cinema

Art / 18 May 2016

Art house: Laurence Kavanagh’s filmic works channel Mayfair’s Curzon cinema

London’s historic Curzon cinema in Mayfair, famed for its palatial boxes and alternative programming, is the focus of a new exhibition at the West End’s Marlborough Contemporary gallery. Liverpool-born visual artist Laurence Kavanagh worked in-situ at the Curzon, taking surface rubbings from...

Lifestyle / 3 Mar 2016

Under one roof: Metrograph is a cinema, bookshop, bar and restaurant all in one

After studying film at Harvard, Alexander Olch made a short drama called No Vladimir, which he sold to the American movie channels IFC and Bravo in 2000. ‘Traditionally, a director gives a present to the crew so instead of a...

Art / 6 Oct 2015

Microfilms: the genre set to challenge the movie industry gets its own UK festival

’In 2010 there was a 40 minute film made by young men based on their dissatisfaction for China in the 1980s called Old Boys. It got 80 million views,’ says Philip Dodd, chairman of Made in China, a cultural...

Architecture / 19 Jun 2015

West End screening: Panter Hudspith breathe new life into London’s Trocadero

London architects Panter Hudspith have transformed the Trocadero centre in Piccadilly into the flagship venue of the Picturehouse Cinemas chain. The late 19th-century Grade II listed building had a glorious past as Scott’s restaurant and the Lyons Corner House, but...

Art / 20 Aug 2014

In the frame: graphic designer Hans Hillmann’s film posters go on show at Kemistry Gallery, London

Illustrator Hans Hillmann’s film posters are set to draw new audiences decades after their release. The modernist graphic designer, who passed away this year in May, is being feted with the first UK showing of his work, opening today at...

Architecture / 22 Jun 2012

Archipelago Cinema by Ole Scheeren, Yao Noi

Held in March this year, the inaugural Film on the Rocks festival, curated by Thai filmmaker and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul and British actress Tilda Swinton - and held on the Thai island of Yao Noi - is surely a contender...

Lifestyle / 7 Jul 2011

Screen stars: one-off cinemas across the globe

Tired of homogenous multiplexes, a few dedicated cinephiles are rethinking the movie-viewing experience, creating soulful screening spaces that invite viewers to linger long after the credits have stopped rolling. From summer pop-ups to entire new temples to film, here are...