cinematheques
Movie preservation venues
Cinematheques are theaters or archives dedicated to showing classic, rare, or art films outside the commercial mainstream.
Unlike regular cinemas, they emphasize film history and preservation, often screening restored prints, foreign films, or retrospectives: The cinematheque is showing a Kurosawa retrospective.
The term comes from French and carries associations with serious film culture.
Venue for noncommercial films
- repertoryCollection of prepared works
- archiveStored historical records
- programmingWriting software instructions
- curatorCollection overseer
screening · retrospective · membership · nonprofit · preservation · venue · theater · cultural
Works of lasting value
- restorationReturning something to condition
- auteurDirector with total control
- nouvelle vagueFrench for emerging trend
- neorealismArt emphasizing contemporary actuality
silent · celluloid · 35mm · print · subtitled · foreign · rarities · masterpiece
arthouse
Venue for noncommercial films
- repertoryCollection of prepared works
- archiveStored historical records
- programmingWriting software instructions
curator · screening · retrospective · membership · nonprofit · preservation · venue · theater · cultural · foundation
classics
Works of lasting value
- restorationReturning something to condition
- auteurDirector with total control
- nouvelle vagueFrench for emerging trend
neorealism · silent · celluloid · 35mm · print · subtitled · foreign · rarities · masterpiece · canon
BFI
British cinema archive organization
- TIFFRaster graphics specification
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province
Ontario · Jerusalem · Bologna · Brussels · Australian · Pacific · Egyptian · Taipei · Seoul · Mumbai
cinemathequesmultiplexes
Multi-auditorium cinema venues
megaplexes · Cineplex · entertainment centers · drive-ins · streaming platforms