Archive for January 2010

 

COMEDY DEATH-RAY ARCHIVE #2: NEIL HAMBURGER

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Jan. 10, 2010 – Neil Hamburger presents A Tribute To Frank Sinatra, Jr.

This past Sunday brought one of my favorite events of the past year to the Cinefamily: “America’s Funnyman” Neil Hamburger made a live appearance at one of our Comedy Death-Ray nights to pay tribute to his all-time favorite entertainer, Frank Sinatra, . Neil said that Frank Jr.’s ambivalence towards his own career, mixed with a healthy dose of professionalism and sadness, gives him the shivers — in a good way.

Neil shared some rare Frank, Jr. TV appearance clips with the audience, as well as railed on Comedy Death-Ray host Scott Aukerman for bringing up the distasteful anecdote about Frank, Jr.’s kidnapping in the early 1960s.

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CINEFAMILY Q&A ARCHIVE #6: WILL OLDHAM

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Cinefamily Q&A Archive #6: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy presents “Ladies Night”: a double feature of “A Woman’s Secret” + “Alice In The Cities”, Jan. 7, 2010

Folk troubador Will Oldham (aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) is not only a fantastic songsmith, but a huge movie fan to boot. Last week, we gave him an evening in which to program a double feature of his choosing, which ended up being the early Nicholas Ray film “A Woman’s Secret”, plus the early Wim Wenders film “Alice In The Cities”. Here, he talks with our head programmer Hadrian about what he likes so much about both films.

Will Oldham Q&A (1 of 2)

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CINEFAMILY Q&A ARCHIVE #5: “WORLD’S GREATEST DAD”

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Cinefamily Q&A Archive #5: “World’s Greatest Dad”, Aug. 17, 2009

It’s always a serious pleasure whenever Bobcat Goldthwait graces our presence, and we were thrilled to host a preview screening of his latest film, “World’s Greatest Dad”, starring Robin Williams. Here’s the Q&A that happened after the film…

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