Venue Directory
Camera 3
Comment on Facebook Camera 3 Cinema, known as a premier South Bay venue for independent and foreign film for more than twenty years, temporarily closed in 2004. It reopened in 2008 with Dolby Stereo SR sound systems and pillow-back chairs with upholstered arms and cup holders in some of the auditoriums.
Continuing the tradition of providing unique and independent programming, Camera 3 partnered with two outstanding companies, ComedySportz and Cafe Too, to reinvent the space into a truly unique entertainment destination. Along with independent and foreign films, live improv comedy is presented by the ComedySportz organization in one of the auditoriums.
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Camera 3
288 S. 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 408-998-3300 | Official Website
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Map
Full map and directions
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Parking Info
Camera 3 offers free validated parking with paid admission.
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Current Events
02/04/11- Ongoing |
Much Improv About Nothing - 1st Fridays
Camera 3
Presented by ComedySportz
at Camera 3
February 4, 2011 - Ongoing
Much Improv About Nothing is an improvised Shakespeare show. It’s presented as part of The Midnight Show series on the first Friday of each month.
In the first half of the show, performers will create an original play in Shakespearean style and language based on a few suggestions from the audience. The second half, consists of a montage of scenes based on the following premise, “What if a modern invention existed during Shakespeare’s time?” Once...
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05/21/10- Ongoing |
The Midnight Show - Improv Comedy
Camera 3
Presented by ComedySportz
at Camera 3
May 21, 2010 - Ongoing
If you're looking for a completely improvised comedy show that's a little more R-rated, you've come to the right place. Just make sure you come at the right time... 11pm is "the new midnight."
Unlike regular Comedysportz shows, The Midnight Show has no teams, no uniforms, and no Brown Bag Fouls... just long-form improvisation based on one or two suggestions provided by the audience. The show won't necessarily be "adult." In fact, it might be just plain...
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05/14/10- Ongoing |
ComedySportz - Improv Comedy
Camera 3
Presented by ComedySportz
at Camera 3
May 14, 2010 - Ongoing
If you like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, then you'll love ComedySportz, a South Bay institution. Two teams of comics stage an improvised battle of wits on an astroturf-covered stage. All of the scenes, characters, and songs are based on audience suggestions. And, unlike many live comedy shows, it's suitable for the entire family.
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Upcoming Events
02/16/12- 02/18/12 |
Back to the Future (1985) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
February 16-February 18, 2012
Unlikely best friends Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown--a school-skipping teenager and a crackpot inventor--find themselves whisked back to 1955 in a time machine stylishly created in the shape of a DeLorean. Things look bad for Marty when he accidentally gets in the way of his then-teenage parents falling in love, and so begins a race to get them together before his own existence becomes doomed.
This series of screenings is co-sponsored by Psycho Donuts, Streetlight Records,...
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02/19/12- 02/21/12 |
Faust - Opera on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
February 19-February 21, 2012
Gounod's Faust was the most successful opera of its time, reaching Covent Garden in 1863, four years after its Parisian premiere, and quickly becoming a favorite of Victorian audiences. In 2004 Faust returned to The Royal Opera's repertory with a flourish: David McVicar's brilliantly theatrical production, played out in the Paris of the Second Empire, has given its familiar melodies, grand ensembles and epic central struggle between good and evil a new lease of life.
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| 02/25/12 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Live and Loud
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
February 25, 2012
Join live cast Barely Legal for their Rocky Horror Party in downtown San Jose on Saturday, February 25. We'll have:
- Music & dancing!
- Riotous preshow action!
- Ridiculous games!
- Audience partici … pation!
- And so much fun it's Barely Legal!
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03/04/12- 03/06/12 |
Swan Lake - Ballet on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
March 4-March 6, 2012
The battle between white and black swan unfolds with savage grace in Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky's haunting music traces the steps of prima ballerina Mariya Aleksandrova as she dances both Odette and Odile in this definitive production from the Bolshoi Ballet.
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03/15/12- 03/17/12 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
March 15-March 17, 2012
Through contact with a mysterious substance called Ooze, four little turtles in the canalization of New York City mutate to giant turtles, who can speak, who can walk upright, and who love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to be Ninja fighters who seek to prevent their bad, bad arch enemy Shredder from taking over the world.
This series of screenings is co-sponsored by Psycho Donuts, Streetlight Records, and Time Tunnel Toys. Prizes and special...
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03/25/12- 03/27/12 |
La Boheme - Opera on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
March 25-March 27, 2012
La Boheme--which talks of the fragile nature of happiness in a world of poverty, cold, and disease--is an example of the 19th century trend toward social realism in art. In Puccini's signature opera, however, the aesthetic of Verism--the Italian equivalent of the French Naturalism of Emile Zola--becomes more sentimental, and the brutality of social reality is depicted less crudely than elsewhere.
Four young artists live out their everyday lives amid dreams and...
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04/08/12- 04/10/12 |
Romeo and Juliet - Ballet on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
April 8-April 10, 2012
Romeo and Juliet was Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet, and, from its premiere in 1965, has been one of The Royal Ballet's signature works, popular all over the world. The Royal Ballet has performed Romeo and Juliet well over 400 times, yet each performance is subtly different.
Every pairing in the title roles brings fresh nuances to the young lovers' characters, while the wealth of supporting roles--from the exuberant trio of harlots in the town square...
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04/19/12- 04/21/12 |
Fight Club (1999) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
April 19-April 21, 2012
Edward Norton plays the nameless narrator--a corporate drone and insomniac completely dissatisfied with his life--who befriends the irrepressible force of nature that is soap salesman Tyler Durden. Together they start up a bare-knuckles, no-holds-barred fight club where young, equally bored urban professionals meet once a week and beat each other up.
This series of screenings is co-sponsored by Psycho Donuts, Streetlight Records, and Time Tunnel Toys. Prizes and special guests...
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04/29/12- 05/01/12 |
Rigoletto - Opera on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
April 29-May 1, 2012
A classic of opera, Verdi's famous score is loved for its melody and its drama. David McVicar's immensely popular production, in period costume and with music conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, brings the 15th century court of Mantua alive: its womanizing Duke, the court jester Rigoletto bent on revenge, and his daughter Gilda, who the Duke loves but still destroys.
Based on Le Roi s'amuse, Victor Hugo's controversial play, Verdi's sexually charged 1851 tragedy was...
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Current &
Upcoming Events
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Current Events
02/04/11- Ongoing |
Much Improv About Nothing - 1st Fridays
Camera 3
Presented by ComedySportz
at Camera 3
February 4, 2011 - Ongoing
Much Improv About Nothing is an improvised Shakespeare show. It’s presented as part of The Midnight Show series on the first Friday of each month.
In the first half of the show, performers will create an original play in Shakespearean style and language based on a few suggestions from the audience. The second half, consists of a montage of scenes based on the following premise, “What if a modern invention existed during Shakespeare’s time?” Once...
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05/21/10- Ongoing |
The Midnight Show - Improv Comedy
Camera 3
Presented by ComedySportz
at Camera 3
May 21, 2010 - Ongoing
If you're looking for a completely improvised comedy show that's a little more R-rated, you've come to the right place. Just make sure you come at the right time... 11pm is "the new midnight."
Unlike regular Comedysportz shows, The Midnight Show has no teams, no uniforms, and no Brown Bag Fouls... just long-form improvisation based on one or two suggestions provided by the audience. The show won't necessarily be "adult." In fact, it might be just plain...
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05/14/10- Ongoing |
ComedySportz - Improv Comedy
Camera 3
Presented by ComedySportz
at Camera 3
May 14, 2010 - Ongoing
If you like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, then you'll love ComedySportz, a South Bay institution. Two teams of comics stage an improvised battle of wits on an astroturf-covered stage. All of the scenes, characters, and songs are based on audience suggestions. And, unlike many live comedy shows, it's suitable for the entire family.
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Upcoming Events
02/16/12- 02/18/12 |
Back to the Future (1985) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
February 16-February 18, 2012
Unlikely best friends Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown--a school-skipping teenager and a crackpot inventor--find themselves whisked back to 1955 in a time machine stylishly created in the shape of a DeLorean. Things look bad for Marty when he accidentally gets in the way of his then-teenage parents falling in love, and so begins a race to get them together before his own existence becomes doomed.
This series of screenings is co-sponsored by Psycho Donuts, Streetlight Records,...
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02/19/12- 02/21/12 |
Faust - Opera on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
February 19-February 21, 2012
Gounod's Faust was the most successful opera of its time, reaching Covent Garden in 1863, four years after its Parisian premiere, and quickly becoming a favorite of Victorian audiences. In 2004 Faust returned to The Royal Opera's repertory with a flourish: David McVicar's brilliantly theatrical production, played out in the Paris of the Second Empire, has given its familiar melodies, grand ensembles and epic central struggle between good and evil a new lease of life.
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| 02/25/12 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Live and Loud
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
February 25, 2012
Join live cast Barely Legal for their Rocky Horror Party in downtown San Jose on Saturday, February 25. We'll have:
- Music & dancing!
- Riotous preshow action!
- Ridiculous games!
- Audience partici … pation!
- And so much fun it's Barely Legal!
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03/04/12- 03/06/12 |
Swan Lake - Ballet on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
March 4-March 6, 2012
The battle between white and black swan unfolds with savage grace in Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky's haunting music traces the steps of prima ballerina Mariya Aleksandrova as she dances both Odette and Odile in this definitive production from the Bolshoi Ballet.
|
03/15/12- 03/17/12 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
March 15-March 17, 2012
Through contact with a mysterious substance called Ooze, four little turtles in the canalization of New York City mutate to giant turtles, who can speak, who can walk upright, and who love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to be Ninja fighters who seek to prevent their bad, bad arch enemy Shredder from taking over the world.
This series of screenings is co-sponsored by Psycho Donuts, Streetlight Records, and Time Tunnel Toys. Prizes and special...
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03/25/12- 03/27/12 |
La Boheme - Opera on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
March 25-March 27, 2012
La Boheme--which talks of the fragile nature of happiness in a world of poverty, cold, and disease--is an example of the 19th century trend toward social realism in art. In Puccini's signature opera, however, the aesthetic of Verism--the Italian equivalent of the French Naturalism of Emile Zola--becomes more sentimental, and the brutality of social reality is depicted less crudely than elsewhere.
Four young artists live out their everyday lives amid dreams and...
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04/08/12- 04/10/12 |
Romeo and Juliet - Ballet on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
April 8-April 10, 2012
Romeo and Juliet was Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet, and, from its premiere in 1965, has been one of The Royal Ballet's signature works, popular all over the world. The Royal Ballet has performed Romeo and Juliet well over 400 times, yet each performance is subtly different.
Every pairing in the title roles brings fresh nuances to the young lovers' characters, while the wealth of supporting roles--from the exuberant trio of harlots in the town square...
|
04/19/12- 04/21/12 |
Fight Club (1999) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
April 19-April 21, 2012
Edward Norton plays the nameless narrator--a corporate drone and insomniac completely dissatisfied with his life--who befriends the irrepressible force of nature that is soap salesman Tyler Durden. Together they start up a bare-knuckles, no-holds-barred fight club where young, equally bored urban professionals meet once a week and beat each other up.
This series of screenings is co-sponsored by Psycho Donuts, Streetlight Records, and Time Tunnel Toys. Prizes and special guests...
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04/29/12- 05/01/12 |
Rigoletto - Opera on Film
Camera 3
Presented by Camera Cinemas
at Camera 3
April 29-May 1, 2012
A classic of opera, Verdi's famous score is loved for its melody and its drama. David McVicar's immensely popular production, in period costume and with music conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, brings the 15th century court of Mantua alive: its womanizing Duke, the court jester Rigoletto bent on revenge, and his daughter Gilda, who the Duke loves but still destroys.
Based on Le Roi s'amuse, Victor Hugo's controversial play, Verdi's sexually charged 1851 tragedy was...
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Past
Events
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Past Events
02/05/12- 02/07/12 |
Il Trittico - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
| 01/28/12 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Live and Loud
Camera 3 |
01/22/12- 01/24/12 |
Cendrillon - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
01/08/12- 01/10/12 |
Don Giovanni - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
| 01/07/12 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show - First Show of 2012
Camera 3 |
12/18/11- 12/20/11 |
The Nutcracker - Ballet on Film
Camera 3 |
| 12/17/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show Holiday Event in San Jose
Camera 3 |
12/04/11- 12/06/11 |
Sleeping Beauty - Ballet on Film
Camera 3 |
| 12/03/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show in San Jose
Camera 3 |
11/20/11- 11/22/11 |
Cosi Fan Tutti - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
| 11/19/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Camera 3 |
11/10/11- 11/12/11 |
Alien (1979) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
11/06/11- 11/08/11 |
Tosca - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
| 10/29/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 10/27/11 |
Metropolis (1984 Restoration) - Special Screening
Camera 3 |
10/23/11- 10/25/11 |
Adriana Lecouvreur - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
10/09/11- 10/11/11 |
Faust - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
10/01/11- 10/02/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 09/25/11 |
Red State - One-Time Screening and Q&A with Director Kevin Smith
Camera 3 |
09/25/11- 09/27/11 |
Manon - Opera on Film
Camera 3 |
| 09/20/11 |
Pearl Jam Twenty - Special Screening
Camera 3 |
| 09/17/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
09/08/11- 09/10/11 |
Eraserhead
Camera 3 |
| 08/27/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
08/11/11- 08/13/11 |
Taxi Driver (1976) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
| 07/30/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 07/23/11 |
Trigun... Badlands Rumble (Japanese Anime) - Special Screening
Camera 3 |
07/14/11- 07/16/11 |
Rock 'n Roll High School - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
| 06/25/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
06/16/11- 07/23/11 |
From Britain With Love - Indie Film Series
Camera 3 |
06/09/11- 06/11/11 |
Akira (1988) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
05/28/11- 05/29/11 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 05/14/11 |
Jews and Baseball - Movie plus Special Event
Camera 3 |
05/12/11- 05/14/11 |
Battle Royale (2000) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
| 04/30/11 |
Rocky Horror Halloween Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
04/14/11- 04/16/11 |
Ghost World (2001) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
| 03/30/11 |
Promoting Your Nonprofit Through CreaTV
Camera 3 |
| 03/26/11 |
Rocky Horror Halloween Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 03/24/11 |
Silicon Valley Sparkplugs - Video Premiere and Discussion
Camera 3 |
03/10/11- 03/20/11 |
Pink Floyd... The Wall (1982) - Cult Movie Series
Camera 3 |
| 03/03/11 |
The Harmony Game... The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water - Special Screening
Camera 3 |
| 02/26/11 |
Rocky Horror In Downtown San Jose with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 01/29/11 |
Rocky Horror Halloween Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
12/09/10- 12/12/10 |
San Jose Short Film Festival '10
Camera 3 |
| 11/11/10 |
Zardoz - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 11/04/10 |
Pulp Fiction - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 10/31/10 |
Psycho Halloween - San Jose
Camera 3 |
| 10/30/10 |
Rocky Horror Halloween Event with Barely Legal, Live
Camera 3 |
| 10/28/10 |
A Clockwork Orange - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 10/21/10 |
The Big Lebowski - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 10/20/10 |
11/4/08 - Documentary On A Historic Presidential Election
Camera 3 |
| 10/14/10 |
The Man Who Fell to Earth - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 10/07/10 |
The Warriors - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 09/30/10 |
Blue Velvet - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 09/23/10 |
Brazil... Director's Cut - Cult Movie Series (San Jose)
Camera 3 |
| 09/18/10 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Cast - Barely Legal
Camera 3 |
| 09/16/10 |
Donut Stop Laughing - Improv Comedy
Camera 3 |
| 08/15/10 |
442... Live with Honor, Die with Dignity - Special Documentary Screening
Camera 3 |
| 07/14/10 |
Thrillville's Tribute to Bob Wilkins and Creature Features
Camera 3 |
| 06/25/10 |
Much Improv About Nothing - Improvised Shakespeare
Camera 3 |
06/16/10- 06/21/10 |
Bruce Springteen Concert on Film
Camera 3 |
| 04/15/10 |
Thrillville's 13th Anniversary Show
Camera 3 |
| 03/06/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 03/05/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 03/04/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 03/03/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 03/02/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 03/01/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 02/28/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 02/27/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 02/26/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 02/25/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 02/25/10 |
Thrillville's Tribute to Mamie Van Doren
Camera 3 |
| 02/24/10 |
Cinequest Film Festival
Camera 3 |
12/11/09- 12/31/09 |
La Danse Film
Camera 3 |
| 12/10/09 |
Black Christmas - Thrillville's Festive Fright Fest
Camera 3 |
12/05/09- 12/06/09 |
First Annual San Jose Short Film Festival
Camera 3 |
| 10/22/09 |
Thrillville's Gore 'n' Snorefest
Camera 3 |