Otherwise the accent is very hard to understand. Pleasant St. Theater , 586-0935. Northampton's independent theater for serious movie-goers who like challenging films shown with an enthusiasm for the medium, Pleasant St. has two theaters under its small roof. The main theater is only 130 seats, and its off-spring, the Little Theater is only 50 seats. Both have small screens, but when the lights go out, you don't notice.
Films range from documentaries to mainstream art and everything in between.
Sit in front or way back in the raised sections where there are couches. Amherst Cinema , 253-5426. Perennially about to close, this enormous barn of a theater has little to offer except an occasional first-run that escaped all the other local theaters. Or you might catch an art film in second run after it's closed at Pleasant St. or the Academy. The Amherst has all the projection and sound problems of the older theaters, but also lacks any charm.