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A documentary looks at an influential distributor and theater owner who went after visionary films, including “Scenes From a Marriage” and “Putney Swope.”

In the 1960s and ‘70s New York, film buffs and cineastes like my wife and I used to go regularly to Upper East Side art theaters like the Paris, Cinema 1 and 2, the Beekman, the Plaza, and the Sutton owned by Donald Rugoff. We knew little or nothing about who he was, except that his father owned a chain of theaters in New York that he took over, but we loved those sleek, upscale theaters — many of them purposely designed and located in the blocks around Bloomingdale’s Department store. It was a wealthy area with a very high grossing potential.

Flash forward to the present day, as the art of cinema is being systematically devalued, sidelined, demeaned, and reduced to its lowest common denominator, “content.” As recently as fifteen years ago, the term “content” was heard only when people were discussing the cinema on a serious level, and it was contrasted with and measured against “form.” Then, gradually, it was used more and more by the people who took over media companies, most of whom knew nothing about the history of the art form, or even cared enough to think that they should. “Content” became a business term for...

The CDC recently issued a study on a Mulberry High wrestling tournament that turned into a coronavirus superspreader event and led to one death. Polk County public schools announced a pause in athletics in December, days after a wrestling tournament turned into a superspreader event that was recently cited in a CDC study. On Wednesday, the county announced it would limit attendance at athletic events for the remainder of the school year in an effort to help slow the spread of disease. Currently, attendance at athletic events is capped at 50 percent. Beginning Feb. 1, attendance will be furth...

Polk school district to slash game attendance to 25% following CDC 'superspreader' report Matthew McClellan reports BARTOW, Fla. - Polk County public school officials announced Wednesday they will be cutting attendance at games and other athletic events starting Monday, Feb. 1.  "The pandemic continues to pose a very serious health risk. At this time, it’s the right call to reduce attendance at our athletics events to help protect our students, staff, and spectators," said Dan Talbot, PCPS’ senior coordinator of athletics.  According to the district, the new capacity protocols are as fo...