Check out our latest pop-up series. Thanks to City Councilperson Shaun Abreau and Thomas Campbell Jackson for your support. Tickets at uptownfilm.org/calendar

A love letter to movie theaters and the movie-going experience, a look back at the history of the historic Midtown/Metro Theater on New York's #UpperWestSide, and an introduction to our new name and new vision (debuted at our Big Reveal in October). #arthousecinema youtu.be/TdU2cHrOJDQ?...

"Filmmakers don't make movies for living rooms. Seeing a movie on a home screen is a lot like looking at a painting in a book."-actor/director Tim Blake Nelson It's a great time to support your local #arthousecinema. Uptownfilm.org/donate youtu.be/u_0wfrtDWB0?...

GREAT movies came out this year--ALL best seen in a movie theater! www.indiewire.com/awards/resul...

"Movies have always been meant to be shared together... You need the movies and the movies need you!" - - Kyra Sedgwick at the Uptown's Big REVEAL Giving Tuesday is Dec 2, but momentum starts NOW. Your gift today will be doubled! Uptownfilm.org/donate youtu.be/-5WnVGK7ydM

Even the Pope is on board! Pope Leo XIV hosted leading Hollywood actors and directors at the Vatican, delivering a powerful message on cinema's moral and cultural role. We couldn't agree more. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rTUT...

We're so proud to be included in the fall 2025 issue of #PreservationMagazine for saving & working to preserve/restore the gorgeous, landmarked Art Deco facade of the former Metro/Midtown theater on the UWS of Manhattan. Join the effort! Uptownfilm.org/donate #uws #landmarks

“Uptown Film Center will have five screens — one with about 185 seats, another with 150 and three that will hold about 45 each.”

Introducing The Uptown Film Center! Uptownfilm.org.

Toby Talbot brought unmatched passion, intellect & taste to the NY film scene. Our effort to bring back the Metro & restore a wider range of art film exhibition to the neighborhood is in no small way inspired by the legacy of Toby & Dan. She will be sorely missed. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...

Great news for NY art film lovers. Count us in! www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...

#NYFF "emerged from the pandemic with renewed vigor because of new and younger audiences." It's those younger audiences that are helping arthouses thrive across the country. Exciting! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...

With the interior torn out, the space offers a blank slate to create a new cinema from scratch, without compromise. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/08/n...

First it was the Midtown, then the Metro and Metro Twin. NOW, UWS Cinema Center (our nonprofit entity) is getting ready to announce our NEW FILM CENTER NAME on October 28th! We're counting down the days! uwscinema.org

Another new NYC movie theater captures a devoted audience--and exudes a sense of community. We love it! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/s...

In other words: They lied.

In case you were wondering... youtu.be/-R0fPJQr0qo?...

Join us this Thursday for a FREE OUTDOOR screening of the Oscar-winning SOUL. The film will be screened at the Morningside Park softball fields, near 110th St. Bring your picnic blankets! Presented with Friends of Morningside Park, the W. 111th Street Block Assn., and the Columbus Amsterdam BID.

Up next in the FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA pop-up series will be the wonderful, Oscar-winning, HUGO (2011), by the incomparable Martin Scorsese, one of the UWS Cinema Center’s advisors! Playing August 12th, 6:30pm, at JCC Manhattan! Ticket link in bio, or on uwscinema.org/screenings.

Only one film distributed by a streamer made the @nytimes.com top 100 list, "Roma." "It's a vivid illustration of the how the movies that stick with us tend to be those we have a theatrical experience with" --Kyle Buchanan, NYTimes

Young people not interested in the theatrical experience? Simply not true. This is so inspiring. www.indiewire.com/features/int...

So grateful to Director #FrankOz for his participation in our pop-up summer screening series & endorsement of our UWS Cinema Center project! Support your local #arthousecinema & help us open ours! Donate: uwscinema.org/donate #AHTD www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yt2...

We may not have a theater yet, but we are joining in on the celebration of Art House Theater Day, July 24th. We encourage you to visit local art houses, which in our neck of the woods includes Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Doc. Center, New Plaza Cinema and many more downtown and in Brooklyn.

