A BIT OF CRUMPET
Leonard here. My colleague Mark Searby is going to be sharing columns with us highlighting British cinema past and present. Please enjoy A Bit of Crumpet. I have a quote on my wall from writer/director Guillermo del Toro that reads: “I think that you go to the movies for the reason that when you’re a Catholic you go to church. Because even though it doesn’t happen every time, now and then you have a spiritual experience. And the rare time it happens, it’s sufficient to keep you coming back.” And he is correct. Those moments in cinema that we treasure for a lifetime are just magical, maybe even religious. But what if not just watching the movie is magical, but the actual venue itself is…