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CinemaTalk, July-August 2018

06/21/18  |  Posted by John Ewing  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director When I first heard about Gary D. Rhodes’ book The Perils of Moviegoing in America, 1896-1950 (Continuum, 2012), I had to find a copy because, well, moviegoing doesn’t exactly seem...

CinemaTalk, March-April 2018

02/14/18  |  Posted by John Ewing  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director Dan Talbot, who died in late December at age 91, was a longtime exhibitor and distributor of art films. He ran the New Yorker Theater, a repertory house on the Upper...

CinemaTalk, May-June 2017

06/12/17  |  Posted by John Ewing  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director Do I still have the same missionary zeal that I once had to get moviegoers to see films that I am wildly enthusiastic about? I wonder about this from time to...

CinemaTalk, March-April 2017

02/15/17  |  Posted by John Ewing  |  Posted in Cinematheque

By John Ewing, Cinematheque Director For the most part, I have been very happy with the Cinematheque’s new location in the growing “Uptown” district on Euclid Avenue east of Mayfield Road. (We’ve been here since August...

CinemaTalk, Nov-Dec 2016

11/07/16  |  Posted by John Ewing  |  Posted in Cinematheque

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By John Ewing Is there still a year-round audience for new foreign-language films in Cleveland? Or are most northeast Ohio moviegoers content to watch them only once a year, when they play as part of the Cleveland...