The only painting in which Edward Hopper depicts a cinema screen, New York Movie (1939) is one of the artist’s most compelling and spatially complex theater pictures. This work depicts three distinct features within the movie house: the screen, the moviegoers watching it, and the usher tasked with watching them. The space itself is an amalgam of hoppers on-site research from four New York theaters: the Globe, Palace, Republic, and Strand.
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Hosts Pineapple Express Movie-Themed Dinner!
If you enjoy eating and watching movies, and you aren’t lucky enough to have an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in your city, then you are missing out on an opportunity to do both at the same time while also being outside of your own living room. Alamo Drafthouse is a cool chain of theaters where you can order food and drinks (read: alcohol) from your seat and servers bring it to you while you watch the movie. It is very fun and cool, and it definitely saves time and planning efforts when you are on a date and are trying to decide if you should eat dinner before or after seeing the film. We’ve all been there.
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4 Tips For Having Fun at Home
Whether you’re trying to scale back your expenses, simplify your lifestyle, or make the most of your property, it’s likely that you’re spending a lot of your time at home. This shouldn’t feel like a compromise. Instead, it should feel like a fabulous opportunity to try new experiences, have fun with your loved ones, and embrace a positive mindset. If you are struggling to see the joys in spending your time at home, you’ll need to work your way through the following four tips. They will help you to get the most out of your living space and will save you from looking back in regret.
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Bowers Museum Presents Cut! Costume and The Cinema

Costume Worn by Keira Knightly in The Duchess (All Photos By Gail)
If you live in Southern California, you still have a few more weeks left to visit Bowers Museum in Santa Ana to see the Cut! Costume and The Cinema exhibit, which I saw in December.
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