Jabcat’s Art House Movie Theater Directory






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The Grand Canyon State
Camelview 5 – Scottsdale/Discuss & Rate
Valley Art – Tempe/Discuss & Rate
The Loft Cinema – Tucson/Discuss & Rate

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The Golden State
Music Hall 3 – Beverly Hills
Paseo Camarillo Cinemas – Camarillo
Claremont 5 – Claremont
Town Center 5 – Encino
American Cinematheque – Hollywood
University Town Center 6 – Irvine
Westpark 8 – Irvine
La Jolla Village Cinemas – La Jolla
Laguna South Coast – Laguna Beach
Rancho Niguel 8 – Laguna Niguel
BLVD Cinemas – Lancaster
Downtown Independent – LA/Discuss & Rate
The Landmark – Los Angeles
New Beverly Cinema – Los Angeles
Regent Theatre – Los Angeles
Nuart Theatre – West Los Angeles/Discuss & Rate
Royal Theatre – West Los Angeles
The Art Theatre – Long Beach
Lido Theatre – Newport Beach
NoHo 7 – North Hollywood
Palme d’Or – Palm Desert/Discuss & Rate
Camelot Theatres – Palm Springs/Discuss & Rate
Playhouse 7 – Pasadena
Fox Event Center – Redlands
Hillcrest Cinemas – San Diego
Ken Cinema – San Diego
Palm Theatre – San Luis Obispo/Discuss & Rate
South Coast Village 3 – Santa Ana
Aero Theatre – Santa Monica
Monica 4-plex – Santa Monica
Fallbrook 7 – West Hills
Sunset Cinema – W. Hollywood
Westlake Village Twin – Westlake Village
Albany Twin – Albany/Discuss & Rate
Minor Theatre – Arcata
California Theatre – Berekely
Elmwood Theatre – Berkeley
Shattuck Cinemas – Berkeley
Camera 7 Pruneyard – Campbell
Pageant Theatre – Chico/Discuss & Rate
Big Cinemas Freemont 7 – Freemont
Guild Theatre – Menlo Park
State Theatre – Modesto/Discuss & Rate
Osio Cinemas – Monterey
The Magic Theatre – Nevada City
Piedmont Theatre – Oakland
Orinda Theatre – Orinda
Aquarius Theatre – Palo Alto
Crest Theatre – Sacramento
Tower Theatre – Sacramento
4 Star – San Francisco
Balboa Theatre – San Francisco
Bridge Theatre – San Francisco
Castro Theatre – San Francisco
Clay Theatre – San Francisco
Embarcadero Center Cinema – San Francisco
Kabuki – San Francisco
Lumiere Theatre – San Francisco
Opera Plaza Cinema – San Francisco
Roxie – San Francisco
San Francisco Cinematheque – San Francisco
UA Stonestown Twin – San Francisco
Big Cinemas Town 3 – San Jose
Camera 3 Downtown – San Jose
Rafael Film Center – San Rafael
Nickelodeon – Santa Cruz/Discuss & Rate
Summerfield Cinemas – Santa Rosa
Rialto Cinemas – Sebastopol
Cameo Cinema – St. Helena

Conversations with people
who own and run art house theaters.
What makes them and their theater tick?
Chris Statton – Roxie Theater (San Francisco)
Carole Skinner – The Flicks (Boise, ID)
Kelly Aubey – FilmBar (Phoenix, AZ)
Jonah Crismore – Cinema Center (Fort Wayne, IN)
Landee W. Bryant – Maiden Alley Cinema (Paducah, KY)
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The Centennial State
Int’l Film Series (UC Boulder) – Boulder
Kimball’s Peak Three Theater – Colorado Springs
Chez Artiste – Denver
Denver Film Center – Denver
Esquire – Denver
Mayan Theatre – Denver/Discuss & Rate
Abbey Theater – Durango
The Back Space Theatre – Durango
Lyric Cinema Cafe – Fort Collins
The Kress – Greeley
Palm Theater – Telluride

The Constitution State
Bijou Theatre – Bridgeport
Cinestudio – Hartford
Real Art Ways – Hartford
Madison Art Cinemas – Madison
Garden Home Cinemas – Norwalk
Avon Theatre – Stamford/Discuss & Rate

The First State

Hollywood For Ugly People
Avalon Theatre – Washington D.C.
E Street Cinema – Washington, D.C.
West End Cinema – Washington D.C.

