Yes Cinema

The best sound, picture and food. There is nothing to this well maintained and clean theatre anywhere near columbus

The YES Cinema & Conference Center is the premiere theatre in Columbus, Indiana when it comes to the indie/arthouse scene including alternative, cultural, and educational films along with the occasional cinematic classics. They also do run first-run features - for example, Black Adam is currently screening and they will be getting Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the new Avatar flick among others.The YES Cinema is run by a Columbus, Indiana non-profit called Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center, an area organization that assists numerous support systems, i.e. neighborhood improvement, education and employment development, health education. and more. This is a smaller theatre with only two screens. However, it's a well cared for cinema and they host the annual YES Film Festival that just ran this past weekend. You can also rent spaces for business meetings, private screenings and corporate and private parties. YES Cinema's two screens have relatively newer chairs, though they fall short of the more premium/luxury seating options available in a lot of theaters these days. That said, they're quite nice compared to a lot of indie/arthouse options you will find. The screens also do offer Dolby digital surround sound (which is fairly standard for most cinema chains, however, not always for smaller theaters or arthouse cinemas). The employees I met were friendly, the location in downtown Columbus is convenient, parking is free and plentiful, and accessibility is overall quite solid including parking, entryways, and screens. The theatre is clean inside and out and I was super comfortable. In terms of snacks, they do serve wine and beer here. You are not allowed to take in food or drinks of your own and they also have a notice that backpacks are not allowed. You can get a free small popcorn on your birthday (with ID and only on your actual birthday). Fun facts?The first film shown at YES Cinema was White Christmas (2004). The film "Columbus" holds the box-office record for sales at YES Cinema (which is incredibly appropriate - not only is the film set in Columbus, but it was actually filmed in Columbus). Under ordinary circumstances, I'd probably stick with a 4-star rating for the cinema. However, there are two reasons I'm offering up the 5-star:1) Because of the cinema's charitable roots it really is a movie theater that benefits a great cause. 2) Ticket prices for movies are typically $5 - that's right around half most theaters and even less than some matinee prices here in Indy. They do sometimes charge more for special events, but their prices make it affordable for families and for those on a limited income. There's an awful lot to love here. If I lived near Columbus, I'd be here all the time. If you're in the Columbus area, I definitely recommend it. It may not quite measure up to your more premium cinemas, but it's an awesome little theatre and one of Indiana's true cinema gems.

Went to see a movie on Valentine's Day. My wife and I were the only people in the theater. Now that's how it should be. Lol it might tell you just how bad the movie was. The cokes and popcorn were good it was clean it was just a good time. The seats still suck but ohh well. It's for a good cause. I said in my last review I would never go back. Although from now on I'm picking terrible movies to have the theater to my wife and myself. Have to say I smiled in Columbus for the second time in ten years. Lol

The cleanest movie theater you'll ever go to! Only 2 theaters so the selection of movies available is limited. Friendly staff and owners. Did I mention that tickets are only $5?

Interesting . . . as of today there are 12 reviews for YES Cinema with 10 of them having 5 stars (and 2 at 4 stars). Few other businesses on Yelp can boast of such. I'm a fan as well. As a Columbus, IN, resident, I've been to Yes Cinema at least 20 times over the past couple of years. They just do everything right! Easy parking, low priced tickets, plenty of snack (and beer) options, friendly staff, and great theater seating and sound. They bring in a great selection of newly-released movies (many of which are award winning) along with a film festival in the fall, the IU / PU basketball game in January and you can rent out their facilities during the day if you need a downtown space to meet. Further, Yes Cinema is a non-profit who help to fund the Lincoln Central Family Neighborhood Center (http://www.lcnfc.org/). Keep up the great work, Yes Cinema team!

Great local downtown theater that plays first run new release movies as well as not so well known movies that are highly acclaimed. They also rent out the venue for special presentations, and on certain days have live stand up comedy and performance acts on stage. The prices here are about half the cost of the large chain theaters, and the food and drink prices are also much less expensive. So you can afford to take your entire family and maybe even some friends here even on a budget, ha. This is a great local gem that is a better alternative to the big theater chains.

Where else can you see a brand new movie for just five dollars?! This two screen theater has great laser projection, and great Dolby surround sound. Very clean theater (and clean restrooms). Free street parking and free and paid parking in two city parking garages.

Excellent staff, very clean facilities, helps downtown central neighborhood, excellent pricing!

First, the staff is very rude. They are older women who are not kind. Second, it's so loud in the theater we had to leave. We were afraid our daughters ears would be damaged. Several other people were commenting on the volume level, but it never came down.It takes at least 20-30 minutes to get through line due to ordering tickets and food at the same time with only one register. Too bad, we like to support local, but can't in good faith spend our money where the staff is rude and the volume is too loud to even enjoy the movie.

Great place to take our kids to watch the new Super Mario Bros movie! Cute little place, very clean. I loved that the tickets were $5 each with my youngest (2 years old) getting in free. Snacks and drinks were decently priced. Overall great experience with clean theater and clean bathrooms! Glad we found this place on our trip to Columbus!