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A Guide To NYC's New Movie Theater Mecca: Williamsburg

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John Del Signore

Published Nov 15, 2012

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When the hotly anticipated Williamsburg Cinemas opens next month, the neighborhood will suddenly boast five different places to experience a diverse array of films, all within a half mile radius. This embarrassment of cinematic riches is a far cry from just a few years ago, when there wasn't a single proper movie theater in all of north Brooklyn. Now Williamsburg's Southside is bursting at the seams with cinema—and in most of these places you can wash down your Bunuel with a Brooklyn Lager. Click through on the photos for a guide to this strange new world of Southside Cinema. We're a long way from Ocularis screenings at Galapagos, baby.

 

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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