Reviews of The Cinematheque (Movie Theater)

Matt Grant

Classic old school

Erin Audley

A great theatre playing a wide variety of films. Decent popcorn (it's unflavored though), and really comfortable seats. Like the most comfortable seats.

3 1 5 7 3

I've been in Vancouver since 2010 and I enjoy going to the Cinematheque Theatre. I'm all about film festivals ☺. I just wish they had more snacks to offer.

Ary ilon

Very small and intimate. It felt like a close knit community, a place where everyone can laugh and enjoy a movie with like minded film lovers.

Josephine Stratton

Saw a movie here for European film festival. Excellent location and clean, new, small theatre. The lobby is somewhat small to wait around with little seating area. Snack bar is pretty good.

Lucy De Pieri

Very nice cinema.

Ron Hatch

Quaint classic theatre with nice concession. Great selection of movies you won't find elsewhere. Friendly staff.

Raysing Guo

Nice to hold some private event screenings. But equipment is a bit old and not a smooth viewing experience.

Heinz Zahn

BEST BURGERS EVER!!!!

Tapper Kool

Cool, vintage,and classy. Shows classic and new films. Groups can rent it for events, which is why I have been here.

Edvard

Watched Raff, great little theater, comfy seats, cool snacks & a nice ambiance ????

nousha vahidi

One of my favorite theaters. Great customer service. Wonderful choices of movies.

Mike Bailey

Shows many old classic movies and movies not shown at mainstream theaters

Maria Tujal

Great place atmosphere wise and servicial I recently watch the last day of the Latin American film festival was as usual.great movies usually in there

Al!

Artistic cinema

Patrick Reeves

Expand your mind go and see a movie. Great atmosphere, great staff, and of course the popcorn with real butter.

Zibi V.

(Translated) And I really do not know what to judge. the standard of the cinema, unfortunately, is not very high, although you can not complain about seats, for example, although they are far from current trends. whereas a very good program And most importantly, from time to time Polish productions are shown here. May these seances with Polish products be as much as possible. (Original) I tak naprawdę nie wiem co oceniać. standard kina niestety nie jest zbyt wysoki chociaż nie można narzekać na siedzenia na przykład aczkolwiek odbiegają one mocno od obecnie panujących trendów. natomiast program bardzo dobry A co najważniejsze to od czasu do czasu wyświetlane są tutaj polskie produkcje. Oby tych seansów z polskimi produktami było jak najwięcej.

Randi S

Always awesome

Fuyu

Cute little theatre with a great selection of indie films! The staff here are lovely. The snacks are delicious, and the entire venue is clean.

Reza Heidari

(Translated) Good movie with Dolby sound (Original) سینمای خوب با صدای دالبی

Jennefer Boudreau

Came here to watch a student film. Clean and comfortable space!

Gabe Baron

Great theatre great selection a bit pricy

Robert Ferguson

Good variety of foreign film from all over the world ,documentary and art films

Keishin Tamaki

Indie films!!

Larissa Ho

My favourite theatre indeed.

Clare Grehan

Friendly staff and a great theatre :)

mike

Where else can you see this kind of variety of movies? If you're looking for something niche, interesting, foreign, or unique, you've found your place. Great staff and a decent screen setup. Check it out, especially when they're hosting films from the many festivals that grace our city!

Djuna Lize Croon

One of our favourite cinemas in the world!

Julio Liu

Watched Seven Samurai and enjoyed. Simple movie theatre and will be returning for Police Story.

So Tina

Comfortable venue , great selections , friendly staff !

Christopher Earl

A great cinema for seeing independent and foreign films.

Javier Romero

Good movies, transportation , close to the Skytrain station

Jason Smythe

Love, love, love! The place for cinephiles!

David Bola

If you love independent films go here.

Bryan Dott

One of the greatest movie theatres in the West Coast plays nothing but the most interesting movies that are out there most of these you can’t even find on DVD video cassette or any other format. Why don’t you have a membership?

Arya Afshar M. (IDDQD Sound)

Great place for non-mainstream and foreign cinema. Their program is carefully curated and for 3 dollars a year you can support their great work and buy tickets at a reasonable price. The staff are nice and clearly passionate about their work.

Pierre-luc Brazeau (Texas)

There is always this crowd of bums in the parking lot

Felipe Verdugo

Glad to be back after so long. Thanks for the great time last night

Patrick Audley

Great alternative cinema. Great to go to during Covid: lots of distance between used seats, seating reservation, pre-buy at concession online and they delivery to your seat instead of lining up. All that and great non-mainstream and classic films.

Graeme Jones

Good theatre with very comfortable seating. Only thing they are missing is a liquor license.

