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Filmmaker Jason Reitman and more than 30 directors have tapped the American Cinematheque to operate and program the historic Village Theater in Westwood as it undergoes a $25-million restoration aimed at a 2027 reopening.

The partnership expands the Cinematheque’s footprint while preserving the Village’s long tradition as a premiere venue, with an overhaul that includes a redesigned lobby, new programming slate and a capital campaign now underway.

The news arrives as L.A.’s theatrical landscape continues an uneven recovery, with the Vista, Vidiots and the Egyptian revived but the ArcLight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome still shuttered as redevelopment advances slowly.

At a moment whe

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