmic-cult-space-horror, ‘Event Horizon,’ and Indian auteur Tarsem Singh joins to showcase two stunning restorations: the World Premiere of ‘The Cell’ and the West Coast Premiere of ‘The Fall’.
7748That’s just a small sampling of what’s on offer. Visit beyondfest.com and americancinematheque.com for more details.
How can I get tickets for the 2024 Beyond Fest?
Tickets will be on sale via americancinematheque.com on Friday, September 13th at 10AM PST.
Some of the Movies Playing at Beyond Fest 2024:
- ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘ (1974)
- ‘A Boy and His Dog‘ (1975)
- ‘Southern Comfort‘ (1981)
- ‘Scarface‘ (1983)
- ‘Dune‘ (1984)
- ‘Blue Velvet‘ (1986)
- ‘Lethal Weapon‘ (1987)
- ‘Total Recall‘ (1990)
- ‘Darkman‘ (1990)
- ‘The Last Boy Scout‘ (1991)
- ‘Speed‘ (1994)
- ‘Ed Wood‘ (1994)
- ‘The Crow‘ (1994)
- ‘The Quick and the Dead‘ (1995)
- ‘Event Horizon‘ (1997)
- ‘The Cell‘ (2000)
- ‘Melvin Goes to Dinner‘ (2003)
- ‘Hellboy‘ (2004)
- ‘Saw‘ (2004)
- ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang‘ (2005)
- ‘The Fall‘ (2008)
- ‘Drag Me to Hell‘ (2009)
- ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene‘ (2011)
- ‘The Babadook‘ (2014)
- ‘Shin Godzilla‘ (2016)
- ‘The Nice Guys‘ (2016)
- ‘The Nightingale‘ (2019)
- ‘Godzilla Minus One‘ (2023)
- ‘Anora‘ (2024)
- ‘Hold Your Breath‘ (2024)
- ‘Nightbitch‘ (2024)
- ‘Salem’s Lot‘ (2024)
- ‘Terrifier 3‘ (2024)
- ‘The Apprentice‘ (2024)
- ‘Rumours‘ (2024)
- ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024)