About this Event
SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our INDEPENDENT CINEMA FOCUS Series, Friday, April 18, 2025-Thursday, April 24, 2025
Screenings at 2p, 5p, 8p daily.
DIE LIKE A MAN World premiere (wri/dir/prod by Eric Nazarian, DLAM Productions, 119mns, 2025, USA)
SPECIAL NOTE: We're honored to host the 1 week theatrical run of Eric Nazarian's blistering humanist look at self-destructive masculinity and transcendent humanity in Los Angeles. There will be numerous Q&A's, partnerships, and key LA organizations joining us throughout the run.
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater, 307 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
PARKING: Please note that validated parking is available at the Grand Central Market Parking Garage, 308 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 accessible on Hill Street just past 3rd Street. Please make sure to purchase a validated parking ticket here as an ADD ON and we will hand it to you when you enter the theater. There are also very close open air parking lots at the corner of 3rd and Hill Street just a half block from theater. However we can't offer validation for those lots.
We're honored to co-host the one week debut theatrical of Die Like A Man, the new independent feature film from filmmaker Eric Nazarian (Three Christs, The Blue Hour). A movie made by, about, and burning with the passion of Los Angeles and Los Angelinos.
A coming of age thriller set in a working-class Westside L.A. neighborhood, Freddy is gifted a gun on his 17th birthday and ordered to K*ll his mentor Solo's old rival Boxer. Die Like a Man is a rite of passage film about the codes of masculinity, machismo, and alpha dog culture that has perpetuated gun violence and inner city warfare around the world. At heart, it deals with the destructive power of internalized rage and the humanity of people who are trapped in it, trying their best to reach the possibility of self-forgiveness. Will Freddy K*ll or "die like a man" with a gun in his hand?
Filmmaker Nazarian is especially suited to tell this tale as it is born out of his own experience and youth trying to survive the streets of Los Angeles as an Armenian immigrant in a tough neighborhood during a volatile period in the ’90s.
This is exactly the kind of movie that showcases independent American cinema's unbreakable spirit. Nazarian and his team shot the movie in 13 days in 115 locations in and around Los Angeles. Nazarian fought everything from the Covid pandemic to all the trials and tribulations of getting a movie made. And he got it made. And we're honored to partner for its world premiere in the Million Dollar Theater, one of Los Angeles's very first movie palaces. What better place to showcase a homegrown LA filmmaker making a personal vital story about LA issues than in an OG LA movie palace?
Join us for an incredible movie followed often by after-screening Q&As with cast & crew about how they got the movie made and to take your questions on what it takes in the current environment to see a feature to completion. Then stay for the after-party to mix and mingle with the moviemakers!
All this ahead of the movie's VOD premiere on Friday, April 25, 2025. You can pre-order the movie here:
https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/die-like-a-man/umc.cmc.3s31znl7wu0f3z7wqah5s2258
“Die Like a Man” contributes to creating a new wave of Los Angeles cinema committed to
authenticity and urgent tales of the streets.
If you're a native Los Angelino, if you're a moviemaker, if you're a movielover, this is exactly what the next chapter of cinema is about. Join us!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
REFUNDS: Refunds are available up to 24 hours before the showtime. After that, we can offer you exchange tickets to a future screening of comparable price as long as it hasn't sold out.
HELPFUL MILLION DOLLAR THEATER PARKING TIPS:
If you'd like validated parking ($6/ticket), please park in the Grand Central Market Parking Garage at 308 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Also make sure to purchase a validated parking ticket here as an ADD ON.
You can also find nearby parking at the corner of 3rd and Hill Street. However we can't validate for those lots.
Also consider Uber, public transporation.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Million Dollar Theater, 307 South Broadway, Los Angeles, United States
USD 7.85 to USD 20.00
