Angelika Film Center
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chain in the United States
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that features independent
Independent film
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and foreign films. It operates theaters in New York City
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and Texas
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. Its headquarters are in New York City
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.
History
The original Angelika Film Center & Café opened in New York CityNew York City
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's Soho district in 1989. The New York Angelika, which is located at the corner of Houston Street and Mercer Street, is the flagship cinema. In 1997 it opened a theater in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
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, which was closed August 29, 2010. In 2001, an Angelika opened in the Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
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, and most recently in 2004, an Angelika opened in Plano, Texas
Plano, Texas
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.
The Angelika New York has been a hub for high budget independent cinema since it opened. It does not screen underground or "no budget" films. It has six screens, all of which are below ground level, and its ground floor lobby houses a fully operational cafe accessible by people who do not hold tickets. From 1997 - 2005, the Angelika Film Center was used as the set for At The Angelika, a weekly TV series distributed by IFC Films
IFC Films
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. The show to the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue and changed its name to At the IFC Center when that venue opened in June 2005.
The Angelika launched a blog
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where they post their own video and written interviews with directors and actors that are involved with the films they show.
The Angelika Film Center is owned by Reading Entertainment
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and iDNA, Inc.
In Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks
Clerks
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(on the Clerks X DVD) Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
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and Vincent Pereira
Vincent Pereira
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recall attending movies at the Angelika (notably Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...
's debut Slacker). The film also mentions disastrous first public screening of Clerks at the Independent Film Feature Market (the IFFM) and has a scene with Smith and Scott Mosier
Scott Mosier
Scott A Mosier is an American-Canadian film producer, editor, podcaster and actor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he co-hosts the weekly podcast, Smodcast.-Early life:...
standing outside the theatre.