THE BEST OF CINERAMA (CINERAMA)

1963 May contain spoilers! Created as filler to use between major Cinerama performances during the early 1960's, it is rumoured that there were other, rougher cut versions of this as early as 1960, but this, the "final" version as it were, was initially played in the interim before How The West Was Won (1962) hit…

HOW THE WEST WAS WON 3-STRIP REVIEW (CINERAMA)

If we were to walk into a theatre today and watch a film in which the widescreen image was clearly separated in to thirds, with each third looking different from its neighbour, jumping around and not even marrying up with it, I think that we would be right out the door demanding a refund before…

WIDESCREEN WEEKEND 2015 @ BRADFORD ~ REVIEW

A young man made his way through the crowd which had assembled outside the single Pictureville screen, the only Cinerama screen left in the England, carrying a large 35mm spool, giving us a taste of what we where in for that night. The film which was about to be presented was an original three-strip Cinerama…

WIDESCREEN WEEKEND SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED (BRADFORD – 15th – 18th OCTOBER)

As promised, here is the running order for next month's Widescreen Weekend which is being held at the Pictureville Cinema, attached to the National Media Museum in Bradford, England. SCHEDULE 15th ~ 18th October 2015 THURSDAY 15th 11:00 - A INTRODUCTION TO CINERAMA & WIDESCREEN CINEMA (PICTUREVILLE) 18:00 - WIDESCREEN WEEKEND RECEPTION (TBA) 19:00 -…

WIDESCREEN WEEKEND BACK AT BRADFORD

After some concern over the future of the festival, the Widescreen Weekend, a celebration of classic widescreen films including those made in the Cinerama format, is set to return in October. The very future of the Media Museum itself was in jeopardy back in 2013 too... ...But they were ultimately saved. The festival begins on Thursday…