Anatomy of an Arthouse: 50 Years of the Loft Cinema in Tucson 2022

Directed by Mike Plante

Anatomy of an Arthouse: 50 Years of The Loft Cinema in Tucson is a short documentary film about The Loft Cinema, one of the country’s longest-running independent cinemas. As told by the people who made it happen - with its transition from screening X-rated adult films to showcasing acclaimed art films and repertory classics in 1972, its 1991 move from a small church on Fremont and 6th Street to its current location on Speedway Boulevard, its longest run of Rocky Horror in America, to the ups and downs of the independent film exhibition world over the last 50 years.