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A very favorite movie that I always loved and saw my own life in because it related to certain stories of my own family is The Thief of Baghdad starring Sabu, Conrad Veidt, and John Justin. The Thief of Baghdad, played by Sabu, is a boy traveling around with this older caliph who is a handsome friend, and they go on an extensive journey together. Their dynamic always made me think of me and my older brother – it's a fantasy beyond fantasies, that movie. I love it so much.
Oct 4, 2024
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Great movie to kick off the new year, on at 9 PM on the 31st at the Studio Galande cinema in the 5th arrondissement, lots of fun and probably very nice people to meet. Come dressed up for extra fun.
As a bonus, I believe it's the only theatre in the world that's been showing the movie weekly with actors since it first came out in 1975, so that's pretty cool !
Dec 27, 2024
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If you’re from brooklyn or new york city or just moved here, i know, this is cliche. But i! Don’t! Care! The truffle popcorn is addicting, even if I'm farting for the rest of the movie, it’s worth it. Plus they have cute little trailers to gab about with your date or friend, but i also go alone because nobody tried to have small talk with you at the movies and you can just disassociate peacefully in blissful high-power air conditioning on a hot nyc summer day. They have guest curators on a monthly basis and do fun screenings of old flicks. Highly recommend it. Nitehawk > Alamo.
Aug 7, 2023
I have another indie theater that I prefer because it’s cozier, has better vibes, is much closer to me, and everybody who works there is genuinely passionate about film. It’s not really anything special visually but it’s a beautiful institution and it’s so fun to be there ❤️
But this one is an old art deco theatre designed by architect John Eberson (he designed Loew’s Paradise in the Bronx and the Paradise Theatre in Chicago)! It’s pretty run down/poorly managed and staffed but it’s a gorgeous building and definitely worth visiting. Not my photos but included for illustrative purposes!!
Nov 14, 2024
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The most fun thing to do is to play with kids, be with a group of kids and just play with them and make up plays or stories. When I was younger I used to be a drama counselor: and I was in charge of about 9 boys, and I would always have so much fun with them, reading to them and doing treasure hunts.
Oct 4, 2024
One of the things I love most in the world, that I’ve loved since I was a little boy, is that every Christmas I always get some halva. It's a Middle Eastern confection made from ground up sesame seeds and egg albumen into this heavenly candy. To this day, every Christmas, one of my kids gives me a chunk of halva, but I don't keep it in my house because I would just eat it all. I keep it in Sofia's house, and every once in a while I go and I take a little piece.
Oct 4, 2024
20 years ago, I decided I wanted to have some of those Hawaiian shirts, but you couldn't buy them anymore. So I had a dozen Hawaiian shirts made by someone I knew who was a costume designer, and I used to wear them wherever I went. Over time, I would go to Brazil, for example, people would say, oh, he's wearing a Coppola shirt. People started calling them “Coppola shirts,” and they started to get popular again. As they got more popular, companies started to make them available to buy again.Â
Then, I started wearing dissimilar socks to see if that would become a trend too – I think they do sell socks in mixed pairs now. It turns out that there's a boys' school in England where the tradition is to wear the wrong socks; there was also a famous physicist who wore mixed socks. So I'm not the only one.
Oct 4, 2024