70mm at the Castro

~ Lincoln Spector

The good news: The Castro‘s 3rd annual 70mm Film Festival opens July 1. The bad news: It’s smaller than last year’s. Whether this was because of disappointing box office or problems getting prints, it doesn’t bode well for the future of this great way to see big movies. (If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, see Glorious 70mm–my announcement of the Castro’s first such festival.)

This year’s festival goes light on the big roadshow productions that defined the format in No, theyre not showing 2001; I just picked the image to show 70mmBut there’s more 70mm coming to the Castro later this summer. From August 29 through September 4, they’ll screen a brand new 70mm print of West Side Story.

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Lincoln Spector writes about cinema, technology, and cinema technology. From 1986 through 2008, he wrote Gigglebytes, the first technology-oriented humor column. From 1977 through 2016, he wrote PC World's Answer Line column and blog.