Overview The Envelope Live is the Los Angeles Times' awards-season screening series: a film or series plays an L.A. theater, then its cast and filmmakers sit down with a Times writer for a Q and A that the paper films and publishes, and the Times pitches the whole program at people who have to vote. It runs through both Emmy season and Oscar season under The Envelope, the Times' awards-coverage brand, which also sends a newsletter three times a week. It is one of three Times screening series, with Screen Gab Live and Indie Focus. On site The program runs screenings, talks, roundtables and insider events. At a Q and A the guests and moderator sit in director's chairs on a stage in front of an Envelope Live backdrop. The Culver Theater hosted screenings in 2024, including the documentary Americans With No Address that December, and Times moderators have included Mark Olsen, Yvonne Villarreal, Valli Herman and Matt Brennan. Sessions are filmed and posted with a written recap on latimes.com. Audience The Times' own pitch is to voters buried in screeners: it promises to help them through the decision-making process before ballots are due. Admission is by RSVP, and the filmed recaps carry each conversation to readers who were not in the theater. Talent and Influencers Peter Straughan, Tessa Ross and Volker Bertelmann came to talk about Conclave in 2024. Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead discussed A Gentleman in Moscow, Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress took on Yellowjackets, and the Landman cast talked through their Paramount+ hit. Directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard brought Zootopia 2 with Ke Huy Quan and Ginnifer Goodwin, Michelle Pfeiffer talked about The Madison, and in September 2026 Alex Gibney discussed his Elon Musk documentary. Brand presence Sponsored sessions come from the studios and streamers behind the titles, and the Times labels them: the Zootopia 2, The Madison and Alex Gibney recaps all run as Paid Program on the series page. A sponsored session gets the screening, the moderated conversation and the filmed recap in the Times' awards section.