Santa Fe’s Jean Cocteau Cinema had its grand re-opening last week, the man tearing the tickets was none other than its new owner, writer and harvester-of-readers’-tears George R.R. Martin. The night opened with a screening of Forbidden Planet, one of Martin's favorite movies from childhood, which he cites as the greatest science fiction film of all time. The author was one of the many in the area who mourned the theater’s closure in 2006, both because of its fabulous film selection and its famed popcorn. Finally, in winter 2013, Martin was out on a barbecue-run when he noticed a “For Sale” sign in the cinema’s window and thought “Why doesn’t somebody reopen it? Why don’t I reopen it?”
[And then he ran over a Stark, just for kicks.]