The Sunshine State
Coral Gables Art Cinema – Coral Gables
Cosford Cinema – Coral Gables
Cinematique of Daytona – Daytona Beach
Delray Square Cinemas – Delray Beach
Cinema Paradiso – Ft. Lauderdale/Discuss & Rate
Gateway Theater – Fort Lauderdale
Hippodrome Theatre – Gainesville/Discuss & Rate
Sun-Ray Cinema – Jacksonville/Discuss & Rate
Tropic Cinema – Key West
Mos’Art Theatre – Lake Park
Stonzek Theatre – Lake Worth
Enzian – Maitland
O Cinema – Miami
Tower Theater – Miami
Miami Beach Cinematheque – Miami Beach
Burns Court Cinemas – Sarasota
Tampa Theatre – Tampa/Discuss & Rate

Peach State
Cinefest Film Theatre – Atlanta
Lefont Sandy Springs – Atlanta/Discuss & Rate
Midtown Art Cinema – Atlanta/Discuss & Rate
Plaza Theatre – Atlanta
UA Tara Cinemas 4 – Atlanta
Navrang Theaters – Rosewell
Eisenhower 6 – Savannah

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The Aloha State
Doris Duke Theatre – Honolulu/Discuss & Rate
Kahala Theatre – Honolulu


Land of Lincoln
The Art Theater – Champaign
Century Centre Cinema – Chicago/Discuss & Rate
Facets Cinematheque – Chicago
Gene Siskel Film Center – Chicago
Logan Theatre – Chicago
Music Box Theatre – Chicago
Avon Theater – Decatur
Glen Art Theatre – Glen Ellyn
Renaissance Place – Highland Park/Discuss & Rate
Big Cinemas Golf Glen Stadium – Niles
Normal Theater – Normal

The Hoosier State
The Ryder Film Series – Bloomington
Cinema Center Downtown – Ft. Wayne/Discuss & Rate
Keystone Art Cinema – Indianapolis
Browning Cinema – DeBartolo Center – Notre Dame

The Hawkeye State
Varsity Thatre – Des Moines
The Bijou Cinema – Iowa City/Discuss & Rate

The Sunflower State
Glenwood Arts – Overland Park
Rio – Overland Park
Murdock Theatre – Witchita

Bluegrass State
Baxter Avenue Filmworks – Louisville
Maiden Alley Cinema – Paducah/Discuss & Rate
Village 8 – St. Matthews

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Pelican State
Prytania Theatre – New Orleans
The Theaters at Canal Place – New Orleans
Zeitgeist – New Orleans
Robinson Film Center – Shreeveport

The Pine Tree State
Frontier – Brunswick
Lincoln Theater – Damariscotta
Cape Ann Community Cinema – Gloucester
Nickelodeon Cinema – Portland
The Strand Theatre – Rockland
Railroad Square Cinema – Waterville/Discuss & Rate

“Even a small indie theater can have a stunning website.”
Judging Criteria: Design, Aesthetics, Functionality, Navigation
Meet The 32 Nominees!
We scoured more than 400 art house theater websites.
32 have been identified as the best of the best.
The nominees include theaters from:
Maine to California
and
Tennessee to Utah
Meet The 32 Nominees!

Old Line State
Bethesda Row Cinema – Bethesda
P & G Old Greenbelt – Greenbelt
AFI SilverTheatre – Silver Springs

The Bay State
Amherst Cinema – Amherst
Studio Cinema – Belmont
Cabot Street Cinema – Beverly
Arts Emerson – Boston
Museum of Fine Arts – Boston
Coolidge Corner Theatre – Brookline
Brattle Theatre – Cambridge/Discuss & Rate
Harvard Film Archive – Cambridge
Kendall Square Cinema – Cambridge/Discuss & Rate
Dedham Community Theatre – Dedham
Cape Cinema – Dennis/Discuss & Rate
Loring Hall Cinema – Hingham
Lexington Venue – Lexington
Fine Arts Theatre – Maynard
Newburyport Screening Room – Newburyport
Regal Nickelodeon 5 – North Falmouth
Little Cinema – Pittsfield
Waters Edge Cinema – Provincetown
Martha’s Vineyard Film Center – Vineyard Haven
Embassy Cinema – Waltham
West Newton Cinema – West Newton
Images Cinema – Williamstown

The Wolverine State
State Theater – Ann Arbor
Birmingham 8 – Birmingham
Maple Art Theatre – Bloomfield Hills/Discuss & Rate
Cass City Cinema – Detroit
Detroit Film Theatre – Detroit
Ren Cen 4 – Detroit
UICA – Grand Rapids
Main Art Theatre – Royal Oak/Discuss & Rate
Vickers Theatre – Three Oaks/Discuss & Rate
Riviera Theatre – Three Rivers
State Theatre – Traverse City

The Gopher State
Zinema 2 (Zeitgeist Arts) – Duluth
Edina Cinema – Edina
Lagoon Cinema – Minneapolis/Discuss & Rate
Parkway Theater – Minneapolis
Riverview Theater – Minneapolis
St. Anthony Main Theatre – Minneapolis
The Trylon – Minneapolis
Uptown Theatre – Minneapolis
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis
Grandview 1 & 2 – St. Paul

The Show Me State
Plaza Frontenac – Frontenac
Glenwood at Red Bridge – Kansas City
Screenland Crossroads – Kansas City/Discuss & Rate
Screenland Crown Center – Kansas City/Discuss & Rate
Tivoli Cinemas – Kansas City
Screenland Armour – N. Kansas City/Discuss & Rate
Moxie Cinema – Springfield
Hi-Pointe Theatre – St. Louis
Tivoli Theatre – St. Louis

The Magnolia State
No art house theaters?
Can that be right?

