Angelika New York
18 W. Houston Street,
New York,
NY
10012
18 W. Houston Street,
New York,
NY
10012
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I wonder if the once-mighty Angelika is having trouble getting product? This week two lightweights opened at the Angelika, Ellie Parker (also opening at Clearview’s W. 62nd Street theatre, and Cape Of Good Hope, which also opened at the Metro.
Both of these films, before the Landmark and the IFC, would have probably opened at the Quad, Cinema Village or City Cinemas' Village East ‘plex.
I bet by next friday Ellie & Cape will be botha t the Village East complex.
AMC Entertainment, Regal Entertainment Group, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Mann Theatres, and Pacific Theatres are a lot better than City Cinemas. Even the old RKO Century Warner chain (RKO Stanley Warner, Rugoff/Cinema 5, Century Theatres) is better than City Cinemas.
City Cinemas owners, Reading Entertainment was way better when they known as The Reading Railroad Company, and had their headquarters at the Reading Terminal, NE Corner of 11th and Market Streets, in Philadelphia, PA.
hahahahaha!…………
Angelika and City Cinemas the most dynamic and comfortable theaters in New York City…………….
they are kidding right
A nice gig if you can get it:
We are looking for smart, friendly people who are passionate about the films we show and are dedicated to making the Angelika and City Cinemas the most dynamic and comfortable theaters in New York City. Here’s a list of jobs that are available:
ASSISTANT MANAGER, Angelika Film Center
The Assistant Manager will support the Managing Director and play a key role in the overall operation of the cinema complex. Qualified candidates will be expected to run the cinema with or without the presence of the Managing Director. Due to the nature of our business, a weekend and holiday work schedule is required. Duties include:
– Oversee cinema operation
– Oversee projection booth operation and maintenance
– Commitment to superior customer service and outstanding film presentation
– Strong emphasis on staff training and development
– Ability to work as a team
– Maintain a clean and safe environment
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills
– Computer skills including familiarity with spreadsheets and word processing
– Cash handling
– Crowd control
– Create weekly team member work schedule
– Weekly and daily concession inventories
– Weekly and daily payroll management
– Ability to operate and trouble shoot projection and sound equipment (will train if necessary)
– Ability to handle pressure and work long hours when necessary
Qualified candidates should have previous management experience, or experience that demonstrates ability to perform above listed duties. Please email your resume to:
Attn: Adam McAree
SERVICE ASSOCIATES, Angelika Film Center & East 86th Street Cinemas
We are looking for team members who love the films we show and are dedicated to making every guest’s visit to our theaters an enjoyable one. Duties include:
Previous retail experience is a plus, however we are willing to train candidates who display an attitude and desire to provide our customers with the best service. Due to the nature of our business, a weekend and holiday work schedule is required.
To apply, please stop by your preferred location and speak to a manager:
Angelika Film Center
18 W. Houston (& Mercer)
New York, NY 10012
East 86th Street Cinemas
210 E. 86th Street (& 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10028
City Cinemas is an equal opportunity employer.
The battle for downtown continues. This week four “big” art films opened:
Landmark got NOVEMBER and one with the most buzz, Gus Van Sant’s Kurt Cobain “biopic” LAST DAYS.
IFC got THE EDUKATORS.
And the Angelika got 9 SONGS, where it is playing exclusively.
In the “old days” I bet all four of those films would have screened at the Angelika.
The one thing that make the Angelika special is the ground floor/second floor “cafe.” Without that, it is just another subterranean multiplex a la the defunct Worldwide.
I remember when the Avignon Film Festival was booked into the Angelika 57 Jerome Rudes, who runs the AFF, interviewed Joe Saleh and it was interesting listening to him talk about the Angelika. He said everyone told him he should use the cafe space for “more screens.” He didn’t listen and Angelika became a real destination.
I also remember that the Angelika got off to a rocky start when it first opened back in 1990 or so. The opening kept getting delayed due to “plumbing problems” and there were also the problems with United Artists, which was originally contracted to run the place (but never did).
My first film there was HIDDEN AGENDA by Ken Loach.
I remember when he sold the Angelika to City Cinemas. I heard/read he was going through a divorce. Since then both City Cinemas and the Angelika have seemed to lose their way.
I wonder if TMNT was around the time they were aquired by City Cinemas. Miramax once tried to aquire them at a certain point. I remember reading an article circa the 1997 I guess that folks feared the Angelika would become mainstream after The Crow II and Great Expections played there as well. But damn, Teenage Mutant Turtles II – thats funny as hell.
Among the few films I remember seeing here, one was Imamura’s Black Rain around 1990. It dealt with the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and was a very grim film starkly shot in black and white. Another was The Butcher Boy in 1997 with the incredible Eamonn Owens in the title role.
The theatres in Texas are nicer than the one in New York. Thats sad. Years ago they talked about expanding that brand name elsewhere (this was circa the multiplex boom) including across the river in Hackensack, NJ. The Angelika usshered in a new age indie filmmaking, I think, its suggests names like Hal Hartly, Jim Jamerish, and Richard Linkletter. The way I look at it is the cinema still opens new talent (The story with The Talent Given Us is the filmmaker actually apraoched the manager of the cinema and asked them for a booking after the corporation saw it and felt it was worthy), and maybe its as exciting as ever. Tragically it doesn’t open films by the talent it discovered (partly because they’ve moved on to bigger pictures) and partly because the Landmark and IFC Center are now in town.
