Hollywood Gothique

Sherman Oaks Galleria
15301 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA
Guest Services: 323-464-1478, then press “6″.
Arclight Website: www.arclightcinemas.com
Galleria Website: www.shermanoaksgalleria.com

ART THEATRE OF LONG BEACH
2025 East Fourth Street
Long Beach, CA 90814
Phone: 562-438-5434
Website: www.arttheatrelongbeach.com

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THE BAY THEATRE
340 Main Street
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(562) 431 9988
Website: www.baytheatre.com

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THE BRIDGE CINEMA DE LUX
Featuring IMAX
6081 Center Drive
The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 568-3375
Website: www.thebridgecinema.com

TICKETS: $11.50 adults, $7.75 bargain matinees and children

IMAX: $13.75 adults, $10.75 children

FEATURES: stadium seating, wall-to-wall screens, Dolby surround sound; premium screening rooms (“Director’s Halls”) with leather seats and assigned seating; Center Stage presents brief live entertainment before weekend screenings; 12 Lounge serves appetizers and martinis; the Coffee Bar serves cappuccino and other specialty drinks.

HIGHLIGHT: a giant IMAX screen, one of the most impressive large-film formats in existence.

DRAWBACK: Most feature films are not shot in the IMAX format, so blowing them up onto the large IMAX screen (which emphasizes height rather than width) can sometimes result in lower picture resolution and a cropped image (similar to what happens when you watch a widescreen film on your television set without letterboxing).

EL CAPITAN THEATRE
6838 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA
1-800-347-6396
Website: Disney’s El Capitan Theatre

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CINESPACE
6356 Hollywood Blvd, 2nd Level
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 817-FILM
Website: www.cinespace.Info 

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THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE
Home of the American Cinematheque
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
(323) 466-FILM
Website: www.egyptiantheatre.com

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FAIRFAX CINEMAS – LOS ANGELES
7907 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 655-4010
Website: Regency Theatres

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FINE ARTS THEATRE
8556 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 360-0455
Website: www.studioscreenings.com/directionsbig.html 

NOTE: Although it remains on their Map & Directions page, Screening Services Group no longer lists scheduling information for this theatre.

TICKETS: $8 general admission

DESCRIPTION: Although located in swank Beverly Hills, where it serves as an art house for high-class movies, this theatre also hosts Fangoria’s Midnight Madness every Saturday night: a series of cult horror and science fiction films.

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GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 464-8111
Website: www.manntheatres.com/chinese/index.htm

TICKETS: $11 adults, $7.50 child, $7 senior

FEATURES: state-of-the art projection and sound, making it the second best best place in Hollywood to see a movie (right after the Cinerama Dome)

HIGHLIGHT: the beautiful interior design of the theatre, with its color oriental décor, is worth the price of admission all on its own. And don’t forget the famous footprints in concrete, outside.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

LAEMMLE’S SUNSET 5
8000 Sunet Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 848-3500
Website: www.laemmle.com

INFORMATION: The Laemmle Theatre chain consists of art houses screening high-class sophisticated fair. Mixed in is the occasional cult film or foreign horror film (e.g. the Scandanavian zombie flick DEAD SNOW).

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general info)
(877) 522-6225 (ticket sales)
Website: www.lacma.org  

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NEW BEVERLY CINEMA
7165 Beverly Blvd
one block west of La Brea
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 938-4038
Website: www.newbevcinema.com

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THE NUART THEATRE
11272 Santa Monica Blvd (just west of 405 Freeway)
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 478-6379
(310) 281-8223
Website: Nuart Theatre Film Calendar

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OLD TOWN MUSIC HALL
140 Richmond Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 322-2592
Website: www.otmh.org

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PACIFIC’S GROVE STADIUM 14
189 The Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 692-0829
The Grove Website: www.thegrovela.com
Pacific Theatres Website: www.pacifictheatres.com

TICKETS: General admission is $10.75 for adults on weeknights, $12.50 after 6:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Children’s tickets are $8.00 anytime.

DISCOUNTS: For adults, there is a bargain discount price of $8.75 before 6:00pm on weekdays and before 4:00pm on weekends. For seniors, there is a discount price of $7.57 anytime except after 6:00pm on Friday and Saturday.

PARKING: $2.00 with validation

FEATURES: This theatre is a beautiful attempt to recreate the glory of an old-fashioned movie palace. The lobby is three or four stories high, with giant chdeliers that resemble crystal Christmas trees hung upside down, and the walls are adorend withlovely glass lighting fixtures that look like curling leaves. Despite the nostalgic appearance (which includes ticket takers in old-fashioned uniforms, complete withthe goofy little roundcaps with the strap under the chin), the theatre has all the modern conveniences: not only automated ticket kiosks but also automated kiosks to pre-purchase your popcorn and soda, thus avoiding a long wait in line. The screening rooms themselves are comfortable, and the projection is always bright andin focus, with great sound.

