Dorset’s art deco cinema jewel returns to its 1930s splendour
Picture houses across the country are closing doors, but the Regent in Christchurch is bucking the trend. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/
What the flip! The chance discovery that’s uncovered treasures of the very earliest cinema
Some of the earliest experiments in film 120 years ago were reproduced as flipbooks for wider audiences. Now a painstaking restoration project has brought long-lost gems back to life. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/
The Cineworld effect: UK cinema closures deliver body blow to Bollywood
The chain was fundamental in bringing Indian films to British screens and is a vital link industry’s overseas market. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/08/uk-cinema-closures-bollywood-cineworld
‘Cinema brings hope in a way laptops cannot’: what readers miss most about the movies
Last week we asked you to tell us what you most mourn about the big screen experience, as chains across the UK announce plans to close. Here’s what you had to say… Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/13/what-readers-miss-most-about-the-cinema
Million-pound question: why save Secret Cinema while real cinemas are in ruins?
As affordable arts venues fight to survive, the exorbitant events company got a huge bailout. And film fans will pay the price. Film fans experienced a collective meltdown on Monday when it was revealed that Secret Group, the company behind … Continued
UK independent cinemas boom as multiplexes close doors
Smaller venues are picking up audiences while commercial blockbusters struggle. Multiplexes may be closing their doors or reducing their hours but it is not all doom and gloom in the world of cinema. Box offices at many independent cinemas are … Continued