A revival house, rep house, or repertory cinema is a cinema that specializes in showing classic or notable older

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s (as opposed to first run films). Such venues may include standard repertory cinemas, multi-function theatres that alternate between old movies and live events, and some first-run theatres that show past favorites alongside current

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History

Former theaters that repeatedly showed old films, changing the titles offered daily, include the UC Theater in

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, the Scala Cinema, Scala Tottenham Street, and Scala Nightclub, Pentonville Road, in London, and the Landmark Theatres chain in Los Angeles.

List of revival houses

North America

Canada

* Calgary, AB Globe Cinema * Calgary, AB Plaza Theatre * Charlottetown, PE City Cinema * Charlottetown, PE Tivoli Cinema * Edmonton, AB Metro Cinema * Hamilton, ON The Westdale * Hamilton, ON Playhouse Cinema * Halifax, NS Carbon Arc Cinema * London, ON Hyland Cinema * Montréal, QC Cinéma du Parc * Montréal, QC

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* Montréal, QC Dollar Cinema * Montréal, QC Cinéma Moderne * Ottawa, ON ByTowne Cinema * Ottawa, ON Mayfair Theatre * Saskatoon, SK

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* Toronto, ON Bloor Cinema * Toronto, ON Paradise Theatre * Toronto, ON Revue Cinema * Toronto, ON

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* Vancouver, BC Rio Theatre * Vancouver, BC The Cinematheque * Victoria, BC Cinecenta * Victoria, BC The Vic Theatre * Winnipeg, MB Dave Barber Cinematheque

United States

* Atlanta, GA, Plaza Theatre * Baltimore, MD, The Charles Theatre * Brooklyn, NY, Spectacle Theater * Brooklyn, NY, Nitehawk Cinema * Boston, MA, Brattle Theatre * Boston, MA, Coolidge Corner Theatre * Boston, MA, Harvard Film Archive * Chicago, IL, Gene Siskel Film Center * Chicago, IL,

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* Chicago, IL, Doc Films * Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Cinematheque * Columbus, OH, Gateway Film Center * Columbus, OH, Studio 35 * Dallas, TX, Texas Theatre * Denver, CO
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* Detroit, MI, Redford Theatre * El Segundo, CA, Old Town Music Hall * Houston, TX, Brown Theater * Lexington, Kentucky Theater * Los Angeles, CA, Brain Dead Studios * Los Angeles, CA,

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* Los Angeles, CA, Los Feliz 3 * Los Angeles, CA, New Beverly Cinema * Los Angeles, CA, Vista Theatre (Los Angeles) * Manhattan, NY,

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* Manhattan, NY, Film Forum * Manhattan, NY, IFC Center * Manhattan, NY, Metrograph * Milwaukee, WI, Oriental Theatre * Minneapolis, MN, Trylon Cinema * Norfolk, VA, NARO Expanded CinemaNARO Expanded Cinema, Norfolk, VA, official site
/ref> * Omaha, NE, Dundee Theater * Palo Alto, CA, Stanford Theatre * Pittsburgh, PA, Harris Theater * Pittsburgh, PA, Row House Cinema * Philadelphia, PA, Lightbox Film Center * Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Film Center * Philadelphia, PA, Roxy Theater * Bryn Mawr, PA, Bryn Mawr Film Institute * Portland, OR, Hollywood Theatre * Portland, OR, Joy Cinema and Pub * Raleigh, NC, Colony Theater * Rochester, NY, Dryden Theatre * Saginaw, MI, Temple Theatre * Santa Monica, CA, Aero Theatre * San Francisco, CA, Castro Theater * Seattle, WA, Grand Illusion Cinema * Waukegan, IL, Belvidere Cinema Gallery

Europe

France

* Paris, * Paris, Le Champo * Paris,

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* Paris, La Filmothèque * Paris, Le Grand Action * Paris, * Paris, Le Studio Saint-Michel

Germany

* Berlin, Kino Babylon

The Netherlands

* Rotterdam,

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Poland

* Warsaw,

Romania

* Bucharest, Arhiva Nationala de Filme - Cinemateca

Russia

* Moscow,

United Kingdom

* Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre * London,

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* London, Prince Charles Cinema * London, Regent Street Cinema * London, Close-Up Film Centre * Coventry
Warwick Student Cinema

Australia

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, Rewind Cinema *

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, Astor Theatre * Melbourne, Sun Theatre *

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- Como Theatre *

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, Randwick Ritz

Africa

South Africa

* Gardens, Cape Town, Labia Theatre * Johannesburg, The Bioscope

References

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