Cinema Chat: The Jewish Film Festival, The Great Gatsby in 3D and more!

89.1 WEMU | By David Fair - Retired,

Published May 2, 2013 at 8:49 AM EDT

Film festivals galore, including Cinetopia, Jewish Film Festival; Iron Man 3, new openings downtown, and much more on this week's Cinema Chat from WEMU.

Special thanks go to Michigan Theater’s hero and organ curator Henry Aldridge. A celebration of his retirement as a professor of film media arts studies at Eastern Michigan University will be held tonight (Thursday May 2nd) at the Michigan Theater.

Russ Collins is the executive director of the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. Tune in each week for “Cinema Chat” with David Fair and Russ every Thursday at 7:40 a.m.

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David Fair - Retired

Nearly three-quarters of David Fair’s 20+ years in radio has been at WEMU. Since 1994, he has been on the air at 5am each weekday on 89.1 FM as the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition. Over the years, Fair has had the opportunity to interview nationally and internationally known politicians, activists and celebrities. But he feels the most important features and interviews have been with those who live and work here at home. He believes his professional passions and desires fit perfectly into WEMU’s commitment to serving a local audience.

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Russ Collins

Russ Collins is the former executive director of Marquee Arts, the nonprofit that oversees the Michigan Theater and State Theatre in Ann Arbor.

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