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Posted October 12, 2010 to photo album "Brooklyn Exhibition Spaces"
As part of Movie City Brooklyn, Nick Dawson takes a trip around some of the most interesting places to catch a movie in the New York borough.
Slide 3: indieScreen
Brooklyn’s über-hip Williamsburg neighborhood lost its only movie theater when the much-loved old-time movie palace Commodore closed in 2002, however the area got a cinematic shot in the arm in the summer of 2010 with the arrival of indieScreen. “Ever since I moved to Williamsburg, I’ve only seen theaters closing,” Brooklyn International Film Festival boss Marco Ursino told The Brooklyn Paper. “The last time we screened a film in Williamsburg was in the Commodore Theater, but that was torn down.” However, in June 2010 Ursino brought the festival to indieScreen, a new venue on Kent Avenue next to the old Domino Sugar Factory that he himself owns along with restaurateur Anna Pozzi-Popermhem, the culinary mind behind the Brooklyn eateries Planet Thailand and Thai Café. The venue is intimate – the theater has 93 seats, and the screen is 17 foot by 8 foot – however, it’s not just a movie theater as the restaurant and bar, under Pozzi-Popermhem’s stewardship, offers delicious affordable food from around the world. The films being screened – quality indie and world cinema titles – are tailored to local tastes, while special events (such as HD broadcasts of operas) bring in a broader demographic.
The World's End
We Steal Secrets
Closed Circuit
The Deep
The Place Beyond The Pines
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Admission
Promised Land
Anna Karenina
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Brokeback Mountain
Lost in Translation
Pride & Prejudice
The Pianist
Gosford Park