Sunshine Cinema

The address for the Sunshine Cinema is 143 East Houston Street, New York, NY.

Easily the best art house experience in NYC. (The Angelika has the cool cache, the neat cafe, and a good selection of films, but the subway trains rumbling underneath the shoebox auditoriums, the lack of legroom, the cattle call in the lobby just before showtime... plain and simple, the Sunshine's time is here...)

Since the site now exhibits "past names," the names "Houston Hippodrome" and "Sunshine Theatre" should be displayed.
A zip code search (the theatre is located in 10002) does not return this theatre.

Please note my previous comment.

Damien, I don't know about you zip code search, but when you hit the map selection above it maps the theatre properly and returns the zip code as 10002-1018 also.

This is an amazing theatre. I was lucky enough to see a midnight show of "Taxi Driver" there last winter, the place was packed. The architecture is brilliant. Leave it to Landmark to keep those art houses thriving.

...Bobby Darin lived at 50 Baruch Place as a child, not far from the Sunshine Cinema (..it was then the Yiddish National, a vaudeville theater, according to David Evanier in his current Darin biography...). Anyway, this would be the perfect venue for Kevin Spacey's Bobby Darin biopic BEYOND THE SEA to premiere...it's scheduled to open in NYC and LA late December 2004, and I am not aware that an NYC theater has been slected yet..any movers/shakers out there???
Jim Powers
macknife@comcast.net

'Beyond the Sea" is scheduled to open at the Angelika Film Center on December 17th.

Jim's comment regarding Bobby Darin incorrectly identifies this theatre as the Yiddish National. By the time Darin was born in 1936, this facility had already been known as the Sunshine for nearly 20 years.
The Yiddish National was located at 11 East Houston Street. There was another, 1500-seat National, also known as the National Winter Garden, located at 111-117 East Houston. (This was also the site of the 299-seat Rooftop Theatre.) These theatres were used for live performances.

Damien...I stand corrected for now...note that I gleamed
that "inaccurate by your reckoning" info from one of the current Darin bio books, and I have no way to verify either point of info on this issue...from the "Sunshine Cinema" website comes this:

"Opened December 21, 2001. Built in 1898, the Sunshine Cinema building was formerly the Houston Hippodrome motion picture theatre and a Yiddish vaudeville house but for over 50 years it had been shuttered serving as a hardware warehouse."
..maybe Mr.Evanier got the name wrong, this info seems to imply that it was a Yiddish theater (Name?) THEN the Hippodrome movie theater..PS neither I nor Mr. Evanier imply that Darin attended any of these venues...just that they were nearby his residence...Jim P


Jim P

BOYCOTT CITY CINEMAS- Read the postings on the page for Cinema 1,2,3. They may be pulling another Sutton scam.

Jim, the Sunshine was definitely a Yiddish theatre, as were many other facilities throughout the Lower East Side neighborhood in which the theatre is located. However, the Sunshine was a motion picture theatre going by the name "Sunshine" before Mr. Darin was born. The National at 111-117 East Houston was still operational into the 1950s. I'm not sure when the 11 East Houston Yiddish National was operational.

RobertR: Why have you posted the City Cinemas note on this page? The Sunshine has no relationship at all to City Cinemas. (And you didn't post such a note on the pages of those Manhattan theatres which that company does operate.)

A murder suspect, later found guilty, used attendance at this theatre as an alibi on January 5, 2005's episode of Law & Order. He claimed to have been seeing a "French flick" with his girlfriend on the night the murder occurred.

One of the theatre's earlier incarnations, the Houston Hippodrome, was designed by Thomas W. Lamb in 1909 (as a conversion from the Reformed German Evangelical Church, built in 1846).

Compared to the other art movie houses in Manhattan (Angelika, Film Forum, Cinema Village) the film presentation at the Sunshine is by far the most superior. Actually, I'd say it's on par with the mainstream theatres like Loews or Regal. Also, like many mainstream theatres if you didn't like the movie you paid to see, it's very easy to watch something else. Yah, the Sunshine is great!

I never knew there was a theatre on this site, though I never spent much time on this stretch of Houston. Agree a great addition to the NYC movie going experience, but it is competing more with the Angelika than the Film Forum, which is a non-profit chartered to present films that otherwise wouldn't get screened (though I don't know who closely they follow that mandate).

