No More Music

Perhaps the best cinema chain in Los Angeles is Laemmle.  They're located all over town and provide a wide variety of independent fare, as well as the occasional blockbuster (especially the NoHo 7 for the latter).

But now I hear one of the more venerable (if not better kept up) theatres in the chain--the Music Hall--has just closed.  It's a three-screen cinema (converted from one) on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

Many's the time I've attended showings there of titles that would not play wide, or perhaps wouldn't play anywhere else. Sometimes the cast and crew would come for their big moment. Whenever there didn't seem to be any good mainstream films out there, you'd look to the Music Hall to bail you out.  (Also, parking opens up on Wilshire at 7 pm, just as the showings are about to start--perfect timing).

I saw a handful of films at the Music Hall this year.  The last one was a few weeks ago--Semper Fi.  Never heard of it?  Exactly.  It's an action film starring Jai Courtney and Leighton Meester.  It's not going to win any awards.  But that was part of the fun--you'd take a chance seeing something at the Music Hall, and every now and then, you'd be rewarded.