Join us on July 22 for a screening of The Fabelmans! A universal coming-of-age story, The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg’s personal love letter to the healing power of cinema. Co-presented by @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social and Symphony Space. Get your tickets! bit.ly/4eDJMaI

Wonderful having #FrankOz for a 2nd Q&A during our pop-up summer series "For the Love of Cinema"--for #TheMuppetMovie & #Bowfinger. What an extraordinary range of acting & directorial prowess! Heartwarming & lovable or howlingly funny, Oz truly celebrates movie magic. @nyindieguy.com

This is what makes the experience at an arthouse so much better--the preshow is kept to an absolute minimum! @arthouseconvergence.org #arthousecinema

At an F1 screening that is essentially sold out. It’s 9 minutes after showtime and there’s maybe 15 people inside the theater. The obsession with lengthening ads and trailers has trained everyone to avoid their seats. At some point the studios genuinely need to think their policies are backfiring.

Nothing can take the place of the movie theater experience! www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Did you know that UWS Cinema Center plans to have 35mm & 70mm capability in the largest of our 5 screens? This is what we're looking forward to--great movies in theaters w/great sound, geeat projection, great audiences! Support the dream! uwscinema.org.org/donate #arthousecinema

Beautifully poignant coming-of-age film, Last Film Show was shortlisted for Best Int'l Film for 2023 Oscars. Showing as part of UWS Cinema Centers For the Love of Cinema series, on Tues, Jan 17, 7pm, at #JCCManhattan. Limited Tkts at the door, or online: uwscinema.org/screenings

Words of thanks from our founder, Ira Deutchman. @nyindieguy.com

Coming up next! Bette Gordon will be at our screening of VARIETY for an extra special Q&A with the audience!! @mayslesdocumentarycenter Still don’t have tickets??? Check the link in our bio or go to uwscinema.org/screenings. See you Thursday!

"...laughter should be seen in a theater, not on a television screen."--Director Michael Angelo Covino after the premiere of Splitsville at Cannes. We couldn't agree more! variety.com/2025/film/fe...

Movies can be a wonderful shared experience across the generational divide, with parents and children. This reflection is especially poignant.

Our next screening in the FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA pop-up series will be the enthralling VARIETY (1983) by the incomparable Bette Gordon — who will be present for a Q&A after the film!! Playing June 5th, 7pm, at the Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd). Ticket link in bio!!

Moviegoing is back, baby! ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and Tom Cruise Add to a Box Office Boomlet www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/b...

UWS Cinema team Beth, Ira and Adeline meet up in Cannes thanks to their "day jobs" while checking out all the films they hope to be screening on the UWS in a few years' time! #indiefilm #cannes #arthouse #UWS @nyindieguy #nyc

This just happened! The posting of our first film series one-sheet! @nyindieguy.com

Staying in NY this summer? ‘For the Love of Cinema’ is the UWS Cinema Center’s Pop-Up Series! We may not have a physical theater yet, but that won’t stop us from getting things started! Find all relevant info about the dates and times on our website, uwscinema.org/screenings!

The UWS Cinema Center is proud to announce its first-ever Pop-Up Spring/Summer Film Series: ‘FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA,’ a ten-film run celebrating all things movie theaters, filmmaking, and cinephilia. Running from May to September, 2025.  More info here: uwscinema.org/screenings

The time for saving arthouse movie theaters is NOW. We are so inspired by these success stories, and from our own UWS and NYC community who have all been saying the same thing: we want indie films back in our neighborhoods! Such a great read. #cinema #movietheater #arthouse #indiefilm #nyc #uws

The Upper West Side Cinema Center is ecstatic to announce the purchase of the Metro Theater property! Having raised the nearly $7 million necessary for the purchase, our founders Ira Deutchman and Adeline Monzier closed the deal this Friday, April 4.

Yes, that's the Metro in this Seinfeld episode. youtu.be/tVA1i26SkKE?...

The Upper West Side Cinema Center would be the only indie arthouse movie theatre north of Lincoln Center. 🎥🎞️ A short thread.

Today we remember Ted Pedas, who was, at one time, the most important film exhibitor in Washington DC. Read our founder Ira Deutchman's reflections on this champion of regional cinema, posted along with an exclusive clip from Ira's documentary 'Searching for Mr. Rugoff'. May he Rest In Peace.

Did you know we’re on every social media platform now?! Join us on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Twitter/X, Bluesky, or even LinkedIn, Letterboxd and TikTok under @uwscinemacenter everywhere for updates! And if you haven’t yet, join our mailing list by signing up right here: uwscinema.org/contact

Thank you to the Board of the New Friends of the Metro Theatre for joining us over the weekend. The members of this organization have been great allies and supporters of the UWSCC’s mission; we are lucky to have you by our side throughout our journey. Let’s see what the future brings us – together.