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The Cinefamily’s Hadrian Belove: The Mr. Skin Interview

Hadrian Belove is not one to rest on his laurels. After founding Cinefile Video , Los Angeles’ temple of DVD, Hadrian began parlaying his unbelievably wide-ranging knowledge of and enthusiasm for movies into The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theater . Once pretty much what it sounds like- a repertory theater showing silent movies- Cinefamily has transformed the Silent Movie Theater into an internationally renowned cinema destination that’s known for its wildly eclectic programming , original content, crazy patio parties, and excellent in-depth Q&A s. This weekend Cinefamily is mounting its most ambitious project yet: Cinefamily’s Fantastic Elastic 24-Hour Holiday Telethon , a 24-hour star-studded event with guests like Benicio Del Toro , Spike Jonze , Doug Benson and even Robert Forster on hand to raise money for the theater. The Cinefamily is a nonprofit and depends on memberships for support, making the telethon both a celebration of their successes and a deciding factor of their future. Hadrian truly has a vision for how to bring movie theaters into the internet age, one that includes both online events and expanding the Family into a national network of theaters. True to this spirit, Cinefamily will be live streaming the entire 24-hour telethon on its website , so even if you don’t live in LA, you can still be part of the Family. Check out the full telethon schedule here, and read our in-depth interview with Hadrian Belove after the jump!

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Say What Again to Your New AL Cy Young Award Winner, Felix Hernandez

What a day for Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez. The man they call King was named the AL Cy Young award winner , despite only having 13 wins for a last place team (ah, the power of peripheral pitching stats). Even better though is that he appears in the latest issue of ESPN the Magazine as Jules from Pulp Fiction . Of course he does! Because there’s such a big intersection between film and sports — there’s not, is there? — the mag took a bunch of athletes and had them recreate famous film scenes. Ahead, watch as very little product is placed in Hernandez’s hair to give him Jules’ famous Jheri-curl.

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Say What Again to Your New AL Cy Young Award Winner, Felix Hernandez

Metropolis and 5 Other Silent Films That Don’t Feel Like Homework

Fritz Lang’s sci-fi masterpiece gets a snappy new DVD release with The Complete Metropolis (new from Kino International this week), including long-lost footage that recently surfaced thanks to a 16mm print found in an Argentine vault. Sadly, the fact that it’s a silent movie will cause lots of otherwise-adventurous moviewatchers to turn up their nose at it, like it was a spoonful of cod-liver oil being administered by Kate Gosselin. But even if repeated film-class screenings of Intolerance made you think that all pre-sound movies were tedious and overacted, a look at Metropolis — or any of the following films — should convince you otherwise.

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Metropolis and 5 Other Silent Films That Don’t Feel Like Homework