Before he became a film critic, NPR's Bob Mondello worked for a chain of movie theaters. He spent a lot of time in projection booths back then, and it had been a while since Bob climbed those stairs.

From 2015 until 2021, I worked regularly as one of the projectionists at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, California. The New Beverly Cinema is a repertory cinema that is owned by filmmaker ...

Minnie Slocum sits in The Roxie’s projection booth surrounded by reels, tools, and decades of analog cinema culture. She’s been part of the team since 2019. Photo taken on May 24 at The Roxie Theater ...

With "Dune 2" coming to IMAX theaters, Charles Moss looks back on his summer spent in the plywood projection booth at the TCL Chinese Theatre. If you were one of the lucky ones who saw “Oppenheimer” ...

In a digital world, it can be difficult to understand the hype around movies released in 70 millimeter. The impact of raw, uncompressed moving image gets lost in translation on our devices, exchanged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vidiots projectionist Jason Moore rewinds a section of the film that was played in the projection booth of Vidiots movie theater ...

On a recent afternoon, Somerville Theatre projectionist David Kornfeld was waiting for his cue. Kornfeld peered out from the booth’s port window, watching the 35mm print of “Fear and Loathing in Las ...

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s not an easy climb. A long, dimly lit stairway inside a building in East Austin. Those steps lead to a movie theater projection booth that has not been used since 2011. When Austin ...

With a little help from Oscar-nominated Hollywood movies like "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" new fans are flocking ...

Before digital projectors in movie theaters, projectionists had to quickly move from one film reel to the next. NPR looks at what has changed... Step inside a movie projection booth to see what's ...