As hard as it is to believe, the last drive-in movie theater in Corpus Christi turned out its lights for good more than 40 years ago. Even then, in the early 1980s, the heyday of the drive-in picture ...

A traditional movie theater has a set of rules, though only one of them is truly the important one: Sit down, turn your phone off, keep your trap shut, and don’t socialize. Looking at you, every ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Aug. 23, 2025, to clarify that the Star Drive-In is a diner that shows outdoor movies once a week seasonally. It is not a traditional drive-in movie theater.

Even in the age of the multiplex, hundreds of entrepreneurs still make their living hosting outdoor movie nights. Rick Cohen, whose family has owned the Transit Drive-In since the 1950s, reflects on ...

"Can we go to the drive-in?" Was there a parent in the 1950s and 1960s that didn't hear that plea from bored children eager to find an activity that meant keeping them from having to go to bed before ...