The Metro: How Detroit film lovers are creating spaces for independent cinema
Motor City Cinematheque brings the unique screening experience that an art cinema provides to various venues around metro Detroit.
The Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak.
In recent years, notable art theatres in metro Detroit have shuttered or completely changed the way they operate.
Main Art Theatre which was in Royal Oak and Cinema Detroit which was based in midtown Detroit are recent examples. They both showed more niche, independent or foreign films you could not catch at a commercial movie theatre. The Main Art Theatre was demolished and replaced with apartments, and Cinema Detroit now operates as a pop-up.
When theatres like them closed, John Monaghan and Kevin Maher became motivated to build a community that replicates the experience they provided.
The two started Motor City Cinematheque which is a series of art film screenings that will take place over the next few weeks. It supports independent, niche, art films and theatres in the metro area. John Monaghan joined the show to discuss their upcoming screenings and what they provide for the Detroit film community.
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