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From Here to Eternity returns February 14 to the Michigan, where it first played September 24, 1953.

The acclaimed 2011 Iranian film A Separation screens at the DFT on February 24-26 and March 4.

Billy Wilder directs the Oscar-winning The Apartment at the Redford on February 17-18.

Video courtesy of Turner Classic Movies

Other Venues for Old Movies, Foreign Language Films, and Documentaries

Along with the Detroit Movie Palaces, other area venues also screen old movies, foreign language films, and documentaries.

Venue	Highlights
Cass City Cinema (Detroit)	Foreign language films, documentaries, old movies
Center for Chinese Studies (University of Michigan)	Foreign language films based in China
Center for Japanese Studies (University of Michigan)	Foreign language films based in Japan
Dearborn Public Library	Old movies, foreign language films, old movies
Ferndale Public Library	Old movies
Landmark Main Art Theatre (Royal Oak)	Foreign language films, documentaries, old movies (usually at midnights on weekends)
Landmark Maple Art Theatre (Bloomfield Hills)	Foreign language films, documentaries
Marquis Theatre (Northville)	Old movies
Penn Theatre (Plymouth)	Old movie series (Children, Halloween, Christmas, musicals, and other themes)
Royal Oak Public Library	Foreign language films, old movies
State Theater (Ann Arbor)	Foreign language films, documentaries, old movies (usually at midnights on weekends)

The Detroit Movie Palaces web site is not affiliated with the Detroit Film Theatre, the Michigan Theater, or the Redford Theatre.

Site launched on November 26, 2005.

Page last updated February 4, 2012.