April 5, 2021
Juan A Lozano
HOUSTON (AP) A historic Houston theatre that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find independent and foreign films has closed for good like many theatres and other businesses, a victim of the coronavirus pandemic.
After nearly 82 years in business, the River Oaks Theatre turned off its projectors last month, depriving the nation’s fourth-largest city of an institution where everyone from rappers to suburban kids and cinephiles formed friendships, fell in love and found community. Its loss has left more than just an empty building behind.
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Historic Houston movie theater closes due to pandemic
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
April 3, 2021
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1of14Fans and patrons of the Landmark River Oaks Theatre do the Time Warp , from the Rocky Horror Picture Show as they demonstrate against the potential closure of the historic movie theater Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Houston. The historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find independent and foreign films has closed for good. Like many U.S. movie theaters and other businesses, the River Oaks Theatre was a victim of the coronavirus pandemic.. ( Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)Brett Coomer/APShow MoreShow Less
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Fans and patrons of the Landmark River Oaks Theatre do the Time Warp , from the Rocky Horror Picture Show as they demonstrate against the potential closure of the historic movie theater Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Houston. ( Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) Previous Next
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Historic Houston movie theater closes due to pandemic
JUAN A. LOZANO | Associated Press
HOUSTON – A historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his film school and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find independent and foreign films has closed for good – like many theaters and other businesses, a victim of the coronavirus pandemic.
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