Weird how the only other Angelika’s are in Texas and have way more ammenties then the orginal Angelika. They did remodel it about 3 years ago putting in new seats, fixing the bathrooms, classing up the cafe area, putting in new carpets and fixtures. Seeing indie films in dumps like this kinda adds to the feel of what you’re seeing. Then agian, Angelika has opened some prestigious studio movies- it has a relationship with Warner Brothers and often screens many of their Warner Independent releases as well as films by Chrisopher Guest. Recently too they’ve shown Million Dollar Baby and Matrix Reloaded. In Texas they mix it up with a prestigious new studio movie and a few art pictures, whereas in New York that sort of thing is uncommon.
Now that the Weinstein brothers are parting company with Miramax/Disney they have been cleaning out the closets at Miramax and releasing the backlog of films the Weinstein’s acquired, but didn’t release.
The Miramax/Angelika connection is evidenced by THE WARRIOR, which also opened at AMC, yesterday. I wonder how long that one will be around? It actually received a pretty good review in yesterday’s Times.
There are also Angelika Film Centers in Houston, Dallas and Plano Texas. All are operated by Reading Entertainment [dba City Cinemas in New York] which licenses the use of the Angelika name, according to this website:
http://www.angelikafilm.com/
The 86th Street is a partnership with the original owner, and he probably won’t let them destroy the place. He made his partnership deal with the original CC administration, not the circus-act running things now.
The 86th Street is a partnership with the original owner, and he probably won’t let them destroy the place. He made his partnership deal with the original CC administration, not the circus-act running things now.
True, Dave, true – seems like the renovated quad at the 86th Street East was almost an accident…
We need Lamalle or another art minded company to come to NY
The reason the Angelika does not make improvements is simple: It is owned by City Cinemas, a company whose administration for the last 11 years is not interested in film, theatres, the New York audience or New York in general, for that matter. Their interests lie elsewhere. If they could rent out the Angelika to Duane Reade for more than they get at the box office, they’d do it in a flash. Look at all their properties – the lame-brains upstairs of the Village East have turned them all into sh*t-houses.
The Angelika is the perfect model for corporate arrogance, plain and simple. The ownership figures people will go there just because of the brand name – presentation and creature comforts, be damned – and while they’re still doing solid business, with all the competition nearby, as hardbop noted, the quality of the bookings has slid in recent years, and that’s no accident. What would be interesting – and unfortunately it’s not going to happen, for obvious reasons – would be to book the same highly-anticipated indie-type flick at the Sunshine and the Angelika at the same time and see which theatre drew the higher grosses. There’s little question as to which would be able to make that claim; the intriguing part would be by how much – and that would be a truly interesting barometer of just how far the Angelika’s reputation has fallen…
The Angelica is nothing short of a disgrace to independent cinema, I won’t see a movie there unless there is no other option (fortunately, films shown here are often co-booked with Dan Talbot’s far superior Lincoln Plaza Cinemas). It has, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the sloppiest projection in town. Last year I went to a showing of the film “CQ†the day after it opened, and it ALREADY had an emulsion scratch the entire length of the film after a handful of runs. In fact, I don’t recall EVER seeing a film here that didn’t have projection issues. And don’t get me started on the auditoriums. Long live the Sunshine, a bright spot for film going in NYC!
Why is it though that places like the Angelika don’t make improvements when competitors open up? Instead of making the theatre top notch again they let it get run down and filthy and as noted above have shoddy projection.
I don’t know how much the FF impacts the Angelika since it is a non-profit theatre and is chartered to only screen films that would not get screened in commercial theatres, but I think the Landmark has had a huge impact on Angelika and now the IFC Center looms. Landmark is a more modern multi-plex with bigger theatres and modern amenities such as stadium seating. Landmark also is a national chain and a deep pocketed owner (Mark Cuban) while the Angelica is owned by a fading company, City Cinemas. Most of those films playing at the Landmark would have played at the Angelika.
Many of the films that would have screened at the Quad, Cinema Village or City Cinemas Village East now pop up in the Angelika where they last for a week or two before sliding over to The Village East. Junk like THE TALENT GIVEN US, MODIGLIANI and WILD SIDE have been featured at the Angelika in recent weeks.
I wonder if the Angelika is having trouble getting product? They seem to be booking some schlocky films that normally would have played, pre-Landmark, at the Quad or at the Cinema Village. SECOND BEST played for two weeks solely at the Angelika before closing today. And they had FEELING, MINNESOTA, which closed today after a one-week run. Today WILD SIDE opens exclusively at the Angelika and THE BRIDGE AT SAN LUIS REY is there (also at AMC), which is quietly being dumped into theaters before heading over to DVD land.
I was down at the Angelika yesterday to catch BROTHERS and are they sloppy at the Angelika. The projection was off with the top of the image slaying on the masking. Shots were cut in the middle of the actors' foreheads. You would think that if you pay $10.50 and you attend an “art” cinema they would take the time to project a film correctly.
Celluloid Freak,
You really don’t know what you’re talking about. To just call all these theaters dumps is just idiotic. The Quad does great business, always has always will. Just because these theaters might not be up to your standards (whatever they are) doesn’t mean they are not worth going to. I guess all the people that go to the Quad tolerate substandard quality. Dumps, I don’t think so.
Ha! – the old “be forewarned this movie is so disturbing/disgusting/boring that you may want to leave in the middle and you will NOT get your money back” trick. I’ve personally never seen these signs but I’ve heard of them being posted by theaters at 2 other movies – Soderbergh’s “Kafka” and Haneke’s “Funny Games.” Seems like a canny marketing move by the theater – virtually daring people to see the film.