The Lincoln Plaza Cinema closed its doors for good on Sunday. At a ceremony for the late co-founder Dan Talbot, Moore was joined by speakers ranging from Werner Herzog to Wallace Shawn.
It’s impossible to overstate the huge impact the New Yorker and Lincoln Plaza founder had on cinema and cinephiles over sixty years. He was one of a kind.
The Lincoln Plaza landlords recently announced that the Talbots’ lease would not be renewed.
There’s true need for major renovations, but sources suggest Milstein Properties started looking beyond the Talbots a year ago.
The Upper West Side institution will join downtown arthouse compatriot Landmark Sunshine Cinema in bowing out.
