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Where're the art house theaters?

After many scouting trips to ‘Burque, the spousal unit and I are ready to make the move. We like the people, the weather, the culture, the food, the overall “vibe”.

One thing seems missing, though. We’re big movie goers, and I can’t seem to find a good art house theater in town. I know about the Guild, and that UNM sometimes shows flicks. But is that all there is? What can we look forward to? Help!!

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Comment by Josh on March 1, 2008 at 7:42pm: i dunno about 'art house', but the high ridge 8 is nice because they get all of the limited release movies (for example they're showing city of men right now) and you don't have to go downtown.

Comment by chukpark on March 1, 2008 at 7:50pm: Theaters devoted to smaller films ranked in order according to the percentage of screen space devoted to such films: The Guild, High Ridge 8, Century Dowtown/UNM (tie).

Of course that's my subjective ranking.

Comment by chukpark on March 1, 2008 at 7:59pm: Well, I don't mean to make it sound better than it is. Century Downtown can usually be counted on to devote 1-2 of their 14 screens to non-blockbusters (or blockbuster wannabes), and UNM has one screen that sometimes shows an interesting movie or sometimes just shows a third-run, third-rate flick. High Ridge does a good job, but they're way up in the Heights. Good freeway access, though.

Comment by Aunt Money on March 1, 2008 at 11:17pm: There are two separate entities that have movies at the UNM SUB theater. The mainstream ones are listed at:
http://movies.unm.edu/. Then the Southwest Film Center offerings are listed here: http://swfc.unm.edu/.

I miss Madstone :(

Comment by The Grand Panjandrum on March 2, 2008 at 11:01am: Cinematheque at the CCA in Santa Fe is pretty good.

Comment by SweetCaroline on March 2, 2008 at 12:21pm: Miss the Madstone! In the meantime, I go to the High Ridge.

Comment by Phil_0 on March 2, 2008 at 8:25pm: This would be a good eventual use for the Hiland, if the city ever manages to get it renovated and operation again.... (The Lobo could have been an awesome arthouse too, if it had ever been run by people who actually knew and loved movies instead of folks who thought they'd somehow get rich quick by running an independent movie theater. I have this recurring fantasy where the City on a Hill church gets big and buys its own building, leaving the Lobo for filmlovers like the guys who run the Guild to take over and return to its rightful cinematic prominence...)