Short Films Take Flight at the Portland International Airport
Movie theaters in airports have become a bona fide trend, with the Portland International Airport the latest airport to jump onboard. Passengers at many airports throughout Asia can already watch movies before their flights. But until recently, U.S. airports were slow to try the idea. In 2014, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minnesota introduced a movie theater that shows art films with programming courtesy of The Film Society of Mpls–St. Paul. And last year, travelers at Miami International Airport were treated to silent film comedy classics as part of a Pop-Up Cinema program. Most recently, the non-profit Hollywood Theatre in Portland announced it would open a new airport […]
by Paula Bernstein on Mar 25, 2016