DOEK

one screen

84 seats 35mm Thursday to Sunday
An art deco auditorium lit in amber, seen from the stage
Stacked film reels photographed close up
Old projectors and film reels standing on a shelf
Red film strips curling on a white table

This month

Thursday
Le Trou19:30

35mm, French with English subtitles, 132 minutes. The print has a splice in reel three that we are not going to apologise for.

Wanda21:45

Digital restoration, 102 minutes. Introduced by whoever is on the door, for about four minutes, whether you want it or not.

Friday & Saturday
The Long Day Closes20:00

35mm, 85 minutes. Saturday’s screening is the cheap one: every seat four pounds, no concessions asked for and none checked.

News from Home22:00

Digital, 88 minutes. Late, long takes, almost no plot. We say that in advance so nobody feels tricked.

Sunday
Daisies16:00

Digital, 74 minutes. Lights up at half past five, which is usually still daylight, which is part of the point.

Killer of Sheep18:30

Digital, 80 minutes. Our most-requested film and the one we can least often get hold of; this is the third attempt.

Ceiling lights in a long row above red cinema seats

Eighty-four seats
and a bad rake

Blue projector beams crossing a dark auditorium above rows of seats

Before you book

Four things that are true about this building and this equipment. None of them are on the ticket page, so they are here.

Getting in

Step-free to the foyer and to row F, three steps to everything behind it, and no lift. The accessible toilet is through the bar. We will hold row F for you without charging a booking fee — just say so.

The prints

Our 35mm copies are old and they look it: splices, scratches, the occasional jump. If that would spoil the evening for you, book the digital screenings instead and we will not think less of you.

If a film doesn’t arrive

It happens about twice a year. We show something else and you get the choice of staying, a full refund, or a credit for any night. We do not make you argue for it at the desk.

The cheap night

Saturday is four pounds for everyone, funded by the Thursday tickets. Nobody has to prove they need it, because the checking costs more than the difference and it puts people off.

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Doek · one screen, four nights a week

Doek is a fictional example. The cinema, the programme, the prices and the screening times do not exist, and the films named are real titles used only to make the listing legible. Photographs are stock images and do not show this building.