Baxter Avenue Filmworks: top-tier cinema in the Highlands
Maybe you want to see an independent, art-house kind of movie that the national chain theaters in Louisville aren’t carrying.
Perhaps you’re a cinema perfectionist who wants top-quality 3-D Digital Dolby and the clear, bright image delivered by a high-performance Christie CP2000 SB projector.
Or possibly you’re in the mood for a fun midnight showing of a film classic like “Pink Floyd: The Wall,” “2001: a Space Odyssey,” “Pee-wee's Big Adventure” or “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Whatever you’re looking for, you can settle back into your cushioned seat with a smile on your lips at Baxter Avenue Filmworks, 1250 Bardstown Road behind the Mid City Mall. The eight-screen cinema may not measure up in size to some of the area’s 16-screen behemoths, but it never lacks in quality and film selection, and it enjoys a large following of film fans.
Baxter Avenue Filmworks in the heart of the Highlands neighborhood is part of the locally owned Apex Theatres, which also owns Village 8 Theatres at 4014 Dutchmans Lane.
The Filmworks movie house opened in 1996, bringing movies back to a part of town that had lost its neighborhood cinemas as movie chains moved to multiplex format in the eastern suburbs. It offers first-run, foreign and independent fare in relatively intimate auditoriums with seating capacities from 147 to 237.
Smaller doesn’t mean behind the times, though. The Baxter theater shows digital and 3D films on a par with any of the bigger multiplexes — though possibly on smaller screens. A multimedia video wall hangs above the concession stand, and vintage posters are displayed throughout the theater.
Visitors may also notice hand-painted murals in the concourse and on theater walls. Each is done by a local artist, and those in the theaters celebrate directors who have made valuable contributions to film. Tickets prices are $6.50 and $8.50. Showtimes are posted here.
- by Bill Wolfe, Louisville Reporter for HelloMetro
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Bill WolfeBill Wolfe is an experienced journalist with a broad background in writing, editing and photography. He has worked as staff writer at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., and the Atlanta Journal & Constitution in Atlanta, Ga., covering beats ranging from consumer news to religion and business.
