Starting a Cinema
Introduction People wish to start a cinema for all sorts of reasons, and with all sorts of aims. It maybe a community project, with the aim of raising some funds for a local project; or it maybe that it is … Continued
Career and Job Information
Introduction Once upon a time, this was a relatively easy section of the website to write about and it was possible to provide a large amount of information about the topic, but as Digital Projection equipment has taken over in … Continued
Review of “The Last Projectionist”
A PDF copy of this review is available here As a rule I do not write film reviews, partly because I am not very good at it, and partly because I believe that there are plenty of other people who can do … Continued
Review of The Other Cinema
by Peter J. Knight 14th February 2012 saw the launch of a new venue by Future Cinema, the same company behind the Secret Cinema experience, choosing “Brief Encounter” as the launch film. The idea is that they want to take … Continued
Past, Present and Future
The Past This site http://www.precinemahistory.net provides a good history of the cinema history. Two other sites which explain the history equally as well Early Cinema and How Stuff Works (that site is also very interesting for other aspects of projection). … Continued
The Cinema Tax
by Peter Knight The Cinema Tax was introduced by the Government into the UK in 1916. When it was first introduced the tax represented a high proportion of the ticket price, especially for the cheaper seats, so after protests by … Continued