Filmmaker was delighted to the following email today, which began:

"From the ashes of Kim's video come's THE THIRD FLOOR, a new group of curators devoted to presenting to you, the general public, movies we like. In just the right way. On a screen. With some bands. Somewhere that you can drink. With all your friends. For money."

Together with 92YTribeca, this collective of former-employees and devotees of the late, great, irreplaceable Kim's Video is starting a screening series. It begins October 30th with THE WICKER MAN, a 1973 cult horror masterpiece featuring Britt Ecklund and Christopher Lee. Following the evening’s screening, there will be performances inspired by the folklore inspiration for Paul Giovanni's trippy-creepy original score. Best of all, director Robin Hardy will be in attendance for a Q & A.

It's encouraging (and hopefully prescient?) that this beloved institution, felled by online rentals and VOD, is coming back as a real-life, in-person, community-based activity...

# posted by Alicia Van Couvering @ 10/12/2009 02:19:00 PM

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