Metro Cinema
11 Rupert Street,
London,
W1 7FS
11 Rupert Street,
London,
W1 7FS
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Occupying an empty shell in the Trocadero Centre, which was originally supposed to be a theater, the Metro opened on 11th October 1985 with “Hail Mary” and “Dim Sum”.
Metro 1 with 195 seats was the auditorium of the theater space whilst Metro 2 (84 seats) was the former stage area. Both were below ground level.
The cinemas were plain – with rough cast concrete walls but some stylish embellishments existed in the Art Deco-style stairs and signs. Design was done by Burrell Foley Associates.
It was re-named Other Cinema in 2004, but this was short lived as it was closed on 14th November 2004, and the street entrance became a ticket bureau.
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Ian Grundy
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I remember running films p*ssed off my face at this show!!!
This is now The OTHER Cinema, run by the Picturehouse group (from early 2003)check pics at www.picturehouses.co.uk
it has a very strong arthouse, documentary booking policy showing a lot of very specialised titles and some great classic reissues exclusively in the West End, its been refurbished with screen 1 in shades of red with velevt seats (195) and screen 2 has cream leather armchairs (56)
The Other Cinema closed its doors on 14th November 2004. Though still popular with film fans and doing good business with its ‘art house’ programming, the crunch came with a rent hike from the landlords of the Trocadero Centre in which it is located.
Here is a 2004 of the building under its short lived latter name ‘Other Cinema’:
http://www.moviebunker.com/the_other_cinema.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/54538473/
another shot as The Other Cinema, has been stripped out internally.
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Here is the Other Cinema in 2002.
This was the Other Cinema in 2003.