Metro Cinema
11 Rupert Street,
London,
W1 7FS
11 Rupert Street,
London,
W1 7FS
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The link I provided in my previous post is still valid but the page in question was updated with more pictures since I mentioned it in 2019. Worth seeing.
Pictures of the Metro inside (lobby + larger auditorium) here :
https://bff-architects.com/metro-cinema/
As other comments suggest, it was re-named Other Cinema earlier than the 2004 stated in the description. I have a ticket for ‘Other Cinema’ from 4 January 2003 (for a re-showing of Hal Hartley’s ‘Trust’).
The Metro was a venture by The Other Cinema which was originally set up as a film distribution business. It screened its first film at the Scala in King’s Cross in 1971. The renaming to The Other Cinema was simply a tribute to the company’s roots. Hefty rent rises are believed to be behind the decision to close.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/54538473/
another shot as The Other Cinema, has been stripped out internally.
Here is a 2004 of the building under its short lived latter name ‘Other Cinema’:
http://www.moviebunker.com/the_other_cinema.htm
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.
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)
I remember running films p*ssed off my face at this show!!!