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Sarah and Vinnie Full ShowLOST: Vinnie ManagementSarah is keeping her man happy on Hump Day, Vinnie is excited about ‘The Lost Boys’ and Bob is ferrying to the Cinelounge in Tiburon!
2025-09-1012 min
Surf Soup TV“Surf Soup® Buttons: Oscar-Qualifying Premiere in Hollywood”-TODAY!🎬✨ Today’s the day! My Oscar®-qualifying animated short Surf Soup® Buttons is premiering on the big screen at 3:00 PM at Cinelounge Sunset in Hollywood 🌴💛This marks the start of our 7-day theatrical run (Sept 8–14)—a huge milestone in my journey as an independent animator and storyteller.If you’re in LA, come join me for this special screening:📍 Cinelounge Sunset, 6464 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood🎟️ Tickets: cineloungefilm.comThank you for supporting Surf Soup as it takes this exciting step toward the Oscars! 🏆✨#SurfSoup #SurfSoupButtons #Oscars2025 #Animation #IndependentFilm
2025-09-0904 minSurf Soup TVSurf Soup® Buttons Premieres in Hollywood Sept 8–14!Big news! 🎬 My Oscar-qualified animated short Surf Soup® Buttons is premiering in Hollywood at Cinelounge Sunset, September 8–14, 2025.Along with the film, I’ve launched 13 new Surf Soup® books and 8+ music albums—sharing creativity, kindness, and inspiration with kids and families everywhere.🎟️ Tickets: cineloungefilm.com
2025-09-0803 minSurf Soup TVSurf Soup® Buttons Premiere (Hollywood)🎬 Big news! My animated short Surf Soup: Buttons is premiering on the big screen in Hollywood!📍 Cinelounge, 6464 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood📅 September 8–14,This Oscar-qualifying run is inspired by my family’s story and the Surf Soup® book series. Buttons is a hand-drawn 2D film celebrating culture, creativity, and independent animation.🌟 Join me in celebrating this milestone and support Surf Soup on the journey to the Oscars!🎟 Tickets & info: CineloungeFilm.comMore updates: SurfSoup.tv#SurfSoup #SurfSoupButtons #IndependentAnimation #AsianAmericanStories #OscarQualifying #FilmPremiere #HollywoodMovies #AnimationCommunity #SurfSoupTV
2025-09-0804 min
Surf Soup TVSurf Soup® Dreams Come True | Film Premiere, Books & Music RecapDonna Kay Lau, Emmy-honored animator and creator of Surf Soup®, shares her biggest creative milestone yet in this special recap video. From completing her Oscar-qualified animated short Surf Soup® Buttons—premiering in Hollywood September 8–14, 2025—to publishing 13 new books and releasing 8+ Surf Soup® music albums, Donna takes you behind the wave of creativity.Balancing health, family care, and art, she reflects on the journey so far and looks ahead to school visits, workshops, and inspiring kids everywhere with the Surf Soup® universe.🎬 Surf Soup® Buttons Theatrical Premiere📍 Cinelounge Sunset, 6464 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood📅 September 8–14, 2025...
2025-09-0703 min
Surf Soup TVSurf Soup® Buttons Q&A | Behind the Oscar-Qualified Animated Short FilmJoin Emmy-honored animator and author Donna Kay Lau for a special Q&A all about her independent animated short, Surf Soup® Buttons! Discover the inspiration behind the story, her Chinese American heritage, the journey from book to screen, and what it means to premiere at Cinelounge Sunset in Hollywood September 8–14, 2025.From creating 100+ Surf Soup® books and 8+ music albums to completing this Oscar-qualified film, Donna shares her independent artistry, resilience, and dreams coming true.🎬 Surf Soup® Buttons Theatrical Premiere📍 Cinelounge Sunset, 6464 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood📅 September 8–14, 2025🎟️ Tickets: cineloungefilm.com✨ Stay connected:🌐...
2025-09-0704 min
Back To OneMelora HardinMelora Hardin is best known for playing Jan on the American version of "The Office." She was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the series "Transparent." Recently she stepped back into the role of Trudy Monk for "Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie," which is streaming now on Peacock. On this episode, she talks about bringing the character Mabel Montgomery-Mayflower to life in the new independent film "Golden Vanity," and how the perfect combination of director's vision and true collaboration helped her deliver that tour-de-force performance. She takes us back to her early days as a...
2023-12-1253 min
Hard Faith PodcastEpisode 8: Hard Faith Fest ”All Faith is Hard Faith”All faith is Hard Faith! We talk all things related to our upcoming 1st ever Hard Faith Film Festival happening 1 month from today on July 22nd 2023 at the Arena CineLounge on Sunset from 11am - 7pm. See you there and pre order your ticket before supplies run out.
