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Thalian Hall’s Cinematique film
series shows award-winning films
Mondays and Wednesdays.
The program started in 1992
when public radio station WHQR
and St, John’s Museum of Art de
cided to give Wilmington audiences
the chance to see quality films not
usually seen in the area.
The films were originally shown
at College Road Cinemas, but
moved to Thalian Hall in 1996.
“We are a historic theater that
likes to stay busy and provide a
broad range of events for our audi
ence,” Thalian’s administrative of
fice manager Stacy Edmunds said.
“[Cinematique] is a nice, old-fash
ioned movie house experience; it’s
not the usual cookie-cutter theater
with 16 or 20 screens.”
Though Wilmington does not
have an independent theater, the
purpose of Cinematique is not sim
ply to show independent films.
“Occasionally, Cinematique will
play movies made by local artists,”
said George Scheibner, operations
manager at WHQR. “But that’s not
really the purpose behind
Cinematique.”
The series focuses on showing
award-winning films that would not
necessarily be shown in the major
theaters.
Lately, those have been put out
by smaller companies,” Edmunds
said, “but that is not always the
case.”
The films include, but are not
limited to, independent and foreign
films. They are picked by a com
mittee of five or six people that
meets every two weeks and dis
cusses what films they would like
to show.
Edmund said that this summer’s
series was very successful, espe
cially Fox Searchlight’s “Boys
Don’t Cry,” starring Hilary Swank.
By far the most successful film
ever shown by Cinematique was
Miramax’s “The English Patient.”
So many people wanted tickets that
the local news aired a story on the
line, which poured out of Thalian
Hall every night.
Among upcoming films,
Edmunds expects “But I’m a
Cheerleader” to have strong sales.
The next show is “Trixie,”
which airs Sept. 4-6, then “Crou
pier” Sept. 19-20 and “But I’m a
Cheerleader” Sept. 25-27.
Thalian opened in 1585, making
it one of the oldest continuously ac
tive theaters in the country. It was
originally intended to serve
Wilmington as the city hall and lo
cal theater, and it provides the same
services today. Over 250 produc
tions a year are performed there, by
local and international groups.
Even if you aren’t
interested in the
movies shown at
Thalian Hall, a
visit might be in
order just to ap
preciate the
beauty of the the
atre, which was
built in 1858.
Photo by
James Flint/
The Seahawk