Santikos

Texas-based cinema chain Santikos Entertainment is bringing back its free summer movies series, with eight films across eight weeks on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The screenings take place at 10 A.M. on a first-come first-served basis, meaning no advanced sales...

By Daniel Loria, Kevin Lally, and Rebecca Pahle The reopening effort in the United States started in Texas, as cinema entertainment centers—known for having larger sites that can more easily accommodate social distancing measures—were among the first circuits to resume operations....

Like all cinema circuits nationwide, Texas’s Santikos Entertainment has been forced to close its doors. But the local nonprofit chain—with nine locations in and around the San Antonio area—has used this period of struggle to step up to the plate....