Meet In the Lobby, presented by Norm Schrager

From big blockbusters to small unseen indie films, Meet in the Lobby delivers movie previews, interviews and cool finds. And talks it up with you.

With every opinion and every post, we offer a question or ask for your feedback. Give us your take. Joke. Vent. You keep the lobby buzzing. And we respond.

We offer no fanboy fanfare. No snobby attitudes. No celebrity butt-kissing.

Just a pow-wow for people who dig movies of all kinds.

Norm Schrager — Editor-In-Chief

Norm has been a film reviewer since 1999. He began as a staff writer for the commentary website 24 Frames Per Second, contributed to All Movie Guide, and has been Senior Contributor at filmcritic.com since 2002. He’s also written for a couple of print pubs, including the Boston Weekly Dig.

His recent favorites, from the last decade or so, include The Sweet Hereafter, Boogie Nights, Almost Famous, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Queen and No Country for Old Men.

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Allison S. — Associate Editor
Allison, originally from NJ, has been adapting to the ways of Boston life for the past several years. She has much to learn - after all, she still says milkshake when ordering. On most days, Allison works with dead brains. Don’t worry, it’s all on the up and up. Her background is psychology, cognitive science, and criminal justice. In between that is her fondness for movies, music, and the cool stuff happening in Boston. That means collecting cigar boxes to help make tape player samplers, managing the stage at the Marshmellow Fluff Festival, and of course, watching lots and lots of movies (and TV!).

It’s hard for her to pin down just what types of movies she’s into. At her job’s cinema night, she’s played the french film Russian Dolls and the gross-out horror Planet Terror. For today at least, she’ll say her top favorites are Garden State, The Trial, Donnie Darko, Imposters, Bottle Rocket, Pull My Daisy, Viva Las Vegas, and A Tale of Two Sisters.