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Made my @Curbed debut today talking to NYC’s indie theaters as they prepare to reopen after an almost year-long shut down. Plus an update on @AlamoNYC’s Lower Manhattan location curbed.com/2021/03/new-york-…
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Netflix has spent the last 10 years trying to render movie theaters obsolete. i wrote about why they failed, why they gave up, and why abandoning their holy war on exhibition could save the struggling company from becoming obsolete itself.
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Another NYC theater closing its doors with lots of rumors about more to come in the months ahead.
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At the Kips Bay AMC public hearing at Manhattan CB6 and I must say it sure sounds like NYU Langone Health deliberately concealed its plans from the community
Advertisers pay big money to AMC and other exhibitors for pre-show ad campaigns (whether directly or indirectly through NCM). There’s an almost 0% chance they’d pass on that revenue to instead spend $$ on a licensing fee for Looney Tunes shorts. Sucks but it’s the sad reality
NYC cinemas that have closed since 2020:
- Landmark 57th (re-opened as LOOK, now also closed)
- Court St
- Kips Bay
- College Point
- CMX 62nd
- Cinepolis Chelsea
- Showcase Jamaica
- Main St Cinemas
- Linden Blvd
- Regal UA Staten
$47M+ combined in box office in 2019, now gone
The Kips Bay theater was the #7 highest grossing theater in the NYC metro DMA last year. Also, interesting to note that it was the 10th highest grossing theater pre-COVID, so it's actually improved on its performance. And yet...
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Alamo Drafthouse and @SonyPictures, are restoring and reopening the legendary Cinerama Dome, which will proudly retain its original name and branding.
At the same time we will be opening the adjacent Alamo Drafthouse Hollywood.
Visit drafthouse.com/hollywood for updates.
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This is an amazing piece of old-school New York footage.
Local NBC news after the Mets won the 1986 World Series.
Chuck Scarborough. Sue Simmons. Al Roker. Len Berman. And a bunch of absolutely HAMMERED Mets players.
It's a job that's rarely every open, but we're hiring a film programmer at alamo. Work with our amazing rep & alt programming team to bring the classics back to the big screen careers.drafthouse.com/us/en…
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Buster Olney who said Steve Cohen was dangerous for baseball says the dodgers are the best thing ever
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Hi editor pals! In 2026 I'd love to start writing for some new publications. Film critic and video essay writer originally from Mumbai, now in NYC, and always at film festivals (Sundance, Berlin, SXSW and Cannes next). More about me and some work samples: siddhantadlakha.com/
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There are still some spots left in my (Brooklyn-based) "the review as creative writing" workshop, which starts Monday at the Center for Fiction and runs for eight weeks. It should be a good time. Come write with us!
centerforfiction.org/group-w…
so proud to have made the Valnet blacklist. a legit career highlight
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Wanna have my old job? Apply to be a film buyer at the Alamo Drafthouse. It really was an amazing gig!
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Laughing my ass off reading some old DMs from Wampler. I missed him once we both left Alamo, missed him again during COVID when no one was going anywhere and will miss him dearly now forever.
As @britthates said, he was at his best when things were at their worst. A bad movie, a boring meeting, a lame event…all exponentially improved by Wampler’s presence
