Trylon Cinema, Independent movie theater in Longfellow neighborhood, Minneapolis, US

Trylon Cinema is a 90-seat movie theater in a former warehouse in Minneapolis's Longfellow neighborhood. Its entrance was moved from Minnehaha Avenue to 33rd Street during a 2017 renovation that added a courtyard, a new lobby and concession stand, and wheelchair accessibility. The auditorium was expanded from 50 to 90 seats and received a new screen and sound system.

Take-Up Productions, a volunteer group formed from Oak Street Cinema staff, opened the Trylon Microcinema in a rented former warehouse on Minnehaha Avenue on July 17–18, 2009, with a screening of Sherlock Jr. accompanied by Dreamland Faces. The name comes from a Queens theater named for the 1939 New York World's Fair sculpture. A $175,000 renovation closed it for three months in 2017, moving the entrance to 33rd Street and expanding seating from 50 to 90 before reopening as the Trylon Cinema.

The cinema hosts retrospectives of filmmakers and themed series that explore different periods and countries. Visitors gather here to watch rare and unusual films that you would not find in mainstream multiplexes.

The theater is easy to reach on foot and accessible to all visitors. It is helpful to check the schedule ahead of time, since the programming changes regularly and announces special showings.

The Trylon takes its name from a theater in Queens, New York, which was itself named after the Trylon sculpture at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Minneapolis venue opened on the weekend of July 17–18, 2009, with a screening of Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. accompanied live by the accordion and musical saw duo Dreamland Faces. Each of its first 12 showings sold out.