The manager of the Mahoning Cinema has launched the Exceptional Film Series. He is booking movies that are often considered “art house” films, hoping that he will attract an audience.
The first one in the series was “Inequality for All.” Since then he has shown, among others, “The Budapest Hotel” and “Chef.” Currently playing is “The Hundred Foot Journey,” a story of an Indian family in France who opens a restaurant across the road from a Michelin-rated restaurant. It stars Helen Mirren.
The film received rave reviews. Linda and I saw it tonight. One other couple was in the audience. All four of us loved it.
Listen up, folks. If you want quality films shown locally, you have to patronize them when they are shown locally. Otherwise we are going to get the same old crap of “Fast and Furious Seventeen,” or “One More Zombie Movie,” or “Spiderman Returns for the 7th Time.”
Do I have a self-interest in this? Of course I do. I don’t want to have to drive to Allentown to see good movies.
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