He has managed to forget entirely about his ex coming back to town, until he’s in the staff office at the Oriental, hanging up his jacket and checking the schedule and seeing “Incarcerainbow” written on the calendar. His ex’s documentary. Someone from the Oriental is planning to go see his ex’s documentary. It’s a testament to his general good ( Read more... )

“It was Lana’s idea,” Teddy goes on. “She thinks he needs a boyfriend. Me and Milena think you need a boyfriend. Justin’s a photographer - he practically makes movies. You’re perfect for each other.” She grins brightly, clearly pleased with her and Milena’s and Lana’s group effort to get him and Justin together ( Read more... )

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He really does love running the film for the late night movies. The folks in the audience can be a mixed bag - night owls who need something to do, movie aficionados, curious people - and there’s something kind of nostalgic about working an old film projector to show a movie from before the digital age to the late night weirdos in the city. He ( Read more... )

It’s probably almost time to change the film reel, so Owain turns back to the movie. He tries not to be distracted too much during work, but sometimes it’s hard, because he likes talking to his brother. Elwyn grew up with the same movie loving parents and inherited their dad’s love of horror and their mom’s love of old romances, and he shares Owain ( Read more... )

“I’ll sell the tickets,” the ticket taker calls from his position in the lobby. “I can sell ‘em and rip ‘em at the same time ( Read more... )

“Why is that the St Patrick’s Day movie?” the kid taking tickets asks him, having overheard him tell Carolle not to worry. “It’s not Irish ( Read more... )

The only problem with hiring high schoolers is that during the day during the week, your employees are in school. Which means a lot of times the person selling tickets just rips them in the ticket window and directs the moviegoer to the right screen, and cuts out the need for a ticket taker in the first place ( Read more... )

When Owain was born, his father wanted to name him Tobe, after Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. His mother said no. Then his dad wanted to name him George, for George Romero, creator of the Night of the Living Dead movies. His mom said no to that too ( Read more... )

“Don’t say doughnuts,” Celeste says. “Tell us everything about the house.”

So Freya does, including the part about the sample paint cans blowing over last night and what RosaLeah said about her possibly not needing to replace the garage floor. Bill asks questions, Celeste shares opinions, Victory makes suggestions.“You should take the wallpaper ( Read more... )