Media | Cinema | Projection
Plans to demolish a historic cinema in Cardiff have been approved. The Gaiety Grand Cinema on City Road opened in 1912, later housing bingo halls, a bowling alley and even anarchist squatters. Cardiff councillors have backed plans to replace the … Continued
The Movie House Cinema in the city centre will close on Sunday, 26 April. Belfast-based software company Kainos has bought the Bankmore Square site for more than £7m last year. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/
A redundant church in Leicester is one of only two UK venues to host an international exhibition inspired by the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. More than 200 animated paintings will be projected on to the walls, floors and ceilings … Continued
One of the smallest cinemas in the UK has opened in a Highlands village after two years of planning and fundraising. The 35-seat facility in Cromarty has been made possible by EU and Creative Scotland funding as well as grants … Continued
A stabbing at a cinema may have been caused by a row over seating, police have said. A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital from Cineworld in Nottingham having been stabbed in the abdomen following a Blue Story screening on … Continued
Campaigners hoping to save a former cinema building where the Bee Gees first performed have been given more time to develop an alternative plan. The Gaumont cinema in Chorlton was where the Gibb brothers made their live debut as The … Continued
Regent Cinema in Redcar closed for the “foreseeable future” in 2017 due to “structural problems”. Redcar and Cleveland Council said it wanted to bulldoze it and build a £9.7m, three-screen cinema. If the plans get council cabinet approval, the new … Continued
One of London’s most famous music venues has been badly damaged in a blaze. The dome on the roof of Koko in Camden has been destroyed by fire, according to the London Fire Brigade. Source: Koko Camden: Fire engulfs famous … Continued
Seventy-one children died as a results of the events of 31 December 1929, including Mr Pope’s friend Willie Spiers, who had been sitting beside him in the cinema. He died from injuries sustained in the panic. Mr Pope says he … Continued
Almost a century ago Belfast had a booming cinema scene. Now its rich cinematic history has been confined to memory and to the city hall. “Belfast has had a love affair with cinema ever since cinema first arrived here in … Continued