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The Downtown Independent (formerly the ImaginAsian Center) was a one screen theater and cinema located at 251 S. Main Street in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was operated by the Downtown Independent and owned by Orange County , California's Cinema Properties Group.
The American independent film, beginning in the 1910s but prior to the 1980s and first half of the 1990s, [19] [20] [11] was previously associated with race films, [21] Poverty Row b movies (e.g. Republic Pictures [22] [23]), exploitation films, avant-garde underground cinema (when it was known as the New American Cinema [24] [25]), social and political documentaries, experimental animated ...
Films about chess, a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games , such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess).
Check back each week to find the latest releases in theaters, from major wide releases to niche independent titles. Friday, Feb. 21 “The Monkey” Neon (Wide) “The Unbreakable Boy” Lionsgate ...
Cinefamily programming included a range of films, from early silents to contemporary features, [13] live comedy, live music, found footage, mixed media and other special events, and extended form post-screening Q&As. [11] They mounted original retrospectives on filmmakers Jim Henson, Jerry Lewis, [14] John Cassavetes, [15] and Andrzej Zulawski [16] and commissioned live film scores by ...
The purpose is often used to gauge the appeal of specialty films, like documentaries, independent films and art films.A common practice by film studios is to give highly anticipated and critically acclaimed films a limited release on or before December 31 in Los Angeles County, California, to qualify for Academy Award nominations (as by its rules).
Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin.The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.