Steve Anderson

The USC Free Culture club and Cinematheque 108 present a special screening of This Film Is Not Yet Rated tonight at 7:00 in Lucas 108. Director Kirby Dick will be present to discuss his controversial and important new film, which dares to take on the MPAA's double-secret ratings system and the shadowy figures who decide (when they're not filing lawsuits or sending cease-and-desist letters) what is safe for us to watch. Don't miss this rare opportunity! Free and open to the public. Read more...

This Film Is Not Yet Rated is an unprecedented investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound impact on American culture produced by the Independent Film Channel. Filmmakers who speak candidly include John Waters, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Kimberly Peirce, Atom Egoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Harron, actress Maria Bello and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and former President, United Artists). In This Film is Not Yet Rated, director Kirby Dick examines the most controversial ratings decisions in recent history, as well as the MPAA’s efforts to protect copyright and control culture in the name of piracy and profit. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover Hollywood ’s best-kept secret: the identities of the ratings board members themselves. The result is a movie about movies unlike any other movie. "It is important that this film be seen by as many people as possible, as it deals with an insidious form of censorship resulting from a ratings process that has been kept secret for more than 30 years.” Kirby Dick

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The Remix Weekend continues this afternoon and evening at the Annenberg Center! At 2:00 we will screen the winners of the Night of the Living Dead remix contest (good luck, Mike!), followed at 3:30 by a panel discussion on the Roots and Future of Remix. At 5:00, IMD's own Perry Hoberman will perform a live, algorithmic remix of a Laurie Anderson talk, followed by our closing keynote address by Joi Ito at 5:30. A reception and Blur+Sharpen remix video program follows and then the weekend concludes with the mind-altering antics of the TV Sheriff at 7:30PM. You don't want to miss this!

Complete schedule is here.

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Don't miss the start of Remix Weekend at the Annenberg Center this Saturday November 4! This 2-day extravaganza begins at 12:30 with a series of hands-on remix workshops, including Barbara Lattanzi's Optical De-dramatization Engine and the low-tech magic of Animal Charm. At 6:30PM archivist, artist and activist, Rick Prelinger will deliver our first keynote presentation/collage/call to arms in the copyright wars, followed by a VJ performance and file-sharing party hosted by Rene Garcia and Leonardo Bondani: bring your DVDs and put on your own VJ show! And at 9:30, we are very proud to host the world premiere of Anne McGuire's Adventure Poseidon, The (The Unsinking of My Ship), a cinematic spectacle unlike anything you have ever experienced! Complete schedule is here.

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Halloween may be over but the horror continues with an entire show of spine-tingling, experimental digital shorts and music videos tonight at 8:00PM in the Ron Howard Theater. Where else can you see Hieronymus Bosch images brought to life by the sounds of Buckethead and bikini-clad girls performing amputations with dull instruments?

Blur+Sharpen screenings take place in the Ron Howard Theater at the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (3131 S. Figueroa St. across from the Shrine Auditorium). Free and open to the public. More Information

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