In less than 24 hours two starkly different approaches emerged as to how cinemas in the UK will treat their staff while they are closed because of the Coronavirus outbreak. This was also one of the hot topics at yesterday’s…
Open letter from Philip Knatchbull, Curzon CEO Given Vue CEO Tim Richards’ recent letter to BAFTA, which implicates Curzon, I feel obliged to clarify our position regarding the current cinema vs. streaming debate. At Curzon, we have have been releasing…
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London’s Evening standard does an in-depth piece on British art-house major Curzon Cinema and its visionary CEO Phil Knatchbull. The Curzon Victoria is part of a £6 million London expansion by the company behind the boutique Curzon cinema chain as…