Stopping by for some espresso at Influx Cafe this morning I saw an enigmatic piece of paper with the URL secretcinema.blogspot.com and immediately jumped on Influx’s free wi-fi hotspot to check it out:
An Introduction to the Secret Cinema
‘ what is the Secret Cinema? ‘ you ask…an act of desperation… a means to an unknown end… the desire to see films that might not otherwise find their way to this sleepy town of ours… subtile classics forgotten by the world… renegado visions left to die by the captains of finance… documents that tell their stories a little too honestly… and other shadowplays orphaned by memory and caprice…
‘what is the Secret Cinema Salon?’
a time and place to see these films… and ( this next part is very dear to our hearts ) talk about them with others who think about and love cinema…
The Secret Cinema Salon will be kindly hosted every other Sunday evening by the Media Arts Center located at:
921 25th Street between Broadway and E Street in Golden Hills.
Their web site is www.mediaartscenter.org
The next film will be shown this coming Sunday (the 22nd) at 6:30 pm.
I’ve been there! A friend of mine who was into making his own films liked to go there and check out what independent filmmakers in San Diego were making. It was pretty cool too. And just around the corner too.