Advance tickets are no longer available for this event.

• A limited number of tickets will be available at the door two hours before the published start time of the event for Film Independent, LACMA Film Club, and The New York Times Film Club members.

Includes a conversation with creator/writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos and actors Ariane Labed, John C. Reilly and Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell stars in this peculiar comedy-drama that is a very different look at life, love and mortality. Set in the not-too distant future, writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos establishes a world of misery and acceptance in a small hotel compound in the English countryside, where the forlorn David (Farrell) has to make a big decision about his life. He has a limited amount to time to make a choice about a mate, and should his selection not work out to his satisfaction, he has to make the ultimate sacrifice—pick an animal to be turned into, so that he can be set free into the wild—presumably to have a better life. David’s already in bad shape—his wife has left, and he arrives with his brother, who has already spun the Wheel of Fate at the hotel. Lanthimos, best known for his 2009 isolationist drama Dogtooth, the winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival has created another low-key but absurdist world of extremes in Lobster. With his English language film debut, his able cast also includes Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, Léa Seydoux and John C. Reilly.

2015, 119 min, color, DCP | Screenplay by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos; with Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Wishaw, Léa Seydoux, and John C. Reilly

Ticketing Information

Film Independent, LACMA Film Club, and the New York Times Film Club members can reserve tickets starting at 12 pm on Thursday, April 14. | Free; limit two tickets per membership. | Proof of member status is required to reserve tickets during advance reservation period.

PLEASE NOTE: Pre-reserved tickets for this event 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 Bing Theater seating. Ticketed guests must be in their Bing Theater seat 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.