Fine Arts Theatre

A 1937 movie theater on Wilshire in Beverly Hills, a block west of the Metro D Line station, running a monthly Sunday series of older features in 70mm.

The building predates the multiplex and was designed for one screen and one audience at a time, which is still how it works. Programming mixes current releases with revivals of films made to be seen at a size no living display can manage.

Recent Sunday bookings have included Lawrence of Arabia and the 1974 disaster picture Earthquake, which tells you the series is after scale rather than obscurity. The theater also puts live entertainment on the same calendar as film.

Wilshire at La Cienega is a transit corner now, so getting here does not require a car. That changes who is willing to commit an afternoon to a three-hour-plus booking.

Upcoming events at Fine Arts Theatre (34)

Film

Sun Oct 11 · 7:30 PM

Lawrence of Arabia 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Wed Oct 21 · 7:30 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

War

Fri Oct 23 · 7:15 PM

Dunkirk 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Oct 23 · 7:15 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Noir

Sat Oct 24 · 7:15 PM

The Dark Knight

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Oct 24 · 7:15 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Our Pick

Thu Nov 26 · 2:00 PM, 7:30 PM

Interstellar 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Dec 20

Nolan's space epic in the format built to show off the scale.

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Action

Sat Nov 28 · 2:00 PM

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Our Pick

Sun Nov 29 · 2:00 PM

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Spielberg's first-contact film in 70mm, where the lights and sound are half the reason to go.

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Our Pick

Sun Dec 6 · 7:30 PM

Labyrinth 35mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Jim Henson, David Bowie and one of the stranger children's films to become a permanent institution.

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Our Pick

Sun Dec 13 · 2:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

Henson's all-puppet fantasy on a giant print, where the craft is half the attraction.

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Dec 18 · 6:58 PM

Boogie Nights 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Feb 28

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Dec 18 · 6:58 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Drama

Sat Dec 19 · 7:00 PM

Magnolia

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Dec 19 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Dec 20 · 7:00 PM

Interstellar 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Dec 20

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Dec 20 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Dec 25 · 7:00 PM

One Battle After Another 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Jan 2

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Dec 25 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Dec 26 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Dec 26 · 7:00 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Dec 27 · 7:00 PM

Sinners 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Dec 27 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Jan 1 · 7:00 PM

Tenet 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Fri Jan 1 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Jan 2 · 7:00 PM

One Battle After Another 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Jan 2

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Jan 2 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Jan 3 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Jan 3 · 7:00 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Jan 9 · 7:00 PM

The Dark Crystal 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 10 other dates, through Sat Jan 9

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sat Jan 9 · 7:00 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Our Pick

Sun Jan 10 · 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM

Inherent Vice 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

PTA's stoned Thomas Pynchon detective story in 70mm. Joaquin Phoenix spends most of it one step behind.

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Sun Jan 10 · 7:00 PM

The Orson Welles Show

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 6 other dates, through Sun Jan 10

PlanSaveTickets

Film

Our Pick

Sun Feb 28 · 2:00 PM

Boogie Nights 70mm

Fine Arts Theatre · Beverly Hills

Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Feb 28

PTA's San Fernando Valley rise-and-fall film in 70mm. This is what the format is for.

PlanSaveTickets