I am also surprised to learn that it took three years to get this cinema open; it was worth the time because they did a nice job.

One other tidbit, not related to the Landmark/Sunshine, is that The Sundance people were long rumored to be building an art theatre "downtown" and one was supposed to open in Soho, but never did and plans are now defunct. There were also plans for a new art house in that new building that is going up on Astor Plaza, next to the Public Theatre, but I don't know if they still plan a theatre in that complex.

Well, IFC is renovating the Waverly into a three-screener.

I walked run under the IFC/Waverly's marquee yesterday and they are getting close to opening. They removed all the scaffolding and you can see the new front of the theatre. It is pretty impressive. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the IFC folks will do a great job, but given that Cablevision owns IFC they'll find a way to alienate everyone somehow or some way.

As of this past Tuesday the Sunshine stopped sells tickets but instead when you pay the addmission you recieve what looks like a supermarket receipt that gets zapped by a bar code reader carrying usher inside the theatre. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.

I suspect the idea of providing receipts as opposed to more traditional tickets is related to Landmark FINALLY getting its in-theatre self-service ticket kiosk system in some semblance of working order.

Why are bar-coded tickets "stupid" ?

They Are Not Tickets! They are Supermearket Receipts!

I agree, I just came back from the Sunshine, its so weird to have these paper receipts, but I've seen other theatres do it (Cinema Village did, as well as Touchstar Southcase in Orlando, FL). I don't like it, they're harder to lose and at 10.75, what excuse do they have to be this cheap.

Granted, maybe trying a new technology is bold, but some how I see how Celluoid Freak is offeneded. Barcoding is one thing. A cheap supermarket-like receipt is in some ways unprofessional in the cinema industry. Besdies, I just like having a hard ticket in hand neatly organized. This aproach is wacky.

Maybe I'm just not ready for it. But I'm glad somebody else out there agrees with me.

The Sunshine is running "Psycho" Fri and Sat at midnight this weekend.

A Wurlitzer organ Opus 677 Style 135A was installed in the Sunshine Theater on 7/22/1923.

Kind of weird bookings at the Sunshine this week with three films opening Friday exclusively at the Landmark and all look dead in the water.

The strange opening was CARLITO'S WAY: RISE TO POWER, which wasn't even screened for the press. It is also not an art film. I assume it has something to do with the digital projection and the fact that the film opened simultanseously with the DVD release. This film is an odd booking for an art house. It is the type of B movie that would have been booked on the old 42nd Street.

Also opening exclusively there was MIRRORMASK and THE WAR WITHIN.

I don't plan to see any of them.

i recently saw the film "2046" here , the theatre was huge compared to cinema village and the quad. however i was also stunned by the paper receipt, as were other posters....

Lets not forget about the delicious Yonah Schimmel Knishes next door, My favorites are the Red Cabbge ,Cabbbage, Sweet Potato and Regular... I remember the Sunshine when it was a wharehouse, often I would pass by the Sunshine on the way to Yonah Schimmels on Chrystie and Houston Street..I'd see the door open up and would glance in. In fact I bought fireworks in there in 1995 (as a wharehouse ofcourse)...its great to see a movie over there.

Charles Steiner and Abraham Minsky -- the oldest of the famous Minsky burlesque brothers -- opened the Houston Hippodrome in December 1909 as a Yiddish music hall. Minsky's father and the notorious kosher chicken czar and Tammany Hall district leader Martin Engel owned the building, a former church, which had been operated for some time as prize fight club. In 1910, Yonah Shimmel opened his knish bakery next door. In those days, movies and cheap dairy food went hand in hand (which also explains the location of Ratner's next-door to Loew's Delancey Street Theater). The Houston Hippodrome offered a mix program of motion pictures and Yiddish vaudeville for five cents in the afternoon and ten cents at night. In 1912, Steiner & Minsky moved their variety show to the National Winter Garden, the roof top theater above Boris Thomashefsky's National Theater (at 111 Houston Street)and the Houston Hippodrome was downgraded to a nickelodeon. In those days, the sign of the theater already featured a shining sun. In 1917, Steiner bought the building and after a $25,000 renovation opened it as the 600-seat Sunshine Theater. There was some talk in the Yiddish press that it might become a Yiddish theater, but to my knowledge nothing came of this. It remained a movie theater.

