Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90025
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90025
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Since the ealry 1970’s, this theater has been a staple of the Los Angeles art house scene.
The Nuart Theatre first opened in the early 1940’s. It is perhaps best known for its blockbuster, lines-around-the-block screening of the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s classic film “Blade Runner”.
The screenings were some of the best in the the theatre’s history and ultimately inspired not only the theatrical re-release of “Blade Runner”, but the re-release of dozens of other films.
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Ray Martinez
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I fondly remember the Nuart daily calendars from the early 1980s. What is the theatre’s current booking policy?
The Nuart currently shows one – two week runs on Indie and Art films.
The Nuart drew a crowd of over 200 to Saturday’s screening and Q & A of “Tiny Furniture.” I predict good things for young 25-year old director/actor Lena Dunham. See it before it closes Thursday night.
The Nuart sold out yesterday for the Halle Berry Q & A with Sam Rubin, for her independent movie “Frankie and Alice.” This is a very good movie and I hope it does well.
Cinefile video store next door had to be happy as it was quite busy with patrons looking over their stock.
Good theatre but never has been good sound. I have not been in a few years so I don’t know if this has been fixed.
Was it this theater that showed It Came From Outer Space and The Creature From The Black Lagoon in 3D in late 1973 or early 1974?
I visited the Nuart on Sunday, and I thought it was a very nice place to see a movie. They have a curtain and a curved screen, which I like in a theater. I think they could flood their curtain with more light to make it stand out, but at least they have one and use it.
I was there to see a movie years ago. Let’s get photos posted of this nice curved, curtained screen!
I practically lived at the Nuart in the 1970s and 1980s, and I gather the curved screen was installed sometime later. Would love to see some current photos of the place.
It is not deeply curved, just the normal curve that CinemaScope screens were originally delivered with.