1st annual Montclair Film Festival: May 1st – 6th!
April 27th, 2012 by Mr. C
Montclair, NJ – a town that is about 12 miles away from NYC has a very special place in my heart. I spent about 4, cough-cough OK, maybe 5 years of school there which at that time was known as Montclair State College located in nearby Upper Montclair. Downtown Montclair was always a cool – offbeat – hippy’ish setting in an urban environment filled with artists, art galleries, antique stores, a handful of local movie theaters, a few indie bookstores, coffee shops, and neat eateries. I even worked at the Clairidge Triple Cinema on bloomfield ave (this is all going to tie into the article folks!) wearing a multitude of hats including working the concession stand, being a ticket taker, usher, & even backup projectionist until I botched up threading the humongous 70mm platter of film for The Rocketeer and Doc Hollywood! That was fun times! My other favorite movie theater in Montclair was a small joint called the Screening Zone that showed Independent movies. Here is where Chocko, Buggy, & I caught up on some stuff that the Angelika and IFC in NYC would of screened as well! Great to not have to pay the tolls to cross over to the other side of the Hudson sometimes – just saying!
Well anyway – I wanted to wax some poetic & reminisce about Montclair for a bit as the 1st Annual Montclair Film Festival is about to set sail from May 1 – 6th as 45+ films and 50+ special guests will be in attendance including Kathleen Turner, Michael Moore, Olympia Dukakis, & Patrick Wilson! The Clairidge Cinema, now owned by Clearview is also one of a few movie theatres in town that is going to play host to this festival. Some films on my to watch list includes: Brooklyn Castle, Lemon, Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr movie, David Bromberg Unsung Treasure, and King Kong! Bada bing, bada boom – See you guys and gals in Soprano land at the film festival!
More information on the Montclair Film Festival: http://montclairfilmfest.org/
The schedule in PDF format here: http://montclairfilmfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MFF-2012-Schedule.pdf
Full lineup online: http://montclairfilmfest.org/films-and-events/
Festival Overview: http://montclairfilmfest.org/festival-overview/
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April 27th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
This looks really cool. Its got a bunch of great things—and if you’ve never seen King Kong on a big screen do go
April 28th, 2012 at 8:53 am
never seen king Kong on the big or at least I don’t remember so. It would of been awesome to see Godzilla on Saturday at Japan Society then King Kong on Sunday.
April 28th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Kong blew me away on the big screen because there was all these details I never caught before. Going to see about Godzilla. I want to see it big, but have to see where I stand with chores after Tribeca