formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
OBJECTIONS are flooding in to the plans to demolish Colchester’s iconic old Odeon cinema and replace it with apartments. Owner Blumarble Property wants to pull down the entirety of the Crouch Street premises and replace it with 55 apartments, two … Continued
Palace Cinema in Broadstairs has launched a public survey asking for views on when and how the independent picture house should open. The venue, run by Corinna Downing and Simon Ward since 2016, had to close its doors in March, … Continued
Cinemas chain Cineworld saw its share price storm higher after the company said it expected to reopen all of its cinemas by July, and struck a deal with its lenders to ease the terms of its borrowings. The news saw the stock jump … Continued
The highly divisive multi-million redevelopment of the former Mecca Bingo site in Ashford, Kent took a new twist this week after the corona lockdown has left a £4.5m gap in Ashford Borough Council’s finance. Plans were submitted in August 2018 … Continued
Alice Guy, who became Alice Guy Blaché after marriage to Herbert Blaché in 1907, was the first woman filmmaker and one of the first narrative filmmakers in the world. (We will refer to her as Guy, her first professional name, … Continued
When Larry Thorpe was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame during its inaugural ceremony in 2007 he was already a legend of the industry (after all, you don’t get in with the likes of Roone Arledge without having built up … Continued