Absinthe House Cinematheque
235 Alcazar Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
235 Alcazar Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Where is it in the above photograph?
I’m not sure whether this is the Cinematheque where I saw foreign movies in the late 70’s. There was no absinthe then.
I believe I saw all of the “missing” Hitchcock’s there in 83 or 84, just after their initial rereleases. My first viewing of “Rear Window” – I’ll never forget it.
It might be closed Mike. I called their number 305.446.7144 and received a recording that their number had been disconnected.
No showtimes anywhere, is this closed?
192 comfortably rickety seats
Also known as the Merry Go Round as both theatre and cinema.
Seating is around 199.
According to The Miami Herald:
“The Absinthe House Cinematheque is named after the extremely potent and poisonous banned absinthe liquor, which appears in some of Hernandez-Canton’s (the owner) favorite works of literature from the turn of the century.”
The Absinthe was also know as the Alcazar in the nineties.
How did this cinema acquire its unusual name ? Absinthe is a type of very powerful booze, potentially poisonous to drink, which was banned in the USA many years ago.