Sights
BAM Rose Cinemas
Brooklyn’s grandest movie house is pretty both inside and out. Another sight for sore eyes: bulk candy in the lobby!
Clearview Ziegfeld
Manhattan’s last-standing movie palace—decked out in red carpeting and gold trim—seats a whopping 1,100 and is the only place to truly experience the huge.
AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13
The faux-Egyptian decor gives this multiplex an old-school matinee-house vibe.
Blights
Angelika Film Center
Herded like cattle before descending an escalator, audience members may feel as though they’ve entered cine-hell: Miserable sight lines and the rumble of subways below make this one of the worst movie theaters in the city.
Pavilion
This dump across the street from Prospect Park often smells like stale bodily fluids.
Quad Cinema
The scrubbed-up marquee looks okay, but those postage-stamp-size screens cause eyestrain.