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The Power of The Movie Trailers: To See or - Not to See ...



 People who choose to either miss movie trailers and/or do not pay attention to them before a movie they came to see starts, miss a lot. I can't stress enough of how important it is to watch the trailers to see what's coming next in your neighborhood. Most often we miss trailers on TV. Most often we don't read the movie ads in print press. Most often we tune out of a radio film ad...Movie trailers in movie theaters - are most often the only times we can actually see what's coming out. Even more - we can feel the reaction of the crowd in the theater to estimate if a movie would be 'liked' or 'not liked' by the crowd.

Moreover, if you are like me - a sucker for foreign, independent and art-house films, there are 99% chance that the only way you'd find out about a new foreign film - is through the movie trailers at a theater.

Unfortunately, due to the Hollywood's overproduction of the films, there are not many films that are making it to USA from abroad. Often, only the best out of the best make it to USA, and only to small, independent film theaters. And being a European myself, I've made an effort to find those theater wherever I lived in the states.

Here are just a few movie theaters that play those films, and only in the cities where I used to live:


Los Angeles:
Laemmle's Sunset 5, 8000 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90046, 323-848-3500


San Francisco:
Embarcadero Center Cinema
Bridge Theatre
Clay Theatre
Lumiere Theatre, 1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco, CA 94109, 415-267-4893
Opera Plaza Cinema


New York City:
Paris Theatre
Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, 1886 Broadway, New York, NY
IFC Center, 323 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Angelika Film Center, 18 W Houston St, New York, 10012, 212-995-2570
Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th St # B, New York, NY 10011-7911, 212-255-8800


Washington, DC:
Bethesda Row Cinema, 7235 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-652-7273
E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street Northwest, Washington D.C., DC 20004, 202-452-7672


Moscow, Russia:
Theatre "Rolan" or here, Chistoprudny blvd.12, metro Chistye Prudy, Phone: 011 +7 495-916-9190


Paris, France:
Passage Brady, 39 Boulevard Strasbourg, Parism 01 47 70 08 86
Unifrance Film, 13 Rue Henner, Paris, 01 47 53 95 80
Saint Louis, 75 Rue Saint Louis en l'ile, Paris, 01 46 34 04 80
Pathe Madeleine, 2 Rue Lamennais, Paris, 09 66 40 03 11
Le Cinéma des Cinéastes, 7 Avenue Clichy, Paris, 01 53 42 40 00
Eric Morillot Productions, 91 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, 01 42 27 71 33
Capucines Sci, 39 Boulevard Capucines, Paris, 01 49 26 90 14
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