Everyman Cinema Club
The Everyman Cinema Club is a theatre in Hamptead, London, that shows classic films and new releases.
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Elevated the experience
Now, that’s what I’m talking about. They have met a challenge in todays competitive cinema market and rather than shrink away they raised the bar and elevated the experience...Would love to open a few of those in the States...namely NYC.... Awesome.
faith63, United States - 27 August 2007
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A classy act
Once upon a time, ooh sometime in the 80’s, London was full of small independent cinemas, where film nerds lurked watching what were known as ’oeuvres’ - subtitled films long on length and short on narrative. Gradually they died out as more commercial entities took over. But in or two independents like The Screen chain and my Lovemark, the Everyman Cinema Club, that fim-loving ethos lives on. But now you no longer need a PhD in the semiotics of Japanese film to feel at home there. The Everyman is, it’s true, a tad more expensive than your average multiplex (and that’s even by London standards) but it’s a classy act. The seats are essays in comfort and if you’re feeling smoochy they even have double sofa seats you can share. They serve great snacks out the front and (the real deal-clincher for me) the Everyman is licensed which means you can buy wine at the bar and drink it during the film. And these people love film. A typical Everyman season is a varied programme of current blockbusters, hot cult films and themed seasons sprinkled with golden oldies. They even run Mum and Baby screenings during the day so that the exhausted mothers of North London can catch some culture or, more likely, snooze while their infants are mesmerised by the giant screen. In these days of DVDs at home and films on demand, The Everyman makes it worth my while leaving the house, parking the car and paying good money to see a film, because it transforms catching a movie into a special night out.
Deborah, United Kingdom - 13 July 2007