‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema
As the much-loved cinema faces the threat of closure, six cinemagoers reminisce about their favourite moments at the film institutionJust off London’s heaving Leicester Square, around the corner from M&M’s World, is the cult film venue the Prince Charles Cinema. Converted into a cinema in 1969, it is much loved for its screenings of hard-to-find films and counts directors Paul Thomas Anderson, John Waters and Quentin Tarantino among its fans.At the time of writing, more than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the cinema, who say its landlord Zedwell LSQ Ltd (owned by property developers Criterion Capital) wants to alter the lease, which would enable it to shut down the business. Continue reading...
As the much-loved cinema faces the threat of closure, six cinemagoers reminisce about their favourite moments at the film institution
Just off London’s heaving Leicester Square, around the corner from M&M’s World, is the cult film venue the Prince Charles Cinema. Converted into a cinema in 1969, it is much loved for its screenings of hard-to-find films and counts directors Paul Thomas Anderson, John Waters and Quentin Tarantino among its fans.
At the time of writing, more than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the cinema, who say its landlord Zedwell LSQ Ltd (owned by property developers Criterion Capital) wants to alter the lease, which would enable it to shut down the business. Continue reading...
