LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W.57th

The no masking is annoying (even if Kips Bay and some other theaters are the same), but I love this theater otherwise. Great seating, projection (this is the highlight every screen is laser projection and looks noticeably better), sound, and concessions menu. I also think their film selection has improved now with the closing of Lincoln Plaza and the Sunshine.

But there must be huge attendance issues, probably cause of location (though personally I don’t mind the walk from the Carnegie Hall subway stop) or marketing. I’ve been there around 7 times now and never had a near full screening and twice I was the only person there.

While I agree that the tickets are expensive, the people that theater is going to attract are those who paid multi-million dollars for their apartments or are renting apartments for $5000 a month. I don’t think they’re too worried about an $18.50 movie ticket. Besides, the entire place has only 558 seats. The theaters are 19, 22, 25, 34, 48, 75, 164 and 171 seats. Shouldn’t be too hard to fill.

To echo bigjoe, who the hell is going all the way to the West Side Highway to see a movie for $18.50, with no bargain matinee prices, that they can see anywhere else in town for half the price…?

And no masking, to boot…!

I prefer recliners for older theaters such as Morristown. The only screen in Rockaway that has recliners is the Dolby theater which from what i hear has excellent projection along with the recliners that vibrate.

This theater will now accept MoviePasss

https://www.thewrap.com/moviepass-signs-exhibition-deal-with-mark-cubans-landmark-theatres/

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granted there are a number of condos/co-ops being build in the area but the people who will eventually be moving into said developments had better be ardent film goers such as myself.

also i found the fact that the theater where I saw Journey’s End had no masking annoying. while I’m watching the film you can’t help notice the rest of the screen. don’t state of the art theaters mask screens anymore?

also outside each auditorium is a lit display stating which film is playing. when i walked into the space it was so long that I thought I was some Greek hero in a maze looking for the Minotaur.

also a regular adult ticket of $18.50 is to use the expression about rents “too damn high”. also the senior ticket is $16.00 which is higher than the regular adult ticket at some art houses.

also being a spanking new state of the art theater means very little. when the 62 St.& 1st Ave. multi- plex was built the area was already quite residential and being a spanking new state of the art theater did not help it get a foothold in the neighborhood.

This place is nothing special. Expensive ($18.50) with smallish screens that have no masking whatsoever. The sound is pretty good. But the worst thing is the seats in the larger auditoriums, they force you to lean back, you cannot sit upright in them. Any bit of back pressure on the seat back causes it to recline and quite steeply, and they cannot be locked. If you don’t want to recline, you have to make a conscious effort to sit upright and hunch forward a bit. The smaller houses have conventional recliners that are just fine, but at least you get a choice if you want to kick back or not.

thanks for the answer RidetheCTrain regarding the projectors, my fingers are crossed that Landmark will indulge and splurge for these projectors for the DC NoMA theater complex next year.

They are now showing the exclusive north Manhattan run of “WOODSHOCK”. If they can continue to get these indies at the expense of the Lincoln Plaza and the Lincoln Center cinemas, they will do well.

I’ve heard opening week attendance was low. I think the big issue is the product they have. I want to check the theater out but none of the movies interest me (was interested in Mother! before but the F cinemascore scared me off from seeing it, at least theatrically), which is a shame as there are several exciting indies/limited releases out now.

Hopefully they will get higher profile pictures once the Fall awards season fully kicks off, and the Sunshine’s closure next year might also open up booking availability

How has the theater been doing lately against other indie multiplexes in NYC?

I got confirmation that all eight screens have sound systems that can playback 7.1 surround sound movies.