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The TLA Diaspora: Bringing repertory film to the Main Line

Gina Izzo, right, with filmmaker David Lynch outside the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. TLA Video, which operated a chain of stores in the Philadelphia region, was a shining example of bygone video rental culture. The employees were qualified film buffs…

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  • Retro Review: ‘Blow Out’

    Compared to other cities like New York or L.A., Philadelphia doesn’t make it onto the big screen very often. When it does, Hollywood has a mixed record of capturing the feel of the city and its people. Retro Reviews, a…

    • Jun 4, 2015 - 5:04 pm
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  • Philly’s new czar of bikes and feet takes over

    Bike czar Jeannette Brugger, with her daughter, Amelia Brugger Ford. Welcome to the second incarnation of Wheel Talk, City Paper’s column on all things bicycling. Unlike the previous Wheel Talk, which offered tips about mechanics and safe riding, we will…

    • May 28, 2015 - 1:02 pm
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  • Philly’s new czar of bikes and feet takes over

    Bike czar Jeannette Brugger, with her daughter, Amelia Brugger Ford. Welcome to the second incarnation of Wheel Talk, City Paper’s column on all things bicycling. Unlike the previous Wheel Talk, which offered tips about mechanics and safe riding, we will…

    • May 28, 2015 - 11:44 am
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  • When burlesque does the movies

    A moment from the Hayao Miyazaki-inspired burlesque. What do Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg and Quentin Tarantino all have in common with the sensual art of burlesque? A fan in dancer and costume designer Liberty Rose. Rose directs a bimonthly series…

    • Apr 15, 2015 - 8:49 am
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  • The TLA Diaspora: Why CineMug diversified the video rental business

    Alex Vuocolo CineMug’s Daniel Creskoff TLA Video, which operated a chain of stores in the Philadelphia region, was a shining example of bygone video rental culture. The employees were qualified film buffs and the movie selection was encyclopedic. Yet the…

    • Apr 6, 2015 - 6:22 am
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