Read Edward Lawrenson’s reports on five new London cinemas in the August 2015 issue of Sight & Sound
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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
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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.
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Opening nights: new British cinemas
Videos and photography of the new batch of picturehouses that have sprung up around the capital this year.
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