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Landmark Theatres has entered into a long-term lease agreement for the Playhouse 7 movie theatre in Pasadena, CA, which was previously operated by Laemmle Theatres since Feb. 5, 1999. The family-run art house chain built the venue at 673 E. Colorado Blvd. from the ground up. The multiplex is comprised of seven…

With the Hollywood Arclight already closed, now comes another blow to Los Angeles’ specialty cinema scene: The 12-screen Landmark Pico is closing at month’s end after 15 years, the chain said today. Landmark Theatres’ flagship venue, which has been a destination for countless Academy screenings since 2007 in addition…

EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Theatres has entered into a long-term lease agreement for the Annapolis Harbour Center in Annapolis, Maryland. The venue, which originally opened on May 24, 1991 by K-B Theatres, was recently operated as a Bow-Tie Cinemas. Located on Solomons Island Road, the nine-screen venue will re-open this…

A group of theater owners from giant Regal to independent cinemas have signed on to screen Ukrainian director Oles Sanin's 2014 feature film The Guide starting Friday, with proceeds going to relief efforts for the war-ravaged country. More Stories On Russia-Ukraine Conflict It's not clear at how many locations, but…

EXCLUSIVE: Landmark’s 93-year old Nuart Theatre is set for an approximate 10-week renovation, starting on March 11. The last extensive renovation for the historic 1929 theatre, which is situated at the crossroads of the Santa Monica Boulevard and the 405 freeway on LA’s westside, was in 2006. The cinema has been…

Landmark Theatres has decided to close their Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco with the lease ending, and the chain citing “landlord-created conditions” which “challenged profitability” at the location. Landmark counts another cinema in the Bay area, the Opera Plaza, which was remodeled last year, as well as…

Landmark Theatres will be entering into a long-term lease at one of the former Arclight Cinemas locations, that being the Glen Town Center in Glenview, IL. The chain, owned by the Oscar-nominated Cohen Media Group, has plans to reopen the cinema as a 10-screen venue this coming spring after a $2.5M remodel, supported…

EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Theatres chairman and owner Charles S. Cohen has appointed veteran operations executive Scott Kleckner as Landmark's Chief Operating Officer. Paul Serwitz continues as president. Kleckner’s experience spans a number of different industries, including Walt Disney Company, Major League Baseball…

EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Theatres has entered into a long-term lease for the Scottsdale Quarter luxury multiplex in Scottsdale Arizona which was previously occupied by dine-in-cinema iPic Theatre. This is Landmark's first theatre in the market since originally having the Valley Art Theater in Tempe, Arizona during the…

UPDATE, Friday AM: This list will be updated on a regular basis: As we first told you (scroll down) Hollywood’s 94-year-old TCL Chinese Theatre is reopening today, however for tours only. This will be followed by Imax showtimes of Tenet on Monday with a full official ribbon-cutting/reopening ceremony on Monday March…

Updated writethru 7:03PM after 5:05PM post: Deadline has confirmed that New York’s upper west side movie theater, the Landmark at 57 West, is closing after the venue’s circuit couldn’t come to terms with its landlord, the Durst Corporation. The arthouse luxury eight-plex which opened in the fall of 2017, which was…

Landmark Theatres said Monday that it is shutting down all locations for precautionary reasons in the wake of the current coronavirus outbreak. In a statement obtained by Deadline, Landmark said, “All Landmark Theatres are temporarily closed as of Midnight tonight. This decision allows our staff to remain at home…