After agreeing to talk with this website, Fairfax Cinema changed course. Then the anonymous Tweets began. Are the Harkhams falling back on an old playbook?
Read MoreCinefamily’s Sammy Harkham Promises “Full Transparency” at Fairfax Cinema…
Erin Hensley
Fairfax 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 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 MoreRenovations, Alcohol Coming to Silent Movie Theater (Maybe)
Recent filings with the L.A. Department of Building and Safety indicate Cinefamily/Fairfax plans to begin renovations on the Silent Movie Theater. According to the city engineer overseeing the permit application, “they are doing some interior and exterior work to the existing theater,” including “proposing a small bar at the rear.”
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 MorePersonal Attack “Crossed the Line” — Erin Hensley Tries To Silence Cinefamily / Fairfax Cinema Watchdog
Amidst conversations between this site’s author and Cinefamily / Fairfax’s Erin Hensley, Hensley breaks off communication and takes action to silence this site. (Even before it was cool to cc the provost!)
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 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.
Read MoreConfirmed: Cinefamily Becomes Fairfax Cinema
In which we contemplate what it means that Dan Harkham, owner of the Silent Movie Theater and controller of Cinefamily, filed papers back in October 2017 for something called Fairfax Cinema.
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