The former Madstone Theater will reopen for business today with new ownership, a new name but the same focus on independent cinema.
Margaret Murray, a longtime advocate of independent film exhibition, will be general manager of Sunrise Cinemas in the same location, 1609 W Swann Ave., in Old Hyde Park Village.
Murray held the same position for Madstone until about two weeks ago when the company closed all of its theaters nationwide due to poor performance. Madstone moved into the former AMC Theatres location in November.
The six-screen multiplex location and equipment was purchased by Sunrise Cinemas, based in Fort Lauderdale, which owns several other Florida locations.
The lineup for Sunrise Cinemas' opening weekend includes the French romances Love Me If You Dare and Bon Voyage, Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim, the erotic South Korean drama Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring, plus two current mainstream favorites, Shrek 2 and Troy.