Brock Turner

So cool, great people, neat popcorn, awesome shows

Melody Malakooti

These guys have great service, an AMAZING film selection, and have adapted covid amazingly. They spaced seats from one another and made pathways so you don't have to cross over anyone. Buy your tickets in advance online, order snacks then too and they'll deliver them to you in the theater. ????????????????️????

Amie Gislason

Awesome

Lorne Beck

Great alternative theatre playing classics and international films. Please Vancouver we need more of this. Its brings culture! Lets grab some more of that.

Carewen

Great theatre.

Ryan Thom

Best place to watch non-hollywood, meaningful films. Big seats, excellent popcorn, friendly staff. Support a local gem!

Nusheen Dhamani

Film quality was great, as well as snacks. The vinyl seats could be a bit more breathable, so I'd suggest a different material at their next renovation.

Kaitlyn Moore

These guys have great service.

Bob Aschmann

Now that this place has comfortable seats as well, I love coming here for their great selection of movies

Michael Young

Great experience!

Andy Kidd

One of my favourite theatres, always screening wonderful old films. Lots of great foreign and cult movies as well. The annual Film Noir festival is always a huge treat.

Katie Poetsch

A very fun and intimate experience because the theatre space is quite small. They also have nutritional yeast for your popcorn, so that's a plus!

Maret Christiansen

Cinematheque is a gem of an arthouse, and what's not to like about a small, intimate cinematic setting? Took out a membership tonight and I hope to find time to see good films there again. The chairs are super comfortable and the treats for sale are significantly above average.

m.j. jankowiak

Alternative movie scene. Favourite cinema in Vancouver.

Ross Judge

Nice small movie theater that shows a variety of vintage movies

Carmela LA

One of the main places to see independent and international films. Best to visit during film festivals.

Harvey Dueck

Because not every movie needs to be about superheroes

Ljuba Popović

Great place! My crew had private screening here. Very positive!

James Qiu

When the theatre is run by volunteers and movie lovers, the place feels so welcoming and warm. Every time I come, the concession area has improved, which adds to the excitement. Its got comfy seats, delicious popcorn with fresh butter, amiable volunteers, and consistently attractive programs. It's a shame this place isn't packed more often.

Renée Frenette

This little charming theater is a Vancouver gem! Here is where you can watch the classics, Canadian and international films- also a really great selection of classic horror for Halloween! Friendly staff, comfortable seats, and popcorn are the cherry on top.

Gary Lawrence Murphy

Cult films, art films, children's cinephile matinees & real popcorn... Long live the cinema experience!

Robert L Duncan

I really like this theatre and the niche market it represents. From local independent films to film festivals to obscure foreign films, this is the place. Some amazing films are shown here and should see far greater audiences. It's not all about Hollywood or Cineplex. I'm always pleasantly surprised at the quality and diversity of films shown here.

Felipe Rosado Lima

Nice theatre playing lots of indie and old movies. I went there to watch The Wizard of Oz and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom a few years ago (crazy experience). Unique place in the city.

A Lady En Route

Such a great place to get away from the mainstream blockbusters and learn more about different modern and classic cinema. I'm still waiting on that call to be a volunteer there...

Kian Kashani

Great inde cinema showing foreign films.

Olaf Habermann

Nice theatre.

Mamie B

Thus is a great non-profit theatre where you can see unique, non commercially run films. The snacks are good and prices even better. Staff are friendly, may be volunteers so treat with respect.

Graeme Cheadle

Great place to watch rare and older films!

Raven Light

Great films for the indie scene. They support local film makers and foreign content. Annnnddd they have the best popcorn!!

Togan Rona

This little old cinema is so cute! as soon as you walk in it resembles the old cinemas from the old downtown Vancouver. The building looks old but its very cozy inside. The chairs are updated so it doesnt feel cramped when someone is sitting next to you.

Max Anderson

Cozy theater for special shows.

Ava Outadi

One of my favourite theaters. Always great and interesting movies played and comfy seats!!

Kirk Chantraine

Lovely retro feeling theatre that consistently has great programming. Recently renovated with new seating!

Tom Servo

Decent curation of films. Ticket/concession prices are absurd. $6 for a Halloween fun-sized bag of utterly bland popcorn

Murder Box

Superb and first class all the way. For the test screening of my first feature film I discovered that one of the key scenes was out of sync and I didn't have time to render out a new feature DCP file. But I did have time to render out the scene. I brought it in an hour before the screening began and Jessica, the projectionist working that day switched from one file to the next seamlessly! Literally saved the day! Cinematheque is my go to theatre for screenings!

Marina

They’re the best!

