For the past month, I’ve been hosting the Cinema Stories Podcast. Film critic colleagues join me to discuss their favorite indoor movie theater experiences and if & how we’ll be returning to them soon. I’ve had the pleasure of taking-in some in-theater double and triple features over the years. Here are 25 of my favorite days:
Monday June 28, 2010
Albany, NY Multiplex
1) “Despicable Me” – 6pm Screening
2) “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” – 7:30pm Screening
Friday April 8, 2011
Albany, NY Multiplex
1) “Born to Be Wild 3D” – Showing
2) “Soul Surfer” – Showing
Friday April 29, 2011
1) “Prom” – Showing at an area multiplex
2) “Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil” – Showing at a different area multiplex
Friday November 11, 2011
New York City
Went to “Live! with Regis and Kelly”
1) “Jack and Jill” – Showing
2) “The Muppets” – Screening
Monday July 2, 2012
Albany, NY Multiplex
1) “Katy Perry: Part of Me” – 4pm Screening
2) “The Amazing Spider-Man” – 7:30pm Screening
Sunday November 10, 2013
New York City
1) “Frozen” – Screening
2) “The Book Thief” – Showing
3) “All Is Lost” – Showing
Friday November 29, 2013
New York City
1) “Nebraska” – Showing
2) “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” – Showing
3) “Saving Mr. Banks” – Screening
Friday February 21, 2014
1) “Pompeii” – Showing in Albany, NY
2) “In Secret” – Showing in New York City
Saturday March 15, 2014
New York City
1) “Muppets Most Wanted” – Screening
2) “The Grand Budapest Hotel” – Showing
Wednesday April 16, 2014
Syracuse, NY Multiplex
1) “Heaven is for Real” – Showing
2) “Neighbors” – Screening
Tuesday July 8, 2014
New York City
1) “Boyhood” – Screening
2) “Life Itself” – Showing
3) “Planes: Fire & Rescue” – Screening
Saturday October 11, 2014
New York City Multiplex
1) “St. Vincent” – Showing
2) “Whiplash” – Showing
Monday October 12, 2015
New York City
1) “Goosebumps” – Screening
2) “Steve Jobs” – Showing
3) “Room” – Screening
Friday January 15, 2016
Los Angeles, CA Area
1) “Open Season: Scared Silly” – Screening at Sony Pictures Animation
2) “Ride Along 2” – Showing
3) “Kung Fu Panda 3” – Screening on 20th Century Fox Lot
Saturday March 25, 2017
Albany, NY
1) “The Boss Baby” – Screening at a multiplex
2) “Smurfs: The Lost Village” – Screening at a different multiplex
Thursday August 17, 2017
New York City
1) “Home Again” – Screening
?Ran into Regis Philbin?
2) “Ingrid Goes West” – Showing
Attended Performance of “Groundhog Day: The Musical” as Press
Saturday October 28, 2017
Crandell Theatre in Chatham, NY for FilmColumbia Festival
1) “In the Fade” – 2:30pm Screening
2) “Call Me By Your Name” – 5pm Screening & James Ivory Q&A
3) “Lady Bird” – 8:30pm Screening
Thursday February 22, 2018
Snowed In at Albany, NY Multiplex
1) “Peter Rabbit” – Showing
2) “Game Night” – Showing
Friday March 23, 2018
Paramus, NJ Multiplex
1) “Isle of Dogs” – Showing
2) “Sherlock Gnomes” – Showing
Thursday November 15, 2018
Same Albany, NY Multiplex
1) “Roma” – Screening
Returned Home and Came Back to that Theater Later
2) “Boy Erased” – Showing
Returned Home in a Snowstorm
Saturday November 24, 2018
New York City
1) “Mary Poppins Returns” – Screening
2) “The Favourite” – Showing
Saturday December 8, 2018
Same Albany, NY Multiplex
1) “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” – Screening
2) “Bumblebee” – Screening
Friday November 22, 2019
Albany, NY Area
1) “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” – Showing at an area multiplex
2) “Knives Out” – Screening at a different area multiplex
Thursday January 9, 2020
Culver City, CA Multiplex
1) “Underwater” – Showing
2) “The Vast of Night” – Screening
Saturday January 11, 2020
1) “Dolittle” – Screening in Burbank, CA
2) “The Gentlemen” – Screening in Los Angeles, CA