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Alamo Drafthouse is #1!!! Duh! No Shite Sherlock!
Hey folks, Harry here... Oh no, the secret is out! Entertainment Weekly just named THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE as the #1 theater "doing it right" in making the movie going experience the best possible experience you can have with movies and going that extra mile to combat the evil decline of theater attendance.
Amen!
The photo in the issue perfectly illustrates it with a look at watching THE LIFE AQUATIC at the Alamo! Click Here To See The Article and to see if your favorite theater is listed! I also figure that this would be a great place for all of you - to list your favorite theater to see the movies that really count. As for me... I'm prepping for Tim and the Alamo's Rolling Roadshow journey across the western half of the United States - followed by Quentin Tarantino's Latest Film Festival at the Drafthouse! Oh yeah - and I'm in the midst of working my ass off programming Fantastic Fest also to be held at the Drafthouse! My God... It's Full of Stars... and an Audience!
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and yeah, totally. I'm half considering moving to Austin just for that theatre. Work, too... but mostly the theatre.
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Aug 09, 2005 12:30:20 PM CDT
Austin, coolest place on earth! Why the FUCK am I still in Okla
by sinisterjim
I'm going to be down for the QT6 fest, unfortunately, not the entire week...so how about some suggestions on places a film geek MUST visit, video store, movie poster shop, etc. I will also be down for the Fantastic Fest...can't friggin' wait! First vacation I've had in 6 years!
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looks like an awesome theatre, i'm hoping that if my band makes it out to SXSW next year I can check it out. here in denver we have approximately zero cool theatres. just multiplexes as far as the eye can see, it's fucking depressing. congrats to the alamo and hope to visit soon.
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Aug 09, 2005 12:39:10 PM CDT
Bull. The maple Art Theatre in Southfield, MI is the best.
by mortsleam
It's a shitty "Art Theatre" that plays second run middlebrow crap like the March of the Penguins, but the staff are so stoned that two times in a row, the guy at the ticket counter gave me back my twenty along with my change. You can't get service like that everywhere. Meanwhile, the Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI is a converted former porno theater that now tries to be a hip brew'n'view. They've been playing Sin City every Wednesday for three months now.
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I hate the multiplex bullshit these days. It's so antiseptic and impersonal. We need more theatres with "quirky" sensibilites, interested in films and having a good time. I mean... Midnight Screenings don't even exist in my city. It's like living in a Mall.
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great memories of seeing movies there! my favorite moment: when four rooms (i'm a big tarantino nut) opened on 12-24 took road trip from green bay alone(1 1/2 hour drive, friends were all doing the family thing). arrived @ box office to find that i left wallet behind in gb. box office girl let me slide. would have neeeever happened @ some amc megaplex. great call ew!
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As soon as I pass that fucking USMLE I'm there, baby.
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That's a nice theater Austin's got there and I must admit I'm jealous but I wouldn't trade it for the LA experience. Just about every film, from lavish gargantuan productions to little known indys, can be found close by. Not to mention the geek rental stores that abound. Our film nirvana is only rivaled by NY. Take that Austin! jk
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I am fortunate to have a measley one drafthouse in Houston, Tx, which is suppose to expand to two soon. I will make the journey up Hwy 290 to Austin to see the LOTR trilogy and Firefly marathon!!! Even though I regularly, almost weekly, patron the West Oaks Alamo it does not have the cinematic lineup the orginal or any of the Austin locations has.
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Maybe I'll catch 2046 at the Nuart today...
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I think once you get over the ticket price (which if you're a member gets way cheaper than other theaters once you start racking up points for free shit)you realize that you're getting what you pay for. Hands down best theatre I've ever seen. Haven't been to the Alamo, but I've been to Cinema Drafthouse's before and thought they were a fantastic way to get drunk but not the best moviegoing experience. And its right next door to the best Record store in the world. seriously.
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...however, the experience of going to Mann's Chinese or the Egyptian trumps it. I saw X2 on opening night in a PACKED Mann's and it was one of the best experiences I've ever had at the movies. That said, Arclight is still the place to go for the inner-film snob. It's a bit pricey, but it's a different experience.
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I like the Chinese, but unless you get the perfect seat in there you get awfully distracted by the surroundings and the tourist/ non film respecters can get high. I saw Batman Begins there and all I saw were the people constantly getting up and moving around. I also like having the Grove so close to me but never go there on a weekend.
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Loews Boston Common (especially theaters 1 & 2, but the whole building is gorgeous), Theaters 12 & 13 of the AMC Fenway 13, Theater 6 at the AMC Framingham 15, and the Showcase Randolph. Rock.
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Besides Kendall, Coolidge, Harvard Film Archive, Embassy and many other cool movies in the Cambridge Area. Altogether these theatres provide one of the richest choices of films in any other 10 mile radius any where in the country.
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And don't call it Frisco, that's a town in Texas, bitches.
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but, there was this place I visited in Maine that serveed food & drinks like the Alamo and they also gave tours of the theater during the day. It was built in the 30's and everything has been kept authentic. Beautiful place with a domed ceiling and a balcony. Unfortunatley I saw Jurassic Park III at the theater, but I still enjoyed the experience.
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The Castro Theater is amazing. It's like you got caught in a time warp or something. I saw the Maltese Falcon there 2 years ago.
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Aug 09, 2005 1:37:53 PM CDT
(San Diego) Mira Mesa Edwards 18 = Highest grossing theater in E
by dr_nerdikus
And the reason is simple: it is a great theater to see a flick in! Stadium seating, cool chitzy designs that cover the theater entrances (for example Theater 9 has a Roman theme, complete with columns) - state of the art Christie projectors and Sony Digital Surround Sound and of coarse, one of the few San Diego theater houses to sport a Digital Projector in Theater 8!
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Just because 2001 premiered there. But the E-street landmark and the AFI Silver theaters are also pretty friggin awesome. DC surely aint LA or NYC but it's Niiice...
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Went to see American Psycho last week at the Alamo downtown and no one can top what they did for that screening. For $10 not only did you get to see the movie but they had a naked girl covered in sushi in the lobby and the Yuppie Pricks played a six song set before the movie. And by the way that smelly, dirty vibe is part of the downtown locations charm. Let's see if any of the other pretenders can outdo that.
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While the Drafthouse is okay, what the article doesn't capture in listing the #2 Kennedy School is that there's a whole McMenamin's vintage buildings/great beer/good food/cheap movies empire. With the Misson, the Baghdad and the rest, Portland's gotta win for best overall.
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Aug 09, 2005 1:55:00 PM CDT
Yeah, all y'all need to come down to Alabama and then count
by roguewriter
Even in the "nicer" Carmike and Regal theaters, which were "updated" with stadium seating 3-4 years ago, the sound systems are crap, the projectors are crap, the seats are crap, the food is crap, the customer service is utterly non-existent and we're STILL paying $8.25 for regular showings. Add to that the mental capacity of your average Bama moviegoer ("Hey Earl, whuddee saaaaay?")... Remember Dennis Miller's old comedy routine, about the movie theater audiences at CANNONBALL RUN breaking up afterward into remedial discussion groups? There ya go. Thank your lucky stars, those of you who have choices, and especially those of you who have the opportunity to patronize indie/arthouse cinemas without driving 2-4 hours... The era of the movie hall as cathedral has definitely passed.
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I must second ItsaTrap. The Uptown, with it's 70 foot wide screen is THE place to catch a movie in DC. Thank god they FINALLY stopped with ROTS. March of the Penguins is there now and I'm checkin' it out (again) this week. There is much to be said for a theater that still opens and shuts the bug red curtain before every show. A word to the wise...sit in the balcony. But as far as the overall moviegoing experience...it's the AFI Silver in Silver Springs MD that takes the cake. On the first weekend in July they had screenings of all the Star Wars flix sans ROTS. The historic theater was designed by my fave John Eberson and was opened in 1938. It was restored a while back and complimented by two state of the art companion theaters. It can show every type of print that exsists except for IMAX, and as I understand it Digital Projection may be just around the corner. Sunday the wife & I caught the original "Thin Man" movie. This month they are celbrating the (would have been) 100th birthday of Myrna Loy and are thusly screening all of the Thin Man series. Recently they have also hosted a WC Fields retro (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break!!!) a Henry Fonda retro, the whole Lucas thing...AFI even serves beer and wine and REAL BUTTER on the popcorn. AMC Hoffman 22 is the nice multiplex, but AFI wins hands down. They, too, open and shut the curtains before & after each show. And it doesn't smell, either. Art Deco, to boot. AFI AFI AFI AFI AFI AFI!!!!!!
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I grew up there adoring the uptown, camping out for the rereleases and it is a great theater. IT should've gotten mention. As for the Alamo people. Sushi on a girl and thematic live music sounds like... a gimmick. Which I garnered from this site was the opposite of what you all cared about for movies.
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Aug 09, 2005 2:01:04 PM CDT
I don't know if you still can, but you used to be able to dr
by right bastard
That makes it win in my book. Also, the private screening rooms are incredible. The best in San Diego is Hazard Center. Great food, great sound, and a lot of indie pics. Also, THEY REFUSE TO SHOW COMMERCIALS BEFORE THE MOVIE!!!!!!!
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AFI and Uptown, sure. But I go to the Bethesda Row for one reason -- it's deep down underground, meaning no cellphones go off during the movie. Ahh bliss.
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Still the best website devoted to WHERE we see the movies. Sorry about all the typos in previous post...I'm distracted by all this BS on my desk in front of me. Can't wait to take in the ARCLIGHT when I make it to DC. What about the PARAMOUNT down in Austin? It's another John Eberson Atmospheric theater I've always had a jones to see. Anybody????
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Yea that "gimmick" had a nice set of tits. You morons will hate on anything. I guess you can call Tarantino a gimmick when he hosts his movie fest. Or how about having all of the cast of Dazed and Confused here for the 10'th anniversary a gimmick. If you wanna sit there and ponder the deeper meaning of cinema that's your choice but some of us just wanna go have a good time.
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While its not theArclight, the Angelica, Film Forum or The Uptown (all of which rock in their own way) my wife and I drove over two hours to The Family Drive-In in Stevens City VA, a couple of weeks ago. Watching BATMAN BEGINS with a full moon rising next to the screen has charms no multiplex or arthouse can duplicate. We sat in lawn chairs and had the sound blasting from my car system. Even smoked a stogie while the film unspolled. Pretty cool, and definitely something we will do again.
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Ahhhh....the cineramadome!!!
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The only one I was aware of is somewhere near Baltimore. I live in Waldorf right off of 301...can you tell a brother how to get to the Drive In? Back in Louisville I had 2 drive ins to choose from...please pray tell where do I find this one (and are they still showing Batman?)
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1. Special events, old flicks (Mister Sinus, Spagetti Westerns w/spagetti and wine, Weird Wednesday, the upcoming Firefly marathon and extended LOTR with all Hobbit meals).
2. No children under 18 without a parent! I wish all movie theatres strickly enforced this for all movies! Annoying teens yelling at the screen and laser pointers have ruined the cinematic experience. The drafthouse has to enforce age limit especially due to the booze served, which brings us to number three.
3. Booze! You can't beat kicking back with a bucket of Shiner Bock or your favorite brew. Hell, it makes even the crappiest film better. I know you can stay at home and have a beer and fire up a film on your dvd player, but not with a big cinema screen and excellent sound.
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You can do it all at the arclight!!! They have a restaurant, 21+ screenings with booze. Carmel corn, on weekends they roll out a famous movie car and they let you drive it. I drove The Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am up Cahuenga. Then on Halloween, they dig up old movie stars and let you do 'em. But seriously Arclight is the best.
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The Cine Capri in Scotsdale, AZ is just as good or better than the ArcLight. The screen is just as big I think, or maybe bigger
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But the arrogant bastards shut it down last year. What the moviegoing public wants, apparenty, is a bunch of small theaters with small screens showing the same movie, as opposed to cavernous rooms with huge screens that foster communal viewing of great movies. I saw all the movies that mattered here until they shut it down (Lucas, Spielberg, Trek, Batmen, etc). Screw you guys! The Vogue...oh...how I miss the Vogue Theater, too. On day, dear friend, maybe we can do the TIME WARP again!!!
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great fuckin' theatre, but the parking and the lines during the summertime suck all kinds of arse. Beautiful theatre experience...It was fun seeing The Mummy flicks in an Egyptian themed joint...made it feel as if you were at the premire..and helped wash down the rancid shite the second film turned out to be.
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That'd be my pick! The seats are damn uncomfortable, the bathroom is a closet but the programming and the prices are DIVINE!
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I think we can all agree its the Beverly Center.
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Brattle in Cambridge, Coolige Corner Theater is AWESOME too! Kendall Square rules, and the Lowe's Boston Common is fairly rad as well.
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Aug 09, 2005 2:43:02 PM CDT
oh and on the odd chance that somebody lives NORTH OF BOSTON:
by shigeru
Cabot Street Cinema in Beverly, MA. They dress in tuxes, play the piano before shows, and hold a magic show on the stage every Sunday.
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You must live right near me. The Grove is, like, two blocks away from me. Great ambience there. I'll take in most flicks there or at the Burbank 16, but the Arclight, Mann's and Egyptian are for special occasions. I just saw a double feature of Raiders and Close Encounters on 35 at the Egyptian two weeks ago. THAT was a good time.
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You really like the Beverly Center? I saw Spider-Man 2 there last year and it was such a bad theater, screen, etc. I vowed never to go there again. And the parking blows.
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The seats hurt your butt. The food options come straight from a candy machine. But the atmosphere is very nice. Alamo is cool because you can chill, drink some beer, and eat until you puke. Good food too.
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I must, I live over around Santa Monica blvd and Fairfax. I have yet to go to the Egyptian, but it always looks cool. I love the Grove because it is the nicest generic multiplex ever (and great for celeb watching). I'm constantly amazed and pleased by the moviegoing experience in LA. But make sure you have an arclight card. Those baby's make a $14 ticket around $9 cause you reach this magic level where buying tix for you and a date keeps you floating at the "free item at the popcorn stand level"
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While we might not have much here in Minnesota, Landmark's Uptown Theater gives a good try. Lots of character in that old theater (especially the balcony), curtains, midnight showings... and while you can't drink, they do have the best popcorn known to man.
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It's the worst fuckin movie theatre ever. I was kidding, trust me. Its an embarassment. The Beverly Connection was a fun one though. IT was always empty and good if you and a bunch of friends wanted to see something and be loud.
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Aug 09, 2005 2:52:20 PM CDT
I just saw Jason Alexander at the Grove the other night.
by masterwhedon
He looked like shit actually, with a three day stubble and--I shit you not--a fanny pack. A friend of mine gets free passes to Arclight on occasion, so that's pretty much the only time I'll head over there. And I live off Wilshire in the Miracle Mile. For another month, at least.
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My buddy and I were walking out and saw Katie Holmes (right before the Tom thing)and we freaked out like little girls (as we were both big Dawson's fans in college), then not 2 min's later Summer from the OC with Seth. Our two biggest tv teen chick crushes back to back. Thats why I love LA. But its always balanced out by things like seeing Lorenzo Llamas at Norm's chewing out a waitress in front of his daughters. Truly a renegade.
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The original Cine Capri looks as if it were truly a sight to behold. It seems, though, that it was demolished in 1998 and now a multiplex, albeit a big multiplex, has taken up the name. Damnitall how I love single screen theaters...they just can't seem to make a profit anymore. Lowe's is treating us folks who attend the Uptown almost like an afterthought. Although I have only been there twice (and had a GREAT time both times) word from the old timers is that "it ain't like it used to be". I just hope I get to catch a "2001" revival there someday. I cannot stress enough... www.cinematreasures.org www.cinematreasures.org
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The Castro is a cool theater, but my favorite in the Bay Area is still the Parkway. Beer, food, couches, and two tickets for the price of one. yeehaaa.
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How about a nice game of chess?
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Kennedy School is fucking awesome, so the list certainly has that right. Of course, they're not always playing a movie you want to see, but when they are, then hot damn. Recently they ran all of Wes Anderson's movies a few weeks before they got in Life Aquatic. I managed to check out Royal Tenenbaums and Life Aquatic and while the sound system there isn't the best, the seats are damn comfortable and it's great to sit with a beer, watch a good movie and not have to worry about any kids annoying you (if you're at a night showing, which is 21 and over only.)
Another good place is Cinetopia ( http://www.cinetopiatheaters.com/ ), which just opened in Vancouver, Washington, about five minutes from my house. It literally opened less than two weeks ago. A four star restuarant, gourmet concession bar, over 21 night shows, live music, top of the line AV systems with high definition projectors. Huge leather recliners and secluded, skybox type seating. I've only been there once so far, and the ticket prices are higher, but the place is fucking fantastic. I'm hoping it really takes off. -
I'm at hotmail, if you're heading to the grove let me know, we'll get tanked at the Farmers Market and head over. That plan almost made Sahara bearable..... almost.
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Drop me a line at woofman121@yahoo.com and perhaps we can all have a beer and cheat on our wives!??!
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A surprising lack of women in that theatre. Yet the geeks keep multiplying. The one on the bottom right corner looks pregnant. Maybe nature found a way...
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that's always nice. But, it's damn expensive. And I hate picking out my seat at the box office. Why can't I just go in and sit down?!?
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Since we're doing the unite... LA people same goes for you as Whedon. I'm at modlight@hotmail.com. Kentucky, perhaps I'll send you a message as well as I can discuss the first 22 years of my movie going life in DC.
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Trust me, at first I loathed picking my seat, and the prices, but go there enough and it gets cheaper (trust me I swear) and you know which seats are your favorites and you're happy everytime.
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My fondest film memories are there. It was the best time I've ever had at the movies.
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war of the worlds with a pitcher of dos equis (XX) and hot wings is a lot better
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...Sucketh Mightily. Pulls some strings or voice an opinion Harry - make 'em realize the error of their ways. It's a taint to the Drafthouse name. Heck, the stuff John Santikos is doing with his various cinemas around S.A. is better than what they're doing out at the Drafthouse.
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So they didn't JUST do anything. Still that looks like a pretty sweet theater.
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Used to be called Cinemopolis. Never very crowded.
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I should open my own theater... All the ones in my area suck.
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The Cosmo in Glasgow, Scotland was the best cinema in the whole world back in the 60s and 70s. Dunno if its still going. I live in Austin too - Alamo, meh.
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...The people who did this article have probably actually been to all of these places so they actually know which is better....
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Westwood, Los Angeles... better than the Chinese, why it is not listed? I do not know.
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but that may be all Austin has to offer me. I just visited a friend there this weekend and saw The Sinus Show version of Red Dawn. With seemingly every second door downtown leading to a bar or club, there isn't much for me to do there except watch movies or go to school. The bats were pretty neat.
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Used to be the greatest cinema in the galaxy, but I believe it's now the greatest in the universe.
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Aug 09, 2005 5:26:10 PM CDT
"One of America's most fanatically unique moviegoing experie
by stanley spector
What a terribly-written sentence. I mean, Jesus Christ, the fact that "fanatically unique" doesn't actually mean anything aside, you can't modify the word "unique" with "most," as there aren't varying degrees of uniqueness; either something is one-of-a-kind or it isn't. *** In Toronto, the only places I pay to see movies are the Bloor, the Royal, and the Cinematheque. The Carlton has decent prices, too, but the screens are pretty dinky.
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but I'm just too damn lazy.
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Been to both. The atmosphere and setting of the Chinese wins hands down. The Howard Hughes Center in Culver City is pretty cool too. They don't have alcohol drinking in theater but you can hit the outside bar before hand and watch you film drunk. Reserved sitting and lazy boy quality chairs in the Director's Hall theaters are cool but $$$. And $1 for parking isn't bad either.
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That list is bullshit!!!
Where is the incredible Hollywood Blvd!!!!!
Illinois' best kept secret...
http://www.atriptothemovies.com
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The sound is so horrible and loud(I actually bring ear plugs). If you want a good Alamo Drafthouse experience, go the the one south or the lakecreek. The Downtown one is ok just because it's the original and they show offbeat films.
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If you are coming to visit, check it out. A lot of directors come to town and screen their films in the main 750 seat auditorium. I've met several "legends" at that place. loftcinema.com
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nothing beats my house!...i just watch the part in t2 where arnold shoots the guard's knee caps over and over again.if you know of any better "experience" let me know."visiting hours are from--ARGGGH!!!"
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NYC is film nirvana in the sense that we get every film. If it plays anywhere, it plays in New York. The problem is the theaters that show the good films tend to be shabby. Until recently, New York only really had two art-houses showing primarily first-run films (Film Forum is a repertory theater), the Angelica and the Lincoln Square Cinema (not the Loews Lincoln Square, which is a whole different animal). The Angelica, contrary to what you may have heard, is a terrible, terrible place to see a film. Small screens, uncomfortable seats, bad layouts, ridiculous lines -- basically, every movie-going horror you can imagine except kids (not many at the Angelica). The Lincoln Square is fine, but only has (I believe) two screens. The more recent additions of the Landmark Sunshine and the brand spanking new IFC Film Center (haven't yet been to the latter) should help. It also helps to some extent that some of the modern, fancy megaplexes in NYC will show films that would be arthouse fare anywhere else. For example, last week I caught the Aristocrats in front of an absolutely packed house on a large screen in the Regal 14 on Union Square. The other plus is that we really do have a lot of theaters. In my fairly typical downtown neigborhood, I've got at least 50 screens within a 15 minute walk from my apartment, and quite probably closer to 100 screens. And if I want to get on the subway - or as you non-New Yorkers call it, drive -- there are innumerable screens within 30 minutes travel time. But all in all, I would say LA definitely has New York beat in terms of options, even if it lags considerably, and I do mean considerably, in terms of convenience. Haven't been to all the theaters on the list, but I can confirm that the Cable Car in Providence is a treasure. And the Landmark Kendall in Cambridge, MA should definitely be on the list. It's my favorite theater anywhere.
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I wouldn't say the Cable Car is a treasure as much as it is an unpolished gem and worth experiencing at least once if you're in the area, native or visitor. They rigorously (stubbornly?) stick to indies, which makes our visits a little less frequent than I'd like them to be. Considering the dearth of non cookie cutter establishments south of Boston, this is your best bet.
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I reckon I will be in touch shortly. Got and West Coast hookers for your DC players? That's OK, my wife takes care of her hubby JUST FINE....
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Hmmmm... The Drafthouse has great beer, but the screens are far too small. The Castro is sweet, but only if your in the balcony. Yes, The Arclight is heaven. It's the first place I hit out of LAX. Every movie on Earth should get a chance to play here.
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Someone asked about drive-ins close to D.C., the closest I know is Bengies Drive-In outside Baltimore. It's the largest screen on the east coast. The owner is kind of a nut in that he likes to be a showman. He'll give all these instructions and whatnot and then he'll show you some animated or Three Stooges short that makes you want him to show the damn movie already, but it's a fun, family place. The concession stand is great too.
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Aug 09, 2005 8:14:16 PM CDT
How about Pauline Kael's love child, the Pacific Film Archiv
by lenny nero
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Aug 09, 2005 8:14:25 PM CDT
How about Pauline Kael's love child, the Pacific Film Archiv
by lenny nero
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You write that the Cable Car sticks to indies as if that were a bad thing. I spent a few years living in Providence a decade ago, and between the Cable Car and the Avon, the East Side was actually a pretty good place for indie films. Is the Avon still around, too? I used to love to go there for their midnight shows. I remember once watching a midnight showing of 2001 there in which audience members starting running around the theater to mimic the characters during the exercise ring scene. Ah, college towns. Where else do you see young adults so, um, "excited" about classic films.
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I am not kidding- worst than Centropolis's Godzilla-
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Holly Bar and Filmworks in Indy is a cool place, have a bar, just don't eat the shitty food. Hollywood Blvd. in Illinois is an offshoot, same asshole owner.
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Can't believe I'm shilling for those assholes.
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To all you nerds watching movies at the Alamo Nerdhouse......God bless ya
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The movie going experience near me is downright awful. Out of focus screens with stains and holes, terrible sound , often with broken or crackling speakers, spades getting into fistfights during the movies, so much so that the malls have implimented a curfew, cell phone yap a thons by air head 15 year old bj queens. I never go unless it's a kids extravaganza that my son will like, and then hardly pay attention to anything but him. It's better at home and always will be, until they screen the patrons.
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The Senator Theater, in Baltimore, MD is the best looking and sounding theater I have ever been to. Hands down, period.
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www.cinematreasures.org
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Don't know but the guy kind of looks like an older version of Harry.
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I have to get myself to the Uptown or so I have been led to believe after reading this TB. There was also a decent AMC multiplex in Alexandria (was that the Hoffman?) at which I spent nearly every weekend. Here's to hoping I see both soon.____________________________ As for the article, I have no beef with choosing the Alamo Draft House as #1. I saw "Almost Famous" there way back in `00 and it was arguably one of the better film going experiences I've ever had._______________________________Now, if only I can get out of NE Ohio, where only the art houses offer anything of a favorable evening at the movies.
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..Loved san Fran.Theres a ting bar called The London Bar there and the really lovely girl that worked there was shitfaced and kept giving out free tequilas....Boston was great,bit of a business city but the cinemas were clean but I saw a Richard Gere film and Twister there and both times I joined in throwing shit at the screen...San Diego is nice-ish but the cops there are fascists,guess its dealing with all the border jumpers...oh,and Austin..oh,god.....the place has No identity apart from all the burger bars..burger bars everywhere..I'm still getting over the shock the moment when went through Texas,San Antonio and Washington that racism is alive and well.Holy Christ,all the fat fucking whites don't even shrug their shoulders,they're too busy filling their fat fucking faces...New Orleans I adored until a white guy in a suit in a bar on Bourbon called the black barman "Boy".Hey,as long as we're white...who cares.It must be the heat..makes ya lazy...Don't get me started on L.A....the Manns?Oh,jesus...look around it..it's surrounded by derelict buildings...a truly HORRIBLE city...dirty and facile...Oh,and before you flame me for knocking the U.S.,I mostly met loads of lovely people...the U.K. is even fucking worse....we actually fight for the rights of rapists,old lady muuggers and bombers..what?These rapists and bombers are scared to go in a regular prison as they may get beaten up and that'd be against the human rights act?Ahh,we better get you a room in a day prison with a tv and duvet and three meals a day.Perhaps,a glass of wine,sir?....Washington was terrifying..Georgetown was cool....New York still rules...more car horns than you can shake a stick at,big fuck-off cinemas..(sadly watched Contact in one)...best pasta,best view,best breakfasts..although N'awlins gumbo was spot on....Chicago was nice too...saw Batman and Robin ther..I seem to remember people coming out ringing their therapists...
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..try Leicester Square,London.You'll leave with flea bites and used codoms stuck to your feet.Oh,thank god the LOTR trilogy is over..I was getting fucking tired of sitting behind guys wearing shoddy Gandalf the Grey hats who wouldn't take them off.Odean,Holloway Road is beyond description.It is where North London Mamas go to speak into their mobile phones saying "WhatEVER!" and things.And unbelievable this...walked by it at 2am once and it the foyer was full of sleeping tramps.They must have snuck in to a flick and hid till it had closed,then gone down to where the lights were on to get warm.My experience above on U.S cinemas is based on the choices others have made in the films I went to see...thus...and I shit you not...Basic Instinct,Batman and Robin,Con Air,Jurassic Park 2,Men In Black,Face Off,Contact,Twister,Primal Fear and that one with Han Solo as the President..I'd go on but as you can see I have been cursed.....