SURROUNDINGS: The theatre is located in the middle of “The Grove,” a sort of artificial but quite lovely town square (a la Universal Studios’ CityWalkor Disneyland’s Main Street), complete with a trolley car, a small grassy park, anda pond iwth a tiny bridge andan impressive fountain. The Grove is immediately adjacent to the famous Farmer’s Market, but it is decidedly more upscale, with dozens of high-quality if overpriced stores and restaurants (Victoria’s Secret, The Cheesecake Factory, etc.)

DRAWBACKS: Despite the high tickets prices, the theatre squeezes a few more dollars out of the advertising revenue stream by front-loading the movie with far too many commercials. Not just trailers for upcoming movies (which is acceptable) but also advertisements for products and television shows. At a local theatre with discount prices, this might be tolerable, but not in a first-run theatre that is supposed to present a top-of-the-line movie-going experience.

Read more about the Grove Theatre in our trip to see Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE.

SILENT MOVIE THEATRE
611 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 655-2510
(310) 440-4595 fax
Website: www.silentmovietheatre.com

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SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-4500 (advance tickets)
(310) 440-4595 fax
Website: www.skirball.org

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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CINEMA
Featuring IMAX 3D Theatre
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 508-0711 – Universal Studios Cinema
(818) 760-8100 general IMAX information,
(818) 766 IMAX [4629] sales office
Websites: Universal CityWalk Cinemas

TICKETS: $10 adult, $7 children and seniors.

IMAX: $12 adults, $9 children and seniors

DEALS: Movie Meal Deals for $19.95 per person (two person minimum) give you a ticket to a movie, dinner at one of a half-dozen restaurants at Universal CityWalk(menu choices are limited withthe deal), plus an $8-dollar refundon your parking. Find more details at the official website by clicking here.

FEATURES: 18 screens, 6,000 seats; pastry and cookies in the Cinema Café. Located within the Universal CityWalk, so there’s lots to see and do after the movie.

HIGHLIGHT: IMAX 3D Theatre, with a screen six-stories high and eight-stories wide, combined with a six-channel 12,000-watt sound system. Not all IMAX screenings are in 3D, obviously, but when they are, the effect is stunning, thanks to futuristic helmets that include not only polarizing lenses for your eyes but also stereo speakers for your ears—quite an advance over the flimsy cardboard glasses from the 1950s.

DRAWBACKS: the theme park attracts crowds on the weekend, so be prepared to deal with that; parking can be a bitch, too, but once you’re there, you can enjoy spending the whole day.

NOMENCLATURE: Because the theatre complex is located at CityWalk, which is a part of Universal Studios, there seems to be some confusion about what to call it. Depending on whether you’re reading the newspaper or going on line, you might find names “Universal Studio Cinemas,” “Universal Studios Cinema,” or “Universal CityWalk Cinemas.” We’ve opted for “Universal Studios Cinema” (or “Universal Cinema” for short).

VISTA THEATRE
4473 Sunset Blvd
Los Feliz, CA 90027
(323) 660-6639
Websites: www.losfeliz.com/online/vista.htm

TICKETS: $8 adult, $4 children &seniors; $5 bargain before 6:00pm.

PARKING: There is no parking lot for the theatre, but there is available street parking — if you’re lucky (it’s not a bad idea to come early).

FEATURES: This venerable theatre underwent a renovation back in the 1990s, restoring the lustre of its glory days. From the outside, it looks like little more than an oddly shaped brick building with a huge lighted sign on top anda flashing neon marquee in front; however, the ornate white carvings around the doors, and the balconies besides the marquee, give some suggestion of the architecture delighs within. Taking a cue from Grauman’sChinese Theatre, the concrete around the box office bears the impressions and signatures of celebrities who have been there; many of these are relatively recent, as the theatre hosts occasional revival events (like a HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS cast-and-crew reunion back in 2000). The interior is ornate in the manner of the grand old movie palaces of the 20thCentury, with an Egyptian ambiance: on either side, the walls are molded to suggest five obelisks, each topped with the looming face of a sarcophagus staring down. Red velvet curtains shield the screen, andblue drapery fills the mock “windows” between the obelisk, with faint light suggesting twlightillumination seeping in from outside. In short, this is a theatre withsome personality, worth visiting even if the movie is not very good.

THE AREA: Situated east of Hollywood and south of the major Los Feliz district, where Sunset andHollywood Blvd converge, the Vista Theatre is located in an area that looks a bit grungy, but it is actually filled with interesting local establishments. A block west on Hollywood Blvd is Rosemary’s Billygoat, a curio store filled withmacabre items. East on Sunset Blvd you will find TikiTi, a small bar offering tropical drinks; Akbar, another bar, with a Middle Eastern flavor, which also offers entertainment; The Kitchen, a nice late-night coffee-shop-type eatery; and Malo, a Mexican cantina and taqueria.

WARNER GRAND THEATRE
478 West 6th Street
San Pedro, CA
(310) 548-7672 (recorded info) or (310) 833-8333 (in person conversation, 9am to 9pm)
Websites: www.warnergrand.org

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