What would all of us indy loving movie fans do without Camelview!!?
For any of the uninitiated out there, Camelview is basically the one main place in the Phoenix metropolitan area that plays all of the limited release and lesser known movies out there. They play the movies that the main theaters SHOULD be playing. The theater itself is nothing special.. it's old and no frills; but in my eyes the only thing that really counts here is what's on the screen! Here is a quick run-down of some of the movies I've seen at Camelview that weren't playing anywhere else when they were first released in Arizona:
No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood
The Wrestler
Napoleon Dynamite
Grizzly Man
A Serious Man
Crazy Heart
That's just to name a few... basically a large portion of the critical hits that probably aren't going to make oodles of money will find an audience here; and thank God they do... if Camelview were to go away we'd left with the usual globbidy gloop of poopy that plays at all the main theaters (The weekly rut of romantic comedies and cliche action movies... no thanks!).
The other thing worth mentioning real quick is the type of people that go here. Generally I'd say a good 99% of people that go here are adults... you're not going to get crying kids or trouble making teenagers here. I've never had an issue with talking or texting during a movie and I think it's because most people that come here are 'movie people' and are genuinely interested in watching what's on the screen in a respectable fashion. God Bless Camelview!