I was down at the Landmark's Sunshine Cinema yesterday and another projection disaster. There is all this hand-wringing in the movie industry about the decline in movie attendance/box office take and here is a reason why. I was in the big basement theatre yesterday to see THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN and they didn't frame the film correctly so there was about a foot of black at the top of the screen and the image bled onto the masking at the bottom. All this for $10.75.

And they didn't even put the house lights up before the film so one had to negotiate steep stairs in pitch black to find a seat.

No usher walked through the theatre so to alert someone would have meant leaving the theatre, climbing a flight of stairs and then walking across the lobby to the candy stand, doubled as the box office yesterday because of short staffing. I would have missed too much of the movie to tell them to project the film properly.

I had the same problem at the Angelika last year. You think this kind of thing would occur in the soulless multiplexes, but to have it happen in an art house, it makes my blood boil.

No wonder people are staying at home watching the videos.

yesterday, meaning Feb 13th, 2006? Wasn't that the day after 2 feet or so of snow hit New York City?

I'm sorry that you had a bad experience there, but do you think thier short staffing was due to it being a Monday and the day after a blizzard. If you go back on a nice day on the weekend and have the same experience, then you have every right to grouse.

Maybe wanna cut them some slack considering the weather.

My experiences have been good there, but since its a Mark Cuban owned house...they better be able to do better than watching it in your living room on DVD or HD Net Movies....

I have always liked this house, I ussually go on weekends the crowds are good as are the staff and the seats are comfortable, it's better than the Angelika (even though i have a soft spot for the Angelika for some reason). Even the most high-end movie houses can have their off days.

Hardbop
Could it be the film was in scope an they don't have scope screen? I say that because there is a theater here in Asheville( Regal Hollywood 14 which was oringally independantly owned by a family)that does not have scopr screens. I never liked that theater and Sat night I finally asked a manager if they had capability of showing scope and she said only in one theater. The other theaters were built with flat screens and you really loose the scope effect becuase anything extra is on the side walls and above the screen. I was pissed to say the least.

Yes, the film is in scope. Most chains stopped installing 2.1 ratio screens instead of a full ratio scope screen. But there are still plexes that still run films to the public that way.

No, this film was clearly not framed properly. The "missing part of the film" was showing on the black masking on the bottom. If they moved the film up it would have been ok.

Here is the response from Landmark regarding the experience I had last week. I e-mailed them my complaints. My e-mail was sent to Landmark's national site and it must have been routed to the Sunshine in NYC. Looks like they are going to "do the right thing." But until I have the tickets in hand, I'll reserve judgment. I received a similar response from someone at the Angelika who was all apologetic over a similar projection snafu, but I never received my promised tickets.

Dear Mr. xxxx,



I would like to apologize for your experiences at the Sunshine Cinema last Monday. It is my ongoing endeavor to provide the best movie going experience in the city and I am sorry to have so greatly failed to do so during your visit.

Please allow me to address the issues raised in your email:

1. The improper positioning of the movie: This weekend, I spoke to the projectionist responsible for the presentation on Monday and she acknowledged both the error, which she'd noticed during the film's closing credits, and the fact that she'd not waited for the start of the feature to ensure proper presentation quality (she'd left the booth during the trailers to start another film; this is personally my fault due to my inability to reach the theatre after Sunday's snowfall; had I been there, she wouldn't have needed to be so rushed). She has been reprimanded for both oversights.

2. I cannot explain the lack of houselights when you entered the auditorium. Our lighting system is automated and, in this particular case, our projector must have failed to properly detect the "lights up" cue at the conclusion of the previous film. This is not, I can assure you, a common occurrence at the Sunshine.

3. The failure of the on-duty usher to check the presentation has also been dealt with via disciplinary action.

4. The theatre's staffing: Staffing was actually normal for a wintertime Monday afternoon. Since installation of a new computer system a few months back, we've made the decision to sell tickets from our concession stand during off-peak periods. This has the benefits of A.) ensuring that patrons such as yourself never need conduct a ticketing transaction in cold/snow/rain/heat and B.) providing visitors to the theatre, who might not otherwise visit our concession stand, the opportunity to be exposed to some of our more eclectic food offerings, such as Japanese Pocky, vegan cookies, and wasabi peas. During peak periods of business, when we can't accommodate both ticket and concession sales in the lobby, we still utilize our exterior box office. (Also note: The benefits listed are truly the only benefits we're seeking to derive from this arrangement. We're still scheduling both box office and concession attendants for these shifts, not just trying to save money on staffing.) (Should you ever encounter just one attendant, in all likelihood that attendant is "covering a break.")

