Reel War

Paul Richardson, Landmark's president, is optimistic about the Inwood's future and realistic about the Angelika's impact on the local art-house scene.

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And so, finally, Angelika gets its chance in Dallas. And, yes, the film community anxiously awaits its savior, and, yes, everyone insists this is a no-lose scenario--at least for local audiences in search of more exotic fare. It's the feel-good movie-theater war of the year: Angelika versus Landmark versus Regent, with everyone a winner! But there's still commerce beneath the art-house façade, and in the end, says Richardson, no one's likely to get very rich peddling art-house movies, with budgets the size of Pearl Harbor's catering bill.

"In Houston, we have a war going on between us and Angelika," he says. Dallas could become the same thing."