Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Best Movie Theaters in Brooklyn
Posted by Henry Stewart on Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:10 PM
- Shun Takino
Matinee prices at the Alpine are $7, which is ridiculous. Full price tickets are $9, which is also pretty ridiculous. I love this place. Many Bay Ridge locals hate on their local multiplex, but haters are gonna hate; personally, I'm happy to have a fucking movie theater in my neighborhood when so many go without. Otherwise I'd have to take a subway to Park Slope to see The Last Exorcism II, which would be as ridiculous as those aforementioned ticket prices. [photo]
The movies shown at this DUMBO gastropub theater are generally culled from the festival circuit, indies you probably wouldn't have the chance to see in New York if they weren't showing here. You might not know the stars or the directors, but fuck it, take a chance. Two movies directed by Alex Karpovsky from Girls recently opened at Lincoln Center. But a movie he starred in opened the week before at reRun, and it was better! [photo]
I included this place, which I haven't been to since I saw Freddy vs. Jason, just so I could tell this story: my parents very rarely see a movie in the theaters, but at the end of 2011 Avatar had so saturated the culture that they figured they'd see what all the hoopla was about. So they fired up the automobile and drove out to this multiplex, got there late, quickly grabbed 3D glasses, and ran into the theater. They sat through the movie in the first row, confused why it was so blurry and quite underwhelmed by the effects, and when the lights went on almost three hours later they realized they were wearing different glasses from everyone—regular 3D glasses for an IMAX screen. (They sat through the entire movie.) The management gave them free passes and they returned a week or two later and got the right glasses and thought that visually Avatar was actually quite good! [photo]
I went on a date recently to the UA on Court Street because the girl, even though she lived in Park Slope, didn't want to go to the Pavilion! I don't get it, you guys. It doesn't really have bedbugs. I've never had a problem with the customer service. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not like it's the best theater ever: some of the screens are small, some of the seats are fucked up (at least the last time I was there, which was a while ago because no one will go with me), etc. etc. But the way people avoid this place like the plague is, let's say, overreacting.
Including but not limited to Brooklyn Heights Cinema (while you still can!), Cobble Hill Cinema, and Spectacle.
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Henry Stewart
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Henry Stewart is the Culture Editor at The L Magazine and some kind of editor at Brooklyn Magazine. He has always lived in Brooklyn.
Henry Stewart is the Culture Editor at The L Magazine and some kind of editor at Brooklyn Magazine. He has always lived in Brooklyn.
