The looming closure of Landmark Theatres’ Pico location is a significant loss for L.A.’s independent movie scene, which was already sorely missing the shuttered ArcLight Hollywood. Getting art-hous…
“We’re very well positioned to pick up the slack,” says Laemmle Theatres President, who operates the bulk of the remaining art-houses in the city, including the Monica Film Center and the Royal on the Westside. He points out that his theaters regularly program the smaller titles that “don’t always play in Century City.”
Convincing art-house moviegoers, particularly in the older demographics, to return to theaters post-pandemic will be crucial to how many theaters can survive. “We need some change,” Bernard says about how to rethink indie film marketing. “Once people go back to the movies, they’re in. It’s safer to go to the movies than to a bar or restaurant — you’ve got to put that throught in their mind.”
However, “AMC will make room for fewer art-house films as the summer goes on,” Bernard points out. “It’s been a lucky time for independents being able to play them, but now blockbusters will be on every screen” While it’s long been prestigious to open films on the city’s monied, industry-intensive Westside, the cultural conversation has also moved further east. Younger moviegoers appreciate the food and drink options at downtown L.A.’s Alamo Drafthouse, which books some independent titles amid major studio releases.
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