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4473 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-660-6639

http://www.vintagecinemas.com/vista/

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Best Neighborhood Movie Theater to See a Blockbuster
Award Winner 2012

4473 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90027

Cuisine(s): Coffeehouse, Tea

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This historic single-screen theater is located on Sunset and Hollywood. Amenities include a concession stand and wheelchair-accessible seating.

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Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13) 123 mins.
Picture Zero Dark Thirty with bright pullovers and laser guns and you’ll have Star Trek Into Darkness, whose heavy-handed political parallels just might feel smart in a summer of Vin Diesel crashing cars. In the opening minutes, Khan Noonien... More »

Picture Zero Dark Thirty with bright pullovers and laser guns and you’ll have Star Trek Into Darkness, whose heavy-handed political parallels just might feel smart in a summer of Vin Diesel crashing cars. In the opening minutes, Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch) terrorizes London, then makes like Osama and flees to the mountains of an enemy planet, causing Starfleet Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller) to order his assassination, sans trial. Here justice will be served by the blubbering James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), who so bleeds his humanity across the Enterprise’s deck that it’s a wonder Chekhov (Anton Yelchin) doesn’t slip. Again, the central conflict is between the Captain’s swaggering impetuousness and the cold-blooded logic of First Mate Spock (Zachary Quinto). After setting up its War on Terror allusions, Star Trek Into Darkness becomes Paradise Lost in Space: It’s a battle for the good captain’s soul, as Kirk is torn between Spock’s wisdom and Admiral Marcus’s war-mongering. Can Khan destroy him simply by smashing his moral code? J.J. Abrams externalizes Kirk’s turmoil by making him spend every second scene suffering unsolicited advice about what to do. The character feels neutered, despite an early romp where he beds twin hotties with tails. His only real love is for the Enterprise, that hermaphroditic ship shaped like three phalluses and a flattened boob. Abrams, meanwhile, lifts Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’s climax, thievery that will enrage the devout as it suggests the Star Trek saga is merely a game of Mad Libs in which he plugs characters and catastrophes. « Less

Digital Presentation (3:40 PM), 6:45 PM, 9:50 PM

Czech and Mexican Film Fests: Your Weekly To-Do List

By Sherrie Li | Wed, May 08, 2013

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, May 10 The second annual touring Czech That Film Festival makes a pit stop at Los Angeles, bringing seven films over five days between today and ... More »
Elvira and Peaches Christ Celebrate Independent Horror Movies at the Vista Last Night

By Liz Ohanesian | Fri, September 14, 2012

See also: *Elvira's World: Our 2010 cover story *Top 5 Elvira Moments on YouTube A block-full of people descended upon Elvira's Macabre Mobile last night as the Mistress of the Dark pulled up in fron... More »
Nightranger: Studs and Poses

By Lina Lecaro | Thu, September 02, 2010

View more photos in Lina Lecaro's slideshow, "Nightranger: Swimming with Sharks, Electro Wars, Sunset Strip Music Fest." Whether you're 20, 40 or 60 years old, grew up in L.A. or hopped right off the bus (a là Axl Rose in "Welcome to the... More »

2012 | Best Neighborhood Movie Theater to See a Blockbuster

Perched where Hollywood Boulevard hits Sunset, the Vista Theater has a 90-year history as checkered as the surrounding neighborhood (including a stint in the '70s as a porn house). Owner Lance Alspaugh has plowed $1 million into renovating the theater while keeping its vintage charm, including the Egyptian art deco decor. Its commitment to 35mm (despite a recent upgrade to digital) has won the Vista some famous cinephile fans; Quentin Tarantino (who owns his own theater, the New Beverly... More »
2010 | Favorite Old-Time Movie House (1923)

It’s OK to dig the ArcLight or Laemmle’s Sunset 5. Please, go ahead and take comfort in the Landmark Westside Pavilion. But sometimes you gotta hit one of the original, independently owned single-screen movie houses, a place that hearkens back to the days when little theaters dotted the landscape and the whole town came together so that young couples could make out in the back, kids could throw Dots and popcorn off the balcony, ushers could issue stern warnings and everyone else... More »

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4473 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-660-6639

Description

Czech and Mexican Film Fests: Your Weekly To-Do List

By Sherrie Li | Wed, May 08, 2013

Elvira and Peaches Christ Celebrate Independent Horror Movies at the Vista Last Night

By Liz Ohanesian | Fri, September 14, 2012

Nightranger: Studs and Poses

By Lina Lecaro | Thu, September 02, 2010

2012 | Best Neighborhood Movie Theater to See a Blockbuster

2010 | Favorite Old-Time Movie House (1923)

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