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September was all about Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master in 70mm at Cinerama Dome. I'm kind of torn on it. While it is incredibly ...

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On a recent post I mentioned watching in 1980 the TV movie Guyana Tragedy that starred Powers Boothe as Jim Jones, leader of the People...

I've written a few times on CineRobot about the troubling era we are living in regarding the future of film. Here's a link to a deba...

A few nights ago I watched a very unique and quirky romantic comedy from Belgium/France called L'Iceberg . I was completely charmed a...

Recently I wrote about about Poltergeist , a film I saw in 1982 that had a great affect on me. Split Image is also from 1982 but it did n...

Los Angeles has its good traits and its bad ones, but one of the positives is connected to movies. No surprise there. I don't want to ...

Here's a clip of director Allison Anders [ Gas Food Lodging, Grace of My Heart ] talking about Lisztomania and why she likes it. I...

When you watch a film that you've seen many times, sometimes the memories come flooding back regarding when and where it was seen fir...

On back to back nights I recently watched two documentaries about punk rock bands--one from London and one from Los Angeles. While both were...

I've been really, really lazy. And busy. Hence long layoff. I'll try to post some stuff in September to get back on the horse. I...

The documentary binge continues with [eleven] titles in July. There's so many available for streaming via Netflix that it's hard to ...

Here's a couple of photos of the lovely blue marquee of the Del Mar. Opened in 1939, it seated around 600 fine Los Angelinos before bein...

A few weeks ago I saw the 1974 Saul Bass science-fiction film Phase IV at Cinefamily. I love science-fiction and didn't think I had ...