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1. ArcLight Cineramas
- Historic film dome plus 14 new auditoriums.
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- Hollywood/West Hollywood
- Nile Expert Tip: A great place to see movies. Especially if you end up in the Cinerama dome, which dates from 1963. The...
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2. Grauman's Chinese Theatre
- Movie magic
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- Hollywood/West Hollywood
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3. Silent Movie Theatre/The Cinefamily
- Unique place shows oddball movies.
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- Miracle Mile/Fairfax District
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4. Vista Theatre
- Classic theater
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- Los Feliz/Silver Lake/Echo Park
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5. Egyptian Theater (The)
- A Hollywood landmark
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- Hollywood/West Hollywood
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6. Nuart Theatre
- Unique films
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- Beverly Hills/Westside
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7. Laemmle Sunset 5
- Great location on the Sunset Strip
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- Hollywood/West Hollywood
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8. IMAX California Science Center
- The Big Screen
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- South Central/Compton
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9. New Beverly Cinema
- Funky repertory movie theater hangs on!
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- Miracle Mile/Fairfax District
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10. Highland Theater
- This place opened in 1925. It is now a funky budget movie theater.
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- Downtown/Mid-Wilshire/Koreatown
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The Best of NileGuide
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Because Los Angeles is such an important entertainment city, there are many top-knotch cinemas here. Theaters from the Golden Age of Hollywood are especially fabulous. Truth be told, many of the older grand cinema houses from that era have been adandoned or re-purposed as concert halls or film locations. This L.A. Theater Guide organizes many of these historic theaters based on their current use.
Some of the venerable movie palaces remain functional cinemas; grand examples include Grauman's Chinese (extensively remodeled and still the site of grand movie premieres today), the Vista (a nice big theater right between Silver Lake and Hollywood), and the Egyptian (now run by American Cinematheque).
My favorite spot to see movies here in Los Angeles is the ArcLight in Hollywood. They always do an excellent job with presenting the film (the movies are always in focus and framed correctly). I also like the fact that they have assigned seats (you can even select your seats even when buying tickets online). All of the theaters in the Hollywood ArcLight multiplex are good, but the Cinerama Dome is the best. This historic building was built using Buckminster Fuller's geodesic plan and opened in 1963 as a prototype for Cinerama domes to be built around the country. (As it ended up. those multiples were not built and this building remains unique.) The Cinerama Dome can still support the historic 3 projector Cinerama format; of course the ArcLight has kept this space up-to-date with digital projection and a modern sound system.
The rest list includes the IMAX at the California Science Center and some historic smaller theaters like the Nuart, the New Beverly, and the Highland Theater.
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