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SF’s historic New Mission movie theater to be renamed after director Christopher Nolan

San Francisco’s New Mission theater will be renamed after critically acclaimed movie director Christopher Nolan to honor his contributions to filmmaking as one of the pioneers in large format movie presentations. The movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema began operating out of the New Mission theater in 2015 and the renaming is part of the […] The post SF’s historic New Mission movie theater to be renamed after director Christopher Nolan appeared first on Local News Matters .

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San Francisco’s New Mission theater will be renamed after critically acclaimed movie director Christopher Nolan to honor his contributions to filmmaking as one of the pioneers in large format movie presentations. The movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema began operating out of the New Mission theater in 2015 and the renaming is part of the […] The post SF’s historic New Mission movie theater to be renamed after director Christopher Nolan appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s linked item, SF’s historic New Mission movie theater to be renamed after director Christopher Nolan, San Francisco’s New Mission theater will be renamed after critically acclaimed movie director Christopher Nolan to honor his contributions to filmmaking as one of the pioneers in large format movie presentations. The movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema began operating out of the New Mission theater in 2015 and the renaming is part of the […] The post SF’s historic New Mission movie theater to be renamed after director Christopher Nolan appeared first on Local News Matters .

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