Thursday will mark the end of a movie-going era in Westwood, when the curtains fall on the village's two 1930s-era movie houses. Regency Theatres' Westwood Village and Bruin theaters will close ...

“When I was a kid and I would visit Westwood Village in the '80s, it was really the hot spot,” Russell said. “I remember going to those theaters, seeing 'Goonies' there, going to Diddy Riese.

The district’s heyday was some 50 years ago when its famed theaters, shops and restaurants drew crowds into the night. “When I was a kid and I would visit Westwood Village in the '80s ...