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Would high school students go to Town Hall on a Friday night if "Avatar" was playing in the auditorium and James Cameron was there to discuss the film afterward? "Absolutely," Staples High School senior Jordan Ratner said at a meeting Tuesday night of the nascent Westport Film Society. The group of about 25 people, organized by Representative Town Meeting member Jonathan Steinberg, Westport Youth Film Festival Coordinator Sandy Lefkowitz and the Westport Youth Commission, wants to bring …
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As a big film buff I laud the efforts (and am sorry I didn't know about the meeting). Fairfield is trying to do this with the Community Theater, which is a non-prof. Fairfield Theater Company has also had a little bit of film programming. But as much as I'd love to see something like this, I have … more ›