[Frameworks] Worth a look for the film-concerned: Tarantino taking over the New Beverly Cinema

[Mark Toscano]

For those not in LA or not familiar with the New Beverly, it's a longtime,
beloved local rep house that still does classic double feature programming,
mostly on 35mm.  In fact, they only got a DCP-ready projector a few months
ago for the first time.

Quentin Tarantino has been the benevolent landlord of the New Bev for seven
years now.  He bought the building to save it from being turned into condos
when Sherman Torgan, the New Bev's programmer/operator died.  Since then,
Michael Torgan (Sherman's son) has continued to run the New Bev in the
tradition of his dad, as a classic rep house, and Tarantino paid for a
bunch of upgrades to help them out.

Anyway, on the heels of Tarantino being one of the high-profile directors
who essentially made an ultimatum to the studios about continuing to
support 35mm and Kodak, this news (via an interview with Tarantino) showed
up in the LA Weekly:

http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/09/05/quentin-tarantino-on-his-new-role-running-the-shows-at-new-beverly-cinema

I thought it'd be relevant here, because although the New Bev hasn't
traditionally shown any experimental work, this is a particularly big
commitment to film-only exhibition (including 16mm) in 2014.

Mark T
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