Larry is a member of the Westport Cinema Initiative board of directors. He is also the Initiative's Director of Marketing, Social Media and Technology.
Melissa Newman (2nd r) of Westport presents a gift of $5,000 from the Joanne Woodward Fund —a donor-advised fund of the Fairfield County Community Foundation— to be used for general operating support of Westport Cinema Initiative. Westport Cinema Initiative is working to bring an independent art house movie theater back to Westport. “We could always […]
FED UP is the documentary that the food industry doesn’t want you to see. The reason: so much that we have accepted for the past 30 years as healthy eating is no more than propaganda from food-producing giants that have millions of dollars invested in temptation, and gain fantastic profits from it. But we are addicted. […]
Westport Cinema Initiative is sponsoring the Levitt Pavilion presentation of Martin Scorese’s “Shine A Light”, a documentary about the Rolling Stones. “Shine a Light” is the acclaimed 2008 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting The Rolling Stones’ 2006 Beacon Theatre performance on their “A Bigger Bang Tour”. Hailed as “Phenomenal” (NY Times) and “Explosive” […]
On Aug 11, Sandy Lefkowitz, Jonathan Steinberg, Douglas Tirola and architect Rick Hoag presented the Westport Cinema Initiative’s vision for a downtown art house cinema to the Downtown Westport Steering Committee. The presentation included views of a block model showing the relative size of the theater to surrounding buildings and a 3-d walkthrough of the […]
Volkswagen created a public service announcement that warns against texting and driving, and makes interesting use of a movie theater audience. It’s a powerful message and worth sharing! Here’s the original video:
The Downtown Westport Committee is soliciting input from Westport residents. You can learn about their efforts and take the survey at downtownwestportct.com. Be sure to tell them that you want to see a movie theater in downtown! And let us know if you need more details or have questions.
Hey Bartender is a documentary written and directed by Westport resident Douglas Tirola. There will be a talk back with the filmmaker following the screening including Stephen Carpentieri, who is featured in the film, and is the owner of local favorite Dunville’s Restaurant. Susan Granger, a popular local film critic will be the moderator. Also following […]
Has climate change already run amok across our planet? If so, what is actually happening? We now have a chance to see for ourselves with the showing of the award-winning, 75-minute documentary, “Chasing Ice.” National Geographic environmental photographer, James Balog, and his team, crisscrossed the Artic in a series of body-numbing treks to place time-release […]
Here’s a few minutes of the post-screening talkback with Josh Aronson interviewed by Doug Tirola.
Thanks to Kwegyirba Croffie from It’s Relevant Stamford for this great video interview:
