Cinema entertainment in Mexico City
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Cinemex Palacio
One of over 30 multiplexes in the capital, Cinemex is the largest chain of movie theaters in Mexico City. It was founded back in 1993 by three astute Harvard college students (majoring, naturally, in Business Studies) after regulations were lifted with the new Cinematography Law. Known for their bigger screens, plush carpeting, well-lit interiors and US-style food and drink vendors, back in the mid-’90s this was also the only chain in the world with 100% digital sound. Cinemex is well-represented throughout all districts. To find the most convenient location, check the easy-to-navigate website (in Spanish), scrolling down on the complejos (venues) box.
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Filmoteca
UNAM’s two cinemas screen films from its collection of over 35,000 titles, selected from an archive (founded in 1960) that has played a pivotal role, not only in Mexican but in international film culture. Among its activities, the Filmoteca actively seeks long-lost films for preservation. It has also played a vanguard role in international film culture, organizing the first Mexican film festival in Paris back in 1963. You can catch the Festival Cinematografíco de Verano (Summer Film Festival) between June and August.
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Contempo Cinema
To see current Latin American and international films dealing with gay themes, check what’s playing at Contempo Cinema. Located inside the Zona Rosa’s Plaza del Ángel shopping center, the Contempo screens contemporary Mexican and international films, with an emphasis on gay and erotic themes, as well as staging occasional theater and cabaret productions.
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Cinemex Casa de Arte
This Cinemex Casa de Arte ( House of Art ) screens independent first-run and foreign films in its four-screen complex, which also thoughtfully caters to the hearing-impaired. The venue is also the annual host to the Muestra Internacional de Cine (International Film Festival), when a selection of some of the most exceptional foreign films is screened.
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Cinemark
This Cinemark complex is part of the Plaza Reforma Mall; the company is massive throughout Mexico with a total of 29 complexes (nine in the city). This one has 11 modern auditoriums, equipped with Dolby sound and THX, comfortable seats and digital image. There is a car park and a kick-back lounge-cafeteria.
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Lumiere Reforma
This theater has four screening rooms with just 50 seats apiece, as well as the technology to show the same film simultaneously in more than one sala. Screens quality art-house and foreign releases with a liberal dose of the quirky and unconventional.
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Cineteca Nacional
Thematically focused film series are shown on seven screens, with at least one for Mexican cinema. Hosts the Muestra Internacional de Cine, an international film festival, in November.
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El Lunario
Regular weekly cinema screenings take place every Thursday at this see-and-be-seen fashionable theater, film-house, cabaret and good-time bar.
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Cine Lido
Single-screen theater programs Mexican cinema and foreign fare inside cultural center Bella Época.
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Cinépolis Diana
Multiplex showing mostly Hollywood fare, with the odd Mexican hit.
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Cinemex Real
Multiplex showing mostly Hollywood fare, with the odd Mexican hit.
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