LAB111 occupies the former pathological anatomy laboratory of the Lucas Andreas Hospital on Arie Biemondstraat in Oud-West, a building with genuinely unusual bones and a history that the venue does not shy away from. The two cinema screens programme independent and arthouse film with a curatorial intelligence that puts larger Amsterdam cinemas to shame. The restaurant attached is an independent business that happens to do very good pizza. The programming skew is toward films that have something to say, documentaries, international arthouse, curated retrospectives, and new releases from directors worth following. LAB111 regularly programmes alongside talks, Q&As, and themed evenings that extend what a film night can be. The audience is engaged and the post-film atmosphere in the bar tends toward extended conversation. LAB111 is a neighbourhood cinema in the best sense: rooted in Oud-West, serving a community that has found it, but genuinely open to anyone who makes the effort. It is consistently one of the best answers to the question of what to do in Amsterdam on a Tuesday evening that is not a concert.
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