{"id":421334,"date":"2026-08-02T02:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421334\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:30:20","slug":"tiniest-cinema-in-the-world-has-californians-clamoring-to-sneak-a-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421334\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiniest cinema in the world has Californians clamoring to sneak a peek"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tiny hidden movie theater<\/a> behind a peephole in San Francisco has become a beloved neighborhood secret.<\/p>\n

Built into the exterior wall of a home at 536 Waller Street in the Lower Haight neighborhood<\/a>, the miniscule cinema plays silent films 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n

This tiny hidden movie theater was created by Sam Goldstein San Francisco Bay Area Street Photography<\/p>\n

The cinema is located on 536 Waller Street in San Francisco, CA The San Francisco Standard<\/p>\n

A film shown inside the hole San Francisco Bay Area Street Photography<\/p>\n

Sam Goldstein, who describes himself as the \u201cOfficial Unofficial Mayor of Waller Street,<\/a>\u201d created the installation in 2024 during the 10th year of a citywide scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n

He described how he created the teeny-tiny theater, by drilling a hole in the wall outside the home and installing a screen behind it. <\/p>\n

\u201cDuring The SF Hunt, players visited the peephole cinema and watched a video that contained a riddle answer,\u201d he explained<\/a> of the scavenger hunt he launched in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe peephole has been there ever since, playing my dad\u2019s favorite silent films from the \u201960s.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sam Goldstein The San Francisco Standard<\/p>\n

Sam Goldstein is also the co-founder of The SF Hunt San Francisco Bay Area Street Photography<\/p>\n

The tiny hidden cinema on Waller Street is the second of its kind in the city. <\/p>\n

Tucked away in 280 Orange Valley in the Mission District neighborhood, Peephole Cinema<\/a> was built in 2013 by artist Laurie O\u2019Brien. <\/p>\n

Unlike Goldstein\u2019s theater that shows full-length silent films, Peephole Cinema features short and silent works curated by local artists. <\/p>\n

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Silent films are shown 24\/7 The San Francisco Standard<\/p>\n

While it was temporarily decommissioned during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tiny theater re-opened in 2025. <\/p>\n

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