Last Remaining Seats Returns

Speaking of theatres (see below), my fave L.A. Conservancy event is back.

Every year, the Conservancy throws open the doors to several of downtown's movie palaces and treats them as intended -- running movies. The events sell out fast, so don't delay.

If I have a complaint, though, it's that this year's crop of theatres is yawn-inducing. The Orpheum and the Alex Theatre are renovated and still open for various events, so there's less of a curiosity factor with them. Meanwhile, the John Anson Ford Ampitheatre was never a movie palace...

Here's the schedule (all Wednesdays, at 8 p.m.):

May 23 -- "North by Northwest" (Orpheum Theatre)
May 30 -- "Roman Holiday" (Los Angeles Theatre)
June 6 -- "Flesh and the Devil" (Orpheum Theatre)
June 13 -- "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (Los Angeles Theatre)
June 20 -- "La Balandra Isabel llego esta tarde" ( John Anson Ford Amphitheatre)
June 27 -- "Scarface" (Alex Theatre)

Tix are $15 for Conservancy members, and $18 for everyone else. If you haven't been to the Los Angeles Theatre (or the Orpheum, for that matter), you owe it to yourself to check it out.