A fun evening with good music and a classic film. Seats are comfortable, the snack bar filled with good treats. Bathrooms are few and old so plan accordingly. read more

Back to the good ol´d days, Buster! Yes, this place can give you the feeling that time stopped. Babylon is not only a historical eye candy it has also a great history. And with its original organ, I love going to the silent movie nights on Saturday at midnight. The bonus of those Saturday midnight movies are that they are free! I have only been there for the Saturday night movies, but would like to try to see other alternative movies there. Make sure you visit their website before you go and read about the history of the Babylon that will give you a better understanding of the privilege one has to be sitting in such an old movie theater. read more

Babylon - Organist - Cinema Near Me - Berlin, BE

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I visited this theater on Oct. 29th, as I am the director of a documentary that screened during the Refugees Welcome Film Festival. There was some confusion about ticketing, which of course we already know even film participants must purchases tickets. This wasn't a problem. However, the manager/owner was there and decided to make racist jokes and comments about my understanding, and was openly derogatory that I might not be who I said I was anyway, though of course, I have any documents that could say so. He said, "You could be anybody, maybe even Mrs. Tr*mp, then we make her husband put you out". This was just one of the "jokes" he made. As others witnessed this, we called him on this behavior, and his response was, "Everything is open to jokes", including (because I asked him based on his comments) jokes about racism, violence and genocide. "Yes", was his response. He continued derogatory comments about me speaking German to a colleague, who also participated in this inappropriate behavior. I was born in Germany, so naturally I speak German. They didn't think I understood them. The theater itself is beautiful, and I love good films in comfortable venues, but I will never return or recommend Babylon because of this owner/manager's unprofessional behavior that reflected poorly on the business. No guest should ever be treated that way. As a colleague who witnessed this agreed, this was deplorable. read more

I attended a screening of metropolis with a live orchestra, and it was magical! The historic theatre environment has been retained, and is well maintained. The seating is comfortable and well spaced with plenty of room between rows, and the ventilation system is perfectly comfortable. Honestly, folks complaining about the line ups for the toilets are missing the point of viewing film in such a setting! As for contemporary advantages, the online ticket purchase system worked flawlessly with a phone (no need to print a ticket), and the concession stand is very well stocked. Ty for posting signage that the popcorn is vegan -- it's nice to not have to ask read more

Visited the null Uhr null Euro silent film viewing. These take place every Saturday night at 12am for 0 Euros! You can check online for the film schedules. An organist performs live alongside the silent film. I was there for a Buster Keaton film, and there was a lot of laughing and clapping. The room was pretty packed, so if you want a good seat, I would recommend going a bit early. A great time! Would recommend! read more

Babylon - Cinema Near Me - Berlin, BE

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Visiting this cinema gives you a pang of nostalgia. Old hall, standing in the line before getting inside... Line even to go to the bathroom (old and shabby bathroom of course). You need to look up all the time even from the back row, so be prepared for a neck pain. Great thing about this cinema is that the prices are quite reasonable and you can watch a good movie in original. The cinema itself is located in one of the most... hipster districts of Berlin, so you might not want to go home alone after the film. read more

Babylon Kino is a disgrace. Why ? Let me explain: Yesterday, July 1st 2016, we went with a few people of the crew to present our film at the Berlin Short Film Festival. Halfway through our film, which was being shown for the first time on a big screen, the projection pauses, literally just pauses. Yet twenty seconds later, the projectionist storms out of the projection room from the back and starts shouting, complaining, in German (which took me a while to understand what was happening), about two people not having bought tickets. Ok it is not cool to not buy tickets - and sorry for the all caps but this totally deserves it - but WHO THE HELL INTERRUPTS A MOVIE IN A MOVIE THEATER DURING A SHORT FILM FESTIVAL WHEN THE ROOM IS PACKED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT 2 PEOPLE ????? This has nothing to do with the rest of the audience, about 100 people, who had all paid for their seats and were quietly enjoying the movie. If anything, it is the cinema's responsibility to check tickets BEFORE letting people in, and certainly NOT to interrupt a screening by PAUSING the movie halfway, then complaining by shouting to an audience in shock and awe in front of such disrespect, ill conduct and general - pardon my term - assholery. You may think I am writing this terrible review simply because such shameful mishap happened during the projection of a film I happened to have worked on but no, I would've wrote this, if not worse, had it happened to anyone else. Oh and let me skip - (not) - the story about the short film that screened a few films after ours (once Mr. asshole had agreed to resume screening, probably due to a whole audience of people calling him appropriately deserved names and displaying rightful signs of impatience and frustration - if not anger - facing this unbelievable incident) where the sound was so loud that half the people were covering their ears 5 seconds into the film, until someone from the audience a few rows behind me had to get up and tell the projectionist to turn down the volume. Which is a clear sign of: A) another dick move from mr. asshole; or B) a lack of professionalism, which implies checking sound levels prior to blasting over 120 dBs (pain threshold) into an audience with children, which, by the way, only takes a few clicks and a few seconds on certain software to determine appropriate loudness levels to set (ie. you don't even have to watch the whole movie to do so....). So yeah, I do not recommend Babylon Kino in any shape or form, other than the free saturday night screenings with the fantastic organ player, which is the only reason I would ever set foot at Babylon Kino again. I hope this review gets recommended, pinned, whatever, but at least read, because it deserves to be read and hopefully some changes in management will be done for such a historical place should not be governed by unprofessional ... wait what's that term I've been using ? assholes, yes. Sincerely, Jonathan. read more

Great old but big screen room (kino1) and 1? smaller room. Enjoyed there some movies of the great festival "Around the world in 14 movies"

Had a great time here, saw The Legend of Paul and Paula. Not too pricey. The lobby has some great (weird) art on the walls.