Sorry, Jodar, no duck liver! We do serve sandwiches, baked treats like baklava, brownies and cookies, and some gourmet chocolate to go along with the Raisinets and Goobers.
Hope you’ll check us out!
Josh
West End Cinema
We have 35 mm projectors, so it’s not “all digital.” We plan on working with several festivals, which make good use of digital, and also plan on playing films that are being distributed by the filmmakers themselves, which frequently only have digital. On top of that, I have a relationship with a digital distributor, Emerging Pictures, which has a pretty deep catalog of digital content (independent films, foreign films, documentaries, operas, plays and concerts, all in high-def).
Fortunately, the building that the theater’s in has an underground parking garage with valet parking. They currently close at 7 pm, but have agreed to stay open at night once the movie theater opens in October. Plus, we’re only two blocks from the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro stop, and five blocks from the Dupont Circle stop, so hopefully people can use mass transit!
I will gladly update the info as we progress. Right now, the occupancy limits for the three screens combined is 258 — roughly 100, 95 and 63, respectively. The two largest auditoria will have both 35 mm (platters and reel-to-reel) and digital, and theater 3 will be all-digital.
Yes, we are well aware that we are in the same market as the Landmark E Street. In answer to your question about me, my background is in hospitality business operations (10 years as a bar and restaurant owner) and in film distribution (seven years in NYC before moving back to DC to start work on the theater). My business partner has a dozen years experience in film publicity and marketing, and the people we’re interviewing for managerial positions all have extensive exhibition backgrounds.
I hope if you’re in DC you’ll come check us out this fall!
The interior of the renovated theater is actually gorgeous — they spent millions of public dollars on rehabbing the space once the Cinema and Drafthouse moved out. However, it was designed for live theater and intentionally (and foolishly, in my opinion) NOT outfitted for film exhibition.
No one bid on the theater at auction (not surprising, the auction was more of a formality), so the bank that holds the note entered a qualifying bid to retain the property and will now try to sell it on the open market.
Hi all, I have recently leased the old Inner Circle 5, 6, 7 space and will reopen it as the West End Cinema — a three-screen art-house movie theater — this fall. To clarify a few things from the listing and comments above, the old 1, 2, 3, 4 was located in a building that was torn down to build the Ritz Carlton residences (adjacent to the hotel). The 5, 6, 7, which I leased, is in a multi-use building a block further north, and was never demolished — in fact, it still has the projector systems, platters, sound systems, screens, seats and concessions line exactly where they were when the theater closed in late 2003/early 2004.
I look forward to moving this theater from the “old” listings to the “new” listings on Cinema Treasures soon!
Hi all, I have recently leased the old Inner Circle 5, 6, 7 space and will reopen it as the West End Cinema a three-screen art-house movie theater, this fall. To clarify a few things from the listing and comments above, the old 1, 2, 3, 4 was located in a building that was torn down to build the Ritz Carlton residences (adjacent to the hotel). The 5, 6, 7, which I leased, is in a multi-use building a block further north, and was never demolished — in fact, it still has the projector systems, platters, sound systems, screens, seats and concessions line exactly where they were when the theater closed in late 2003/early 2004.
I look forward to moving this theater from the “old” listings to the “new” listings on Cinema Treasures soon!
Your memory is better than mine — I don’t recall seeing 70 mm in 1-4, but you might be right!
Unlikely that you saw it here in 70 mm — when I took over the space, there were only three 35 mm projectors. However, cool that you saw Tron here!
I will ask our booker!
Please do — it’s great!
Sorry, Jodar, no duck liver! We do serve sandwiches, baked treats like baklava, brownies and cookies, and some gourmet chocolate to go along with the Raisinets and Goobers.
Hope you’ll check us out!
Josh
West End Cinema
We’re opening with Howl, Budrus and Gerrymandering!
Soft opening on Oct. 15, grand opening Oct. 29!
Do you have chairs in good condition for sale?
If so, please call me at 212 300 6086 or email me at
Thanks,
Josh
Do you have chairs in good condition for sale?
I have a Christie AW3R platter for sale. Call me at 212 300 6086 or email me at
We’re pricing them now. Any recommendations?
We have 35 mm projectors, so it’s not “all digital.” We plan on working with several festivals, which make good use of digital, and also plan on playing films that are being distributed by the filmmakers themselves, which frequently only have digital. On top of that, I have a relationship with a digital distributor, Emerging Pictures, which has a pretty deep catalog of digital content (independent films, foreign films, documentaries, operas, plays and concerts, all in high-def).
Fortunately, the building that the theater’s in has an underground parking garage with valet parking. They currently close at 7 pm, but have agreed to stay open at night once the movie theater opens in October. Plus, we’re only two blocks from the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro stop, and five blocks from the Dupont Circle stop, so hopefully people can use mass transit!
I will gladly update the info as we progress. Right now, the occupancy limits for the three screens combined is 258 — roughly 100, 95 and 63, respectively. The two largest auditoria will have both 35 mm (platters and reel-to-reel) and digital, and theater 3 will be all-digital.
Yes, we are well aware that we are in the same market as the Landmark E Street. In answer to your question about me, my background is in hospitality business operations (10 years as a bar and restaurant owner) and in film distribution (seven years in NYC before moving back to DC to start work on the theater). My business partner has a dozen years experience in film publicity and marketing, and the people we’re interviewing for managerial positions all have extensive exhibition backgrounds.
I hope if you’re in DC you’ll come check us out this fall!
The interior of the renovated theater is actually gorgeous — they spent millions of public dollars on rehabbing the space once the Cinema and Drafthouse moved out. However, it was designed for live theater and intentionally (and foolishly, in my opinion) NOT outfitted for film exhibition.
No one bid on the theater at auction (not surprising, the auction was more of a formality), so the bank that holds the note entered a qualifying bid to retain the property and will now try to sell it on the open market.
Hi all, I have recently leased the old Inner Circle 5, 6, 7 space and will reopen it as the West End Cinema — a three-screen art-house movie theater — this fall. To clarify a few things from the listing and comments above, the old 1, 2, 3, 4 was located in a building that was torn down to build the Ritz Carlton residences (adjacent to the hotel). The 5, 6, 7, which I leased, is in a multi-use building a block further north, and was never demolished — in fact, it still has the projector systems, platters, sound systems, screens, seats and concessions line exactly where they were when the theater closed in late 2003/early 2004.
I look forward to moving this theater from the “old” listings to the “new” listings on Cinema Treasures soon!
Hi all, I have recently leased the old Inner Circle 5, 6, 7 space and will reopen it as the West End Cinema a three-screen art-house movie theater, this fall. To clarify a few things from the listing and comments above, the old 1, 2, 3, 4 was located in a building that was torn down to build the Ritz Carlton residences (adjacent to the hotel). The 5, 6, 7, which I leased, is in a multi-use building a block further north, and was never demolished — in fact, it still has the projector systems, platters, sound systems, screens, seats and concessions line exactly where they were when the theater closed in late 2003/early 2004.
I look forward to moving this theater from the “old” listings to the “new” listings on Cinema Treasures soon!