February 7 - February 21, 2026 Watch Local: Hollywood Center Motel Series | L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, FUN WITH DICK AND JANE, HIT MAN
ABOUT THE SERIES: In this edition of ‘Watch Local,’ the American Cinematheque pays homage to the Hollywood Center Motel, the iconic bungalow-turned-motel-turned-film-set that burned in a fire earlier this year. Built in 1905, before Hollywood was Hollywood, the architectural gem stood for 120 years, evolving with the city of Los Angeles as it transformed from a sleepy retirement community to the center of American film and television production. The mid-century modern Motel, with its kidney-shaped pool and breeze-block court, represented a uniquely Angeleno sensibility of sleaze-with-style, immortalized forever in movies like L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, FUN WITH DICK AND JANE and HIT MAN along with TV programs like PERRY MASON and THE ROCKFORD FILES.