man on wire, steph on fire!

ok kids i have a seriously awesome movie recommendation for you!

whether you know or not, the art theater around the corner from josh and i closed down back in march or april, i think it was. it was a total bummer, cuz number 1 it was within 5 minutes walking distance, and number 2 it was just a really cool old theater with a couple of cool old dudes runnin it.

it was touch and go for a while - we had heard the last time we were there that it was closing for renovations, and then there was a "thanks for the memories" type message on the marquee right after it closed up shop and we were all WAIT THAT LOOKS VERY FINAL!!! and then a month or two later after it had been boarded up we saw one of those public notices for a liquor license for a wine bar, with an angry message scrawled across it from a passerby about how this street doesn't need another hipster establishment bring back the art theater!

so FINALLY, this last weekend, the art theater reopened! with a wine bar AND coffee bar attached! and the place is downright gorgeous. allegedly they spent about a million bucks on renovations on this place that's been there since the 20s and it shows. effing beautiful art deconess everywhere! it has that new-car smell!

josh and i went last night and say "man on wire" (this is an indie movie house, mind you!) and we both generally HATE documentaries but this one was the bombdiggity. it was all about this dude who strung up a highwire between the twin towers in new york in the 70s, and how he spent about 45 minutes walkin on the highwire before he came down and was arrested.

everything about this movie was just really cool. listening to this dude phillipe talk about how they planned, practiced and executed the scheme was amazing. it was a lot like listening to josh's uncle donnie tell a story - it just was really really good, like life aquatic good. like a weekend without boys good. like taking your shoes off at the end of the day good.

so if you're in long beach, go see the movie at the art theater. and if you're not in long beach, you can suck it!