Turns out–they were!

Has anyone mentioned BARRY LYNDON yet?

We’ve often described this as “…the best film you’ve never heard of.”

Another satisfied Arc Browser user.

It will be interesting to know if the cables for these things will be stolen for their copper or other metals on a regular basis.

Switch to soap strips instead of liquid detergent for laundry

What is this wizardry you speak of? [begins Google session]

Nifty!

BOOGIE NIGHTS and MAGNOLIA, one on Christmas Eve the other on New Year’s Eve–depending on my mood or what I did the year before.

Yeah, and the mop & bucket in the corner of one of the photos… I hope they had fun with that story! Interesting that it was written by a woman reporter.

Try this link: https://archive.ph/CCRPT

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(This is the exact scenario that occurred to me.)

Best Film “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Best Director Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”

Best Screenplay Samy Burch, “May December”

Best Actress Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Best Actor Franz Rogowski, “Passages”

Best Supporting Actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”

Best Supporting Actor Charles Melton, “May December”

Best Foreign Language Film “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”

Best Nonfiction Film “Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros”

Best First Film “Past Lives”

Best Animated Film “The Boy and the Heron”

Special Awards Karen Cooper for her five decades of creative leadership as director of Film Forum

Perhaps the L.A. Times or Variety or Hollywood Reporter could be added?

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No, you definitely were NOT the target audience–but I was. That’s why I enjoyed it so much… 😏

BOOGIE DAYS. A BOOGIE NIGHTS prequel. Limited series. How did Jack get into the business? Where did he meet Maggie–and Little Bill? Eddie in middle school. Maurice’s back story. Etc. One episode for each character?

Give Paul ALL the money to write and direct.

I’d watch the shit out of that show.

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I rarely missed an episode of their shows over the years. If they both liked a film, I almost always did as well. I much preferred Rogers’s opinions–and personality. Gene always struck me as being kind of a mean grump.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures, but here’s a short vid showing some of the restoration: https://youtu.be/xYCuATQ_2DY