A new, independent cinema has opened in my town. We called in for a preview at the beginning of the week. It didn’t look as if it was going to be ready for it’s opening four days later. I went in yesterday to pick up my membership card (for £26 annually including 3 free cinema tickets plus discounts it seemed worth a punt). Well it still didn’t look ready for the opening later that afternoon, but I’ll see how it goes.
Interestingly I had assumed that being an ‘independent cinema’ meant they’d be showing non-mainstream films, but looking at the current programme this doesn’t appear to be the case. I think I had it in my head that ‘independent’ implied ‘art house / foreign’. ie Like the Curzon cinemas, which I’m also a member of.
I’ll see how the new cinema develops. Interestingly it claims to have “a strong focus on the local community, our four cinema screens are only part of a wider offering, which also includes a café, bar, live events, DJ academy, socialising and much more”.
things change 
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