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The movie business is as entertaining as the movies themselves, and you’ll hear about movies and the business on the Matt’s Movies Blog.

It all started in 1998 with Matt’s Movies, KCRW’S screening series for Angel members. Curated by Matt Holzman, the series features the best of foreign, indie and smaller films…before they come out in theaters.  He sees an awful lot of movies – some of them pretty obscure – but only a few are selected for Matt’s Movies.  So he’d thought he’d share about the movies he’s seen – whether they got picked or not.

Matt is also the creator of The Business, public radio’s program about the business of show business.  Since he’s knee deep in the business, he’ll also share some of that craziness – when it doesn’t seem legally or physically dangerous.

Early on, Matt’s dad exposed him to great films like “2001,” “Rashoman” and “Bananas.”  Ben Holzman, an elementary school principal, was a lover of film in all shapes and sizes, and helped run an art theater in Long Beach, California for a time.

Matt has also contributed stories to PRI’S Studio 360 and NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and APR’s Marketplace.