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Apr 09, 2020

Local Movie Theaters Are Trying Curbside Popcorn, Streaming, And Film Clubs To Stay Afloat

When theaters are allowed to reopen, “I’m going to be standing at the door all day every day just thanking people for coming,” one owner says.

Jan 08, 2014

Landmark Will Open Movie Theater Near 9:30 Club

In late 2015.

Nov 07, 2013

NoMA Is Getting A Landmark Movie Theater

A 10-screen movie theater is coming to NoMa. The even better news? It’s a Landmark.

Mar 06, 2013

The Best Movie Theaters in the D.C. Area

Where are the best places to see a movie in Washington? Not the multiplexes.

Jun 29, 2012

Northern Virginia Gets All the Special Movie Theaters

New York’s Angelika Film Center is expanding into the D.C. area, with an eight-screen cinema set to open this fall at a new retail development in Fairfax.

Jan 16, 2012

When You’re From Texas, “D.C.” Can Mean A Lot

Alamo Drafthouse, maybe the most awesome movie theater in America, says it is expanding to D.C. Well, close to D.C. Actually, it’s set to open in Ashburn, Va., which isn’t really that close at all.

Dec 20, 2011

D.C. Officials Get Going on Lincoln Theatre

After announcing last week that the Lincoln Theatre would play host to a four-week run of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Mayor Vince Gray and other District officials held a press conference today on their grand visions for the 90-year-old venue, which will soon be under the District’s purview.

May 29, 2011

Looking Back: Looking Back Posts

When trying to write my last Looking Back post, I couldn’t find an interesting, great building to write about — so I decided to do a Looking Back post on the last 8 months or some of Looking Back posts.

Nov 21, 2010

Looking Back: Movie Theaters of Yesterday

Last night I went to the newly opened West End Cinema and sat next to some veterans of the independent movie scene in D.C. Listening to them reminisce about the theater options back in the day made me wonder what had happened to all of those theaters. I soon found Cinema Treasures: a great catalog of all of the theaters that had existed in D.C. Can you believe that 111 theaters have opened (and most…

Oct 20, 2009

Union Station Movie Theater Closes, No One Notices?

Admittedly, it’s been quite a while since I was in the lower level of Union Station, but I was pretty surprised to read in this Washington Post story that the Union Station 9 movie theater only finally closed on Oct. 12. Weren’t we talking about this place shutting down over a year ago? I honestly didn’t realize it was still open up until this month, but like I said, I really haven’t been down…

 
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