Upper West Side Cinema Center

First it was the Midtown, then the Metro and Metro Twin. NOW, UWS Cinema Center (our nonprofit entity) is getting ready to announce our NEW FILM CENTER NAME on October 28th! We're counting down the days!
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The Theater Is Tiny, the Popcorn Is Fresh and the Crowd Is Devoted

Another new NYC movie theater captures a devoted audience--and exudes a sense of community. We love it! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/s...

In other words: They lied.

YouTube video by Vox The business of independent movie theaters, explained

In case you were wondering...
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Join us this Thursday for a FREE OUTDOOR screening of the Oscar-winning SOUL. The film will be screened at the Morningside Park softball fields, near 110th St. Bring your picnic blankets!

Presented with Friends of Morningside Park, the W. 111th Street Block Assn., and the Columbus Amsterdam BID.

With SPECIAL GUEST Brian Selznick, author of the graphic novel that inspired HUGO.

HUGO follows a resourceful orphan who stumbles into a magical mystery involving Georges Méliès, the real-life pioneer of cinema, and discovers the wonder, magic, and resilience of filmmaking itself.

Up next in the FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA pop-up series will be the wonderful, Oscar-winning, HUGO (2011), by the incomparable Martin Scorsese, one of the UWS Cinema Center’s advisors!

Playing August 12th, 6:30pm, at JCC Manhattan!

Ticket link in bio, or on uwscinema.org/screenings.

Only one film distributed by a streamer made the @nytimes.com top 100 list, "Roma." "It's a vivid illustration of the how the movies that stick with us tend to be those we have a theatrical experience with" --Kyle Buchanan, NYTimes

Meet the 26-Year-Old Who Reopened an 85-Year-Old Movie Theater The Beach Theatre: A cinema reopened by a 26-year-old despite the industry fearing Gen-Z isn’t interested in theatrical.

Young people not interested in the theatrical experience? Simply not true. This is so inspiring. www.indiewire.com/features/int...

YouTube video by Upper West Side Cinema Center Frank Oz Gives a Shout Out to UWS Cinema Center

So grateful to Director #FrankOz for his participation in our pop-up summer screening series & endorsement of our UWS Cinema Center project!

Support your local #arthousecinema & help us open ours! Donate: uwscinema.org/donate
#AHTD

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Donate - Upper West Side Cinema Center HELP US Preserve and Transform the former Metro Theater into a state-of-the-art, five-screen independent arts cinema and education center! Having successfully secured the Metro Theater property—a triu...

And if you want to help us get our theater open and running, there is no better time to DONATE: uwscinema.org/donate

In the meantime, enjoy this video from art house film director Sean Baker, and his producer, Samantha Quan (above)!
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We may not have a theater yet, but we are joining in on the celebration of Art House Theater Day, July 24th. We encourage you to visit local art houses, which in our neck of the woods includes Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Doc. Center, New Plaza Cinema and many more downtown and in Brooklyn.

Join us on July 22 for a screening of The Fabelmans! A universal coming-of-age story, The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg’s personal love letter to the healing power of cinema. Co-presented by @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social and Symphony Space. Get your tickets! bit.ly/4eDJMaI

Wonderful having #FrankOz for a 2nd Q&A during our pop-up summer series "For the Love of Cinema"--for #TheMuppetMovie & #Bowfinger. What an extraordinary range of acting & directorial prowess! Heartwarming & lovable or howlingly funny, Oz truly celebrates movie magic.
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Or at least, one of MANY reasons the Arthouse experience is so great!

This is what makes the experience at an arthouse so much better--the preshow is kept to an absolute minimum!
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At an F1 screening that is essentially sold out. It’s 9 minutes after showtime and there’s maybe 15 people inside the theater. The obsession with lengthening ads and trailers has trained everyone to avoid their seats. At some point the studios genuinely need to think their policies are backfiring.

Why Martin Scorsese — and you — should get back to watching movies in theaters Though the pandemic turbo-charged the pre-COVID trend away from theaters in favor of home-based entertainment media, there are still plenty of reasons to see films on the big screen.

Nothing can take the place of the movie theater experience!
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70mm and 35mm film reels

Did you know that UWS Cinema Center plans to have 35mm & 70mm capability in the largest of our 5 screens?

This is what we're looking forward to--great movies in theaters w/great sound, geeat projection, great audiences!

Support the dream! uwscinema.org.org/donate
#arthousecinema

Beautifully poignant coming-of-age film, Last Film Show was shortlisted for Best Int'l Film for 2023 Oscars. Showing as part of UWS Cinema Centers For the Love of Cinema series, on Tues, Jan 17, 7pm, at #JCCManhattan. Limited Tkts at the door, or online: uwscinema.org/screenings

Words of thanks from our founder, Ira Deutchman.
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Coming up next!
Bette Gordon will be at our screening of VARIETY for an extra special Q&A with the audience!!
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Still don’t have tickets??? Check the link in our bio or go to uwscinema.org/screenings. See you Thursday!

Dakota Johnson and Michael Angelo Covino’s Open Marriage Comedy ‘Splitsville’ Cracks Up Cannes, Earning 6-Minute Standing Ovation Dakota Johnson and Michael Angelo Covino are in an open marriage in Covino's "Splitsville," which earned a six-minute Cannes Film Festival ovation.

"...laughter should be seen in a theater, not on a television screen."--Director Michael Angelo Covino after the premiere of Splitsville at Cannes.

We couldn't agree more!

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Movies can be a wonderful shared experience across the generational divide, with parents and children. This reflection is especially poignant.

Our next screening in the FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA pop-up series will be the enthralling VARIETY (1983) by the incomparable Bette Gordon — who will be present for a Q&A after the film!!

Playing June 5th, 7pm, at the Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd). Ticket link in bio!!

‘Lilo & Stitch’ and Tom Cruise Add to a Box Office Boomlet

Moviegoing is back, baby!
‘Lilo & Stitch’ and Tom Cruise Add to a Box Office Boomlet www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/b...

UWS Cinema team Beth, Ira and Adeline meet up in Cannes thanks to their "day jobs" while checking out all the films they hope to be screening on the UWS in a few years' time!
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This just happened! The posting of our first film series one-sheet! @nyindieguy.com