Now that my East coast trip is in the rear view mirror, here’s a quick recap of the end of the D.C. leg and my week in Philadelphia: On my last morning in town, I visited the National Building Museum, having almost left D.C. before remembering the Lego exhibit going on there. The last visit […]

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It’s been a busy few days in Washington, D.C. for me. I arrived Wednesday afternoon, went for a run around the Mall, and had Ethiopian with my friend Sloan from high school, whom I haven’t seen in about ten years. On Thursday morning, I made my way to the White House for a tour, which […]

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Movie Week 2010 was a multiplex-heavy event, in part because I covered most of the independent cinemas in Los Angeles in 2008 and 2009 and also because, having not been to the movies for a few months, I hadn’t seen anything that had come out all summer, most of which was still in the theaters. […]

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AMC Century City 15 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Saturday, 9/25/10, 11:00 am Price: $7, their discounted “A.M. Cinema” price. Concessions: None Audience: 75-100 people, probably, which seemed pretty good for a Saturday morning. Trailers/advertising: The terrible “AMC First Look” ad/trailer package was going when I came in, with ads for TV shows, movies, Coke, […]

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American Cinematheque at the Aero Theater Manhattan Friday, 9/24/10, 7:30 pm Price: free with my badge. Concessions: None Audience: 150? 200? The theater was mostly full, not unusual at the Aero, but always pleasantly surprising to me. Trailers/advertising: No trailers, but one of those hyperactive KCRW ads that the Cinematheque always shows at its two […]

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Pacific Culver 12 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Thursday, 9/23/10, 7:05 pm Price: $11.75, and free meter parking on a nearby street. Concessions: None Audience: 8 or so in a small theater, maybe 75 seats Trailers/advertising: Trailers for My Soul to Take, Skyline, Jackass 3D, and It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Projection: 35mm platter, […]

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Regency Village Theater The Town Wednesday, 9/22/10, 7:20 pm Price: $11.50, plus $1.25 for meter parking on a nearby street. Concessions: None Audience: 75 or so in a theater that seats 1300+ Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Jackass 3D, Burlesque, The Tourist, Hereafter (again?), Life As We Know It. Projection: 35mm platter, excellent presentation. I’ve long been […]

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Pacific’s The Grove Stadium 14 The American Tuesday, 9/21/10, 7:35 pm Price: $12.75, plus $2 for validated parking. Concessions: None Audience: 7 people in Theater 9, which seemed like it seated about 100. Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Morning Glory, Hereafter, Conviction, Somewhere, and Let Me In. Projection: 35mm platter, looked good, but for some reason, an […]

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The ArcLight Hollywood Inception Monday, 9/20/10, 7:05 pm Price: $12.50 (Members Non Peak price, apparently) Concessions: None Audience: 14 people in Theater 1, which seats about 150. Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Fair Game, Hereafter, Due Date, and Let Me In. No ads. Projection: 35mm platter, which looked great, and a thunderous sound system. The ArcLight in […]

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The Laemmle Sunset 5 I’m Still Here Sunday, 9/19/10, 9:50 pm Price: $11 Concessions: None Audience: About 20-25 people, not bad for a late night documentary that has been getting panned.Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Picture Me, Howl, Kings of Pastry, and Prince of Broadway. Projection: 35mm platter, which looked fine but not great. With Aimee and […]

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The project I initiated last year during our vacation in Wellington and followed up on with a week of film inspection this spring made news today, as it was revealed that a number of exciting films, some of which were thought to be lost, will be returning to the United States, eighty years after they […]

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It’s been a busy month so far, and a pleasant spring, with mild weather and productive, fun weekends. This past weekend, we started off on Friday night with dinner at Osteria Mozza, finally (thanks for the gift certificate from two years ago, Paul!), which was delicious – I had squid ink pasta with lobster and […]

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I feel like most of my blog post titles refer to time passing quicker than expected. Maybe it’s just that I’ve run out of titles for posts that aren’t about some sort of event. Anyway, it’s been nearly a month since I returned from New Zealand, and it’s high time I get caught up on […]

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After a week of beautiful, warm weather, it finally felt today like the seasons might be changing, and you could hear people around town talking about it. “Winter’s on its way…,” which is a little strange to hear in April, but I’m getting used to it. I decided to rent a bike and do a […]

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Today was my first day at the office, as it were, and it went very well, between inspecting some interesting films, meeting lots of nice folks, and taking a break for tea and a crossword mid-morning. I feel like this should be a tradition I bring back to L.A. So far, almost everything I’ve looked […]

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