Opinion: A film projectionist once more, now in L.A. — resurrecting a dying craft
Ten years after most movie theaters transitioned to digital, I'm back in the projection booth, at the Vista in Los Feliz.
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Ten years after most movie theaters transitioned to digital, I'm back in the projection booth, at the Vista in Los Feliz.
My Parkinson's triggers anxiety when I watch tense movies. As a former film critic, I can't enjoy many all-time favorites.
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Out of the blue in 2011, I received an email from a historian at the Los Alamos Historical Society in New Mexico. She said that because I was a descendant
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