Having had a quick look at the Curzon website, effectively what they seem to do is to carefully "curate" certain films that they think will appeal to a specific target audience while still including blockbusters.So for example, they are currently showing Paddington (which is an excellent film by the way) and will be showing the new Jude Law film "Black Sea". At the same time they show some classic films like Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Oddysey). But what they won't show is a lot of the middle-of-the-road stuff. From a purely selfish point of view - having something like that a short walk from the house is awesome. That said I would really like to encourage Glynne to keep going, even though at the moment I suspect he must feel like he has taken a huge blow to the solar plexus. I have never met him, but remember when he first posted about his vision on this website in the middle of the financial crisis. I thought "Well, that's nice and I will support it, but he hasn't got a hope in hell"Since then, its been a bit like watching the Ancient Britons dragging stones from Wales all the way to Wiltshire to build Stonehenge. You think - no, never, no bloody way, er maybe, could he possibly ???, OMG !!! etc etc etc. As an exercise in pure single-mindedness, professionalism, creativity, determination, vision etc it has been absolutely remarkable to watch.So hats off to Glynne, I hope he can find it in himself to hang on to his vision - and perhaps actually having preserved the Library as an arts venue is in itself a major part of the legacy of this work.
Richard Grange ● 4291d