Cinema Village

[1] It is the oldest continuously operated cinema in Greenwich Village.

[2] Since the 1980s, it has been owned by Nicholas "Nick" Nicolaou, a Cypriot immigrant who came to the United States at age 12.

Nicolaou's story is told in the film The Projectionist by Abel Ferrara.

[3][4][5][6] The theater often screens independent projects that other art cinemas in New York locations won't, such as in 2014 when it made news for being one of only a handful of U.S.-based theaters to screen the FIFA propaganda film United Passions, where it grossed $140 of its $918 in its opening weekend,[7][8] and when it was one of two Manhattan theaters to screen the 2014 film The Interview in the wake of the Sony hack by North Korea, bringing Cinema Village national attention.

[3] On April 5, 2024 Cinema Village employees filed to unionize with UAW Local 2179.