Outdoor movie screenings are a popular Tampa Bay pasttime, but until recently your choices were pretty much limited to family fare in public parks or the time-warped charms of Fun-Lan Drive-In. But this summer The Studio@620 and Push Ultra Lounge came up with an inspired new variation, the Sunset Film Festival: sophisticated programming of can’t-miss classics (Hitchcock, Hepburn, Billy Wilder) screened on the roof of an ultra-hip urban boite. Alfresco filmgoing without cars and screaming kids? Pass me a martini and some popcorn, please.
About Best of the Bay 2009: The winners of this year's Best of the Bay Awards were revealed Sept. 15 at The Loafies, Creative Loafing's BOTB awards party. Find the complete list in the BOTB 2009 issue, just released today.
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2000.