Angelika Film Center
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{{Infobox company
| name = Angelika Film Center
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| image = AngelikaByLuigiNovi4.jpg
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| image_caption = The New York Angelika at The Cable Building in Manhattan's Greenwich Village
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| type = Brand
| foundation = {{start date and age|1989|9|19}}
| num_locations = 9
| parent = Reading International
| website = {{URL|https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/ | www.angelikafilmcenter.com}}
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Angelika Film Center is a movie theater chain in the United States that features independent and foreign films. It operates theaters in New York City, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, and Virginia. Its headquarters are in New York City."[http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/privacy_policy.asp?page=PRIVACY+POLICY Privacy Policy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007054035/http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/privacy_policy.asp?page=PRIVACY+POLICY |date=October 7, 2011 }}." Angelika Film Center. Retrieved on September 13, 2011. "Angelika Film Centers 189 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003"
History and locations
=Flagship location (The Cable Building, NoHo, New York City)=
The original Angelika Film Center & Café opened in New York City's NoHo neighborhood in 1989. The New York Angelika, which is located at The Cable Building on the corner of Houston and Mercer Streets, is the flagship cinema.
=Other locations=
Additionally, Angelika Film Center has opened six additional locations, one of which has closed:
- In 1997, it opened a theater in Houston, which was closed August 29, 2010.[http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/08-29-10-the-angelika-suddenly-closes-houston-loses-its-downtown-film-center/ Culturemap.com] The Angelika suddenly closes: Houston loses its downtown film center. Retrieved on 2010-08-29
- In 2001, an Angelika opened in the Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Texas[http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/about_us.asp ABOUT US] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703163935/http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/about_us.asp |date=July 3, 2008 }}. Angelika Film Center. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- In 2004, an Angelika opened in Plano, Texas.
- In the fall of 2012, an Angelika opened an eight-screen theater in the Mosaic District of Fairfax County, Virginia.
- In the summer of 2014, Angelika started operating a "Pop-Up" theater in Union Market in Washington, D.C., with plans for an expansion that ultimately fell through in the summer of 2016.{{cite news |last=Neibauer |first=Michael |date=June 30, 2016 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2016/06/angelika-film-center-out-of-union-market-building.html |title=Angelika Film Center out of Edens' Union Market building Expansion |work=Washington Business Journal}}{{Cite web|last=Goldchain|first=Michelle |url=http://dc.curbed.com/2016/7/1/12079134/union-market-angelika-film-center|title=Union Market plans for Angelika Film Center canceled|date=July 1, 2016|website=Curbed DC}}
- On October 9, 2015, a new location opened in San Diego's North County.{{Cite web|title = Angelika Film Center & Cafe Expands Westward|url = http://www.marketwatch.com/story/angelika-film-center-cafe-expands-westward-2015-10-01|website = MarketWatch|accessdate = 2015-10-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064913/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/angelika-film-center-cafe-expands-westward-2015-10-01|archive-date=2016-03-04}}
- Village East by Angelika in New York City, built 1926, opened under the Angelika brand in 2021
Angelika 57, an art cinema in midtown Manhattan on 57th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, operated between 1993 and 1997.{{Cite news|first=Esther|last=Iverem|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106868259/esther-iverem-angelika-57-opens/|title=Angelika 57 Opens: Carrying The Art Film Torch|date=March 12, 1993|work=New York Newsday|access-date=August 3, 2022|page=II-1|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|first=Dave|last=Kehr|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106868450/dave-kehr-final-reel-for-angelika/|title=Final Reel for Angelika 57|date=July 24, 1997|work=Daily News|location=New York|access-date=August 3, 2022|page=41|via=Newspapers.com}}
=Additional history=
From 1997 to 2005, the Angelika Film Center was used as the set for At The Angelika, a weekly TV series distributed by IFC Films.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} The show moved to the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue and changed its name to At the IFC Center when that venue opened in June 2005.
The Angelika launched a blog where they post their own video and written interviews with directors and actors that are involved with the films they show.{{cite web |author= |title=Angelika Film Center Blog |url=http://dev.readingrdi.com/angelikablog/ |website=At The Angelika Blog}}
The Angelika Film Center is owned by Reading International and iDNA, Inc.
In Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks (on the Clerks X DVD) Kevin Smith and Vincent Pereira recall attending movies at the Angelika (notably Richard Linklater's debut Slacker). The film also mentions the disastrous first public screening of Clerks at the Independent Film Feature Market (the IFFM) and has a scene with Smith and Scott Mosier standing outside the theatre.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
In November 2015, Shia LaBeouf invited the public to join him in the Cable Building location as he watched the 29 movies that feature him back-to-back. While taking short coffee breaks, LaBeouf could be viewed almost continuously on a live-stream.{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Katie |title=Shia LaBeouf Offers View of Himself Viewing His Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/nyregion/shia-labeouf-offers-view-of-himself-viewing-his-movies.html |website=The New York Times|date=11 November 2015 }}
On March 5, 2021, they rebranded the Cinema 123 in Midtown Manhattan and Village East Cinemas in Greenwich Village under Branded by Angelika. Both theaters previously operated as City Cinemas before their purchase in 2000 by Citadel Cinemas, an affiliate of Reading Entertainment, which were in turn consolidated on December 31, 2001 to form Reading International, the parent company of Reading Cinemas, which owns and operates the Angelika Film Center.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716634/000095015002000305/a80263e10-k.htm|title=Reading International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K Year Ended December 31, 2001|date=December 31, 2001|accessdate=2022-04-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://content.edgar-online.com/ExternalLink/EDGAR/0000950150-03-000386.html?hash=a0eae07b94545e3c18ac0a69343eb461efbf03d87a5728f33ec0f8c3107171f5&dest=A88762EXV10W47_TXT#A88762EXV10W47_TXT|title=Reading International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K Year Ended December 31, 2002|date=December 31, 2002|accessdate=2022-04-27}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/ Angelika Film Center website]
- [https://avid.miraheze.org/wiki/Angelika_Film_Center Angelika Film Center on CLG Wiki]
Category:Cinemas and movie theaters in Manhattan
Category:Cinemas and movie theaters in Texas
Category:Companies based in New York City
Category:Companies affiliated with the Reading Company