Full-fledged drive-in movie theater sets up in downtown Miami After pandemic ended plans for indoor cinema, movie lover transformed parents' property into showcase. By Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald February 7, 2021 — 2:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: The dream was always the same. When Nayib Estefan and his wife, Lara, moved back to Miami in 2012 after 10 years in Los Angeles to raise their newborn son, he missed the repertory theaters in Hollywood where he had been able to watch cult movies he loved — "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," John Waters comedies, Lamberto Bava's "Demons" — projected on the big screen on 35mm film. "I had only seen those movies on VHS, and I couldn't believe how great they looked," Estefan said. "When I moved back, my plan was to open a drive-in, because there was no midnight or cult movie scene in Miami. Also how is it that no one had done a drive-in in Miami, which has year-round drive-in weather?"