Save the fucking Curzon

February 12, 2016 9:19 AM

"Pretty please, with a cherry on top." The Curzon is one of the best cinemas in London, but it's under threat from plans to redevelop its Soho home. In its bid to survive, the cinema has produced this original, inventive (and very sweary) video (SLYT).
posted by Paul Slade (5 comments total)

I mean, Jadzia station has to be built somewhere.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 9:46 AM on February 12, 2016 [2 favorites]

As long as they replace it with a parking lot, I am fine.
posted by greenhornet at 10:30 AM on February 12, 2016

Oh, for fuck's sake. The Curzon, now? The last time I called for the mass slaughter of property developers it was deleted, but really. They are a disease upon the world.
posted by Grangousier at 10:55 AM on February 12, 2016 [4 favorites]

First the Troy Club, and now this?

Hurry up with that R&D, North Korea. I've got some targeting co-ordinates ready and waiting.
posted by Devonian at 12:05 PM on February 12, 2016

The cinemas in the West End have been treated pretty shoddily the past few years. This was the map of them when I was a student in the eighties and there isn't a single one that has emerged unscathed, as noted next to each. The Odeon Leicester Square is the only one with no significant internal changes but only survives on money from studios / distributors for premieres.

Having said that, the Curzon Soho (originally The Columbia) is a concrete box in a basement with no redeeming architectural features. Back when it was a single screen it was very austere and cold with quiet moments interrupted by the sound of trains from the Northern Line below. It was one of the few cinemas that was improved following its split into multiple screens. Would be a shame to lose its programming from that area.
posted by kerplunk at 2:52 AM on February 13, 2016 [1 favorite]