New $5.6 million cinema in Wine Country set to open in October
By G. Allen Johnson,
Staff Writer
Sep 17, 2025
Wine Country’s newest movie theater finally has an opening date.
The nonprofit True West Film Center announced that its Cinemas at True West in Healdsburg will open Friday, Oct. 17, on the organization’s James Redford Campus. Its first showings will be of Kathryn Bigelow’s action thriller “A House of Dynamite” and Luca Guadagnino’s sexual harassment drama “After the Hunt” as its first movies.
A grand opening celebration, which includes a donor brunch and free community block party, is scheduled for Oct. 25, when Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” opens.
The 8,000-square-foot, $5.6 million facility features a three-screen cinema and educational spaces. Theaters are equipped with Christie Digital Laser Projectors and Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound.
“It’s not just a dream anymore,” Executive Director Kathryn Philip told the Chronicle. “As we’re looking at our community arts institutions and our cultural institutions, I feel like the real sticking point is whether or not the community will rally to make it so, and the community has. Movies are one of the most democratic, accessible art mediums, and to center that in the middle of a small downtown corridor is part of a hopeful world in my mind.”
Although the population of Healdsburg is listed as 11,000, True West expects to serve 45,000 patrons a year and generate $2 million in new economic activity for Sonoma County.
Former Sundance executive John Cooper is the artistic director responsible for programming a mix of current films and classic and repertory fare. Movies in the first month of operation include Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut “Eleanor the Great” and repertory screenings of Pixar’s “Coco,” Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and Wes Craven’s “Scream.”
“The community is already supporting this,” said Cooper, who served as executive director of the Sundance Film Festival from 2010 to 2020. “We’ve been doing tours, where I talk about possible programming and hear their views. Fifty, 60 people show up at a time, and they leave very excited.”
The project architect is Tom Rael of Rael Architecture, and Eddinger Enterprises of Healdsburg led construction.
The nonprofit’s capital campaign, which continues through next year, has generated $4.75 million so far. Donors have included San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer and his wife Pam, as well as Dolby Laboratories and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
Alfonso Felder, senior vice president of administration and facilities for the Giants, also donated and serves as volunteer project manager for the campus.
The True West campus, at 371 Healdsburg Ave., is named after James Redford, the son of late actor-director Robert Redford, who was a documentary filmmaker. James Redford died in October 2020 bile-duct cancer of the liver at the age of 58; his father died on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 89.
The naming of the facility reflects the organization’s alignment with the Redford Center, a nonprofit that uses storytelling to advance environmental solutions.
Tickets for opening weekend go on sale in early October at www.truewestfilmcenter.org.
I just uploaded theatre 4 and theatre 5 in the photos section taken in 2004 when it was Loews Cineplex. It looks like AMC hasn’t spent any money at this location from what I saw with updated photos
Please update, theatre name Regal Mission Marketplace and the screen count is 11 screens. When Regal took over the theatre, it got the Cineworld designed interior and selected screens have recliners and they downsize to 11 screens.
Please update, toal seats 570 and 7 screens
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 160
Theatre 2 126
Theatre 3 67
Theatre 4 86
Theatre 5 47
Theatre 6 45
Theatre 7 40
Please update, total capacity: 2,222
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 114
Theatre 2 113
Theatre 3 88
Theatre 4 93
Theatre 5 249
Theatre 6 296 IMAX with Laser
Theatre 7 321 XL at AMC
Theatre 8 320 XL at AMC
Theatre 9 205 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 10 241
Theatre 11 85
Theatre 12 82
Theatre 13 and 14 110
Please update, total seats 2,896
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 3 and 11 139
Theatre 2 222 Laser with IMAX
Theatre 4 and 6 281
Theatre 5 153 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 6 281
Theatre 7 and 8 294
Theatre 9 247
Theatre 10 115
Theatre 12, 13, 14 and 15 148
New $5.6 million cinema in Wine Country set to open in October By G. Allen Johnson, Staff Writer Sep 17, 2025
Wine Country’s newest movie theater finally has an opening date.
