{"id":355845,"date":"2026-06-11T05:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/355845\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:42:24","slug":"alamo-drafthouse-dedicates-san-francisco-theater-to-christopher-nolan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/355845\/","title":{"rendered":"Alamo Drafthouse Dedicates San Francisco Theater to Christopher Nolan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAlamo Drafthouse<\/a> is renaming its flagship San Francisco venue to honor Christopher Nolan<\/a>. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, a passionate advocate for the big screen, will be feted later this year with a 70mm screening event.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe announcement of the rechristened venue \u2014 San Francisco New Mission will be rechristened as the Christopher Nolan Cinema \u2014 comes ahead of the director\u2019s next cinematic adventure \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d which opens on July 17.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSan Francisco\u2019s New Mission is a beautiful, historic, iconic cinema with more than a century of rich history,\u201d Christopher Nolan says. \u201cTo be recognized in this way by Alamo Drafthouse, and with this particular theater which continues the great tradition of showing films on 70mm film, is an incredible honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNolan joins a formidable group of filmmakers and actors whose names adorn various Alamo Drafthouse locations, including Spike Lee, John Hughes, Ivan Reitman, Bong Joon Ho and Pam Grier.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBy dedicating New Mission in Mr. Nolan\u2019s name, we\u2019re celebrating and thanking a filmmaker whose work has consistently championed cinema not merely as entertainment, but as a cultural inheritance worth protecting,\u201d says Drafthouse\u2019s CEO Michael Kustermann. \u201cThe same auditorium that ran silent movies in 1916 now has both\u00a070mm\u00a0celluloid\u00a0projection\u00a0sitting beside Barco\u2019s\u00a0state-of-the-art\u00a0laser projector. That trajectory feels right for the Christopher Nolan Cinema.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe rechristened Christopher Nolan Cinema<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d is Nolan\u2019s follow-up to \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d a critical and commercial smash with $975 million at the box office in addition to several Oscars. An adaptation of the Homer\u2019s Greek epic, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous return home after the Trojan War. The starry ensemble includes Tom Holland as Odysseus\u2019 son Telemachus, as well as Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Jon Bernthal.<\/p>\n

\n\tNolan\u2019s other major films include the \u201cDark Knight\u201d trilogy, \u201cInception,\u201d \u201cInterstellar,\u201d \u201cDunkirk\u201d and \u201cTenet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt Alamo Drafthouse, when we have widescreen epics like \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 headed our way, we know that, like a Trojan Horse, each screening offers the chance to covertly remind both casual and lapsed moviegoers of how extraordinary the cinematic experience can really be,\u201d says Alamo Drafthouse\u2019s chief marketing officer Chaya Rosenthal. \u201cAs we celebrate 110 years of this historic theater with a remodel and new chapter for its future,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0deeply grateful to Mr. Nolan for the leadership\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0brought to this industry. We\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0wait to work with his team on the dedication events for the Christopher Nolan Cinema.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe New Mission Theater opened in 1916 but went dark in 1993 and sat vacant for over two decades before Alamo Drafthouse revived the venue. The building, now a historical landmark, reopened its doors in 2015 after a restoration that recreated the original paint palette and 1930s carpeting and murals.<\/p>\n

\n\tManijeh Fata, executive director of San Francisco Film Commission, said Nolan\u2019s \u201ccommitment to theatrical exhibition and the moviegoing experience makes this honor especially fitting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFew cities in the world are as instantly recognizable and cinematic as San Francisco,\u201d Fata said. \u201cFrom our iconic streets and architecture to our historic theaters and exhibition venues, film is woven into the fabric of this city. We are thrilled to welcome Christopher Nolan to San Francisco and celebrate this remarkable tribute at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Theater, one of our city\u2019s treasured screening spaces.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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