A hazy survey of a hazy landscape.
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Unfinished Business: The Enablers
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The future of workplace safety is up in the air. We don’t yet know if #MeToo will herald a new era of responsibility, or if it’s just the latest in a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. Changing the culture is a long-term project, and while (some) perpetrators have been held accountable, new ones take their place every day. For sustainable, lasting change, we have to walk and chew gum at the same time: as we hold jerks to account, we must also attend to the systems and structures that support and protect them.
On seeing a ‘life ruined,’ a hit of smug superiority can give a false sense of justice served—false because this downfall addresses only part of the problem. Increasingly, advocates and the press are putting enablers under the microscope…
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 MoreOn Toxic Masculinity, Cinefamily/Fairfax, and the Harkhams
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August 2019 will mark two years since jerks like Hadrian Belove and Shadie Elnashai ruined Cinefamily. Two years since jerks on Cinefamily’s Board rushed to shut the organization down rather than fix it, and paid for a secret report allegedly clearing them of wrongdoing. Two years since jerks like Dan and Sammy Harkham oversaw its demise, grabbed what they could, and tried for a rebrand and a do-over.
We attempt to mark the occasion, visit a new cinema, and provide a programming note…
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A new L.A. publication lays out “After Cinefamily’s Demise, Where to Watch Movies.”
No mention of the Harkhams’ Fairfax Cinema. 🤔
Read MoreCinefamily & Fairfax: Gessen on Punishment vs. Justice
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There may be something satisfying about tearing down abusers, but don’t confuse that for justice, Masha Gessen warns.
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 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.
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