The nonprofit True West Film Center announced that its Cinemas at True West in Healdsburg will open Friday, Oct. 17, on the organization’s James Redford Campus. Its first showings will be of Kathryn Bigelow’s action thriller “A House of Dynamite” and Luca Guadagnino’s sexual harassment drama “After the Hunt” as its first movies.
A grand opening celebration, which includes a donor brunch and free community block party, is scheduled for Oct. 25, when Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” opens.
The 8,000-square-foot, $5.6 million facility features a three-screen cinema and educational spaces. Theaters are equipped with Christie Digital Laser Projectors and Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound.
“It’s not just a dream anymore,” Executive Director Kathryn Philip told the Chronicle. “As we’re looking at our community arts institutions and our cultural institutions, I feel like the real sticking point is whether or not the community will rally to make it so, and the community has. Movies are one of the most democratic, accessible art mediums, and to center that in the middle of a small downtown corridor is part of a hopeful world in my mind.”
Although the population of Healdsburg is listed as 11,000, True West expects to serve 45,000 patrons a year and generate $2 million in new economic activity for Sonoma County.
Former Sundance executive John Cooper is the artistic director responsible for programming a mix of current films and classic and repertory fare. Movies in the first month of operation include Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut “Eleanor the Great” and repertory screenings of Pixar’s “Coco,” Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and Wes Craven’s “Scream.”
“The community is already supporting this,” said Cooper, who served as executive director of the Sundance Film Festival from 2010 to 2020. “We’ve been doing tours, where I talk about possible programming and hear their views. Fifty, 60 people show up at a time, and they leave very excited.”
The project architect is Tom Rael of Rael Architecture, and Eddinger Enterprises of Healdsburg led construction.
The nonprofit’s capital campaign, which continues through next year, has generated $4.75 million so far. Donors have included San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer and his wife Pam, as well as Dolby Laboratories and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
Alfonso Felder, senior vice president of administration and facilities for the Giants, also donated and serves as volunteer project manager for the campus.
The True West campus, at 371 Healdsburg Ave., is named after James Redford, the son of late actor-director Robert Redford, who was a documentary filmmaker. James Redford died in October 2020 bile-duct cancer of the liver at the age of 58; his father died on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 89.
The naming of the facility reflects the organization’s alignment with the Redford Center, a nonprofit that uses storytelling to advance environmental solutions.
Tickets for opening weekend go on sale in early October at www.truewestfilmcenter.org.
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 21
Theatre 2 54
Theatre 3 27
I just uploaded theatre 4 and theatre 5 in the photos section taken in 2004 when it was Loews Cineplex. It looks like AMC hasn’t spent any money at this location from what I saw with updated photos
Please update, total seats 1132
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 48
Theatre 2 and 13 85
Theatre 3 90
Theatre 4 62
Theatre 5 and 9 72
Theatre 6 66
Theatre 7 69
Theatre 8 51
Theatre 10 89
Theatre 11 58
Theatre 12 191 UTC/Dolby Atmos
Theatre 14 95
Please update, total seats 913
Seating Capacity
Theatr 1 111 Ultimate Digital Cinema/Dolby Atmos
theatre 2 134 Ultimate Digital Cinema/Dolby Atmos
Theatre 3 80
Theatre 4 69
Theatre 5 62
Theatre 6 47
Theatre 7 and 12 31
Theatre 8 100
Theatre 9 106
Theatre 10 and 11 71
