Metrograph
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Metrograph is an independent two-screen movie theater located at 7 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. As a theater, it focuses primarily on repertory cinema screenings as well as occasionally hosting new premieres and Q&A events.
History
Metrograph was founded by Alexander Olch, a filmmaker and men's tie designer who previously owned a store and studio space elsewhere in Chinatown.{{Cite web |title=Talking Shop with the Man Behind the Metrograph |url=https://airmail.news/issues/2022-11-19/go-big-or-go-home |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=airmail.news |language=en}} The building at 7 Ludlow Street is a large, two-story refurbished warehouse space with a concrete floor and brick walls.{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2018 |title=Metrograph Keeps New York Film Fans Guessing |url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/metrograph-keeps-new-york-film-fans-guessing |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}
Metrograph first opened to the public on March 4, 2016, featuring a bar, concessions stand, and two theaters downstairs with another bar, restaurant, and curated film bookstore on its second floor.{{Cite web |last=Blum |first=Michael |date=March 1, 2016 |title=Coming Soon to Manhattan, the First Independent Movie Theater in a Decade |url=http://hyperallergic.com/279420/coming-soon-to-nyc-the-first-independent-movie-theater-in-a-decade/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}} At launch, the films screened at Metrograph were initially programmed by the film producers and writers Jacob Perlin and Aliza Ma.{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2018 |title=Metrograph Keeps New York Film Fans Guessing |url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/metrograph-keeps-new-york-film-fans-guessing |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}
As part of the larger wave of business closures in New York City brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Metrograph ceased all of its in-person operations and closed the building down on March 15, 2020.{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2020 |title=A Note To Our Guests {{!}} Metrograph |url=https://metrograph.com/edition/article/164/a-note-to-our-guests |access-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314233115/https://metrograph.com/edition/article/164/a-note-to-our-guests |archive-date=March 14, 2020 }} In response to this, on July 24, 2020, Metrograph launched their own online streaming service, available with a monthly membership subscription, initially called "Metrograph Digital",{{Cite web |last=Metrograph |date=July 21, 2020 |title=AnnouncingMetrograph Digital - Journal |url=https://metrograph.com/announcing-the-launch-of-metrograph-digital/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Metrograph |language=en-US}} later renamed to "Metrograph At Home". The service provides members with remote access to a curated selection of films that had previously screened in the theater as well as new releases.{{Cite web |title=Metrograph At Home |url=https://metrograph.vhx.tv/browse |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Metrograph}}
Metrograph publicly reopened its storefront more than a year later on October 1, 2021.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CTm6mmpH12K/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=www.instagram.com}} On March 15, 2023, Metrograph announced the appointment of Inge de Leeuw as its new director of programming, stating that she would bring "an eclectic, well-rounded, and interdisciplinary approach to Metrograph's programming".{{Cite web |last=Gerike |first=Ted |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Metrograph Appoints Inge de Leeuw as Director of Programming to Lead Curatorial Team - Journal |url=https://metrograph.com/metrograph-appoints-ingedeleeuw/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Metrograph |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://metrograph.com/}}
Other art houses in Manhattan:
- [https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/ticketing.aspx?theatreid=256 Sun Shine Cinema] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100222092057/http://www.landmarktheatres.com/AboutLandmark/AboutIndex.htm Land Mark Theaters])
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110120122210/http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/about_us.asp Cinema Village]
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Category:2016 establishments in New York City
Category:Cinemas and movie theaters in Manhattan