Love going to the movies, but hate the gross concession stand? The new Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn serves dinner and a movie at the same time. There are even specials in different theaters related to whatever movie's being shown. General admission is $11 and food and drinks (yes, they serve alcohol, too!) are extra. Arrive about a half-hour early, so you can find a seat and table and order your meal.

www.nitehawkcinema.com
136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States
+1 (718) 384 3980
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The Barbican Cinema, hidden away in the depths of the Barbican complex, is/was a leading cinema exhibition centre with an international programme full of past classics, screen talks with film giants, lively film discussions, and contemporary festivals. While for years the Barbican art gallery and the concert hall have been lauded for providing world class artistic entertainment the cinema has remained largely underappreciated by those not in the know, despite the fact that it was the only cinema rivalling the BFI for high quality imaginative programming. With cuts afoot this cinema looks likely to lose what had make it special so I urge you to visit it soon while its programme still resembles what it once did and while it still has a claim to call itself ‘London’s most diverse cinema’.

www.barbican.org.uk/film/whats-on.asp
Silk Street, City of London, Greater London EC2Y 8DS
+44(0)20 7638 4141
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This year is the XXI Riga International Film Festival "Arsenals" is happening from 10th – 18th of September, Every time the selection of Arsenals films highlights some period in the history of cinematography, and offer audience an opportunity to get to know a particular world region and its culture - this year focusing on the cinema of Southeastern Asia: the programme will offer films from Thailand, the Philippines,
Malaysia, „disguising, wrapping and winding the Oriental essence, applying codes and masks as the sign of the festival this year”.
Arsenals is an event that takes over Riga in autumn since 1986 showing the most vivid
international cinema events and the latest and most interesting Baltic films. Several cinema-related events and works of art are also coming out to the streets and screenings of classical silent films accompanied by live music performed by professional musicians is a great tradition of this festival.

Since 1998 Baltic Film Competition is a special section of Arsenals and screens
films produced in the Baltic region in the last two years. Tihs is the film festival
which demonstrates and rewards the latest and best Baltic feature films, short films,
documentaries and animated films.

www.arsenals.lv/en/
Blaumaņa street 31/15, LV 1011, Riga, Latvia
+371 67210114
Cinema ‘Kino Citadele’ and cinema ‘KSuns’
A subscription ticket for five films - 12Ls; 10 films - 20 lats.
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The perfect safe haven in the hot summer months or rainy winter weekends (yes it does rain!!). The cinema is old-style, with good choice of refreshments and pop corn and several screens. All films are in their original versions with subtitles in Spanish.

Avenida Marques de Paradas, 16
www.hoycinema.com/cartelera/cines/Avenida-5-Cines-VO-UCC.htm
+34 954 29 30 25
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A lovely pub on the Gallic Choumert Road with a 'Back Room' cinema club and a long menu offering organic roasts for Sunday lunch
The fish is fresh and comes from sustainable sources & British seas. The supplier is F.C Sopers fishmongers in Nunhead (www.fcsoper.com), a local institution since 1898.
The meat is free-range and organic. The chicken, pork & lamb comes from a small farm, Gillwing, in Sussex (www.gillwing.co.uk/farm) and is delivered by Andrew, the farmer, who makes the sausages all by hand.
The opening times seem to vary, the staff are exceptionally friendly and continued to pour the beverages long after midnight on a Thursday, as everyone was still having a good time and reluctant to leave!

www.themontpelier.net
43 Choumert Road, London SE15 4AR
+44 207 635 9483
Open Mon-Thur & Sun 12.00-23.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-01.00
Overground to Peckham Rye, buses 12, 171, 197
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The Kinema is a traditional 1920s cinema showing all the latest films. It is a fantastic place with intermissions, old-fashioned paper cinema tickets, a compton organ (that plays during the interval!) and a fantastic sweetie counter.
Highly recommend.

www.thekinemainthewoods.co.uk
Coronation Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincs, LN10 6QD
+44(0)1526 352166
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An outdoor cinema (most films are in Spanish though). The hot days are here, and nothing beats being outside in the evenings when the temperatures have dropped. The film list is quite complete with some of the biggies in this year's Oscars. Entry is €3, and there is a bar with cheap drinks and snacks (bottle of beer €1, and big bag of crisps €1).

