On film
16mm, 35mm, 70mm, nitrate, archival prints, and other presentations worth seeking out.
About Screenline
Los Angeles might be the best city in the world to go to the movies.
Every night, films are playing across the city that deserve an audience: a 35mm print at the New Beverly, a restoration at the Aero, a filmmaker Q&A at an AMC, nitrate at the Egyptian, a test screening in Burbank, something strange at Vidiots, or a movie you’ve wanted to see for years finally returning to a theater.
The problem isn’t that LA lacks great moviegoing.
It’s finding out about it before it’s gone.
Why Screenline exists
Screenline is for people who still want to leave the house for a movie.
Not because every movie needs to be seen theatrically.
Because sometimes the theater is part of the movie.
A print matters.
A room matters.
An audience matters.
The person introducing the film matters.
Sometimes seeing a movie at the right place, in the right format, on the right night is an experience you can’t recreate later.
Screenline exists to help you find those nights.
What we notice
There’s more to moviegoing than showtimes.
In person
Q&As, introductions, filmmaker appearances, cast conversations, and special guests.
Before release
Advance screenings, test screenings, premieres, and legitimate public opportunities to see something early.
Worth another look
Restorations, repertory programming, anniversaries, double features, and movies returning to theaters.
Already on your list
Screenline can connect what’s playing with the movies you already want to see.
The particular screening
Not every screening is the same.
2001: A Space Odyssey playing digitally on a Tuesday night is one thing.
2001: A Space Odyssey projected from 70mm in a great auditorium is another.
Screenline pays attention to the things that make a particular screening worth noticing: the format, the print, the restoration, the venue, the programmer, the guests, and how often that opportunity actually comes around.
But you shouldn’t have to be a projectionist to use Screenline.
If the details matter to you, they’re there. If they don’t, we’ll simply help you find a great movie.
Born here
Made for LA moviegoing.
Los Angeles is unusual.
A multiplex can host a director Q&A. A cemetery can become a movie theater. A museum can project an archival print. A tiny repertory house can sell out a film from 1947. A studio can ask an audience to help shape a movie that doesn’t even have a public title yet.
And somehow, all of those screenings can be announced in completely different places.
Screenline brings the city’s moviegoing together without flattening what makes each place special.
The room can be part of the movie.
Our point of view
We’re not trying to tell you what movies are good.
Screenline isn’t a review site.
Letterboxd already exists.
Critics exist.
Your friends exist.
What Screenline can tell you is:
This particular screening is worth knowing about.
And why.