Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue,
Santa Monica, CA 90403 Map
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Events at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica

Double Feature! Lynne Ramsay In Person!
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE / WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Mon, Jan 21, 2019 • 7:30pm

Free Screening! Double Feature! In thriller YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, Joaquin Phoenix stars as a troubled mercenary assigned to rescue a senator’s daughter. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores the fractious relationship between a mother (Tilda Swinton) and her evil son. Discussion between films with director Lynne Ramsay.


WINGS OF DESIRE
Fri, Jan 25, 2019 • 7:30pm

New 4K Restoration! Wim Wenders’ most fully realized cinematic vision, WINGS OF DESIRE follows Damiel (Bruno Ganz), an angel having pangs of longing as he observes the lives of mortals in Berlin, specifically the beautiful, ethereal trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin).


FIGHT CLUB
Sat, Jan 26, 2019 • 7:30pm

In David Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s mind-twisting novel FIGHT CLUB, Edward Norton and Brad Pitt find an intoxicating bond in pummeling each other senseless and, before long, they have other guys who want to join in.


MY LITTLE CHICKADEE
Sun, Jan 27, 2019 • 7:30pm

U.S. Premiere of 4K Restoration! In MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, cranky misanthrope W.C. Fields meets his match in the sassy Mae West. Their Old West hijinks made this one of the most successful movies of its year and it remains a classic of sly double entendres.


BIRD WATCHING: THE ANIMATION OF BRAD BIRD
Brad Bird In Person!
THE IRON GIANT
Fri, Feb 1, 2019 • 7:30pm

Director Brad Bird's ambitious take on Ted Hughes' 1968 children's book The Iron Man is a delightful tale of friendship between a fatherless boy and a gigantic metal robot, in a small town in the Cold War ’50s. Discussion following with director Brad Bird.


BIRD WATCHING: THE ANIMATION OF BRAD BIRD
Double Feature! Brad Bird In Person!
THE INCREDIBLES / INCREDIBLES 2
Sat, Feb 2, 2019 • 2:00pm

Brad Bird Double Feature! In Best Animated Feature Oscar winner THE INCREDIBLES, a family living quietly in a Metroville surburb must return to their previous identities as superheroes. In sequel INCREDIBLES 2, Helen (Holly Hunter) campaigns to bring Supers back, while Bob (Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home -until a new villain emerges. Discussion between films with director Brad Bird.