The American Cinematheque Podcast Presents SMOG

Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Aero Theatre, Santa Monica

### **ABOUT THE PODCAST:** What movies would make it into the film festival of your life? The American Cinematheque has operated since 1985 as a year-round film festival. In our new podcast, we’re asking friends and filmmakers – like Edgar Wright, Karyn Kusama, Mary Bronstein, Larry Karaszewski, and so many more – to program their own personal film festivals! They’ll talk about their favorite films and most formative movie-going memories with our host, Grant Moninger, to create the film festival of their lives and celebrate the theatrical experience. ### **ABOUT THE FILM:** *In English and Italian with English subtitles* An ambitious Italian attorney has his flight delayed in Los Angeles. The vapid lawyer goes to some parties with some Italians living there and has a brief affair with a beautiful Italian expatriate. Restoration funded by the Golden Globe Foundation. Restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and the UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. from the 35mm original picture negative, a 35mm composite fine grain master positive and a 35mm optical track negative. Laboratory services by L’Immagine Ritrovata Group, Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services – Picture. Special thanks to Daphne Dentz, George Feltenstein, Craig Johnson. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. COUNTRY: Italy