Rather than oversee Cinefamily or Fairfax Cinema, Dan Harkham develops hotels. What can we learn from a 20-year old dispute involving a Harkham strike, rabbis marching with bitter herbs, and a hotel rebranding?
Read MoreUnion Busting Is Disgusting
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Over $1M Missing in Latest Cinefamily Tax Filing
Dan Harkham filed Cinefamily’s 2017 taxes. Most of the document is either missing or incoherent, but we try to make sense of the numbers.
Read MoreWho's Hurting the Arts in L.A. Better?
Not an easy call.
Read MoreNew Fairfax Cinema Lighting, Film Community Still in the Dark
Fancy new seating, fancy new lighting, and “a fall opening with much the same program as Cinefamily.” Now, about that Certificate of Occupancy…
Read MoreWhat Can the Harkhams Buy for $250,000?
This installment on the political life of the Harkhams (Silent Movie Theater / Cinefamily / Fairfax Cinema) will analyze the family’s donations to politicians and to political action committees (PACs).
Read MoreFairfax Cinema Lobbyist: Change of Plans
A disclosure from the Harkhams’ former lobbyist raises new questions about the viability of the project, and signals that the renovations and rebranding may not be on track.
Read MoreCinefamily / Fairfax Hires Lobbyist to Woo City, Community
Cinefamily / Fairfax’s Dan Harkham has brought a veteran lobbyist onto the team. Apex LA’s Margaret Taylor is expected to help the Harkhams secure a conditional use permit to allow beer and wine sales at the rebranded Fairfax Cinema at the Silent Movie Theater.
Read MoreHarkhams Make (Yet Another) Half-Assed Effort to Run Away from Cinefamily
Cinefamily ceased operations in August 2017 and Dan Harkham launched Fairfax Cinema shortly thereafter. But Cinefamily continues to exist as a legal entity. Newly-discovered state filings suggest Cinefamily finally closed. Except here’s why it didn’t.
Read MoreFairfax Attempts Opening, Cinefamily Gets More Tax Woes
In late 2018 the Harkhams applied for a Certificate of Occupancy from the L.A. Department of Building and Safety for the Silent Movie Theater’s Fairfax Cinema (Cinefamily). As of this writing in early February 2019, the application is still pending. New documents indicate that plans for the venue may have changed yet again, possibly related to an alcohol licensing challenge with the state ABC.
Read MoreThe People of the State of California vs. Cinefamily ???
California files a tax lien against Cinefamily and the Silent Movie Theater. Again. The Harkhams and Fairfax Cinema should probably deal with this sort of thing.
Read MoreCinefamily vs. Moviepass
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Moviepass did the least it could when it went bust: it gave pro-rated refunds. Cinefamily and the Harkhams didn’t even do that.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Cinefamily / Fairfax Cinema
After yet another derailed attempt at straightforward communications with the Harkhams about Cinefamily, Fairfax Cinema, and the Silent Movie Theater, we release this letter, marking the one-year anniversary of the Board’s failure.
Read MoreCinefamily / Fairfax Cinema Takes on Even More Debt
According to a new filing with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office, amidst all of the existing debt the Harkhams appear to have... taken on more debt!
The April 13, 2018 filing by Community Bank of Pasadena indicates a $250,000 promissory note secured by the Silent Movie Theater. Community Bank already holds a first mortgage in excess of one million dollars based on a 2015 refinancing of the property.
Read MoreRehab Scams
In the wake of the recent attention paid to the shady rehab industry, we take the opportunity to point out that, hey, Dan Harkham of Cinefamily and Fairfax Cinema is/was active in L.A.'s rehab industry. Sammy Harkham confirms.
Read MoreCinefamily Assets and Fairfax Cinema
Cinefamily’s attorney says the board has no money. We talk to insiders who suggest otherwise. What are the Harkhams saying about ongoing Cinefamily responsibilities in the context of a pivot to Fairfax?
Read MoreDistributors, Patrons Balk at Fairfax Cinema
We reached out to several indie distributors. Some had been approached by Fairfax Cinema, but none was prepared to do business with the Cinefamily rebrand, citing outstanding debts and “financial scammery.” Former Cinefamily members throw shade.
Read MorePlanned 2018 Re-Opening for Cinefamily / Fairfax Cinema
Former Cinefamily Program Director Kate Rouhandeh will be Fairfax Cinema’s Director of Programming. She tells film distribution companies that Fairfax is currently being renovated and will open in summer or fall 2018.
Read MoreDetails on Fairfax Cinema Trickle Out
Cinefamily’s Erin Hensley confirms that Fairfax Cinema will be a for-profit business, that Dan Harkham is the sole owner, and that Fairfax plans to operate at the Silent Movie Theater showing the same mix of content as Cinefamily. But here’s why they don’t want you to call it a rebranding.
Read MoreCinefamily / Fairfax Cinema Keep Missing Legal Deadlines
Both Cinefamily and Fairfax Cinema seem to be missing more legal deadlines with the potential to affect donors and staff . We take a look at what’s late, and at Dan Harkham and Erin Hensley’s track record with appropriate record-keeping.
Read MoreNew Resource for Cinefamily Creditors
Cinefamily creditors can now contact Erin Hensley about outstanding debts; Hensley was the accountant at Cinefamily and will be managing director at Dan Harkham’s Fairfax Cinema.
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