Which theaters on our list do these famous people own or run?
Quentin Tarantino (Film Director)
Michael Moore (Documentary Director)
Paul Allen (Microsoft co-Founder)
(Hint: Golden-Wolverine-Evergreen)

Cornhusker State
Dundee Theatre – Omaha/Discuss & Rate
Film Streams – Omaha/Discuss & Rate

Live Free or Die
Red River Theatres – Concord
The Putnam – Keene
Wilton Town Hall Theatre – Wilton/Discuss & Rate

The Garden State
Montgomery Cinema – Belle Mead
Roberts Chatham Cinema – Chatham
Digiplex Cranford – Cranford
Big Cinemas Movie City 8 – Edison
Clairidge Cinema – Montclair
The Princeton Garden Theatre – Princeton
Red Bank Theatre – Red Bank
Cedar Lane Cinemas – Teaneck
Tenafly Cinema 4 – Tenafly
Traco Theater – Toms River

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Land of Enchantment
Fountain Theatre – Mesilla
Center For Contemporary Arts – Santa Fe
The Screen – Santa Fe
UA DeVargas 6 – Santa Fe

The Empire State
BAM Rose Cinemas – Brooklyn/Discuss & Rate
Brooklyn Heights Cinema – Brooklyn
Cobble Hill Cinemas – Brooklyn
Coney Island Film Society – Brooklyn
indieScreen – Brooklyn
Nitehawk Cinema – Brooklyn
reRun Gastropub Theatr – Brooklyn
Big Cinemas Bombay Theatre – Flushing
Kew Gardens Cinema – Kew Gardens/Discuss & Rate
1st and 62nd Street – New York
Angelika Film Center – New York/Discuss & Rate
Anthology Film Archives – New York
Beekman Theatre – New York
Big Cinemas Manhattan – New York
Chelsea – New York
Cinema Village – New York/Discuss & Rate
City Cinemas 1,2,3 – New York
City Cinemas E. 86th Street – New York
Film Forum – New York/Discuss & Rate
Film Society Lincoln Center – New York
IFC Center – New York
Lincoln Plaza Cinema – New York
The Paris Theatre – New York/Discuss & Rate
Quad Cinema – New York/Discuss & Rate
Sunshine Cinema – New York
Village East Cinema – New York
Clearview’s Ziegfeld – New York
Museum Of The Moving Image – Queens
Spectrum 8 Theatres – Albany/Discuss & Rate
Art Mission and Theater – Binghamton
Bronxville Cinema – Bronxville
Amherst Theatre – Buffalo
North Park Theatre – Buffalo
Mountain Cinema – Hunter
Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington/Discuss & Rate
Cinemapolis – Ithaca/Discuss & Rate
Larchmont Playhouse – Larchmont
Malverne Cinema – Malverne
Mamaroneck Playhouse – Mamaroneck
Manhasset Cinemas – Manhasset
Manlius Art Cinema – Manlius/Discuss & Rate
Paramount Theatre – Middletown
The Moviehousee – Millerton/Discuss & Rate
Plaza Cinema – Patchogue
The Picture House – Pelham
Burns Film Center – Pleasantville/Discuss & Rate
Upstate Films – Rhineback/Discuss & Rate
Cinema Theater – Rochester
Dryden Theatre – Rochester
The Little Theatre – Rochester/Discuss & Rate
Rosendale Theatre – Rosendale
Roslyn Cinemas – Roslyn
Sag Harbor Cinema – Sag Harbor
Saratoga Film Forum – Saratoga Springs/Discuss & Rate
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute – Utica
Sundance Cinemas – Westchester
Cinema 100 – White Plains
Eastern Hills Cinema – Williamsville
Upstate Films – Woodstock/Discuss & Rate

Tar Heel State
Galaxy Cinema – Cary/Discuss & Rate
Chelsea Theater – Chapel Hill/Discuss & Rate
Regal Manor Twin – Charlotte
Regal Park Terrace 6 – Charlotte
Carolina Theatre – Durham
Cameo Art House Theatre – Fayetteville/Discuss & Rate
The Rialto – Raleigh/Discuss & Rate
Colony Theatres – Raleigh/Discuss & Rate
Sunrise Theater – Southern Pines/Discuss & Rate
Thalian Hall – Wilmington/Discuss & Rate
a/perture Cinema – Winston-Salem
Hanesbrands Theatre – Winston-Salem

