Celluloid haven: Close Up Cinema

In the second of our video reports about London’s 2015 batch of cinema initiatives, Edward Lawrenson sees and hears a valorous defence of celluloid film projection from Close Up Cinema’s Damien Sanville.

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Edward Lawrenson
Updated: 21 April 2017

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Read Edward Lawrenson’s reports on five new London cinemas in the August 2015 issue of Sight & Sound

Farewell, Leicester Square: a special report in the August 2015 issue of Sight <span class="amp">&amp;</span> Sound

Farewell, Leicester Square: a special report in the August 2015 issue of Sight & Sound

New cinemas, mostly of the swish, upmarket and upgraded variety, began to appear across London a few years back and in the last 18 months this trend has accelerated to such an extent that a new standard of comfort and immersion has become the norm. Is this enriched yet often expensive experience the only way to go? Edward Lawrenson reports on five new London cinemas, which set out to unpick the issues behind this welcome building boom.

+ A place to call Home

Manchester’s new £25 million art, theatre and film complex, HOME, with its five cinema screens, shows London is not the only UK city to benefit from the recent surge of openings. By Kevin Sampson.