Duke of York's Picturehouse

[Playing On The Grit]

Took my 3 year old to the cinema for the first time today. Went along to Kids Club at the Duke of York's and he loved it - Even I quite enjoyed the film (Over The Hedge).

Wasn't sure what to expect as I'd only ever been there for the late night screenings but they really impressed me with everything. There was a raffle and the kids could draw pictures before the film and there were a couple of prizes for the best ones. Best of all was parents go in free and, unlike Cineworld, you can eat and drink what you like in there.

We will be making Saturday morning films a regular thing now - If you have kids and haven't been before pop along! A nice cheap morning and my littl'un loved it - Perfect way to spend a wet Saturday morning.

Well done Duke of York's!

 

[Smithy]

Eurovision party in full swing there right now. Yeah, it's a great little cinema.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Brilliant Brighton haven, very close to me and never use it enough, posh seats upstairs are a quality adition and always good cakes.

 

[Wilko]

Worth getting a membership too, £30 for a year but you get 3 free posh seat tickets anyway (worth £10 each) plus money off all other shows. Love it.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Worth getting a membership too, £30 for a year but you get 3 free posh seat tickets anyway (worth £10 each) plus money off all other shows. Love it.

Defo. Me and my missus have a joint membership. It's a total steal.

And a top date is to grab a pre-cinema thai in Circus Circus, then settle down into your seat with a coffee and some home made cake from the kino itself.

 

[Wilko]

Defo. Me and my missus have a joint membership. It's a total steal.

And a top date is to grab a pre-cinema thai in Circus Circus, then settle down into your seat with a coffee and some home made cake from the kino itself.

I think you and I must be kindred spirits, we need to meet for a beer at circus circus, film and then into town for a night of Greg Wilson or Felix Da Housecat

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I think you and I must be kindred spirits, we need to meet for a beer at circus circus, film and then into town for a night of Greg Wilson or Felix Da Housecat

Ha ha, I was thinking that actually.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Duke Of Yorks is a much taken for granted asset to the town. Having said that, and much as I love 'em dearly, their decision to show the universallly-slated Sex And The City 2 solid for the next couple of weeks is more than a bit shit. Must try harder.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Duke of Porks is a top venue, and if you want an all-in kids b-day party it can't be beaten - they do it all for you including supervising the pre-film party, supplying the food upstairs, games etc. and all very good value leaving you time to snort cocaine from the loo seats downstairs before the film starts.

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Surprised about Tom's post - I thought it was mainly arthouse and more obscure stuff that was shown at the D of Y and the blockbuster stuff at the Odeon and Marina multiplex.

 

[clapham_gull]

If it's anything like their other cinema in Clapham, I wouldn't even bother going to the cinema at one of the chains.

You get to see all the big releases in a clean environment, in very comfortable seats. You also get the opportunity to take a bottle of wine in or popcorn. People tend to take the first option so you don't get have to hear some twat munching all the way through the film.

For the first time in years I went to an Odean last night. Won't bother again.

Most note that the Clapham one is also showing the sh*tfest of a franchise for ever at the moment.

 

[Captain Haddock]

Agree that D of Y's is the dog's bowlocks....a long standing firm favourite of mine for many years.

In fact, it's one of the things I most miss about Brighty.

I live in North London and the proper small cinemas up here are neither close enough or value enough to bother with other than on a very occasional basis.

Therefore I have a membership at the D of Y's this year as it's easier to combine a few visits there per year with the footy as travelling into central London on another day.

Re: Sex And The Shitty, it sounds like they have a sweetener deal with the distributors so they can ensure a better deal on their usual excellent diet of films to offer elsewhere on the calendar. If so, it's a necessary evil, but a baffling one!

P.S you can take quality beer (Leffe and Harvey's if memory serves) into the auditorium if the tasty homemade cakes don't tickle your fancy.

 

[Jesus Gul]

their decision to show the universallly-slated Sex And The City 2 solid for the next couple of weeks is more than a bit shit. Must try harder.

but it is in French with subtitles

 

[Meade's Ball]

roWhen first moving out of home to go on the dole and housing benefit in 1993 i lived on Stanley Road, that runs up the side of the Duke of Yorks. With some assistance from mother-dearest, i'd go into the Dukes for their afternoon shows once or twice a week. Saw about 5 Hitchcocks there with an audience of 9 at the most. I loved it.
A year or so later i'd moved back home and used to then trot down for the afternoon doublebill. At a time when i felt generally unhappy, i remember going to see a pair of Beat Takeshis and crying to myself in the dark.

Obviously now in London i have to make do with places like the Rio in Hackney and the BFI and Barbican and Renoir and Screen on the Green, but none of them feel mine as such like the Duke did.
Saw Red Shoes (not the C5 Duchovny wank-off) there at Christmas and i nearly wept just walking in there again.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

I am sure they are or were part of Europa Cinemas and to get funding have to show x amount of oversea and european made films, which I understand also applies to independent non Hollywood films?

Sex in the City may well be high finance but probably falls under some indie film distributor from New York or Morocco were I believe a lot of it was made, may even have Europeon funding. I imagine it has done very well at local Independent cinema and small chains, as it is very main stream/indie crossover especially app to target markets like the liberal Guardian reading (trendie) Brighton types mentioned in recent blogs/posts.

However I may be wrong it may be another two week money making fest like they did last year with the new Batman film.

ABOUT EUROPA

Founded in 1992 with funding from the MEDIA programme and from the Centre National de la Cinématographie, Europa Cinemas is the first film theatre network focusing on European films.

Its objective is to provide operational and financial support to cinemas that commit themselves to screen a significant number of European non-national films, to offer events and initiatives as well as promotional activities targeted at Young Audiences and to screen digital European films.

EUROPA CINEMAS :
42 countries, 476 cities, 817 cinemas, 2,109 screens

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

but it is in French with subtitles

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

it's a cracking place

HOWEVER, was planning a nice little night out with a lovely lady there for this wednesday, and guess what? solid sex and the f***ing city, AND the main cinema's often cause me to have anxiety attacks for some reason, which would not be great in a date scenario....so i'm buggered

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Years ago, my teacher Dr Buck, took 20 unwilling students to watch a film at the DoY, we signed up for the cinema trip in hope of some fast moving action flick, but ended up watching "The Scent of the Green Papaya" dubbed in Polish with Madarin subtitles. The longest two hours of my life.

Cracking little cinema. One thing, of a few, that I do miss about Brighton.