Shot in Texas

A ranked list of the 100 best U.S. theaters for independent film, and which 72 will actually book yours. Free brief, plus the working file.

The seven-part directory, folded into twelve pages you can print: the two booking worlds, the five things a venue checks, the first calls in every region, and what has changed. Free, for an email address, and here is what the address is for.

Close to eighty independent rooms across seven regions that will program, rent to, or festival a Texas filmmaker, checked against each venue's own site. The three doors in, the five things that decide whether a venue says yes, and the regional editions.

The Paramount goes dark for a $65 million restoration while AFS Cinema builds a 179-seat third screen. What that says about who's betting on theatrical here.