Ambler Theater
A 1928 movie house rescued and restored into the anchor of Butler Avenue: first-run indies, documentaries, and repertory picks under a marquee that makes the whole block look good.
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The picks
- Ambler Theater
- Broad Theater
- Bryn Mawr Film Institute
- The Colonial Theatre
- County Theater
- Hiway Theater
- Newtown Theatre
- REEL CINEMAS NARBERTH STADIUM 2
Broad Theater
A downtown movie theater on West Broad Street, marquee lit over the sidewalk. First-run films a short walk from Main Street's dinner spots.
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
The nonprofit movie house on Lancaster Ave, in the 1926 Seville Theater building. Art house and repertory programming plus film courses, kept running by its members.
The Colonial Theatre
The 1903 movie palace where The Blob attacked the audience in 1957, still packing three screens with indie, classic, cult, and horror films plus live shows. Bridge Street's marquee glow, and the whole reason Blobfest exists.
County Theater
Doylestown's art-deco nonprofit cinema, running first-run indies and classics under a marquee that's been lighting State Street since 1938. Cheap tickets, real butter, serious air conditioning.
Hiway Theater
Jenkintown's restored cinema on York Road, a nonprofit art house running indies, revivals, and community nights. The neon marquee is a landmark in its own right.
Newtown Theatre
America's oldest continuously operating movie theater: it screened footage of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and never stopped. The 1883 brick building on State Street still runs about 50 films a year, plus tribute bands and stand-up nights.
REEL CINEMAS NARBERTH STADIUM 2
Narberth's own two-screen movie house on Narberth Avenue, first-run films a short walk from dinner. The neighborhood answer to a multiplex parking lot.
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