Studio 28

Studio 28 Review

This little movie house has a distinguished history: when it opened in 1928, it was the first theater in the world purposely built for art et essai, or experimental film. Through the years artists and writers flocked here to see the "seventh art" creations by directors such as Jean Cocteau, Luis Bruñel, François Truffaut, and Orson Welles. Today it's a repertory cinema, showing first-runs, just-runs, and previews, usually in their original language. In the back of the movie house is a cozy bar and café with a quiet outdoor terrace decorated with murals of film stars.