Tonight and tomorrow at the Loft Cinema: The Other Network, a compilation of the best stuff you never got to see on the glass teat. Details here.

Admission is free, but you still have to get tickets to see the season finale of LOST at the Loft, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. Word is there are "some" tickets left, limit two per person. Doors open at 5 p.m.; the LOST recap broadcast starts at 6 p.m., and the LOST series finale starts at 8 p.m. According to the Loft website there will be food and drink specials, trivia games, giveaways and "more!," but nothing about a Locke look-a-like contest or prizes for those who show up with machetes dressed as the others.

The classic Harold and Maude shows outdoors at Cinema La Placita this evening. Suggested donation: Just $3. Details here.

If memory serves, I first saw this at the pre-renovation Temple of Music Art, in my high-school days, when they used to show old flicks on weekends. (Yes, kids, that was in the days before we had VCRs!)

If you didn't catch Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater when it aired on HBO, here's your chance to see it—and meet CC Goldwater, granddaughter of the late Barry Goldwater, who produced and narrated the film.

There's a free screening at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 21, at MountainView Country Club Ballroom, 38759 S. Mountain View Blvd., in SaddleBrooke. Light refreshments will be served.

CC will sign copies of the Mr. Conservative DVD and her grandfather’s book, Conscience of a Conservative. You'll also have a chance to meet state Rep. Nancy Young Wright and state Senate candidate Cheryl Cage.

Donations to the Tri-Community Food Bank are encouraged.

The Loft is hosting a free screening on Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m. of Immigrant Nation!, a documentary film "about the modern immigrant rights movement. In particular, it is the story of the struggle of Elvira Arellano, a single mother from Chicago who fought her deportation. The film also interweaves the stories of individuals, organizations, activists and community leaders united by passion and a concern for justice. This film illustrates the opposition to the controversial HR 4437 immigration bill as well as the ongoing struggle and demand for comprehensive immigration reform." Congressman Raul Grijalva and director Esau Melendez will be there, too.

You can now add Hollywood to the list of places that hate Arizona. In a trailer for the new Grindhouse spinoff, Machete, actor Danny Trejo presents the Mexican-revenge-movie trailer as "a special Cinco De Mayo message ... for Arizona!"

If things keep going the way they are, "Arizona politician" will replace "corporate suit" as the go-to movie bad guy.

(Trailer is NSFW for language, 'splosions and montages.)

This Wednesday, May 5: The Loft Cinema presents a movie no Doors fan will want to miss. Details here.

The Loft screens a documentary about Maynard James Keenan and Eric Glomski's mission to bring notoriety to Northern Arizona's wine industry.

Blood Into Wine screening
Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Loft Cinema
3233 E. Speedway Blvd.
$8.75 adults

The film's directors will be in attendance. Arizona Stronghold wine will be available by the glass.

Here's a summary, courtesy of the Loft's website:

BLOOD INTO WINE is the eagerly awaited documentary on Tool/Puscifer front man Maynard James Keenan and his vineyard partner Eric Glomski’s mission to bring notoriety and respect to Northern Arizona’s burgeoning wine industry.

While the film focuses on the famous rocker's winemaking, BLOOD INTO WINE offers a larger picture of the often reclusive singer. “Maynard is as mysterious and complex as rumored so we don’t know exactly why he allowed our cameras and questions into his world for the winemaking year of 2009,” explains co-director Ryan Page.

The Loft Cinema's Essential Cinema series continues with a free screening of the classic Night of the Hunter this Sunday and Tuesday. Details here. They suggest you donate $5, but that's still a bargain!