Movie Theaters
For information on what movies are playing where and when, for movie reviews, and to purchase tickets on-line, see http://www.moviefone.com/ and http://www.fandango.com/.
Old Time Cinema
Just a few minutes from campus on University Avenue is the beautifully
restored Stanford Theatre, which specializes in classic movies from Hollywood's
golden age. Call 324-3700 for listings. Complete the evening by grabbing
an ice cream cone from Swenson's down the street on University Ave.
AMC Mercado 20
3111 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara
Phone: (408) 871-2262
Website: http://www.amctheatres.com/
You
will feel like you are in a planetarium with these reclining seats. If
you go late at night or off hours, you can put the arm rests down
and take a nap. Be sure to bring your student ID—excellent student
discount. Take 101 south and exit east on the Great America Parkway.
20 minutes from campus.
The Castro Theater
429 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114-2019
Phone: (415) 621-6120
A relic from the 50s, this theater is similar to
the Stanford Theater, replete with an organist who plays before the movie.
Lots of interesting
film festivals bring diverse, non-mainstream movies to this funky old
theater. Located on Castro St. near Market St.
Century Cinemas 16
1500 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043-1314
Phone: (650)
960-0970
Shows current movies. 15 minutes from campus.
Century Park 12
557 E Bayshore Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063-2717
Phone: (650)
365-9000
CineArts at Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real #6, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 493-3456
Landmark Theaters Peninsula
1275 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
Phone: (650) 32-MOVIE
Houses the Guild and Aquarius theaters, shows foreign
and art films. Five minutes from campus.
The Red Vic
1727 Haight St, San Francisco
Phone: (415) 668-3994
Funky old theater in the Haight in San Francisco.
Eat popcorn with yeast out of a big, wood bowl while sitting on a couch.
See old flicks
and absorb the dim, antiquated atmosphere. Well worth the drive!
The Stanford Theater
221 University Ave, Palo Alto
Phone: (650) 324-3700
The revamped Stanford Theater shows oldies. A great
place for a date (if you have one during med school, please e-mail us
and tell us how
it happened)—movies with ambiance! Five minutes from campus.
Sunday Flicks
http://sse.stanford.edu/flicks/
Sunday Flicks at Stanford present recent
films 7 and 10 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium on campus. Flicks passes
are sold in White Plaza and by “CA’s” in
on-campus housing at the beginning of the quarter. Tickets to individual
films are sold at the door for $5, but a season pass is available for
$20. To subscribe to Flicks News, send the e-mail message “subscribe
flicks” to
. Weekly e-mail updates
include capsule reviews.
Also, check out www.citysearch.com, www.sfgate.com or www.bayinsider.com for more info on many of these establishments as well as for other places we might not have visited. Yet.
