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North Bend Theatre
North Bend, Washington, United States
North Bend Theatre is a family-owned, single-screen movie theater in downtown North Bend, Washington. Open since 1941, the Art Deco venue presents first-run films, repertory screenings and film festivals throughout the year, including outdo

Aloha Theatre
Kealakekua, Hawaii, United States
Aloha Theatre is a nonprofit historic theater in Kainaliu on Hawaiʻi Island’s Kona coast. Established in 1932, the Kealakekua venue combines live productions and arts education with a film series of classic movies and independent screenings

Montana Theatre
Miles City, Montana, United States
Montana Theatre is a locally owned, three-screen movie theater on Main Street in Miles City, Montana. The historic 1936 venue was restored by John and Jennifer Goff, pairing its original main auditorium with two smaller screens for current

Park City Film at Jim Santy Auditorium
Park City, Utah, United States
Park City Film presents independent, international, documentary and local cinema at the Jim Santy Auditorium in Park City, Utah. This nonprofit film organization has served audiences since 1995, bringing year-round curated screenings and co

Roxy Theater
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
The Roxy Theater is a historic cinema and multipurpose arts venue in downtown Muskogee, Oklahoma. Opened in 1948 and reopened in 2001, it hosts movie screenings, film festivals, concerts and community events, including the BareBones Interna

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, known as The Ross, is a two-screen art cinema in Lincoln, Nebraska. Part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, it presents independent, international, documentary and repertory films while supporting

Samuel Roberts Noble Theater
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
The Samuel Roberts Noble Theater at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is a downtown Oklahoma City art house cinema. Its year-round film program presents independent, international, documentary and classic cinema, with film-society programming

Detroit Film Theatre
Detroit, Michigan, United States
The Detroit Film Theatre presents international cinema, independent films and restored classics at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Established as a film program in 1974, it uses the museum’s historic auditorium for curated screenings, filmma

Film Streams' Dundee Theater
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Film Streams' Dundee Theater is a nonprofit cinema in Omaha, Nebraska, housed in a movie theater that first opened in 1925. Renovated and reopened by Film Streams in 2017, it features a historic 300-seat auditorium, a 25-seat microcinema an

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg is a three-screen dine-in movie theater in Brooklyn, opened in 2011. The Metropolitan Avenue cinema pairs first-run and repertory films with tableside food and drink, archival 35mm presentations, filmmaker conve

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park is a dine-in movie theater in Brooklyn’s historic former Sanders Theatre building. Opened in 2018, its seven screens present first-run films, repertory programs and selected 35mm screenings with tableside food

Metrograph
New York, United States
Metrograph is an independent movie theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, opened in 2016. Its Ludlow Street cinemas specialize in archival films, premieres and filmmaker conversations, complemented by a restaurant, bookstore and candy shop

The Picture House Pelham
Pelham, New York, United States
The Picture House Pelham is a nonprofit community cinema in Pelham, New York. Part of the Picture House Regional Film Center, it presents independent, international, documentary and current films alongside filmmaker discussions and film edu

Anthology Film Archives
New York, United States
Anthology Film Archives is a film preservation and exhibition center in New York City’s East Village. Its public cinema program emphasizes independent, experimental and avant-garde work, pairing repertory screenings with an extensive archiv

IFC Center
New York, United States
IFC Center is an independent cinema in New York’s Greenwich Village, opened in 2005 in the former Waverly theater. Its five auditoriums present new independent, international and documentary films, repertory programs, Waverly Midnights and

University of Wisconsin Cinematheque
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
The University of Wisconsin Cinematheque presents free public film screenings at Vilas Hall in Madison. Its curated program brings classic movies, international cinema, new discoveries and filmmaker visits to the University of Wisconsin–Mad

Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
San Rafael, California, United States
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center is a nonprofit independent cinema in downtown San Rafael, California. Operated by the California Film Institute, the Fourth Street venue presents year-round film programming, filmmaker conversations a

Balboa Theater
San Francisco, California, United States
Balboa Theater is a neighborhood movie theater in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond district. Opened in 1926 and designed by the Reid brothers, the two-screen venue offers film screenings and special events at its historic Balboa Street locati

Eureka Theater
Eureka, California, United States
Eureka Theater is a historic film and performing-arts venue in downtown Eureka, California. The nonprofit Eureka Concert and Film Center preserves the 1939 Streamline Moderne building while presenting classic films, documentary screenings,

Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse is a family-owned, independently operated movie theater in Columbus’s Clintonville neighborhood. Its two screening rooms show mainstream and independent films alongside special events, with an on-site pizza kit

Cinema Village
New York, United States
Cinema Village is an independent three-screen movie theater in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Operating as a cinema since 1964, the East 12th Street venue presents independent, international and documentary films and hosts a range of film f

The Kress Cinema & Lounge
Greeley, Colorado, United States
The Kress Cinema & Lounge is an independent movie theater in downtown Greeley, Colorado. Housed in the renovated Kress Building, it combines two auditoriums with a restaurant and bar, screening mainstream movies, classics, cult favorites an

Eveningstar Cinema
Brunswick, Maine, United States
Eveningstar Cinema is an independent movie theater in downtown Brunswick, Maine. Opened in 1979, the Maine Street cinema specializes in first-run independent films and offers a small-theater alternative to the multiplex experience. AI-gener

Maine Film Center
Waterville, Maine, United States
Maine Film Center is a three-screen independent cinema at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, Maine. A division of Waterville Creates, it presents American independent and international films and is home to the Maine Inter