Please rename theatre to Rialto Cinemas-Sebastopol as per website
Please update, total seats 775 and 14 screens
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 118 SCREEN X
Theatre 2 118 Giant Screen/Dolby Atmos
Theatre 3, 4 and 5 69
Theatre 6 41
Theatre 7 48
theatre 8 54
Theatre 9 39
Theatre 10 28
Theatre 11 20
Theatre 12 35
Theatre 13 23
Theatre 14 43
Please rename theatre to Regal Edwards Fairfield and toal seats 3,375. Grand opening ad in the photos section
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 174
Theatre 2 173
Theatre 3 148
Theatre 4 238
Theatre 5 241
Theatre 6 and 7 216
Theatre 8 and 9 240
Theatre 10 169
Theatre 11 228
Theatre 12 264 IMAX
Theatre 13 229 SCREEN X
Theatre 14 167
Theatre 15 and 16 216
Please update, total seats 1,332
Theatre 1 and 16 155 JB-X Dolby Atmos
Theatre 2, 3, 14 and 15 45 (Screen 2 JB-X)
Theatre 4, 5, 12 and 13 79
Theatre 6 and 11 52
Theatre 7 and 10 92
Theatre 8 118
Theatre 9 119 JB-X
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 242
Theatre 2 229
Theatre 3 272
Theatre 4 217
Theatre 5 188
Theatre 6 202
Theatre 7 and 8 135
Theatre 9 85
Theatre 10 82
Theatre 11 and 12 83
Please update, 140 seats as per official website and has Dolby Atmos sound
Please update, rename theatre to The Lot La Jolla and total seats 493
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 80
Theatre 2 and 7 67
Theatre 3 78
Theatre 4 79
Theatre 5 64
Theatre 6 58
Please update, total seats 2,505
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 and 16 96
Theatre 2 125
Theatre 3, 4, 13 and 14 170
Theatre 5 123
Theatre 6 100
Theatre 7, 10 and 16 96
Theatre 8 and 9 379
Theatre 11 103
Theatre 12 and 15 116
Please update, theatre name Regal Mission Marketplace and the screen count is 11 screens. When Regal took over the theatre, it got the Cineworld designed interior and selected screens have recliners and they downsize to 11 screens.
Total seats: 1,330
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 212
Theatre 2 47 with recliners
Theatre 3 53 with recliners
Theatre 4 94
Theatre 5 117
Theatre 6 125
Theatre 7 185
Theatre 8 82
Theatre 9 86 recliners
Theatre 10 49 recliners
Theatre 11 280 RPX
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 398 IMAX with Laser
Theatre 2 and 15 240
Theatre 3 and 14 277
Theatre 4 and 13 ?????
Theatre 5 and 12 131
Theatre 6, 7, 10 and 11 132
Theatre 8 116
Theatre 9 114
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 and 2 209
Theatre 3 and 4 277
Theatre 5 284
Theatre 6 278
Theatre 7 and 8 254
Theatre 9 149
Theatre 10 138
Theatre 11 171
Theatre 12 178
Theatre 13 184
Theatre 14 180
Theatre 15 158
Theatre 16 198
Theatre 17 200
Theatre 18 197
please update, total seats 2,353
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 480
Theatre 2 99
Theatre 3 80
Theatre 4 298
Theatre 5 293
Theatre 6 110
Theatre 7 152
Theatre 8 145
Theatre 9 187
Theatre 10 519 TITAN LUXE
Please update, rename theatre to Cinepolis Vista and total seats 1509
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 (atmos) and 15 176
Theatre 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 72
Theatre 5 84
Theatre 8 157 4DX
Theatre 9 117 JUNIOR KIDS
Theatre 11 109
Theatre 12, 13 and 14 110
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 and 6 115
Theatre 2 78
Theatre 3 66
Theatre 4, 5, 7 and 8 49
Please update, total seats 508
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 and 3 98
Theatre 2 97
Theatre 4 67
Theatre 5 and 6 74
Please rename AMC Poway 10, this theatre no longer features Dine In service and total seats 811
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 7 and 8 72
Theatre 2, 3 and 4 70
Theatre 5 82
Theatre 6 73
Theatre 9 100
Theatre 10 130
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 266 IMAX with Laser
Theatre 2 and 14 130
Theatre 3 88
Theatre 4 124 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 5 294 XL AT AMC
Theatre 6 and 12 99
Theatre 7 247
Theatre 8 and 13 204
Theatre 9 and 11 139
Theatre 10 165