Episode Nine: Arthouse Cinema celebrates 100 years

Arthouse cinema

For this episode on the Podcast, INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge discuss the One Hundred year anniversary of Arthouse film with professor, historian, author and Academy Film Scholar, Ross Melnick. Listen to their lively conversation about the amazing history of arthouse film: where it started, how far it’s come, and where is it today. 

Greg Laemmle, CEO of Laemmle Theatres, third generation arthouse theater owner and subject of Only in Theaters, adds his perspective, as they explore the last century– and then consider the future of arthouse. 

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