Cinema entertainment in Los Angeles
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New Beverly Cinema
Serious filmophiles and megaplex foes put up with the worn seats and musty smell of this beloved double-feature revival house that started out as a vaudeville theater in the '20s and went porno in the '70s. In 2007, Quentin Tarantino held the world premier of Grindhouse here, shortly before the cinema's longtime owner passed away suddenly. His wife and son have promised to keep the reels rolling.
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Arclight Cinemas
Preselected seats, an in-house bar and friendly employees – plus proximity to Amoeba Music – make this relative newcomer one of the primo theaters in LA. Star-sighting potential is also exceptionally high, though you won’t see Quentin Tarantino, who’s opposed to the strict ‘No entry after the movie starts’ policy. He has a point – everyone is running late in LA.
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Cinespace
Thursday through Saturday, it’s dinner-and-date night at easygoing Cinespace, where classic movies and cutting-edge indies are screened for crowds wanting more than a trough of buttery popcorn. After the show, the theater morphs into a sexy, but not-hipper-than-thou, nightclub. See the website for Sunday to Wednesday club nights and hours.
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Silent Movie Theatre
'Silents are golden' at this 1942 vintage theatre, which is the only one in the US devoted to the early films of Charlie Chaplin, Lillian Gish, Valentino and other stars of the silent age. Screenings are accompanied by live music and often preceded by cartoons or shorts. Check the website or listings magazines for upcoming shows.
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Landmark Theatres
‘Art-house multiplex' may seem like an oxymoron, but the Landmark is betting the bank that it can fill its dozen deluxe stadium-style screening rooms with fans of indie and foreign films. The supremely comfortable leather chairs, gourmet snack menu, wine bar and free parking may just do the trick.
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Pacific Theatres at the Grove
This is a fancy all-stadium, 14-screen multiplex with comfy reclining seats, wall-to-wall screens and superb sound. The Monday Morning Mommy Movies series (11am) gives the diaper-bag brigade a chance to catch a flick with their tot but without hostile stares from nonbreeding moviegoers.
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American Cinematheque at Aero Theatre
If nonprofits make you yawn, we promise this one won't. Their tributes, retrospectives and foreign films are well curated and presented in two rescued Golden Age venues: the Egyptian Theatre and the Aero Theatre. Directors, screenwriters and actors often swing by for postshow Q&As.
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Nuart Theatre
This hip art house presents the best in offbeat and cult flicks, including a highly interactive screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show supported by an outrageous live cast at midnight on Saturdays. Bring glow sticks and toilet paper.
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AMC Century City 15
Since being expanded and updated, this mall-based multiplex can now shower up to 3000 flick fans in 15 theatres with blockbuster movies on wall-to-wall screens, stadium-style 'loveseats' with lifting armrests and top-notch sound.
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Pacific Theatres Vineland Drive-In
Nostalgia requires a long drive, but nowhere else in Southern California can you catch a first-run flick from the comfort of your Cadillac. There are four large screens with Dolby sound piped in directly to your FM radio.
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California Science Center IMAX
It takes a 3-D projector the size of a Volkswagen to project the high-tech IMAX movies on a screen soaring seven stories tall and stretching 90ft wide. Most of the nature-themed films are family-friendly.
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Egyptian Theatre
The exotic 1922 Egyptian Theatre is home to the American Cinematheque, which presents arty retrospectives and Q&As with directors, writers and actors.
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El Capitan Theatre
Across Hollywood Blvd is the flamboyant 1926 El Capitan Theatre, which shows Disney blockbusters.
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