Avenida Menéndez Pelayo, 32, 41004 Sevilla
Film times: www.asomatealpatio.es/
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This superb Belle Epoque building with painted frescoes in the heart of Les Lilas, a little village North-East of Paris (métro Mairie des Lilas), is also an art house cinema. Parisians in the know flock to Les Lilas to see films, in style.

www.theatredugardechasse.fr/
181 bis, rue de Paris, Les Lilas 93260
+33(0)1 43 60 41 89

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A book exchange in a tiny alley by the Royal Palace. Enjoy perusing the shelves filled with books that have travelled as much as those looking for a new read. After selling your used and buying your new, retire to the bean bags in the upstairs snug cinema where you can lounge with the Laotian teen staff while supping on chai and chips. A welcome retreat from the weeks of rice based meals.

Ban Xieng Mouane Old Town, opposite the eastern wing of the Royal Palace.
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Independent cinema/bar on the Parks Highway just out west of fairbanks on the the way to Ester. Get your food and drink from the bar and eat at a table in the cinema. Pretty cool.

2999 Parks Highway, Fairbanks 99709
www.theblueloon.com
Google map: tinyurl.com/2vtnz7c

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The Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds is the second oldest continually operating cinema in the country, one of the oldest surviving cinemas from the silent era and with many of its original features still intact. To be found on the corner of a terraced street you come upon it almost by surprise. Not only has it shown film, it has also featured in film, notably Wetherby in 1985. What makes it so appealing is its intimate feel - indeed it was advertised in 1914 as “the cosiest picture house in Leeds”. It hasn’t changed much since then. Among its most well known features is its gas “modesty lighting”, which could be dimmed by the projectionist to a level that would preserve decency during a show! To be found on the corner of a terraced street you come upon it almost by surprise. Today it serves the local community well, showing a mixture of selected mainstream cinema, classic cinema, arthouse films, Hindi films and is about to host the Leeds Young People’s film festival. It even welcomes babies to its Saturday morning screenings.

Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, Headingley Leeds, LS6 1JD
www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
0113 2752045

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Cine Cafe is a small, quirky cinema in the beautiful village of Akaroa. Like everything else in the town the cinema pays tribute to Akaroa's historical French roots, not only by the films it shows but also the food and drinks served.
The cinema offers a unique, luxurious experience and if you close your eyes you could almost be in Paris in the 1920's. There is one screen with around 24 seats, all of which are extremely comfortable and spacious. They all come with a table where you can place your drinks upon, be it a cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate (served in a mug) or a glass of wine or beer.
The cinema offers cheap deals which include a hot meal, drink and film. Well worth it! I would recommend this to anyone who happens to be in Akaroa. A truly enjoyable experience!

www.cinecafe.co.nz

Phone: 03 304 7678
Fax: 03 304 7491
Postal Address: PO Box 90
Akaroa 8161
Canterbury
Email: info@cinecafe.co.

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As a teenager I passed the Renoir on the way home from a night out in central London. It was part of the exciting, interesting London I knew little of then, having grown up in the eastern suburbs. Years later I worked nearby and was a regular visitor. Descend into its subterranean world and you will find a friendly place showing films that are a bit different. It is part of the re-vamped Brunswick centre, which has now realised its architect's dream of a modern village with restaurants ideal for a pre-film meal. Afterwards have a drink in Dean's Bar in the Waverley House Hotel, which has appeared in several films and has been the location of many nights out for me.

