Unfortunately for dedicated fans of arthouse film, the term "revival house" has almost come to be associated with "bargain theater," that is, those theaters, usually looking every bit their age with sticky floors and cramped seating, which show mainstream movies right as their theatrical run is about to end. With everybody watching movies on DVDs anyhow, it's a wonder those places stay open as long as they do.
Enter the New Beverly Cinema-a true revival house a stone's throw away from, well, pretty much everything. Having occcupied the corner of Beverly and La Brea for the past, say, forty years, the New Beverly is a theater dedicated to the reviving truly classic movies. Think seeing "1900" just as Bertolucci intended it on the big screen. Or a film festival dedicated to Hitchcock. All for seven bucks for a double feature. You got that right, seven bucks.
Tonight, after a Peruvian chicken dinner from Pollo a la Brassa, this film fan will spend his Friday evening watching a triple feature of 70's shlock-The Blood-Spattered Bride, Asylum of Blood, and Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary, a collection of Italian vampire films complete with guaranteed-horrific dubbing. Again, all for seven bucks. Add a three dollar popcorn to it, and you're set.
So, if you're in the area tonight and don't have definite plans, do stop by and support a local movie house that's as L.A. as a Pink's hot dog...
Friday, March 30, 2007
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