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LOST LA: Dream Factory

Dec 19, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

I’m a nut for L.A. history, and when that history melds with the early days of Hollywood, I’m in 100%. So I was very excited to screen LOST LA: The Dream Factory.  Most confounding, was my […]

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DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME Brings the Dead to Life

Jun 27, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

There are countless reasons to rejoice in the TCM Classic Film Festival, held every year in Hollywood. And this past April was no exception.  Beyond the many cinematic pleasures, well-known and obscure that screen side-by-side, […]

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An Afternoon at the Silent Clowns Film Series

Jun 14, 2017 Nathanael Hood 2

The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with […]

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Hitchcock’s JAMAICA INN Welcomes the Curious

Mar 24, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

Alfred Hitchcock’s final film made in Britain, Jamaica Inn, gets a bad wrap. It was listed in the notorious 1970s book, “The 50 Worst Films of All Time.” It was Hitchcock’s least favorite of all […]

the movie orgy
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I Saw Joe Dante’s THE MOVIE ORGY and Lived to Tell the Tale

Aug 11, 2016 Nathanael Hood 1

There couldn’t have been more than 50 of us. Many came wearing baseball caps and shorts, toting satchels and backpacks. More than a few wore tennis shoes. As for myself, I wore a loose V-neck […]

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My First Date with Douglas Fairbanks

May 23, 2016 Jill Blake 1

A few years ago I attended a very special screening at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre: 1920’s The Mark of Zorro starring the original King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks. Up until that point, I had never seen a Douglas Fairbanks film. […]

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