Street Food Cinema’s pop-up drive-in. /Facebook

Making a canvas in this period has become complicated, the cinemas not having been able to reopen their doors in Los Angeles. Fortunately, the cinema takes place in the open air. French Morning has identified alternatives to dark rooms for you.

The drive-in trend

Seeing a movie under the stars while staying in your car, the concept is on the rise with its giant screens and vehicles parked three meters from each other. Several options are possible (note, wearing a mask is compulsory outside the vehicle):

– Sessions are announced drop by drop by Electric Dusk, which sets up on weekends atop the old Sears parking lot in Glendale. This summer, the drive-in offers two cult films every Friday and Saturday.

– The Drive-in San Fernando Valley Summer has established its reputation for several years. Located at Westfield Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, it will screen “Clueless” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” on September 11, “Edward Scissorhands” and “Pet Sematary” on October 16 or even “Hotel Transylvania” and “Scream” on October 24 .

– Specialist in outdoor cinemas, Street Food Cinema has been able to improvise in drive-in in several places around the city of angels: Lakeview Park (Orange County), Brandeis Bardin Campus (Simi Valley) and King Gillette Ranch (Malibu). “The Big Lebowski” will air on August 29, “The Breakfast Club” on August 30 and “Bridesmaids” on September 4. As usual, food trucks will be there.

– At PCH Movies & Moonlight in Long Beach, the policy is “first come, first served”. You will therefore need to get to the top of the Whole Foods parking lot as early as possible to see “Moana” on August 28, “Selena” on September 4 or “Fast and Furious” on September 24.

– Direction Montclair for a Polynesian atmosphere and decoration with the Tiki Drive In Mission, open all year (tickets on sale on site). Each evening, two films are shown on the four screens (a crazy choice), mixing great classics like “The Goonies” with the latest blockbusters.

Paramount Drive In, near Compton in Los Angeles, halved its capacity due to health regulations. Two different films (releases only) are shown each evening on two screens.

The floating cinema

And why not go further? Between September 2 and September 6, film screenings will be offered on the water. The exact location, prices and programming are not yet revealed by Beyond Cinema, the Australian company behind this unusual initiative. What we know: the novelties will rub shoulders with the classics and between 12 and 24 boats will accommodate up to eight people per boat. In order to attend, moviegoers must first register here and wait.

Cinema at heights

A rooftop makes resistance in Hollywood: the Montalban offers a lighter program at the end of summer, where social distancing is the order of the day with spaced seats, wearing a mask and checking the temperature. You can watch “Grease” on August 22, “Fight Club” on August 28 or “Black Panther” on August 30.

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