CINEVISTA: The Grand Budapest Hotel

April 6 - June 1

Pack your bags and check in for a cinematic getaway! CineVista: A Cinematic Tour of Iconic Hotels invites audiences on a globe-trotting journey through some of the most memorable hotels ever captured on film.

From sun-washed seaside resorts and glamorous city suites to mysterious European hideaways and haunted mountain lodges, these films showcase hotels not just as settings—but as characters themselves.

Each evening begins at 5:00 PM with a vintage-style pre-show featuring trailers, newsreels, and cinematic ephemera from the year of the film. At 6:00 PM, the main feature lights up the big screen of the Historic Camelot Theatre, with local film historians introducing each film and sharing insights into the movie, the hotel, and the fascinating stories behind both.

So grab your passport and settle into your seat as the Camelot becomes your departure lounge. This season’s itinerary spans India, the Florida Keys, the Italian Alps, Yosemite, New York City, and beyond.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Directed by Wes Anderson

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan

Görlitz Department Store — Görlitz, GermanyInspired by Grandhotel Pupp — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Wes Anderson’s whimsical masterpiece centers on the legendary Grand Budapest Hotel, a pastel-colored palace of luxury perched high in the mountains of the fictional Republic of Zubrowka. Under the impeccable management of Monsieur Gustave, the hotel becomes a stage for art theft, political intrigue, and one of cinema’s most charming concierge services.

Tour Guide: Film Historian, Devin Orgeron

Devin Orgeron is emeritus professor of film and Media studies at North Carolina State University where he taught and researched for nearly two decades. Along with numerous articles in the field’s leading journals, he is the author of ROAD MOVIES, co-editor of LEARNING WITH THE LIGHTS OFF, and is editor-in-chief of THE MOVING IMAGE: The journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists. Lifelong aficionados and scholars of nontheatrical media (home movies, classroom films, commercials, sponsored films) Devin and his wife Melissa Dollman co-founded in Palm Springs, California in 2022. A nonprofit home movie archive in the Coachella Valley, Deserted Films cares for and makes available films (8mm, Super 8, 16mm and some video) shot in and around the area and edutains the public on this valuable and often neglected media through public home movie events and screenings.

Info: Come early and enjoy vintage trailers, clips, and film ephemera from the year the film was made!

Info: Enjoy a rare screening of a cinema classic on the BIG SCREEN in the Historic Camelot Theatre.

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