Again, please allow me apologize for the poor conditions noted in your email and thank you for bringing them to my attention. I take pride in the Sunshine's reputation for excellence and am disappointed to have tarnished it. I'd like to request that you allow me the opportunity to do better by being my guest during a future visit. If you'd be willing to supply a mailing address, I would love the chance to prove that your last visit was a fluke by supplying you with some V.I.P. Guest Passes. Should you ever have anything you'd like to discuss during a future visit, or just want to say hi, please ask for me by name.


Sincerely,
General Manager
Landmark's Sunshine Cinema
143 East Houston Street

Nice that they resonded back to you...

Anytime I wrote to crappy Clearview Cinemas ( worst chain in Westchester County) a reply never came. And I had written to offer suggestions as opposed to criticisms, but still to no avail.
Yesterday I walked by Central Plaza Cinema, Yonkers and noticed paint stains on the poster cases that have been there ( not kidding) for at least one year. No point in saying anything, just thought about how wonderful a place it was under General Cinema.

At least Landmark cares...

Having worked for Damien and The Sunshine Cinema back in 2001, I have the utmost respect for them and the Landmark Organization for getting it right in a niche market all across the country. They, like many other service oriented businesses, are constantly looking for the right people for the right position at a reasonable wage. NYC is a tough town to keep staff content, hospitable and productive. Technology is making things a little less personal in the theatre industry, and that is not to be taken lightly. One communicative floor person or one friendly snack bar attendant is worth more than three ineffective employees, so numbers don’t count. If technology is going to streamline operations and cut costs, so be it. Otherwise, the Sunshine may go back to being a four level warehouse for door parts.

This is a B/W photo of the Sunshine Cinema.

I actually was sent six passes by Landmark (Damien) so it paid off. At $10.75 a movie that is a nice perk.

One quibble, Landmark certainly doesn't empower its employees to make decisions. I used two this weekend, one Saturday and the other Sunday. I get there Saturday and the ticket taker/cashier/snack bar attendant (they multi-task at Landmark I guess) had "to ask her manager" before she could accept the pass." Sunday, the ticket taker/cashier/snack bar attendant said she "had to ask the manager" about my pass and then I had to sign my name to a form before I got my ticket. I felt like a criminal.

Here are some 1999 photos of this theater. Click each one to expand it.

Is this the old Houston Hippodrome?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1929-Houston-St-Theater-East-Side-New-York-City-Photo_W0QQitemZ280007659617QQihZ018QQcategoryZ14279QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I don't think so Al. In the description above, it reads "In 1917, the theater's ownership changed and the 600-seat venue was renamed the Sunshine". The photo that you linked to on Ebay is dated 1926. By that time this theater was already the Sunshine theater. The photo on Ebay has a different address: "65-71 W. Houston St. This black and white 8x10 inch photo was recently printed in a darkroom from an original negative. Scan does not do justice to this sharp image".

Thank you Lost Memory. Looks like we have another mystery theatre if the ebay shot is really a Manhattan location.

The Ebay description might give an incorrect address. WEST Houston Street is not considered part of the Lower East Side, but EAST Houston Street is. The 1931 FDYB lists a 546-seat Houston Theatre on EAST Houston Street, but with no specfic building number.

In the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 the Houston Hippodrome, 141 E. Houston Street, Manhattan, NY is listed. This address is also listed as being the Sunshine Theatre in the Film Daily Yearbook's;1926 & 1927 editions with a seating capacity of 600.

I can't find another Houston Hippodrome Theatre, but in the 1930 edition of Film Daily Yearbook there is the Houston Theatre, 67 Houston Street, Manhattan, NY with a seating capacity of 546. This must be the Houston Hippodrome, 67 W. Houston Street in the photo that is for sale. It has gone from listings in 1941 which is the next year's F.D.Y. that I have. Currently, I can't see the Houston Theatre listed on this site. btw 67 W. Houston Street seems to be known as 159 Wooster Street nowadays!.

Under magnification, the Ebaby photo shows an address of 65-71 E. Houston St., not W. Houston.

