Single-screen cinemas are history.

In a good way. For one thing, nobody's building them anymore, so if you've got one in your downtown you can pretty much be assured it's vintage - most likely from the '20s & '30s, the golden age of the uniplex. And rare: there are fewer than 100 historic single-screen cinemas still operating in the U.S. today.

The uniplex stands for a time when neighbors came together to watch newsreels as well as studio movies. Along with Art Deco murals and light fixtures, the community gathering-place is a piece of history that we work to keep current at the Lark. Sometimes it's by bringing a big and varied audience in for a special event like the Superbowl or the presidential inauguration. Other times it's about offering a varied selection.

This is one of those other times. RIO is a big, boisterous, colorful animation for the whole family. JANE EYRE is for those members of the family who like it in the attic, lean toward the gothic and crave stunning cinematography of windswept moors. BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK is for the fashion sophisticate and/or lover of human nature in its more delightful and unusual varieties (we talk at length about it here). And WIN WIN is classic Paul Giametti: the pudgy, striving underdog riddled with passion and self-doubt whose win in the end is thoroughly satisfying even if you knew it expect it.

Watch the trailers on our website. RIO and JANE EYRE end this weekend.