Independent and art-house movie theaters double down on anti-Netflix vision
February 26, 2017 at 21:24 PM EST
Independent theaters, including those that show mostly first runs like the Davis Theater in Chicago, and those that bring a knowledgeable audience to independently made titles and foreign films, many of which are in small, often historic, theaters, believe they offer entertainment exclusivity, curate an education-meets-entertainment mix and still anchor neighborhoods.