Thanks Warren. I believe we have now solved this 'other' Houston Hippodrome Theatre. It must have been a live theatre known as the Houston Hippodrome, 67 E. Houston Street and by 1930 and into 1931 at least, had become a movie theatre known as the Houston Theatre with a seating capacity of 546. It should be added with its own page on CinemaTreasures.

Recently I went to the Sunshine Cinemas for the first time in a while and was shocked to see how sloppy and disorganized everyone was. I knew I was in trouble when my date and I approached the concession stand and the attandant started hitting on her. Totally disrespectful and akward. Then we were given the wrong directions by the ticket ripper who didn't seem to know which movies were playing where. Later on I witnessed two employees in a waiting area playing video games and fixing each other's hair. On our way out through the lobby ushers were lounging around talking out loud yelling swear and racial slurs like the "N" word. Also, I noticed the appearance of piercings, tattoos and gang gear like silk rags on their heads. The first time I went to the Sunshine the staff was clean. couteous and knowledgeable. Now it looks as though they've recruited the staff from a nearby correctional facility.

I like the facade of this place, and its over-all structure. You could see the old ceilings on the 3rd floor which are reinforced by metal beams. Cool blow-up posters of the greats, on their walls by the stairs. Stadium seats are definitely a plus. Do they have stadium seating only in their downstairs theater? The theaters on the 3rd floor weren't. Hands down, best projection I've seen in the city in years, arthouse or multiplex!

Celluloid Fiend
Where are you from? Des Moines? I think the exotic urban landscape of NYC has you tripped out. I'm a (*gasp*) black woman with tattoos *and* piercings and I've never been incarcerated, on parole, or on welfare, but I can be loud! *wink* Not all black folks are bangers and slangers! I'm sure most the staff intend a life beyond taring theater tickets for you. And the so-called n-word is a common idiom such as 'dude' is to white boys. So what do you call that? The D-word? I have another one. Peckerwood.

Here is a recent photo of the Sunshine Cinema.

Gosh Ms. Action Jackson, what a reactionary you are. You have absolutley failed to understand what I was trying to convey in my blog as well as demonstrated to all that are reading you possess a total lack of intellect and on top of that be a bit of a bigot yourself by the assumptions you've made about me. To set the record straight, I didn't just come from Des Moines or Middle America or any Red State and I've lived in the Tri-State area for a good portion of my life. In my blog I never mentioned anything about the ethnicity of the staff at Sunshine but the inappropriate manner in which some of them conducted themselves. Movie Theatres are a business and with any other business you want to make sure you have the best possible staff and know how to behave appropriately. I'm sure if you ran a theatre you wouldn't want your employees showing up to work with a rag and shoe lace on their heads. I'm sure you wouldn't be happy about the disgusting washrooms or popcorn scattered everywhere while your staff chooses to lounge around screaming, cursing and playing games. And I really doubt you'd be pleased if someone were making advances on your boyfriend or husband right in front of you while he's just tring to order you popcorn and soda. You can't possibly believe that's a proper way to run a business. And as for the "N" word, even if it's among African-Americans, it's not very professional to speak in that kind of language in the work place. Do what you want in your home but the rest of us don't want to be subjected to that kind of garbage.

TWO DEAD, 20 HURT IN THEATRE PANIC; False Alarm of Fire Causes a Stampede from East Side Moving Picture Show.

NY Times February 3, 1913

Two women were crushed to death, twelve other persons were seriously hurt, and still others were crushed and bruised last night in a panic caused by a false alarm of fire in the moving picture theatre known as the Hippodrome, at the corner of Houston and Forsyth Streets. That many others were not killed by being trampled under foot was due wholly to the splendid work of firemen in breaking the jam at the doors.

Starting this past Friday, the digital presentation of Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" has been expanded to include the Sunshine Cinema on a day-and-date basis with the AMC Empire 25. The movie intially opened on October 5th in an exclusive two-week engagement at the Ziegfeld Theatre. That engagement was moved over to the Empire beginning October 19th due to popular demand. The movie is also being presented at the Ziegfeld for midnight only showings (while "Bee Movie" plays by day). While not technically a re-release (there are significant changes from the original release edit), I'm quite thrilled that a 25 year old film can be such a smashing success at the box office!

