Program Series: Book Signings
The Virgin Suicides Book Signing
The Academy Museum welcomes director and Academy Award®–winning screenwriter Sofia Coppola for a signing of her new book The Virgin Suicides.
Museum Member Tickets: $55, Non-member Tickets: $60
Sun, Jun 1, 2025 | 12pm PT
This event is sold out, and advance tickets are no longer available. Standby tickets may be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis if space becomes available. Admission is not guaranteed via the standby line.

Join the Academy Museum for a conversation with Director Sofia Coppola on the release of her new book The Virgin Suicides, featuring the photography of Corinne Day.
For her first feature film, The Virgin Suicides (1999), Sofia Coppola commissioned British fashion photographer Corinne Day to join her on set. Renowned for her unadorned, grungy photographs of iconic 1990s models, Day’s representation of female beauty met its match in Coppola, whose debut marked the first of her unaffected, empathetic depictions of womanhood. Edited from Day’s original negatives, this volume, which launches alongside The Virgin Suicides' 25th anniversary, gives mesmerizing and unprecedented insight into Coppola’s enigmatic staging of the Lisbon sisters and their suburban trappings.
In Day’s photographs,... the lush mystique of Coppola’s set runs through images of the young actors at work and between takes, their candid posturing and pensive expressions reflecting the intimate and collaborative environment of the shoot. Fragments of the set and costume design appear suggestively—crucifixes, pink lace bras, homecoming dresses, beauty products, and toffee apples—all playing their part in Coppola’s depiction of the yearning and repression of adolescence. Completed with new texts by Sofia Coppola and Jeffrey Eugenides, this volume opens a fascinating dialogue between Eugenides’s original text and Coppola’s cult adaptation.
Coppola will be signing her book before a conversation with Kirsten Dunst and a screening of her film The Virgin Suicides. A separate ticket is required to attend the conversation and screening.
Schedule
Noon–1pm | Author Meet and Greet, Book Signing | Academy Museum Store
2pm | Conversation and Screening of The Virgin Suicides
Please Note: You must purchase a book signing ticket to participate in the author meet and greet and book signing. The book signing ticket includes a copy of the book.
A separate ticket is required to attend the conversation and screening.
Know Before You Go
Plan your Visit
Location
The Academy Museum and its theaters are located at 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Parking
Self-parking, accessible parking, and electric vehicle charging options are available. See below for our parking structure information and view the parking page for further details.
Ride-Share Drop Off
Roddenberry Lane, entrance on Fairfax Ave.
LACMA's Pritzker Parking Garage
6000 W 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90036, entrance on 6th St.
5am–10pm
$20 ($12 after 8pm entry)
Accessible spots on P1, adjacent to elevators
EV charging stations on P1 and P2Petersen Automotive Museum Garage
744 Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036, entrance on Fairfax Ave. or 8th St.
6am–11pm
$24 (first 15 min. free)
Accessible spots on P1 only; no garage elevator
EV charging stations on P1Accessibility
The museum is fully accessible by wheeled mobility device. Use the museum’s elevators to access all galleries and theaters. Visitor Experience Associates are also on hand to provide assistance.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available upon request with three weeks’ notice, subject to the availability of interpreters; please submit your request to academymuseum@oscars.org.
If this program occurs in the theaters, assistive audio devices, in-seat closed captioning, or real-time captioning may be available. Please inquire at academymuseum@oscars.org.
The museum offers a host of recurring accessible programs, including Calm Mornings, ASL Interpreted Tours, and Visual Description Tours.
Sensory kits are available at the Winkler Welcome Center and the Shirley Temple Education Studio for anyone with sensory needs. The kits include noise-reduction headphones, fidgets, and color therapy glasses to help visitors feel comfortable and safe at the museum.
For any other accommodative request not listed here, please reach out to academymuseum@oscars.org.
Learn more about our accessibility initiatives.