Relief is coming for moviegoers who hunger for independent-style movies but live far from the art-house theaters of New York and Los Angeles.

It is rumored to be an art-house theater.

Despite the lack of a rating, they have booked it in about 40 cities, in multiplexes rather than small art-house theaters.

E Map Just off Oranienplatz, this high-calibre, two-screen art-house theatre shows plenty of European cinema.

In the film Henry & June (1990), this is one of the films shown in the small art-house theater frequented by the main characters.

The bar (separate from the art-house theater) has a mellow atmosphere, with comfortable couches, candle-lighted tables and the work of local artists on the walls.

In the past independent filmmakers seeking broader audiences have taken their one or two prints on the road, driving from one regional art-house theater to another.

Directors of regional art-house theaters say they are eager for sophisticated content, and this is an economic model that makes it possible to get such films more often.

Noticing this growing domestic Kim Ki-young cult, the Dongsung Cinematheque, an art-house theater in Seoul, programmed a retrospective showing of Kim's films.

Though a few art-house theaters have recently screened the restoration which features the original titles, there are currently no plans to release it on DVD or Blu-ray.