Renoir Brunswick Centre WC1N 1AW 0871 703 3991
www.curzoncinemas.com/#/venues/renoir

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The Curzon Cinema in Clevedon, North Somerset, first opened in 1912 just after the Titanic disaster and has been showing films ever since. Many original Art Deco features still remain and there's a vibrant exterior sunburst decoration to greet you - as well as a friendly welcome from the volunteer staff. You can settle down in comfort to see a range of films, including the latest releases, which are shown using modern digital technology. Arrive a bit early to enjoy a regular treat of an exuberant performance on the rare Compton organ. There's a Film Club and special parent and baby shows, too. A local gem, and also a treasure of our national cinematic history.

www.curzon.org.uk
Old Church Road, Clevedon, Somerset BS21 6NN
01275 871 000

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More of a cinematic experience than just a cinema, the Broadway not only shows mainstream and independent films, it also hosts a wide variety of film-related events and courses. It has a great bar where you can eat good food before watching your chosen film. You can also take your drink into the screen rooms (in a plastic glass) so there is no need to rush your pint. A great cinema to visit.

14 - 18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL
www.broadway.org.uk
0115 952 6611

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Like having a cinema in your front room - if your front room had a Morris Minor you could watch the film from. Cinema Paradiso in Wanaka, on New Zealand's South Island is a perfect way to wind down after a day of throwing yourself out of an aeroplane over some of the most stuning scenery you are likely to see. Throw in a load of sofas if you don't get to bag the Morris' retro-comfy seats, gourmet pizzas, beers and humungous home made cookies at the interval and you have the best cinema experience you could wish for.

www.paradiso.net.nz/
+64 3 443 1505
Ardmore Street, Wanaka
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When you visit the Rex in Berkhamsted, you feel you should be wearing a silk, bias cut dress, with your arm tucked through a moustached Errol Flynn look-a-like and swish down the stairs onto the sumptuous ground floor with its candle lit tables and art deco bar. The film - anything from French subtitles, Jane Campion or James Cameron - is almost secondary. The decor, red and gold with gilt shell shaped lights on the wall brings to mind an Esther Williams synchronised swimming musicade of bygone days. Best of all are the deep red seats – they define the word plush as you sink into them, a glass of wine in hand, to listen as James, the linen clad owner/manager who introduces nearly every film, crosses the stage to share his passionate or acerbic critique of the film to follow. Once you've been, you realise this is the only way to watch a film.

www.therexberkhamsted.com/

High Street (Three Close Lane)
Berkhamsted
HP4 2FG
01442 877759

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Transformed into a cinema several times a week, the Corn Exchange in Witney town square in Oxfordshire is like stepping back to the Sixties. Films, and they are recent releases, are introduced enthusiastically by John, the promoter. He tells you which scenes to look out for; he offers the book of the film to anyone with a birthday, and free tickets if you have spotted a mistake in the monthly brochure. Often there is a local newsreel made by John and you can buy popcorn before, if you wish. All of this for £3, if you are a senior and only £4 for others. Book your tickets over the phone and you will be crossed off the pencilled list as you purchase your ticket.

www.screenwitney.co.uk Tel 01865 880645
Witney Corn Exchange, Market Square

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After visiting Milford Sound this is an unexpected treat which enables you to see a magnificent film about the exhilarating beauty of the South Island as well as mainstream movies, while enjoying a chilled glass of Malborough Sauvignon Blanc.

www.fiordlandcinema.co.nz
The Lane, Te Anau, New Zealand
03 249 8844

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Kino Aero sits slovenly in one of Prague's ubiquitous courtyards in the working class neighbourhood of Žižkov. Aero is an art house cinema where dogs are allowed and the dead air as you wait for the screening to begin is filled by a playlist designed by Prague's oldest independent station, Radio 1. Local talents are fostered with short film competitions and exhibitions. The bar serves up chilled Czech beer to audiences with discerning tastes and social consciences. The seats have drinks holders that accommodate beer and shots. And luminaries such as Terry Gilliam and Agnieszka Holland participated in Q&A sessions at retrospectives hosted by Aero. Screenings are often full, but creative seating is encouraged. Films vary from the new Sherlock Holmes to The Story of the Weeping Camel.

Biskupcova 31, Prague 3
+ 420 271 771 349
www.kinoaero.cz
Tram 9 or 26 to Biskupcova

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