Do It. Jason Reitman guest-programs the New Beverly.

He made one of the most moving films of last year, and now Up in the Air's writer/director Jason Reitman's ready to show you some of his favorites.

Reitman's picks as guest-programmer at the New Beverly this next week won't be as serious as his Best Picture Oscar nominee, but that doesn't mean they aren't awesome. Case in point: a Matthew Broderick double feature tonight and Saturday of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Election. YES. Follow that with Shampoo and Boogie Nights on Sunday and Monday, and Breaking Away and Bottle Rocket on Wednesday and Thursday. So many good movies!

Plus, Reitman himself will come to introduce and discuss the films on Friday, Sunday and Wednesday. Make sure not to ask him any of these questions, though:


The New Beverly is located at 7165 Beverly Blvd.

-- Chau Tu

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Etc. Paul Thomas Anderson working on new film.

Get excited. Variety has reported that Paul Thomas Anderson is working on his next film. The man behind treasures like Magnolia, Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood has a new project. It's a 1950s period drama about the founder of a religious organization--and Philip Seymour Hoffman is attached. I, for one, am very much looking forward to another Anderson-Hoffman collaboration. Stay tuned!

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