Of the indie/arthouse theater chains around, the Alamo Drafthouse has seen success where many others have struggled. Moving to LA was part of a nationwide expansion enacted over the last few years due to their popularity in their original locations. 

Though a ballpark timeframe for when Los Angeles would get its very own Alamo Drafthouse has been foggy for quite some time now, 2018 is the target for when Alamo Drafthouse will join the shopping/dining/working complex known as The Bloc in DTLA’s Financial District. 

As Sundance Sunset Cinemas was recently given up to AMC, this announcement couldn’t come any sooner as you’ll now have an indie theater on the Eastside of town to watch those darling indie comedies and dramedies rather than hustling over to any of the ArcLights or The Landmark in West LA.

Also, Alamo Drafthouse does happen to have some of the best introductory videos that warn to not talk or text that get updated quite often as opposed to by the decade like most other theaters.