Hi-Pointe nabs “The Counterfeiter”
The venerable, single-screen Hi-Pointe Theater, which closed this spring for renovations and a mangement turnover, is now reopened for business. Through Thursday (at least), it is screening “The Counterfeiters,” the Austrian holocaust thriller that won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.
Brian Ross, the longtime Landmark Theatres employee who has taken over the operations of the Hi-Pointe, says he expects to book a summer blockbuster in the next couple weeks. He’s also working to make the Hi-Pointe the greenest theater in town. We love the idea of Wash U. students jogging down Skinker to get to the theater, carrying their own re-usable soda cups.
Built in 1922 and still featuring a vintage marquee, the Hi-Pointe is at 1005 McCausland Avenue, at Clayton, next to the big Amoco sign (and the hip new Par Lounge). Call 314-644-1100 for showtimes.
What happened to the family that used to run it? I thought the son was booking movies for both The Hi-Pointe and The Tivoli. I haven’t been there in awhile but it is a great place to see a movie. Did they get out of the theater business because they retired? I hope it wasn’t because of financial reasons.