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fromTime Out London
3 weeks ago

Sex, ghosts and 'The Matrix': 130 years of Regent Street Cinema

With more than 100 cinemas, London is a wonderland for cinephiles . Pull back the curtain of some the most beloved picture houses and you'll find fascinating histories galore. The Regent Street Cinema is one of those places. This month it celebrates 130 years since it became the birthplace of British cinema with screenings of the Lumière brothers' groundbreaking Cinématographe show in 1896. It changed entertainment forever.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

My God, what a story it would make': film-maker Kevin Brownlow on It Happened Here and Winstanley

Kevin Brownlow preserved and restored silent films, won an honorary Oscar, and directed notable features including It Happened Here and Winstanley.
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