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boston.com - 23 days ago

Stuart Playhouse goes art house cinema

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Sack, who died at 92 in 2003, was a scrap metal dealer who legend has it won his first movie theater, the Beacon Hill, in a poker game in the 1940s. By the late ’60s, he owned eight of the 16 cinemas in the city, with names that film lovers with long memories can tick off like beads on a rosary: ...

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pullquote — ... . I know, right? How fucked up is that? Old folks may remember when the space was the Sack 57 cinema. Hell, they might also remember that Copley Square was originally intended to be an art house multiplex. But I digress. Anyhoo, here's more from the Globe's Ty Burr : “I want to make this into a first-run independent and foreign film theater,’’ says new proprietor David Bramante of the 435-seat space. “It’s Boston - we should have one.’’

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The Listening Ear — Another Friday - and to try to keep a hand in, here's another random ten, plus a couple links.... Wildgrounds lists his ten favorite scenes in Japanese cinema.... Via Pullquote, reminder that the Stuart Street Playhouse is a movie theater again. And Glenn Kenny and David Cairns both plug a new Mabuse edition (region 2? that link anyway...), whilst quoting song lyrics... And finally? Music, this Halloween weekend: 1. Big Star - Way Out West - those first two big star records are just so beautiful... 2. ...