Angelika Film Center

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Angelika Film Center
Type Brand
FoundedSeptember 19, 1989;33 years ago (1989-09-19)
Number of locations
9
Parent Reading International
Website www.angelikafilmcenter.com

Angelika Film Center is a movie theater chain in the United States that features independent and foreign films. It operates theaters in New York City, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, and Virginia. Its headquarters are in New York City. [1]

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History and locations

Flagship location (The Cable Building, NoHo, New York City)

The original Angelika Film Center & Café opened in New York City's NoHo neighborhood in 1989. The New York Angelika, which is located at The Cable Building on the corner of Houston and Mercer Streets, is the flagship cinema.

Other locations

Additionally, Angelika Film Center has opened 6 additional locations, one of which has closed:

Angelika 57, an art cinema in midtown Manhattan on 57th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, operated between 1993 and 1997. [7] [8]

Additional history

From 1997 to 2005, the Angelika Film Center was used as the set for At The Angelika, a weekly TV series distributed by IFC Films.[ citation needed ] The show moved to the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue and changed its name to At the IFC Center when that venue opened in June 2005.

The Angelika launched a blog where they post their own video and written interviews with directors and actors that are involved with the films they show. [9]

The Angelika Film Center is owned by Reading International and iDNA, Inc. [3]

In Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks (on the Clerks X DVD) Kevin Smith and Vincent Pereira recall attending movies at the Angelika (notably Richard Linklater's debut Slacker ). The film also mentions the disastrous first public screening of Clerks at the Independent Film Feature Market (the IFFM) and has a scene with Smith and Scott Mosier standing outside the theatre.[ citation needed ]

In November 2015, Shia LaBeouf invited the public to join him in the Cable Building location as he watched the 29 movies that feature him back-to-back. While taking short coffee breaks, LaBeouf could be viewed almost continuously on a live-stream. [10]

On March 5, 2021, they rebranded the Cinema 123 in Midtown Manhattan and Village East Cinemas in Greenwich Village under Branded by Angelika. Both theaters previously operated as City Cinemas before their purchase in 2000 by Citadel Cinemas, an affiliate of Reading Entertainment, which were in turn consolidated on December 31, 2001 to form Reading International, the parent company of Reading Cinemas, which owns and operates the Angelika Film Center. [11] [12]

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References

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  2. Culturemap.com The Angelika suddenly closes: Houston loses its downtown film center. Retrieved on 2010-08-29
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  6. "Angelika Film Center & Cafe Expands Westward". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
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  9. "Angelika Film Center Blog". At The Angelika Blog.
  10. Rogers, Katie (11 November 2015). "Shia LaBeouf Offers View of Himself Viewing His Movies". The New York Times.
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