A collective of the Oak Street volunteers formed Take-Up Productions, which was established to promote showing films not typically screened in larger movie houses.

[2][5] Kryshka contracted Bright Star Systems, Inc. to retrofit the space with 50 old rocking seats purchased from a nearby cinema chain, a 20-foot (6.1 m) projection screen, two 35 mm movie projectors, and a minute concessions stand.

[3] Founded as Trylon microcinema, the movie house opened on the weekend of July 17–18, 2009, with a showing of Sherlock Jr. featuring live musical accompaniment from Dreamland Faces, a local accordion–musical saw duo.

Relinquishing the Microcinema moniker, the movie house reopened as the Trylon Cinema over the weekend of September 22–24, 2017, with screenings of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.

[9] The venue also features a variety of regular exhibitions, ranging from the Trash Film Debauchery series of B movies to Sound Unseen, a documentary project covering behind-the-scenes aspects of musicians' creative processes.

It was voted the best movie theater in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area in 2011, 2012 and 2018 by City Pages, which stated in 2018 that the cinema "offers film series and selections you won't find anywhere else in Minnesota.

"[12] J. L. Sosa lauded the Trylon on Film School Rejects, praising the concessions selection, the physical intimacy of the space, and the cinema's programmers for their "impeccable taste in both high- and lowbrow culture.