Being here in 'da sticks" I've only a couple to recommend... and for purely personal reasons...

1. The Spectrum Threatre - Albany, NY - Converted late 50's movie house in semi-urban setting. It has permutated from single hall to multiplex thru artful expansion and tasteful rennovation. They play mostly "art" films and are as far from a "mall" experience as you can get. After viewing "Gangs of New York" there I told the owners (all of whom I've a strong personal relationship with) that experience was lacking as the room I was in had no DD or DTS. A month later every theatre was set up right and calibrated. It's the only movies theatre I've eve been in where the popcorn is made fresh with REAL, CREAMY, HEART STOPPN' BUTTER!!!! That alone is worth the price of admission not to mention the cute college kids workin dere, and the cheese cake and the lack of mall rats.

2. Proctor Theatre - Schenectady, NY - An old "movie palace" from the golden age. Rennovated and restored to gilt edged, gold laced magnificence and used for everything from stage plays to second run films. All this and a pipe organ from god...

Da Worfster