Cape Cinema

Top choice in Cape Cod


On the grounds of the Cape Playhouse, this vintage movie theater shows foreign and independent films. It's a true art house: the entire ceiling is covered in an art-deco mural of the heavens painted by American realist painter Rockwell Kent.


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