Midnight Mass Live with Cassandra Peterson and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark in 35mm

In person: post-screening conversation with writer/director Gregg Araki, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and novelist Scott Heim, moderated by filmmaker Sean Baker

In person: Cheech Marin

In person: producer Bonnie Arnold, co-writer Pete Docter

30th Anniversary Screening

In person: filmmaker Michael Mann

In person: Tim Curry, Lou Adler, Sins O’ The Flesh

In person: Peter Weller

In person: filmmaker Anna Biller

In person: director Karyn Kusama and actor Megan Fox.

Sally Benson’s autobiographical stories about her childhood in St. Louis inspired this charming and nostalgic musical, one of the most beloved films of MGM’s golden age. Judy Garland plays Esther, one of five children in a happy middle-class family, and Margaret O’Brien, who plays the youngest daughter, “Tootie,” received a Special Award as “outstanding child actress of 1944.” Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane wrote the delightful original songs, including the perennial “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and the Oscar-nominated “The Trolley Song.” The film also earned nominations for the gorgeous Technicolor cinematography by George Folsey, Scoring of a Musical Picture, and for Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe’s screenplay. This classic tale of love, family, and the passage of time is the perfect visual treat for any season.

Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller.

Introduction by Tim Greiving, author of John Williams: A Composer’s Life

In person: filmmakers Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein, Irwin Rapport, Chair, Board of Directors, The Foundation for the AIDS Monument, and Karl Schmid, Broadcaster & co-founder of Plus Life Media