Ellen Cheshire

Once a month the village hall in the sleepy Sussex village of Slindon gets a Hollywood makeover when it is transformed into Slindon Cinema, screening classic films on 35 mm film. This mini dream palace was a labour of love for student Joe Cornick who, for an A Level Film project, brought the projection box in the Coronation Hall back to use. The box was built in the 1930s but no projector was ever installed. Well, there's one there now and they are currently screening via 35

After popping to the University of Southampton, Avenue Campus I made a detour to a suburb of Southampton to hit the charity shops in...

Visiting Gerrards Cross to deliver a study day on film as part of the Gerrards Cross Summer School. A free evening and the lure of a new cinema brought me to the Everyman Gerrards Cross. It's a lovely looking cinema, but despite the sign, Elvis was not showing. So, sadly didn't see inside as didn't fancy any of the other films on. Especially as 5 times the ticket price of my local! I did pop by St James's Church to say hello and thanks to one of my fave film actors, Margaret

125 years ago on the 31 August 1896 audiences expecting a usual night of traditional music hall entertainment at the Pier Pavilion, Worthing were in for a big surprise. For that week’s booking, showman Lt Walter Cole was bringing something special, ‘The new wonder – electric animated pictures’. The Worthing Gazette’s review the following week noted that “the most novel item of the evening’s entertainment is the series of animated photos, the newest and most striking electri

On the 9 Janaury 2020 the Bognor Regis Picturedrome celebrated 100 years as a cinema, with a fabulous Black Tie event... Here's an overview of the evening: - two spotlight light beams could be seen for miles -local dignitaries and industry people arrived in their finery -via red carpet we were taken in through a secret entrance, we were greeted and had photos taken with 'Marilyn Monroe' and 'Charlie Chaplin'. - the entrance took us straight through to the newest screen 2 wh