Film: Free Members-Only Screening | Lady Bird

2017, 93 minutes, color | Written by Greta Gerwig; directed by Greta Gerwig; with Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, Lucas Hedges

For LACMA Film Club and Film Independent members only

Includes a conversation with writer/director Greta Gerwig

With a before-the-cameras career that has taken her from mumblecore (Hannah Takes the Stairs, Baghead) to films that exist as drama (Jackie) to idiosyncratic comedy-drama (Greenberg, 20th Century Women, Maggie’s Plan, Mistress America) to the musical (Damsels in Distress) to starring in a film she co-authored (Frances Ha), actress Greta Gerwig has toiled with writer-directors with an almost instantly recognizable approach to their specific genre. And clearly observed each filmmaker’s way of working—from Mike Mills to Rebecca Miller to Whit Stillman to Noah Baumbach—so much so that’s she’s making her behind-the-camera debut as the writer-director of the comedy drama Lady Bird, which stars Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan as the title character, a high school senior trying on personas (and names) to see which one fits, causing so much abrasion for her equally willful mom (Laurie Metcalf) that one expects the screen to burst into flame. There are able assists from Tracy Letts as Lady Bird’s dad, and the guys in her life (played by Timothée Chalamet and Lucas Hedges). First time solo director Gerwig will be present for a Q&A after the screening.

In conjunction with Film Independent at LACMA

LACMA | Bing Theater

ADVANCE TICKETS NO LONGER AVAILABLE

A limited number of tickets will be available at at the stand by line 15 min before the published start time of the event.

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for the screening can be picked up at LACMA’s Ticket Office, located in the Hammer Building, on the day of the event—as early as 11 am. Tickets are for general, unreserved seating. Ticketed guests must be in their seats 15 minutes prior to the advertised start time or seat(s) may be released. Reservations do not guarantee entry, even with a ticket in hand. Entry is first come, first served, so please arrive early. Program and guest participation subject to change or cancellation without prior notice. Tickets are nontransferable and can only be picked up by the individual who purchased or reserved them.