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The California Film Institute (CFI) is a non-profit film exhibition organization based in San Rafael, California. The organization exhibits films year-round at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, presents the annual Mill Valley Film Festival and DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival, and supports the year-round CFI Education Program. The ...
Screenings are usually held at the Christopher B Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, the Sequoia Theatre in Mill Valley, the Cinema in Corte Madera, and the Lark Theatre in Larkspur. [1] Screen International has named Mill Valley Film Festival a Top 10 US film festival. [10]
The first Century theater was the Century 21 in San Jose, California, which opened November 24, 1964, adjacent to the Winchester Mystery House. [1] The Century 21 theater was built to showcase Cinerama type movies (the left and right empty projection booths are still present), but in fact, it showed only 70mm movies.
The Marin Civic Center arose from a desire to consolidate county services at a single location, away from the center of San Rafael. The idea was combined with a proposed county fairground, and 140 acres (57 ha) of the Scettrini ranch were purchased in 1956 for $551,416 along U.S. Highway 101 near Santa Venetia.
The General Cinema Corporation was founded as a drive-in theater in 1935 by Philip Smith, who had previously owned a small chain of silent film theaters.Smith had chosen to open the chain after noticing the increasing sales of local Massachusetts theatres, and the introduction of films that were able to accommodate a synchronized sound and voice track into their reels.
Teatro ZinZanni, cirque, comedy, and cabaret theater; without a venue, but seeking to return to the San Francisco waterfront [63] Theatre 39 at Pier 39, Beach Street at Embarcadero [64] Tides Theatre, 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor; 99-seat theater in Union Square [65]
The Lot, stylized as THE LOT, is an American luxury movie theater chain headquartered in La Jolla, California. Founded in 2015, the company operates primarily in Southern California as well as one location in Northern California. The chain's theater complexes are adjoined by sit-down restaurants, bars, and cafes. [1]
The company acquired many theaters in Hollywood, California over the years, including the Pantages in 1965, [3] Warner Theatre and New View Theatre in 1968, [4] [5] Vine Theatre in the 1970s, [6] and Holly Cinema in 1985. [7] Pacific was also one of the first theatres to have Samsung Onyx screens, introduced in 2018. [8]