A revival house or repertory cinema is a term for a cinema that specializes in showing classic or notable older films (as opposed to first run films). Such venues may include standard repertory cinemas, multi-function theatres that alternate between old movies and live events, and some first-run theatres that show past favorites alongside current releases.
At The FridaCinema in downtown Santa Ana, the only nonprofit arthouse theater in Orange County, audiences are lining up for more than just repertory cinema staples ... pivoted to repertory programming.
The outpouring of love from cinemagoers at the news in January that London’s iconic repertory Prince CharlesCinema (PCC) was facing an uncertain future speaks to the community spirit that has helped ...
The Metro, a former opera house, now the city’s top repertory cinema, featured an Ernst Lubitsch festival including his 1918Carmen, made before the director was whisked away to work for and eventually head Paramount.