Three hand-painted atmospheric auditoriums on Orange Avenue — restored to 1947 glory, running today's first-run films in Sony 4K. A short trip from San Diego by bridge or ferry.
First-run films, every day. Showtimes in brackets ( ) are Bargain Matinees.
Tonight's lineup is live on Fandango. See current titles, times, and ratings — and grab your seats in the room worth the drive.
See All Showtimes on Fandango →Most theaters are a dark box. The Village is a place. Its three auditoriums were designed by the late Joseph Musil — the artist behind Hollywood's El Capitan — and each one paints Coronado onto its own walls. One room glows toward the Hotel del Coronado at dusk; another opens onto San Diego Bay, a rising moon and a painted "Ferry to San Diego." Above you, the ceiling twinkles like a night sky; around you, deep-crimson velvet. It's the kind of room they don't build anymore — and we brought it back so today's films could play in it.
Not a renovation so much as a rescue. The Village opened on Orange Avenue in 1947 as a single-screen Art Deco house, went dark by around 2000, and sat empty for the better part of a decade. Then Vintage Cinemas and the City of Coronado Redevelopment Agency took it on — a roughly ten-year, ~$3 million rebuild, with interiors entrusted to the late Joseph Musil, the designer behind Hollywood's El Capitan.
A roughly 9,000 sq-ft Art Deco house raised its first curtain on Orange Avenue in 1947 — a single screen, a neighborhood of its own, the marquee glowing over the island.
The house fell silent and stood derelict for years — shuttered and fading, its deco plasterwork and painted skies left to the damp and the dark.
A decade-long, ~$3M restoration with the City's Redevelopment Agency. Joseph Musil — designer of the El Capitan, brought out of retirement — painted Coronado itself onto the walls: the Hotel del at dusk, the bay, a sky pierced with stars.
In June 2011 the marquee lit up again — the restored house opening as an all-digital triplex with a ~190-seat main auditorium and two intimate rooms. The building was vintage; the projection, emphatically, was not.
A short journey from San Diego by bridge or ferry. Before or after a movie, take a walk down Orange Avenue and enjoy the many fine restaurants, shops, and hotels on beautiful Coronado Island — the Hotel del Coronado is just down the street.
The marquee changes daily. The surest answer to "what's on, and when" is the live schedule — see tonight's showtimes for today's program and seating.
Prices shown for reference — confirm current admission and today's bargain-matinee times on the live schedule.
The Village isn't just for the seven o'clock show. Our atmospheric auditoriums host private screenings, special events, and venue rentals — the same hand-painted rooms, the same big screen, yours for the evening. We've welcomed community nights on Orange Avenue, marquee and all. Tell us what you're planning and we'll help you make it happen.