Pelham Picture House Expands To Bronxville

BRONXVILLE, NY — The Picture House Regional Film Center recently announced it would be expanding its operations to Bronxville.

The film center will be extending its film and education programs to the historic movie theater on Kraft Avenue that is owned and was previously operated by Bow Tie Cinemas, according to a spokesperson.

The Bronxville expansion will add three screens — and another 1920s era theater — to the regional film center. It will allow for even more wide-ranging and varied programming of new, independent, foreign and documentary films.

Adding the Bronxville theater will also increase audiences and strengthen the impact of The Picture House across the region through more access to cinema, conversations, arts education and live performances.

Laura deBuys, the president and executive of The Picture House, said her nonprofit was formed in 2003 when the Pelham moviehouse was slated for demolition.

"It seems so fitting that, with the expansion to Bronxville, we can rescue another 1920s theater and further our mission at the same time," she said.

Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin said the community was thrilled when the possibility of the film center expanding its operations to her village.

"We have no doubt that having a Picture House location here in Bronxville will not only strengthen our community culturally," she said, "it will also help attract more people to eat, shop and visit our downtown."

It's anticipated that the Bronxville theater will reopen in early February.