The 1913 accident at the Houston Hippodrome was the direct reason for the Board of Aldermen to pass a new building code. After careful examination the Fire Commissioner concluded that there had been no violation of the existing laws and that persistent rumors about overcrowding at the HH proved unfounded but most officials agreed that something needed to be done to make filmgoing safer. The new bill regulating moving picture exhibition and theatrical performances (especially vaudeville) had lingered on the council's agenda since 1911. It was passed in July 1913.

Here is a 1929 photo of the Sunshine Theater on E. Houston Street.
Check out that great marquee it once had. A Vitaphone Talkie was playing.
http://brooklynpix.com/photoframex1.php?photo=/photo2/nyny028.jpg&key=NYNY 028

Photo taken 6-23-1929

Wow. Great image, J.F. Look at how narrow East Houston was back then! The entire row of buildings across from the Sunshine (and as far into the distance as can be seen down Houston in this image) were razed at some point when the street was widened. If I'm not mistaken a narrow traffic island exists where the opposing curb used to be situated. The street is at least twice as wide as it used to be - perhaps three times as much.

A brief note on the architects: Lorenz F.J. Weiher was responsible for the 1917 renovation.

SUNSHINE CINEMA movie list from 2002 to today

2/22/02- MONSOON WEDDING
3/15/02- KISSING JESSICA STEIN
5/31/02- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
9/20/02- BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
9/20/02- SPIRITED AWAY
11/1/02- COMEDIAN
11/15/02- TALK TO HER
11/29/02- RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
12/19/02- ADAPTATION
3/14/03- BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
4/11/03- BETTER LUCK TOMORROW
7/4/03- SWIMMING POOL
8/15/03- AMERICAN SPLENDOR
10/17/03- PIECES OF APRIL
10/24/03- IN THE CUT
11/21/03- THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
11/26/03- THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
12/12/03- GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
12/19/03- HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
2/6/04- THE DREAMERS
6/11/04- NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
9/24/04- THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
11/12/04- KINSEY
11/19/04- BAD EDUCATION
11/24/04- A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
12/17/04- THE SEA INSIDE
12/24/04- THE WOODSMAN
3/18/05- MELINDA AND MELINDA
5/13/05- LAYER CAKE
5/13/05- MAD HOT BALLROOM
6/10/05- HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
6/17/05- MY SUMMER OF LOVE
11/11/05- BEE SEASON
11/11/05- PRIDE & PREJUDICE
11/16/05- BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
12/14/05- THE THREE BURIALS OF MELAQUIDES ESTRADA
12/23/05- CACHE (HIDDEN)
1/20/06- LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
2/17/06- NIGHT WATCH
5/24/06- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
6/9/06- A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
7/7/06- A SCANNER DARKLY
9/8/06- THE PROTECTOR
9/15/06- THE U.S. vs JOHN LENNON
9/22/06- FEAST
9/27/06- THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
10/20/06- RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
11/3/06- VOLVER
11/10/06- COPYING BEETHOVEN
11/17/06- FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
11/23/06- BOBBY
12/20/06- LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
12/29/06- MISS POTTER
12/29/06- PAN'S LABYRINTH
1/26/07- BREAKING AND ENTERING
4/20/07- JINDABYNE
5/4/07- AWAY FROM HER
5/18/07- ONCE
7/13/07- INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS
7/13/07- SUNSHINE
8/10/07- ROCKET SCIENCE
8/17/07- THE 11TH HOUR
8/17/07- DEATH AT A FUNERAL
9/7/07- THE HUNTING PARTY
9/21/07- INTO THE WILD
9/28/07- LUST, CAUTION
10/12/07- SLEUTH
10/12/07- WE OWN THE NIGHT
10/19/07- RESERVATION ROAD
12/7/07- GRACE IS GONE
12/14/07- THE KITE RUNNER
12/14/07- YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
12/28/07- THE ORPHANAGE
1/18/08- CASSANDRA'S DREAM
3/7/08- SNOW ANGELS
4/18/08- THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES
4/25/08- THEN SHE FOUND ME
6/6/08- MONGOL
6/20/08- BRICK LANE
7/25/08- AMERICAN TEEN
7/25/08- BAGHEAD

I also forgot to mention that the dramatic film THE VISITOR was shown at this theater on April 18, 2008.

The historical drama THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI was shown here at this theater on May 23, 2008.

Here is another photo.