EDITORIAL
Summer in the dark...
Pluto TV, the free streaming service, is bringing back its free movie weekend program this summer with help from an Oscar-winning indie filmmaker – Sean Baker. The initiative supports family-run and independent theaters across the country by offering complimentary movie tickets on select weekends, encouraging local attendance, and this year Baker became the first filmmaker to team with Pluto TV on the initiative. For this year’s “Free Movie Weekend,” Baker nominated Los Angeles local theater Gardena Cinema. Gardena Cinema is the last family-run independent single-screen indoor walk-in movie theater in South Los Angeles that was built in 1946 and has been operated by the Kim family since 1976...
Have a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant
NEWRead Jean Constant informal film, stream, and TV reviews on LetterboxdThis week update: Gunslinger (2025) ⭐, Misbehavior (2020) ⭐⭐⭐, The Pitt (TV series) ⭐⭐⭐. * Wikipedia defines letterboxing as the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio. Generally this is accomplished by adding mattes (or ‘black bars’) above and below the picture area. Letterboxd - the site is a global social network for grass-roots film discussion and discovery... |