Film programmer, bringing you cinema treats at The Egyptian and The Bay in Los Angeles, and The Paris in NYC! Opinions mine.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2009
Some of us learned it from a Disney movie for pete's sake... youtu.be/VeWm5cWG304?t=2
Ryan’s my friend and a smart guy but kinda shocked at people acting like “lugubrious” is too complicated of a word lol
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Thank you, jesus christ do you know how often Manny Farber was wrong
I would love to see a male film critic catch as much flack as Pauline Kael does on here. Imagine being dead for years and men are still mad
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A 70mm. day, 2 x 35mm.: one can easily get from Allan Dwan's wild Western comedy Trail of the Vigilantes, at @MoMAFilm at 4:30pm, to Fassbinder's exemplary masterwork Ali: Fear Eats the Soul at @ParisTheaterNYC at 6:45pm (word x2, on the film and on Fassbinderism as such:
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TONIGHT! See MIRACLE MILE on 35mm at the Paris as part of Bleak Week New York. Costars Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham will be here for Q&A! Get your tickets now. paristheaternyc.com/film/mir…
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Bleak Week New York at the Paris continues tomorrow when cinematic power couple Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham join us for a Q&A following a 35mm screening of their first onscreen collaboration: Steve De Jarnatt’s 1988 thriller MIRACLE MILE! paristheaternyc.com/film/mir…
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#BleakWeek @ParisTheaterNYC presents Lonely Are the Brave with us! #blankcheck
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Sydney Pollack’s 1969 masterpiece THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY? stars Jane Fonda as a tragic marathon dancer in the throes of Depression-era desperation. Bleak Week New York presents a rare archival 35mm print of this acclaimed New Hollywood classic, introduced by HIS THREE DAUGHTERS director Azazel Jacobs, on June 6! Don’t miss this one - it’s not available on streaming! paristheaternyc.com/film/the…
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BLEAK WEEK NEW YORK is back! Co-presented by @am_cinematheque, screening June 5-11 at the Paris. 17 films | 7 special guest appearances 5 on 35mm | 6 new restorations Screenings with Steve Buscemi, Michael Almereyda, Carrie Coon, Tracy Letts, Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Carter Burwell and more! Get tickets now. paristheaternyc.com/series/b…
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i find the dilution of the pro palestine cause into stan wars re ‘this celeb’s boyfriend liked a zionist instagram post!’ to be flatly offensive towards palestinians honestly
like I’m a film critic lmao am I supposed to file my reviews with “actor name (possible zionist)” all over it? like where do you want me to put that information? what am I supposed to do with it, logically?
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Announcing our next @LAFilmCritics at the Egyptian event: LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF with director Thom Andersen in person for Q&A moderated by LAFCA members @swen_ryan and @JordanCronk! The landmark 2003 essay film LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF won LAFCA's Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video award and has since developed legendary status. Join us for this critically-acclaimed whirlwind tour of Los Angeles' real and cinematic history. Tickets on sale now! egyptiantheatre.com/series/l…
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#Venice: Kathryn Bigelow's explosively entertaining cautionary tale about the U.S. government's response to a fictional-in-premise-only nuclear attack will ruin your day. You're welcome. Read our Critic's Pick review for "A House of Dynamite": indiewire.com/criticism/movi…
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Announcing the third annual Big & Loud! 📅August 29 – September 25 at NYC's Paris Theater Four consecutive weeks of cinema’s most unforgettable sensory experiences with a jam-packed lineup of 70mm, Dolby Atmos, and audio-obsessive cinema. Tickets: paristheaternyc.com/series/b… ✨ Highlights: Premieres of our own brand new 70mm prints of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Director’s Cut) and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA First NYC 70mm screenings in 30+ years of AMADEUS, THE DOORS, DUNE (1984), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), SPACEBALLS and TOTAL RECALL (1990) A rare 70mm presentation of AMADEUS followed by a Q&A with Paul Zaentz of the Saul Zaentz Company Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center, featuring films from the Bob Dylan Archive, followed by an onstage conversation between Steven Jenkins, Director of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, OK, and musician Elvis Costello APOCALYPSE NOW: Original 1979 Roadshow Version, featuring the 4K restoration supervised by Francis Ford Coppola New York Premiere of new 4K Restoration of Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON
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Melanie Lynskey's been playing American so long, people forget or never knew that she's from New Zealand. I worked on a NZ film called THE CHANGEOVER; a friend saw it and said "Melanie's Kiwi accent was a little off", and I'm like....that is her literal speaking voice.
Who is one actor or actress that had an amazing American accent and you were surprised they were not American?
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Taking the classics off the pedestal and engaging with them as if new: The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir's effervescently revolutionary masterwork of life before wartime, proves even more powerful up close; coming to @ParisTheaterNYC, on @criterionchannl newyorker.com/culture/the-fr…
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Last night was pure magic. Talking to Disney animation legends Ron Clements and John Musker about the making of THE LITTLE MERMAID was a delight. These artists are behind several movies that mean so much to me. Thank you to @EgyptianLA and @LAFilmCritics for making it happen!
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On Thursday, July 24 I’ll be moderating a Q&A with Disney animation legends Ron Clements and John Musker before a screening of THE LITTLE MERMAID at @EgyptianLA as part of @LAFilmCritics’s 50th anniversary celebration. Feel so honored. Link to ticket info in first reply.
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