In advance of an in-person appearance Saturday, theater president says he’ll give the struggling Claremont 5 one year to boost attendance, columnist David Allen reports.

Fans of Laemmle’s Claremont 5 worried last August that the movie theater might close as part of a purported sale of the beloved chain.But they breathed a sigh of relief in November when the ...

The Claremont 5 opened in 2007 as anchor of an expanded downtown that includes a Le Pain Quotidien and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. I was so excited, I even covered the Laemmle groundbreaking.

The Claremont 5 is one of eight theaters under the Los Angeles-based arthouse movie theater chain Laemmle Theatres. Additional locations operated and owned by Greg Laemmle, son of the late Robert ...

The Claremont 5 remains threatened by weak ticket sales. Laemmle says he’ll give his easternmost theater one year to turn around. I asked how much business needs to improve to be sustainable.