Independent Movie Theaters in NYC
I have long been a supporter of using Netflix or your local library to watch movies instead of paying full admission for a movie ticket. However, I will cough up the $13 here in NYC to see an indie or previously released film at one of the independent theaters.
Many theaters will do series over the course of a few months highlighting a director, composer, genre or theme. IFC Center offers late-night favorites, screening movies like Alien, Jaws and more at midnight on weekends.
If you go to a particular theater often, you can become a paying member to receive an admission discount (and feel good about supporting small theaters!)
Here is my hand-crafted list of independent theaters in NYC. It is by no means complete and I have not been to all of these, yet.
- Museum of the Moving Image: Astoria at 3601 35th Ave
- Brooklyn Heights Cinema: Brooklyn Heights at 70 Henry St (btwn Cranberry St & Orange St)
- Spectacle Theater: Williamsburg at 124 S 3rd St (btwn Berry St & Bedford Ave)
- ReRun Theater: DUMBO at 147 Front St (btwn Pearl St & Jay St)
- BAM: Fort Greene at 30 Lafayette Ave (btwn Ashland Pl & St Felix St)
- Angelika Film Center: SoHo at 18 W Houston St (btwn Broadway & Crosby St)
- Film Forum: SoHo at 209 W Houston St (btwn Avenue Of The Americas & Bedford St)
- IFC Center: West Village at 323 6th Ave
- Cinema Village: Greenwich Village at 22 E 12th St (btwn 5th Ave & University Pl)
- Quad Cinema: Greenwich Village at 34 W 13th St (btwn 5th Ave & Avenue Of The Americas)
- Sunshine Cinema: Lower East Side at 143 E Houston St (btwn Forsyth St & Eldridge St)
- Anthology Film Archives: East Village at 32 2nd Ave & 1st st
