Theaters Reopening! & THERE IS NO EVIL & New Segment (w/ Sharon Gissy & Kyle Cubr)

Episode #17 of the Cine-Cast opens with Associate Editors Ben Sachs & Kathleen Sachs discussing the new Golden Bear winning Iranian film by Mohammad Rasoulof, THERE IS NO EVIL. Next, contributors Megan Fariello & Josh B Mabe chat with Music Box Theater's operations manager Kyle Cubr about the ups and downs of the movie theater business during the pandemic, and shares the theater's reopening strategy and very exciting upcoming programming. Finally, in a new closing segment to the podcast, we chat with a friend of Cine-File to discuss a recent film they watched that they want to share with you! Sharon Gissy, the organizer of the Mental Filmness film festival (mentalfilmness.com) comes on to discuss Chantal Akerman's radical musical THE GOLDEN EIGHTIES.  Don't forget to read the Cinefile Cinelist every week at www.cinefile.info The introductory theme is by local film composer Ben Van Vlissingen. Find out more about his work here: www.benvanv.com