List of mobile movie screening clubs in Los Angeles explained

There are many mobile movie screening clubs that are generally based around a different nationality or film genre that will take over venues in LA in their off hours to stage screening-based events often with live music or speakers. They will do morning matinees or midnight movie marathons which draw crowds to venues with already booked schedules.  

The predominant venues that host these events are The Vintage Vista Theater, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, and the Cinefamily theater (before it was shut down). Specific clubs will operate out of other venues like the Zebulon Cafe Concert, The Downtown Independent, Aero Theater, Los Feliz 3, Egyptian Theatre, and Bearded Lady’s Mystic Museum. The wide range of venues speaks to the fact that the mobile movie screening clubs are pervasive throughout Los Angeles. Highly successful clubs, like Secret Movie Club have even built their own viewing spaces.

List of screening clubs

• Secret Movie Club^[1]
  • Dedicated to screening films on celluloid^[2]
• La Collectionneuse^[3]
  • A franco-centric screening series^[4]
• El Cine^[5]
  • A non profit dedicated to promoting Latinx culture through movie screenings and events^[6]
• Acropolis Cinema^[7]
  • A non profit screening series dedicated to bringing classic and contemporary experimental, international, and undistributed films^[8]
• Cinematic Void^[9]
  • Screening series focuses on cult films and oddball gems of all genres
• Friday Night Frights
  • Bi-weekly midnight screenings of horror and genre films

External links

• https://www.cinematicvoid.com/
• https://www.somoselcine.org/
• https://www.acropoliscinema.com/manifesto
• https://lacollects.com/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Why you'll want to discover this not-so-Secret Movie Club. 2020-01-21. Daily News. en-US. 2020-05-12.
2. Web site: LA's Secret Movie Club is about building a community. 2019-06-13. Marketplace. en-US. 2020-05-12.
3. Web site: A Los Angeles, une collectionneuse de films français. Boezec. Jeanne. 2015-08-12. French Morning US. fr-FR. 2020-05-12.
4. Web site: The 5 Best Places to Meet French People in LA. 2018-08-13. Coucou French Classes. 2020-05-12.
5. Web site: Meet Mariana Da Silva of El Cine in Los Feliz - Voyage LA Magazine LA City Guide. Stories. Local. en-US. 2020-05-12.
6. Web site: The Source The Changing Face of Latina Women in Film: An Exclusive Interview with Mariana Da Silva. Zorka. Zoe. 2019-06-26. The Source. en-US. 2020-05-12.
7. Web site: Acropolis Cinema Is L.A.'s Newest Experimental Film Venture Los Angeles Magazine. Schindel. Daniel. 2016-01-04. Los Angeles Magazine. en-US. 2020-05-12.
8. Web site: Acropolis Cinema presents: Locarno Festival in Los Angeles 2018 • Cinephile LA. Cinephile LA. en-US. 2020-05-12.
9. Web site: The Grotesque Majesty of Cinematic Void's Giallo Marathon. Byrnes. Chad. 2020-01-23. LA Weekly. en-US. 2020-05-12.