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Aug 10, 2005 11:08:24 AM CDT
Anchorite...I'm honestly trying to think of a good film I sa
by the true priapic
..I'm having trouble.I remember arguing with my best friend over Primal Fear and Twister (a double bill,I kid you not)and when we came out we had the mad giggles and I started shouting at him "I told ya!I toldya,Richard Gere makes SHIT films!" and we just couldn't believe the awfulness of Twister.I remember an MTV movie awrds piss take that summed up my feelings(Phillip Seymour Hoffman flying out the sun-roof...)but a good film....Chasing Amy?I liked it...Cape Fear,I saw on my first every trip to kansas..god,a boring town...good bar called..I think..Jayhawks?But L.A.?Oh,man...Manns had a big Batman and Robin front on it.Urgghhhh.....although...all this negative vibe is a bit two-faced as even in all these bad films U.S. audiences seem to get how bad they are and are willing to voice their opinion..in england we sit in silence and then get a beer after and roast the fucking thing.I once sat through ALL of Spawn....the horror..the horror
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Is Matthew McGrory dead? Did anyone hear? They said it on Stern, but they're not sure.
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Now wait a second you guys aren't being fair you forgot about "Land Of The Dead" .... er ow wait that movie sucked too! - but thanks Harry for making it sound great so we would go and spend our money on that piece of crap. tubby wrote like a 2000 word essay on the film going into details about his childhood and shit I would have been better off not knowing. turd
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my friend,you're right.I was kinda stunned by that film.I honestly want to see it again to give it a chance but...man,Shaun of the Dead was far superior in zombie terms...why was land just...formula hollywood?Very disappointing.But sometimes you can come across jewels,I give thee...motorcycle diaries,the first 30 mins of Bats Begins(the rest was awful crap),quite liked Eternal Sunshine of...,but FF,ROTS and WOW left me crestfallen....great first 30 mins to War too but....most films these days made by BIG filmakers and stars are lazy piesces of shit.There is no hope for Indy 4....
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just watched it last night and gotta say I was a little disappointed. the fight scenes were great and all but it felt like the last 20 minutes or so of the movie was done with like 1% of the budget, ya know? like they got to a certain point and said ok let's hurry up and wrap this bad boy. True Priapic I'm with you and I'm seriously debating never going to the movies again just because of this years craptastic mega films, so much easier to just wait until it comes out at blockbuster and cheeper. Yet hollywood is baffled as to why the public isn't going to the movies as often
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sorry don't know were that came from
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how in the hell did they leave off the classic theater the nuart in LA. its one of the best theatres in the area. its cooler than the arclight!
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it has no character; a stucco cathedral for the masses. The premier seats in the balcony are cool in theory because they serve beer and decent food yet are usually filled with the same donut-chinned yuppie asshats you normally go out of your way to avoid. Hey Chaz, leave your fucking bluetooth earpiece and blackberry in your Saab next time. See you at Bunny Skyler's after party...
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Yes, the AMC in Alexandria is the Hoffman 22. And as much as I detest the multiplex I have to hand it to this particular location...everything is very well done (except for the stoned kids manning the ticket counter...could you be any slower?). I do wish there were no commercials before the trailers and I gnash my teeth every time I see the Fanta bimbos. Rest assured, because of them I will NEVER EVER FUCKING DRINK A FANTA! A FANTA or MY OWN PISS? Looks like it's PISS for ME!!! But as I was saying, they do it right, concessions are not terribly out of line outrageous, the screens are pretty nice and they have 22 screens spread out over 2 levels inside a 4 story building. Plenty of room for everyone. Only once has a cell phone gone off, kids are usually well behaved and the obnoxious talking teens tend to go to other theaters. But still, given the option, AFI Silver is choice #1 and the Uptown is choice #1.5. DC Talkbackers....UNTIE!!!! www.cinematreasures.org!!!!!
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