There's a scene midway through the film where the Browns gather around an old 16 mm projector in Mr Gruber's shop and Paddington, entranced by the warm glow emanating from it, steps forward and walks straight through the screen into a world far removed from the drab, drizzly place he has come to call home. (lwlies.com)
There aren't many bright spots in Lovelace, although one is Amanda Seyfried's intoxicating smile, and another is the retinal insult delivered by a 16 mm projector flaring out at the audience during the movie's opening moments, and which feels like an accusation. (metacritic.com)
In the golden age of the late Sixties, no film commentary of any sort reached most of the households in most of these markets (although faculty members on the local campus knew who Kael was, and huddled over the glow from their 16 mm projectors like monks in the Dark Ages treasuring manuscripts from far lands). (filmcomment.com)