The Cinefamily (Venue Partner)
611 N Fairfax Avenue
323.655.2510
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Awards
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Sunday Mar 7, 2010 (4–11pm)
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$15 donation, $75 donation (2-person couch), $100 (3-person couch)
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“The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre goes from LA's beacon of alt-cinema to TV lounge — at least during awards season. Anyone who's been to an early incarnation of the programmer's erstwhile subversive-cinema screenings will know one of the Cinefamily's favorite pursuits is talking back to the screen. The activity works best with cringe-worthy material, which often includes ambitious awards shows. (Think of it as a real-life Mystery Science Theater, but funnier, and with better clothes.) Tonight's mass TV-viewing has the added value of being a fundraiser, enabling the organization of hard-working cinephiles to continue screening the best in future cult favorites.”
Tanja M. Laden, Flavorpill
The annual onslaught of film awards telecasts is like a multi-car pileup on the 405 -- impossible to ignore, and teeming with celebrity carnage. And, of course, the biggest awards show of them all, the Super Bowl of moviedom, can be a blast in spite of its girth, given the right social setting. So why watch the thing streaming on your desktop all by your lonesome, or in some seedy dive where the local reprobates are yammering over the sound of those bizarre musical numbers, when you can catch the whole shebang live at the Cinefamily, on the big screen -- and support your favorite non-profit cinematheque at the same time? Gossip with us about the gaudy fashions -- share in our outrage when we just can't believe how that film won - and join in our collective hearts being warmed by the underdog sweeping the whole thing when no one expected it. As well, start the evening off with us as we watch the irreverent Charlie Kaufman-esque docudrama TVTV Looks At The Oscars, starring Lily Tomlin in a dual role as a fictional hausfrau who catches the awards from her midwestern home, and as herself, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Robert Altman's Nashville.
