Mann Grauman’s Chinese Paul Thursday, 5/5/11, 8:00 pm Price: $11.75 Concessions: None Audience: In an auditorium that seats about 1,500, I counted eight of us. Trailers/advertising: A ton. Ads for The L. A. Times, Movietickets.com, Mountain Dew, Orville Redenbacher, Caesar’s Palace, a Pirates of the Caribbean app, Ford, Rihanna’s perfume, an Allstate ad with Liz […]

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Movie Week 2010 was a multiplex-heavy event, in part because I covered most of the independent cinemas in Los Angeles in 2008 and 2009 and also because, having not been to the movies for a few months, I hadn’t seen anything that had come out all summer, most of which was still in the theaters. […]

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AMC Century City 15 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Saturday, 9/25/10, 11:00 am Price: $7, their discounted “A.M. Cinema” price. Concessions: None Audience: 75-100 people, probably, which seemed pretty good for a Saturday morning. Trailers/advertising: The terrible “AMC First Look” ad/trailer package was going when I came in, with ads for TV shows, movies, Coke, […]

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American Cinematheque at the Aero Theater Manhattan Friday, 9/24/10, 7:30 pm Price: free with my badge. Concessions: None Audience: 150? 200? The theater was mostly full, not unusual at the Aero, but always pleasantly surprising to me. Trailers/advertising: No trailers, but one of those hyperactive KCRW ads that the Cinematheque always shows at its two […]

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Pacific Culver 12 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Thursday, 9/23/10, 7:05 pm Price: $11.75, and free meter parking on a nearby street. Concessions: None Audience: 8 or so in a small theater, maybe 75 seats Trailers/advertising: Trailers for My Soul to Take, Skyline, Jackass 3D, and It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Projection: 35mm platter, […]

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Regency Village Theater The Town Wednesday, 9/22/10, 7:20 pm Price: $11.50, plus $1.25 for meter parking on a nearby street. Concessions: None Audience: 75 or so in a theater that seats 1300+ Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Jackass 3D, Burlesque, The Tourist, Hereafter (again?), Life As We Know It. Projection: 35mm platter, excellent presentation. I’ve long been […]

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Pacific’s The Grove Stadium 14 The American Tuesday, 9/21/10, 7:35 pm Price: $12.75, plus $2 for validated parking. Concessions: None Audience: 7 people in Theater 9, which seemed like it seated about 100. Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Morning Glory, Hereafter, Conviction, Somewhere, and Let Me In. Projection: 35mm platter, looked good, but for some reason, an […]

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The ArcLight Hollywood Inception Monday, 9/20/10, 7:05 pm Price: $12.50 (Members Non Peak price, apparently) Concessions: None Audience: 14 people in Theater 1, which seats about 150. Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Fair Game, Hereafter, Due Date, and Let Me In. No ads. Projection: 35mm platter, which looked great, and a thunderous sound system. The ArcLight in […]

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The Laemmle Sunset 5 I’m Still Here Sunday, 9/19/10, 9:50 pm Price: $11 Concessions: None Audience: About 20-25 people, not bad for a late night documentary that has been getting panned.Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Picture Me, Howl, Kings of Pastry, and Prince of Broadway. Projection: 35mm platter, which looked fine but not great. With Aimee and […]

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My second Movie Week has come to an end, another enjoyable tour around some of Los Angeles’ most interesting movie-going venues. After the first time I tried it, late last year into this year, I had a list of a number of theaters I didn’t visit, ready for the next opportunity. I made it to […]

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Vista Theater Funny People Wednesday 8/5/09, 6:30 pm Price: $9.50. Concessions: Some M&Ms from Cap ‘n Cork up the street. Audience: 20 out of 638 seats, not great but still more than I expected for a movie that seems not to have found its audience. Trailers/advertising: First, the Vista’s usual ad for popcorn, in which […]

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Nuart Theater Not Quite Hollywood Tuesday 8/4/09, 7:30 pm Price: $10.50. Concessions: Gummi bears. Audience: 12 out of 660 seats, unsurprising for a sort of obscure doc on a weeknight. Trailers/advertising: Lots. Ads for the L.A. Times starring Michael Bay, HDNet and HDNet Movies, Stella Artois, the Palm Pre, and Tanqueray gin. Trailers for Still […]

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Majestic Crest Theater The Hurt Locker Monday 8/3/09, 7:30 pm Price: $11. Concessions: None. Audience: 10 out of 500 seats, not an encouraging showing. Trailers/advertising: One trailer only, for Julie & Julia, which opens Friday at the theater. Projection: 35mm platter. The first of this week’s theaters I hadn’t been to before, the Crest has […]

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Billy Wilder Theater The Red Shoes Sunday 8/2/09, 11:00 am Price: Free with my badge. Concessions: None, and none allowed, it seems. Audience: Full, at least 250 of their 295 seats (one of which is brown, while the rest are pink, marking Billy’s favorite spot in other theaters). Trailers/advertising: A videotaped introduction to the film, […]

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Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater Magic BMX Saturday 8/1/09, 10:00 pm Price: Free with my badge. Concessions: A complementary can of Miller Genuine Draft from a tub filled with ice out back Audience: Full, maybe 150 out of 200 seats Trailers/advertising: Trailers for The Blue Lagoon, Caveman (starring Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, and Shelley […]

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