2023-06-2214 min
Hard Faith PodcastEpisode 8: Hard Faith Fest ”All Faith is Hard Faith”All faith is Hard Faith! We talk all things related to our upcoming 1st ever Hard Faith Film Festival happening 1 month from today on July 22nd 2023 at the Arena CineLounge on Sunset from 11am - 7pm. See you there and pre order your ticket before supplies run out.
2023-06-2214 min
The North American Weed TourNorth American Weed Tour Podcast Ep 60: CinneloungeOn this episode of the North American Weed Tour Podcast, Mitch interviews Rico Montanez and James Jordan of Cinelounge Cannabis Club and Emerald Market.
Rico and James are co-founders of various entities in the legal cannabis space with a heavy background in marketing, branding, and providing experiences.
Emerald Market is an advertising and marketing platform providing options for cannabis brands to reach consumers in traditional and non-traditional ways. Cinelounge Cannabis Club is bringing a new way to experience cannabis with immersive outdoor movie theatre events in Los Angeles.
For more on the North...
2022-01-181h 05
Raztazzam Podcast ShowDemiGod (2021) Movie Review (Directed By Miles Doleac)Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in Germany's Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaits them.
PARTICIPATING THEATERS : (LA) and On Demand October 15
10/15/21 Los Angeles Independant Reporting Arena Cinelounge
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10/15/21 Dallas-Ft. Worth Fun Movie GrillFunasia Richardson (Richardson, TX)
10/15/21 Cleveland-Akron (Canton) Cooperative ThtrsRavenna 7 Movies (8/24) (Ravenna, OH)
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10/15/21 Seattle-TacomaTheatreAlliance GrpVarsity 3 (Seattle, WA)
DIGITAL PLATFORMS : iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vu...
2021-10-1403 min
Lovett or Leave ItAnd We're Back!We did it live! Kylie Brakeman takes us on a Sip and See to Kyrsten Sinema’s Wine Club, Emily Heller airs out LuLaRoe’s dirty leggings, we show dairy who's boss with the Rant Wheel, and Representative Adam Schiff explains House Democrats’ Protecting Our Democracy Act as Lovett or Leave It returns to the stage at Cinelounge Outdoors in Hollywood! A huge thank you to Rory O’Malley for singing this week's opening number.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/lovettorleaveit. For a transcrip...
2021-09-251h 08
FCFC Podcast | LAFC | It Never Rains LA"The Five Rules of Success" (ft. Orson Oblowitz)We welcome Director and friend of the pod, Orson Oblowitz to talk about his upcoming film “The Five Rules of Success”. Orson talks about his love for the characters on Hollywood Blvd, directing English hardman Vinnie Jones, and undercover K-Town locales.
You can purchase a ticket to the drive-in premiere of his film at the Arena Cinelounge below:
https://ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/purchase/5618?siteToken=3vp3z3atn89cgq5wy1xww9a1rc
2021-03-041h 32
You Can't Eat the SunshineYCES in Quarantine Episode #135: Hollywood’s Historic Preservation Heroes & Villainshttps://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/YCES-135.mp3
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You Can’t Eat the Sunshine returns with an all-new Quarantine format, inviting folks who are passionate about Los Angeles history and historic preservation to join us for a conversation about the places that matter more than ever, as much of Los Angeles shelters in place under Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “Safer At Home” directive.
Our special guest on May 5, 2020 is the preservation juggernaut John Girodo, who recently stepped down from his post on the board of Hollywood Heritage to spearhead the landmarking activities of the Art...
2020-05-0500 min
Cinelounge PresentsIn The Center Of The Film Business On this special episode of CINELOUNGE PRESENTS, we broadcast from the Annual Art House Convergence in Midway, Utah. Christian has the opportunity to speak to distributors, producers, executives, and other art-house cinema owners. We wlecome Benjamin Crossley-Marra from Janus Films, Ronnie Ycong from Spotlight Cinema Networks, Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo from Zeitgeist Films, Cressandra Thibodeaux from 14 Pews Cinema, Tori Baker from Salt Lake Film Society, Trevor Dillon from The Frida Cinema, Julie Anderson Frieson from Cinema Falls and Paul Cohen from The Torchlight Program at FSU.
2020-02-1100 minCinelounge PresentsDEAR ZACHARY 10 Years Later with Kurt Kuenne This week Director, Kurt Kuenne came to Cinelounge for a series of special 10 Year anniversary screenings of his acclaimed documentary, DEAR ZACHARY. This film affected people in so many positive ways, and it was our honor to be host to such an important milestone in this film's journey. We chat with Kurt and find out about what has transpired since the film's release and how it has impacted his life.
2020-01-1400 min
Film Freaks Forever!Episode 18: A Film Freaks Christmas!Happy holidays from your Film Freaks, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton! 'Tis the season, but if you are tired of the same old holiday movies like "White Christmas," "Miracle on 34th Street," and "It's A Wonderful Life," your Film Freaks shine some twinkling lights on four terrific Christmas films that you might not even think of as Christmas films. Everything from hilarious screwball comedies to taut bank heist thrillers to a kick-ass action flicks—all with Christmastime settings! So pour yourself some eggnog, throw another log on the yuletide fire, and enjoy yet another fu...
