Guy Hanford, who owns and runs Kensington Video next door to the Ken Cinema, said “it’s a great loss.” His parents had the opportunity to buy the Ken Cinema decades ago but the cost was too prohibitive. But 35mm prints are a rarity these days, so Landmark said the Ken had to be upgraded for full digital projection in order to be able to screen new films.īarry Green, grandson of Ken Cinema’s original owner and operator, Robert Berkun, is a member of the Berkun Trust, which still owns the building in which the Ken Cinema is located. He said Landmark was able to keep the Ken Cinema, which is still capable of 35mm projection, because it looked at the venue as just an additional screen of the Hillcrest multiplex. He added that single-screen venues are a dying breed because they are harder to run at a profit. He also noted that it was sad that San Diego might be losing both the opera and the Ken Cinema in the same month. Mundorff said that Landmark will now look to improving its other theaters and will continue to keep its eyes open for other potential opportunities. Landmark still owns the Hillcrest and La Jolla Village Theaters.
Mundorff said Torrey Pines was only willing to give Landmark a 30-day, month-to-month lease, so the theater chain gave notice that it would not be renewing its lease next month.
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He said that Landmark wanted to keep the theater and upgrade it to full digital projection but was unwilling to do that without a multiple-year lease in place with the Torrey Pines management company that owns the building. Monday evening, Ted Mundorff, president of Landmark Theaters, told KPBS that its single-screen venue of The Ken Cinema would be closing on April 27.
Landmark Theaters has confirmed that the Ken Cinema will close at the end of the month, KPBS reports. Above: The latest ritual at the Ken Cinema was the addition of midnight screenings of Tommy Wiseau’s ‘The Room.’ (Photo/Beth Accomando) Neighborhood Treasure Ken Cinema to Close
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