Angelika Film Center
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cinema chain |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
Area served | United States (New York City, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, Virginia) |
| Products | Film exhibition |
| Owner | Reading International and iDNA, Inc. |
Angelika Film Center is a cinema chain in the United States that focuses on screening independent and international films. Its venues are situated in New York City, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, and Virginia, with its main office headquartered in New York City.
Flagship location (The Cable Building, NoHo, New York City)
The inaugural Angelika Film Center & Café began operations in 1989 within New York City's NoHo district. This primary theater resides in The Cable Building at the intersection of Houston and Mercer Streets.
Additional venues
Angelika has expanded to include six more theaters, with one having ceased operations:
- A Houston site launched in 1997 but was closed on August 29, 2010.
- In 2001, a theater commenced at Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Texas.
- A Plano, Texas location opened its doors in 2004.
- An eight-screen venue debuted in the Mosaic District of Fairfax County, Virginia, during the fall of 2012.
- A temporary "Pop-Up" theater was introduced at Union Market in Washington, D.C., during summer 2014; however, expansion plans were abandoned by mid-2016.
- On October 9, 2015, Angelika transformed a Reading Cinemas facility into a new site in San Diego’s North County.
- Village East by Angelika, a theater constructed in 1926 in New York City, became part of the brand in 2021.
Between 1993 and 1997, Angelika 57 functioned as an art house cinema located in midtown Manhattan.
Further background
From 1997 until 2005, the Angelika Film Center produced At The Angelika, a weekly television program distributed by IFC Films. Following the opening of the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue in June 2005, the series was relocated there and retitled At the IFC Center.
The Angelika maintains a blog that offers both video and written interviews with filmmakers and actors featured in its curated film selections.
Ownership of the Angelika Film Center is held by Reading International and iDNA, Inc.
In Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks included on the Clerks X DVD set, Kevin Smith and Vincent Pereira reminisce about attending screenings at Angelika, underscoring its significance within independent cinema culture.
In November 2015, Shia LaBeouf hosted a public event at the Cable Building venue where he screened 29 of his films consecutively, with live-streamed footage shown during intermissions.
On March 5, 2021, Cinema 123 located in Midtown Manhattan and Village East Cinemas situated in Greenwich Village were rebranded under the Branded by Angelika label. These theaters had previously operated as City Cinemas before being acquired by Citadel Cinemas, an affiliate of Reading Entertainment. Reading Entertainment consolidated these properties on December 31, 2001 to establish Reading International—parent company to Reading Cinemas—which owns and manages the Angelika Film Center.
See also
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- Articles with short description
- Cinemas and movie theaters in Manhattan
- Cinemas and movie theaters in Texas
- Entertainment companies based in New York City
- Companies affiliated with the Reading Company
- Entertainment companies established in 1989
- Greenwich Village
- Movie theatre chains in the United States
- Companies based in Manhattan