2019-12-161h 22Cinelounge PresentsCinelounge Presents GREENER GRASS This week Jocelyn Deboer and Dawn Luebbe drop into the theater hot off the trails of their critically acclaimed hit, GREENER GRASS. In this episode, they talk about their beginnings at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), making the move from the East coast to the West, and conceiving idea's for their indie film collaborations whilst walking on treadmills...
2019-10-2300 minCinelounge PresentsMy Best Friend's FamousCINELOUNGE PRESENTS This week filmmaker, Nick Psinakis and Actress, Anne Akhila pop into Cinelounge to discuss their indie drama/comedy MY BEST FRIEND'S FAMOUS. Nick and Anne discuss how they managed to pull everything together on a shoestring budget and attract the likes of Ryan O'Neal and Mindy Sterling to their project. Find out how getting the film made is only just the beginning of the process when it comes to delivering and exhibiting a finished product to an audience.
2019-09-2600 minCinelounge PresentsEpisode 1 The VelocipastorWelcome to Episode 1 of Cinelounge Presents! This week cinema owner, Christian Meoli talks about the difficulties of running an Arthouse cinema with no PR, and the Director and star of cult-hit, THE VELOCIPASTOR, tell us how auto-correct gone wrong was the birth of their zany story of a priest who transforms into a Dinosaur.
2019-09-1600 min
Popcorn Restaurant: A Movie Theater PodcastPopcorn Restaurant Episode 23: Arena CineloungeThis week, we check out the charming oddities of Hollywood’s Arena Cinelounge, where we saw “The Last Ferry.” Plus, Magi reads another story in Italian!
PLUGS: Check out Magi’s Lady Gaga Super Bowl Halftime Show on October 24th at the Lyric Hyperion, and be on the lookout for tickets to that!
2019-09-1300 minFilmwax Radio – Rooftop Films BlogEp 513: Jeff Springer • Megan Griffiths ReturnsJeff Springer is one third of the filmmaking team behind the entertaining new documentary Rodents of Unusual Size. The film is currently screening around the country and will be on Independent Lens this winter. Also back on the show is filmmaker Megan Griffiths with her new film, Sadie which will have a theatrical in NYC at the Cinema Village and in LA at the Arena Cinelounge starting tomorrow, 10/12/18.
2018-10-1100 min
Damn Dirty GeeksPlanet of the Apes 50th Anniversary with Lou WagnerJoin the Damn Dirty Geeks at our live podcast recording from the Arena Cinelounge as we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the original PLANET OF THE APES, with our special guest from the film, LOU WAGNER. Lou joins our list of APES actors on our podcast including Bobby Porter and H.M Wynant. Though Lou is our first veteran from the original film, having co-starred with Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall, which was a special treat for the DDG and our live audience in attendance for the screening. We talk with Lou about his preparation...
2018-05-0600 min
The H2Know Podcast with your personal water sommelier Martin RiesePlanet Water - The H2Know Podcast with Martin Riese Episode #007 - Cullen HobackToday water sommelier Martin Riese and Chance Sanchez are going with the podcast on tour. We are visiting the Arena Cinelounge in Hollywood for the screening of the documentary "What Lies Upstream".
In this classic detective story, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months. But when Hoback discovers an obscene collusion between chemical corporations and the highest levels of government, the investigation spirals in a terrifying direction, and we learn the frightening truth about what lies upstream of us...
2018-01-171h 08
Nanarland Le PodcastLes Pires Faux Star Wars !En ce jour de sortie du très attendu épisode 8 de la saga Star Wars, nous avons jugé bon de vous parler 3 exemples de sous Star wars, ces films qui ont tenté de surfer sur le succès du film de George Lucas, mais sans talent, ou sans budget, ou les deux.
Premier film évoqué : Space Mutiny, le Star Wars Sud-Africain tellement fauché qu’il ne s’en cache même pas. http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/chronique-spacemutiny-space-mutiny.html. Ensuite, on vous parle d’un de nos faux Star wars préféré, le très généreux et très sympathique Star...
2017-12-1358 min
The IntelleXual PodcastTerry RossTerry Ross sits down with David to talk about her new film Carving a Life, her acting classes and so much more! Carving a Life premieres in Los Angeles at Arena Cinelounge Oct 14 – 19. http://arenascreen.com/event/carving-life $16/ticket. Parking available there for $5 with validation.
2017-10-1154 min
The IntelleXual PodcastKarenssa LeGearActress Karenssa LeGear sits down with David and Whitney to talk about her new film Carving a Life, her musical background and so much more! Carving a Life premieres in Los Angeles at Arena Cinelounge Oct 14 - 19. http://arenascreen.com/event/carving-life$16/ticket. Parking available there for $5 with validation.
2017-10-0643 min