Art house cinemas in California.

Pacific Film Archive

Berkeley, CA

The film program of the Berkeley Art Museum, with retrospectives, restored classics and international cinema on a university-run schedule. Members get half-price tickets, and the 232-seat theater sits in a 2016 building on Center Street.

Lumiere Cinema

Beverly Hills, CA

A Beverly Hills art-house cinema on Wilshire Boulevard that bills itself as the city's only one. It plays independent films with filmmaker Q&As and hosts a monthly open screen for short films.

Laemmle Town Center 5

Encino, CA

A five-screen Encino cinema run by the family-owned Laemmle chain, which has operated in Los Angeles since 1938. It plays new independent, foreign and documentary releases.

Laemmle Glendale

Glendale, CA

A five-screen Glendale cinema in the Laemmle chain, a Los Angeles name since 1938. It shows new independent, foreign and documentary releases.

Art Theatre

Long Beach, CA

A 1920s neighborhood theater on Long Beach's Retro Row, run as a community nonprofit. It mixes independent first-run films with repertory series, 16mm nights, and filmmaker conversations.

Laemmle NoHo 7

Los Angeles, CA

The North Hollywood multiplex of the Laemmle chain, which has booked independent and international films in Los Angeles since 1938.

Laemmle Royal Theatre

Los Angeles, CA

The West Los Angeles house of the Laemmle chain on Santa Monica Boulevard, showing independent and international releases.

Artists' Television Access

San Francisco, CA

An artist-run nonprofit screening room and gallery on Valencia Street in the Mission, showing experimental and underground work, open screenings and a Saturday-night series hosted by an artist in residence.

Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center

San Rafael, CA

A film center in downtown San Rafael run by the California Film Institute. It mixes new independent releases with documentaries, talk-back screenings and stage-to-screen broadcasts of ballet and theater.

Frida Cinema

Santa Ana, CA

A two-screen nonprofit in downtown Santa Ana that mixes art-house, cult and classic programming with themed film series. It also offers captioned and assisted-listening screenings, film club memberships and outdoor cinema rentals.

Laemmle Monica Film Center

Santa Monica, CA

A Laemmle arthouse in downtown Santa Monica focused on independent and international releases, many with English subtitles, and regular filmmaker Q&As. Captioning devices are available and the first 90 minutes of nearby garage parking are free.