2010: The Year We Make Contact
Nine years after the fateful Discovery One mission seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey, a small group of American...
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Interstellar
Matthew McConaughey stars as the potential savior of planet Earth in Christopher Nolan’s modern sci-fi...
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Nine years after the fateful Discovery One mission seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey, a small group of American...
Interstellar
Matthew McConaughey stars as the potential savior of planet Earth in Christopher Nolan’s modern sci-fi...
Kiddee Matinees
Tickets: $6 Free bag of popcorn for patrons ages 12 and under
The Last Starfighter
When his skills at the trailer park’s arcade garner interstellar recognition, an everyday teen is whisked...
Jurassic Park
An adventure 65 million years in the making! Director Steven Spielberg delivers one of cinema’s greatest...
Midnight Shows
Tickets: $8 No discounts or passes
Videodrome (Sold Out!)
Ticket Update: this event is now SOLD OUT. Unlike other New Bev shows, we will not be holding aside a batch of...
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino’s hit western stars Jamie Foxx as Django Unchained, a slave freed by bounty hunter Dr....
About New Beverly Cinema
The New Beverly Cinema is a historic movie theater located in Los Angeles, California. Housed in a building which dates to the 1920s, it is one of the oldest revival houses in the region.
Read More >Glossary of Terms
A handy guide to key cinema terms.
35mm & 16mm
The most common sizes of film stock used to shoot, print, and present movies. 35mm is preferred for commercial film and TV shoots, with multiple stocks for select shooting conditions. 16mm is more often used for lower-budget projects, commercial and industrial shoots, and previously as a “home movie” format.
4-Track Mag
A now-dormant process which allowed for multi-channel sound reproduction in theatres using magnetic striping attached to the film print. Often vulnerable to erasure and damage due to demagnetizing and detachment through aging, requiring strict storage and handling conditions. Supplanted by Dolby Stereo, an optical process requiring less delicacy and upkeep.
Aspect Ratio
This indicates the dimension of the projected image, usually measured by comparing the width to the height. For example, 1.85:1, commonly called “flat”, means the picture is 1.85 times as wide to every increment of 1 it is high, and 2.35:1, or “scope”, means the picture will be even wider.
