What happened to the "art" theaters?

[Trogdor2010]

Hello

I live in oregon and there are many theaters in Portland that offer many "art" films and there are a couple truly dedicated to them, which for the most part, they do well. When I got a pamplet mentioning about regal cinemas listing their "Regal Cinema Art" program listing the theaters dedicated to releasing films that wouldn't be released with movies like "Prince of Persia" or "Shrek 4" bombarding every known American movie theater. Here was the problem is that when I wanted to raise my curiousity of what these theaters offered, I typed down the theaters in random order to see what they have (I didn't checked them all), I realized most of the so called "art" theaters were basically typical money making multiplexes with one or two films that wouldn't have came anyways (This case "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") and most of them don't even have anything out of ordinary, or even anything. I even checked all the listed theaters in Washington, and none had any multiplexes or small theaters dedicated to those kinds of films. That program is a page filled with lies and half truths. "The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo" and "The secret in their eyes" were playing in a couple of theaters around Portland that weren't even classified as an "art" movie theater.

What I am saying is that you really shouldn't call it that if you got nothing that relates to what the program offers. I know they release those movies, even only use them because they are the movies that DO make money. The listed theaters from Regal in portland are correct, but other regions and states, those films don't even exist, even the more notable ones. This is a shame really. Does anyone know if their are movie theaters that have "Beyond the Ordinary". I find it refreshing to look for a movie that isn't being advertised everyday in the news stations I watch.