The New Beverly Cinema presents the Pure Cinema podcast.

My name is Brian Sauer.

I'm joined, as always, by the delightful Mr. Elric Kane.

This is the New Beverly Calendar Edition, April 26. And, of course, as usual, we're joined by Phil Blanketship of the New Beverly. Hello, Phil. Hello, Brian. And we have a very special guest joining us for the first time on the show. I'm a big fan of his show. And his name is Mr. Will Sloane. Will, thank you for joining us. Thank you. It's an honor to be here. And I just want to say something quickly about what the new Beverly means to me.

Nice. Even though I live in Toronto, Canada, I always keep an eye on the calendar.

And last year, when the March 2025 calendar dropped, I was sitting on my couch, and I saw that you were playing a Jack Benny double feature of

artists and models and Buck Benny rides again.

And I started kind of trembling.

And I said, honey, I don't know how to tell you this, but I need to fly to L.A.

and Buck Benny rides again on 35 millimeter.

And I did.

So I just want you to know that that's probably like when you add

airfare and accommodations, that's the most I've ever paid for a ticket. That is fantastic.

And that shows the true nature of your love for cinema, which is part of the reason you're

here. You also have a wonderful podcast called Important Cinema Club that has been on for a long

time. I've been a long time listener, a big fan of the show with you and Justin A Klu. And you've

even written some books or you've written a book we can talk about just briefly just to plug it

because I got my copy. Unfortunately, I haven't

had a chance to read it yet, but I'm very excited to read it. Oh, thank, well, first of all,

thanks for getting it. It honestly doesn't even matter if you read it because we've got your money.

Yes, exactly. I appreciate that. It's called Ed Wood made in Hollywood USA. It's a critical

study of the filmmaker. Of course, everyone knows Ed Wood was voted the

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