{"id":989614,"date":"2026-08-08T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/989614\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:08:15","slug":"how-26-year-old-ben-steinberg-saved-the-cinerama-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/989614\/","title":{"rendered":"How 26-Year-Old Ben Steinberg Saved the Cinerama Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles film<\/a> fans rejoiced last month with the news that the Cinerama Dome and Arclight Cinemas<\/a> venue in Hollywood \u2014 which have been shuttered since the start of the pandemic \u2014 would finally reopen. Sony Pictures bought the Dome<\/a>, which will be operated by Alamo Dratfhouse. The chain will also run the former Arclight multiplex adjacent to the Dome, once a haven for screening 70mm films (like, say, this year\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d) on a 32-foot-high, 86-foot-wide screen.<\/p>\n

Enter 26-year-old filmmaker and film student Ben Steinberg, whose grassroots campaign amassed more than 30,000 signatures dating back to the Twitter account he launched in 2021. Back in March of this year, he projected the faces of Decurion Corporation (which owned the theaters) owners on the front of the Dome and risked a citation \u2014 and the bold move, it turns out, nabbed Sony\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

\"'Tromeo<\/a> \"Matt<\/a> <\/p>\n

Armed with at first only a social media account, one California State University student\u2019s efforts have finally helped resurrect what was once the highest-grossing theater in the country. <\/p>\n

On this week\u2019s episode of IndieWire\u2019s \u201cScreen Talk<\/a>\u201d podcast, Steinberg sits down with co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio to talk about the campaign and what he plans to do next via his growing Save Your Cinema operation. Though he can\u2019t say much yet, Steinberg is also spearheading the movement to revive the Bruin Theater in Westwood Village, a movie palace that dates back more than 90 years.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the podcast, we also look at the latest film festival news out of New York and Toronto, including the world premiere of \u201cGodzilla Minus Zero<\/a>\u201d at NYFF. It\u2019s a smart move for a festival that can cater to both the rarified and wider tastes while preserving its legacy for the highest quality. We\u2019re looking at a festival season sans American blockbusters, and so international tentpoles like the Toho franchise entry and even \u201cHope\u201d in the Cannes competition suggest the action for big festival spectacle is coming from overseas.<\/p>\n

We also talk about the future of the stars of \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d Hollywood power couple Zendaya and Tom Holland. What\u2019s next for them, and where should they go?<\/p>\n

We also debate The Ankler\u2019s proposition<\/a> that George Clooney buy Warner Bros. Anne, meanwhile, addresses the question of whether Nikki Finke\u2019s estate can sell her unpublished Hollywood tell-all, now titled \u201cHubris.\u201d And should Warners step up and meet the demands of Gerwig and Baumbach in order to make the next \u201cBarbie\u201d? What\u2019s making them hesitate?<\/p>\n

Listen to this week\u2019s episode below or on your preferred podcast platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles film fans rejoiced last month with the news that the Cinerama Dome and Arclight Cinemas venue…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":989615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[396849,1582,276,1020,2961,224,5337,5158,347281],"class_list":["post-989614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-arclight-cinemas","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-film","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-podcasts","tag-screen-talk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117061702931699207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}