Melissa Killion

These folks are working so hard to open with high COVID standards <3

Julián Andrés Carvajal

Nice place, great stuff, awesome films :)

Joel Kaplan

Comfortable seats. Good sound.

joe klymkiw

Great Cinema

kwan solar

Basic and good.

Erick Santiago Rojo Valenzuela

This cinema was my weekend salvation during 2016’s summer, I remember I discovered David Lynch’s movies in there, don’t ever change, you’ll be forever in my heart.

Tereca Maloff

Smaller in size ... feels more intimate

Zach Quinton

Favorite theatre in the city

Bobbie Bees

What a horrific little insipid theatre. I understand that it's staffed by volunteers, but for crying out loud the Vancity Theatre is the Ritz Carlton compared to the Pacific Cinematheque. My favourite thing with this cinema is how they can't even be bothered to put the hours of operation on the front door so you're left guessing what time is the right time to show up to buy tickets. The most annoying thing about this cinema is how friends of the volunteers get early admission while everyone else receives dirty looks from the cashier if you try to ask what time the doors open. For the life of me I can't understand how this theatre still stays in business. Maybe it has a dedicated following of sadomasochists that love being used and abused.

Karl Kwong

Home of the VIFF. This s where you can catch amazing independent films. The new upgraded seats are very comfortable.

Patrick Leong

I rarely give 5 stars but the popcorn makes this place the best cinema in town. soooo many toppings. who would have thought nutritional yeast would be good on popcorn. These guys know film! if you love film you will love this place.

Carmen Luz Jiménez Caris

(Translated) Great that this cinema supports the Latin American film festival. I have seen only good movies here (Original) Genial que este cine apoye el festival de cine latinoamericano. He visto solo buenas peliculas aquí

Rishi Khurana Principal SGIS Dwarka

Nice place

Phrank goa

A private movie theatre used to screen things like unrated movies. Saw a premiere here.

Cell Phone

great cinema, wonderful movies, comfortable seats, great viewing angle, snacks are not overproce

Amrit Mahal

nice theatre with lots of space and comfortable seating. Great place for a low key movie and the location is great. Concession has lots of selection and decent price. Located around lots of restaurants and businesses. only downside is parking is very expensive in this area but there is free parking about 5-10mins walk away

K

As far as I know, this is Vancouver's only indie film theater, and it is a good one. It shows a lot of obscure films that cannot be found anywhere, and it also does a lot of career retrospectives of famous masters. The theatre is very small, but the seats are very comfortable, and it is sloped so the view is not easily obstructed.

An Te Chu

A cinephile's paradise. Variety of international modern and historic cinema screened regularly. Excellent curation, service and all round great experience in the heart of the city.

Omar Thiam

Great.

Cynthia Reed

Great unique film festivals year round.

Jane Doe

Cute little place

brian hu

It's not bad consider it's quite a small place

David Fernandes

Glad that you invested in bringing a Portuguese movie to town.

Reija Roberts

best independent theater in vancouver!

Susan Graves

Older theatre but right in centre of downtown Vancouver. Great gathering place. Parking was a bit expensive though.

Doug Stever-Åkesson

Was here attending the Latin Film Festival. Best theater popcorn EVER!!!

Sweta S

the best popcorn and selection of movies in town!

Simon Bergink

I love this theatre so much.

Lalo Espejo

Great art cinema

jacqueline phillips

Not your standard movie theater. Shows foreign films and documentaries. Also runs series from classics like Hitchcock and Bergman.

PJLife

Friendly service, great and fair price snacks , cookies and popcorn and great movies from foreign countries!

George Baugh

The only thing they need to do to improve is bring back the espresso machine.

Ran Rai

A nice one screen cinema

Juan Carlo Medina Galeazzi

There is a friendly environment and its very supportive for actors and writers of all etnicities

GL Manning

Cannot say enough about Pacific Cinematheque. Great place to book for private parties/film screenings. Have been arranging with the management for a number of years. Enjoy working with Linton Murphy and all the volunteers at our events. Also, simply good choice of films that are played on a regular basis. Recently saw Romeo & Juliet (1968). Check it out.

Jon L

Great theatre that's off the beaten path. Good for showing unique Canadian and European films as well as films from decades back. Very vital for fans of cinema.

Vladimir Protic

The last resort. Here you feel like there is some culture in this city.

Tamás Schmikl

If you are in for non-mainstream movies, this place is a perfect choice. They are hosting the EU film festival, as an example.

Calvin L

Clean, cozy theatre showing a unique selection of films and a participant in many local film festivals.

Stefanie Kennell

Marvellous selection of films & great popcorn!