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Opened in 1959 and now a Soho institution, this three-screen independent cinema runs a vibrant program of first-run arthouse and mainstream films, along with a highly engaging calendar of director talks, Q&As, film festival events, and other offerings. The first-floor mezzanine bar is great for a quiet drink, even when Soho's Shaftesbury Avenue is crowded with people. There are other equally historic and wonderful Curzon cinemas in Mayfair, Bloomsbury, and Victoria.
This quirky two-screen repertory film theater just north of Leicester Square and on the lower reaches of Chinatown offers you a chance to catch up with indie arthouse films, documentaries, and even classic blockbusters that you may have missed. A second screen upstairs shows newer movies at more typical West End prices. With 300 velvet seats, this is where London's "Singalong Screenings" took off; come in character and sing along to the likes of The Sound of Music, Grease, Dirty Dancing, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Greatest Showman, and other cult singalong classics.
