“Oscars® Spotlight: Documentaries,” a screening initiative leading up to the 92nd Oscars gives audiences nationwide the opportunity to see Documentary Feature films shortlisted for an award in the 92nd Academy Awards.® The program, begun last year, is a really wonderful initiative by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in tandem with AMC Theatres, Alamo Drafthouse, Harkins, IFC Center, Landmark Theatres, Laemmle Theatres and the Smithsonian.
A second round of voting from the Academy’s doc branch will narrow the shortlisted titles to five nominees, to be announced in full on Jan. 13.
I like it. How many who watch the Oscars haven’t had an opportunity to see the nominated films? Even though this is a minimal push-back against LONELY! living-room movie watching, it is a noble one. Yay movie theaters! The annoying sound of your neighbor munching popcorn! The bathroom maybe slightly less clean than yours? All this notwithstanding, I am a movie-going diehard.
| ATLANTA | Landmark’s Midtown Art Cinema |
| AUSTIN | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline |
| BOSTON | AMC Boston Common 19 |
| CHICAGO | AMC River East 21 |
| DENVER | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Westminster |
| LOS ANGELES | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Los Angeles AMC Burbank 16 AMC Sunset 5 Laemmle Monica Film Center Laemmle Playhouse 7 |
| MIAMI | AMC Aventura 24 |
| MINNEAPOLIS | Landmark’s Edina Cinema |
| NEW YORK | AMC Empire 25 IFC Center |
| PHILADELPHIA | AMC Neshaminy 24 Landmark’s Ritz at the Bourse |
| PHOENIX | Harkins Valley Art |
| RALEIGH | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Raleigh |
| SALT LAKE CITY | Salt Lake City Film Society’s Broadway Centre Cinemas |
| SANTA BARBARA | SBIFF Riviera Theatre |
| SAN FRANCISCO | AMC Bay Street 16 – Emeryville Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinema |
| SEATTLE-TACOMA | AMC Pacific Place 11 |
| ST. LOUIS | Landmark’s Tivoli Theatre |
| TAMPA-ST PETE (Sarasota) | AMC Veterans Expressway 24 |
| VIRGINIA | AMC Tysons Corner Center 16 |
| WASHINGTON, DC | Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History |
Oscars® Spotlight: Documentaries | 20 cities starting Dec 25