Thursday, April 22, 2010

Insert "That's What She Said" joke here.

Exciting news for the fourth summer of rooftop movies! No, we haven't scheduled the first screening yet, though we know what we're going to show. Ever since that early April heat wave, the nights have been pretty chilly, and I'm waiting for an evening with a forecast low that doesn't go below 60. No dice yet, and next week isn't looking so great, so fingers crossed for the first week of May.

In the meantime, though, we're always hard at work here at Cinéma sur le toit looking to improve your moviegoing experience! Last year, it was an upgrade to the projection system. That improvement got us a smaller, but more powerful piece of equipment; this year, however, bigger is better, and we're all set to deliver to you 46% more image for every movie you come to see.

Many thanks to Eric for the long term screen loan that he wasn't even aware he'd made to the cause for the past few years. That screen has served us well, but this afternoon we took delivery of a brand new screen; it still has that new screen smell and everything. This thing is bright, white, and as you can see from the photo, absolutely huge. Basically, I went for the biggest one that I knew we could fit in our closet. With 99 diagonal inches on it, compared to 68 on the old one, we'll now be absolutely certain that no one else on the roof will be able to ignore what we're watching.



Keep an eye on the weather, and as soon as the nighttime temperature creeps up a few more degrees, we'll get everyone over here to see how this looks up on the roof.