Working the projection booth at Avon Cinema was like a second film school for Taylor Umphenour. The single-screen theater on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island—a favorite among Brown and Rhode ...

New York photographer Joseph O. Holmes has always been fascinated by people and the space they inhabit. While at a movie theater with his wife two years ago, Holmes glanced back and saw a face peek ...

Before he became a film critic, NPR's Bob Mondello worked for a chain of movie theaters. He spent a lot of time in projection booths back then, and it had been a while since Bob climbed those stairs.