Cereal At Midnight

As a relative of Carl Laemmle , Antonia Carlotta literally has Universal movies in her blood! In this episode, Antonia talks about discovering her family's legacy, embracing classic Hollywood, and keeping movie history alive for future generations.  antoniacarlotta.com https://twitter.com/AntoniaCarlotta https://www.facebook.com/antoniacarlottalaemmle https://www.instagram.com/antoniacarlotta/ https://www.youtube.com/@antoniacarlotta Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerea...

Theaters were hit hard by the pandemic and subsequent quarantine closures, but the impact of the crisis on small businesses and independent movie houses was catastrophic. Only In Theaters, a 2022 documentary from Raphael Sbarge, begins a year or two before the global crisis and focuses on Greg Laemmle's family history in the motion picture industry and their life-long devotion to cinema. And that word--cinema--is very important because Laemmle Theatres never showed big blockbusters and commercial studio fare; rather, they were an island in an ocean of excess, focusing on independent, foreign, arthouse, and auteur cinema. Through Laemmle, many films were given a theatrical showing that enabled them to be eligible for Academy Awards.  Owning a theater chain must be great, right? Right! Well, yes and no. The dramatic conflict of the story comes from the fact that the independent film business isn't what it once was. Many audiences seem to be only interested in thrill rides and sp...