Hey, everyone. “Moriarty” here.

Goddamn, I love the New Beverly Theater.

It’s always been a great venue with a lovely scuzzy grindhouse vibe to it, but in the last year and a half, it’s really come on strong with some very cool mini-festival programming. Having filmmakers take over the theater to run these series is a great idea, and I’ve enjoyed the hell out of evenings programmed by Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Diablo Cody, and Joe Dante so far.

This weekend, starting on October 3rd, Patton Oswalt is stepping up for his turn at bat, and he’s put together a very eclectic list. I’ve known Patton for about a decade now, and he’s as pure a film freak as I know, a guy who just plain gets excited by movies of all types. He’s got very particular tastes, but he’s not a snob. Like most of my best film geek buddies, he can appreciate high art and trash cinema with equal fervor, knowing that they are what they are, and never insisting that one is better than the other.

Believe me... this is a chance to see some really unusual pairings of movies, and each one of these nights sounds rewarding. I’m going to see how many of the nights I can make it down there for, starting with that awesome Walter Matthau double-feature. CHARLEY VARRICK on the bigscreen? I’ll take two tickets for awesome, please.

Here’s the full line-up, and I hope you guys will join Patton so we can see more programming from him in the future:

Now I can’t wait to see who else the New Bev has lined up for future festivals. Keep ‘em coming, Julia!

Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles