Kristen Stewart Buys L.A.’s Highland Movie Theater and ‘Sees It as an Antidote to All the Corporate Bulls—‘

Kristen Stewart confirms in the March L.A. issue of Architectural Digest that she has purchased the historic Highland Theatre in L.A.’s buzzy Highland Park neighborhood.

The Highland Theater, which opened in 1925, was a neighborhood fixture until it closed in 2024. It was rumored that Stewart had bought it last summer as it was being prepped for a film shoot.

“I didn’t realize I was looking for a theater until this place came to my attention. Then it was like a gunshot went off and the race was on. I ran toward it with everything I had,” she told Architectural Digest. “I’m fascinated by broken-down old theaters. I always want to see what mysteries they hold.”

Stewart recently said that she would probably be making movies in Europe instead of the U.S., but the theater purchase indicates her commitment to supporting indie film in Los Angeles.