Pizza, Beer, and Indy Films

The development of Vanguard is the best Louisville cinema news I've heard in many years.... I'm really looking forward to it.

I agree completely. I also wonder what Gill and Augusta Holland will be showing at their green building on Market and how often.

We visited a similar place in Asheville last summer but didn't see a film. They were more mainstream. Here's a more food-centric video feature about the place from the Traveling Vegetarian. The pizzas was tasty.

http://www.tripfilms.com/Travel_Video-v64066-Asheville-The_Traveling_Vegetarian_Asheville_Pizza_and_Brewing_Company-Video-Embed.html

Just because I'm at work waiting for NykoleS to pick me up and I'm just this way...

http://leoweekly.com/?q=node/6993 (you'll have to go about halfway down...)

Man, I hope they're serious about this. This would be so cool. Nyki and I went to Guadalajara, MX 3 years ago and went to a movie theatre where they served sushi and beer while I sat in a nice recliner watching "Batman Inicio" (yeah, I'm still impressed -- it doesn't take much). Any chance anyone knows any of the folks involved? I may fork out for one of their packages if I knew more.

From the Louisville Vanguard website:

After all, as Bertolt Brecht said, "A theater without beer is just a museum."

Hmmm... maybe I've found a signature for the forum.

Agreed! I find it hard to believe a town with an internationally respected theatre, a town with innovative music from the Louisville Orchestra to Slint, Will Oldham, Shipping News to The Photographic and Paradigm to My Morning Jacket and VHS or Beta, a town that supports multiple art gallery trolley hops every month, a town with an amazingly varied and sophisticated cuisine... I can't believe this town can't support an art theatre. I mean, really. It is a failure of imagination and will. We have not had for years the kind of venue, promotion, and education needed. Baxter Ave. and Village 8 have been tepid wusses. UL must have an English department of media illiterates (and that's where I got my English degree!). I'm old enough to have weaned myself on Bergman, Antonioni, Godard, Fellini at the Crescent on Frankfort Ave - and to have been projectionists at UL's Friday night films showing 8 1/2 and Alphaville and the Apu Trilogy. I'm old, folks, but I find the young in this respect to be the cowards - both entrepeneurs and audiences. The Vanguard is one project that gives me hope.

This would be fantastic. I miss the Brew & View that was in Chicago when I lived there. You could order pizza from across the street and pitchers of beer in house. Had cocktail tables, 'stadium' seating and recliners and showed double features... loved it. I never did have the chance to go to the one at Plainview but remember it well, definitely mid-80s.

I like this quote, too:

After all, as Bertolt Brecht said, "A theater without beer is just a museum."

But a theater with swill is just another place to pay homage to the multinationals. Luckily, we're told:

The food will be innovative - often reflecting the themes of the current film offerings. The food, spirit, beer, and wine choices will feature local and regional production.

That's soundtrack music to my ears. In fairness, I was treated to a bit of insider's information about this project, and it's a keeper, indeed. Looking forward to food and beer that match and enhance the overall theme!

Gosh, I miss the "Vogue" and the "Uptown".....

For me, growing up, that was as good as it was ever going to get(an excuse to stay out late)....

I miss those "Midnight Movies".....