Landmark's Ritz East

Happy to see that the Phila Film Society (PFS)is the new owner of this 2-screen movie theater. We attended a fall 2022 Film Festival screening and were impressed with the facility's overall sound and video quality. There's a concession stand, nice restrooms and the cozy theater seats are in good shape. The theater is tucked away on a side street near the Ritz theaters near Independence Hall.

Nice place in the city. Qwerky, indie feel, but the theater was also clean, inviting, modern, and comfy. So you get hipster points but still get pampered. Watched The Farewell here. Clean bathrooms too.

I saw a special screening of the movie Knives Out with my wife. The popcorn is really good in this theater! Nice interior and seating as well.

Great place. Clean facility and polite staff.. This is my 3rd time going. This time I was seeing the screening for Overboard! Awesome movie.

Eclectic films on the waterfront. All the charm of an indie theater with more seating. Sure it's not the cleanest or the best maintained theater, but it's easy to overlook, and honestly who needs the spotless sterility of a giant chain blockbuster theater?? I've seen some of my favorite films here. The projectionists know what they're doing, and the sound mixing is always good. Make sure to arrive well before your movie starts; it may show indie films, but is always busy. Glad to live in a place that appreciates good movies. Also, I love how theaters always have enough bathroom capacity to handle the rush after a screening ends. That's just good planning.

Great Venue For A Friend's Philly Film Debut!

It was the 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival. Good screen, sound system. Convenient location. It was the theater down the ramp. Only downside? The inimitable aroma of urine on a rainy day! But you live in a city. Whaddaya want!

I love this theatre. Very convenient, easy parking, easy to find, great films, large foyer, and comfortable seating. Saw Portrait of a Lady on Fire for the Philadelphia Film Festival. What a stunning film A+

The seating area has sufficient space to walk past the seated customers w/o stepping on their toes. Their popcorn is fresh and they will layer the butter for you. They ask you how you want it. They also provide a card for parking after 12 pm that will save you money for parking at Ritz East parking lot.

Great movie, snack and beverage selection (including teas). Always have a great experience and enjoy talking with the employees. They discount parking which comes in handy if you plan on grabbing dinner beforehand.

Landmark is the current owner and sometimes I miss the actaul Philly connection but still one of the best theaters to see actual art in film making in this city. Custom made sodas are a big favorite of mine, sorry no free refills on these but one can dream. Not your just big chain food fare. Would you like tea and a scone with your movie why yes,
please and thank you!

Kagillionaire Mark Cuban's Little Theater Is Alright With Me

I have gone to the Ritz East a few hundred times and it is always my base theater whenever I volunteered at the Philadelphia Film Festival. It is a clean, boutique theater with only two large screening rooms. It is old school quality, so no super duper tech projector for 3-D viewing of movies. Nor does it have fifty surround sound speakers in each room to blow the skin off of your face. Though the theater's sound system is definitely adequate, with large screens for clear images in both of the screening rooms.The seats are well maintained and comfortable, but are not the 'lean back' higher end seats you find in the mega screen theater chains these days.

The staff is always accommodating. Another reviewer commented that the concession stand choices are limited. Well yes and no. No they do not serve pizza, chicken wings, cheese sticks with marinara sauce, french fries, etc. However, besides the common candy fare, they do serve popcorn with REAL BUTTER (try to find real butter on your popcorn at the big chain theaters, good luck), coffee, an assortment of quality teas (lemon ginger is my favorite), English scones, muffins (sometimes), regular and Italian sodas (less carbonated), juices, iced tea, bottled water and Haagen-Dazs chocolate covered ice cream popsicles. This works for me. Seems they only serve Nathan's hot dogs during the Philadelphia Film Festival in mid through late October each year. Dang.

The main attraction for me are the films. Films from the US and across the world, most of which will not be available to see at the large mega screen theater chains. A bunch tends to come from the UK. Some are in in their foreign language, with English subtitles. We like many of the foreign movies we have seen, especially Asian crime and action dramas. The action scenes are off the hook good and the stories are usually solid also. You just have to get used to the super fast reading required to keep up with Chinese or Korean speech. Whew. European language films are much easier to keep up with. Now and again a mainstream film shows there.

So all in all, I am a happy camper at the Ritz East.

Trivia: Billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban owns all of the Ritz Theaters under his Landmark Theaters brand.

Tip: Convenient parking on the street can be a beast and you may have to park in the garage that the Ritz East is nestled under. The parking fee is a buzz kill at around $21.00. Ouch. Fortunately, when inside of the Ritz, ask an attendant for a parking voucher. Back in the garage to pay at the machine, first enter the garage ticket "and let it tabulate the price". Then put the discount voucher inside and it will recalculate the price to $10.00 before spitting the exit ticket out to you...after you have paid of course.

The Ritz theaters are wonderful. They remind me of how the movie experience used to be. Now. By this I don't mean uncomfortable seats and small screens. I mean comfy seats. Not recliners, but ones that rock back. I mean perfect size screens. Not imax, but come one. You don't need imax.

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Great theater! Comfortable and good films. Especially a bargain on Wednesdays when tickets are only $7 and on-street parking is free.

UPDATE: No more free on-street parking on Wednesdays.

Great venue! Just caught advance screening of "Beale St. ".... movie way overrated (its's ok to say white people)/ but Regina King is simply REGINA "DA" KING , kudos (her screen time heading over to Puerto Rico where the best moments of the movie for myself).

Landmark Ritz is just always a great experience as far as movies theater's go in the city. Clean, quaint but still low key plush too!

Thanks for the Christmas Eve showing, made the end of this holiday weekend even better!

Lots of legroom, nice concessions with some off the beaten path options. Very relaxing theaters for indie and arthouse films. A great place to catch Oscar nominated films.

Excellent theater with 2 large screens, stadium seating, plenty of independent and international films, and excellent discount on Wednesdays. Good muffins and coffee, too.

Good mix of first run and art house movies. Friendly staff. Reasonable prices that support a classic theater experience.

Super cute theater. I honestly had no idea that it was there. I went to go see a film and was oddly surprised to find it. They do validate parking in the lot attached! Be sure to ask the concessions for the validation!

This theatre is near my daughter's home in Philadelphia (Olde City, the historical area) and is like an old-fashioned, small movie theater. Friendly, comfortable and intimate.

One of the wonderful old fashioned movie houses. Real popcorn in a paper bag, Italian sodas, and independent movies with real plots. BTW I loved the movie 'Farewell.'