The Buckeye State
Mariemont – Cincinatti
Capitol Theatre – Cleveland
Cedar Lee Theatre – Cleveland
Cleveland Cinematheque – Cleveland
Drexel Theatre – Columbus/Discuss & Rate
Studio 35 – Columbus
Wexner Center for the Arts – Columbus
The Neon – Dayton/Discuss & Rate
Little Art Theatre – Yellow Springs/Discuss & Rate

Beaver State
Valley Cinema – Beaverton
Regal Pilot Butte 6 – Bend
Darkside Cinema – Corvallis/Discuss & Rate
Bijou Art Cinemas – Eugene/Discuss & Rate
Cinema 21 – Portland/Discuss & Rate
CineMagic Theater – Portland
Clinton Street Theater – Portland
Hollywood Theatre – Portland/Discuss & Rate
Laurelhurst Theater – Portland
Living Room Theaters – Portland
Northwest Film Center – Portland
Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10 – Portland
Salem Cinema – Salem
St. Johns Cinema – St. Johns

Art House Theaters, Indie Cinema and Foreign Films:
A Story Of Excellence And Survival
Send art house articles & feature stories to:
jabcat@jabcatmovies.com

Keystone State
Ambler Theater – Ambler/Discuss & Rate
Allen Theatre – Annville/Discuss & Rate
Bala Theatre – Bala Cynwyd
ArtsQuest – Bethlehem
Bryn Mawr Film Institute – Bryn Mawr
County Theater – Doylestown
Pocono Community Theater – East Stroudsburg
Midtown Cinema – Harrisburg
Cinema 16:9 – Lansdowne
Ritz at the Bourse – Philadelphia
Ritz East – Philadelphia
Ritz Five – Philadelphia
Colonial Theatre – Phoenixville/Discuss & Rate
Melwood Screening Room – Pittsburgh
Harris Theater – Pittsburgh
Hollywood Theater – Pittsburgh (Dormont)
The Manor Theatre – Pittsburgh
Regent Square Theater – Pittsburgh
GoggleWorks – Reading
Dietrich Theater – Tunkhannock

The Ocean State
Cable Car Cinema – Providence/Discuss & Rate

The Palmetto State
What the heck is a palmetto?
Nickelodeon Theatre – Columbia/Discuss & Rate
Terrace Theatre – Charleston
Coligny Theatre – Hilton Head Island

The Mount Rushmore State
No art house theaters?
Can that be right?

The Volunteer State
Downtown West Cinema 8 – Knoxville
Ridgeway Four – Memphis
Studio on the Square – Memphis
The Belcourt – Nashville/Discuss & Rate

The Lone Star State
Regal Arbor 8 @ Great Hills – Austin
Violet Crown Cinema – Austin
Angelika Dallas – Dallas
The Magnolia – Dallas/Discuss & Rate
The Old Firehouse – Edom
River Oaks Theatre – Houston
Sundance Cinemas – Houston
Angelika Plano – Plano
The Bijou (Santikos) – San Antonio

Beehive State
Broadway Centre Cin. – Salt Lake City/Discuss & Rate
Tower Theatre – Salt Lake City/Discuss & Rate

The Green Mountain State
The Savoy Theater – Montpelier/Discuss & Rate
Catamount Arts – St. Johnsbury

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Old Dominion
Lyric Theatre – Blacksburg/Discuss & Rate
Vinegar Hill – Charlottesville
Angelika Mosaic – Fairfax
Cinema Arts Theatres – Fairfax/Discuss & Rate
Big Cinemas Loehmann’s Twin – Falls Church
Naro Expanded Cinema – Norfolk/Discuss & Rate
Regal Westhampton Cinema 2 – Richmond
Grandin Theatre – Roanoke
Kimball Theatre – Williamsburg

The Evergreen State
Pickford Film Center – Bellingham//Discuss & Rate
Kirkland Parkplace – Kirkland
Totem Lake Cinema – Kirkland
Capitol Theater – Olympia
Roxy Cinema – Renton
Central Cinema – Seattle
Cinerama – Seattle
Egyptian Theatre – Seattle
Harvard Exit Theatre – Seattle
Grand Illusion Cinema – Seattle
Guild 45th Theatre – Seattle
Northwest Film Forum – Seattle
Seven Gables Theatre – Seattle
SIFF – Seattle
Sundance Cinemas – Seattle
Varsity Theatre – Seattle
Crest Cinema Center – Shoreline
Magic Lantern Theatre – Spokane
The Grand Cinema – Tacoma/Discuss & Rate
Kiggins Theatre – Vancouver

Badger State
WUD Film Committee (Univ. Wisconsin) – Madison
Downer Theatre – Milwaukee
Oriental Theatre – Milwaukee

Cowboy State
No art house theaters?
Can that be right?
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