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      SCALA!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-Up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits

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      100% 16 Reviews Tomatometer An anarchic, uproarious, and ultimately heart-breaking documentary telling the riotous inside story of London's legendary Scala cinema, 1978-1993. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Mark Kermode Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube) If you've never known about the Scala... it will make you interested, because it's a story about something... a kind of weird artistic eruption that just happened almost spontaneously. Jan 9, 2024 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) What elevates the story is the matter-of-fact delivery: for most people, it would be the stuff that nightmares are made of, but it’s just another night at the Scala. Rated: 4/5 Jan 7, 2024 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) Giles and Catterall do eventually wrestle the material back from fandom, and the excerpts they include from the Scala’s wildly inclusive screening schedule suggest an uncomplicated belief in the provocative power of film. Rated: 3/5 Jan 5, 2024 Full Review Perry Norton Film Threat Scala!!! is, at heart, a simple documentary with a narrow focus. But it does more to explain the power and meaning of cinema than any other film I can think of. Rated: 9/10 Mar 5, 2024 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Generously peppering the screen with fantastic film clips, directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall focus on the audience who found a strong sense of community here. They also include the cinema's impact the local neighbourhood and wider queer culture. Rated: 4/5 Jan 9, 2024 Full Review Nick Hasted The Arts Desk Just as the films the Scala championed drank from an outlaw, rock’n’roll elixir, so Scala!!! goes beyond an ageing coterie's nostalgia to confirm the continuing value of our communal counter-cultures, and the other lives you can dream in the dark. Rated: 4/5 Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An anarchic, uproarious, and ultimately heart-breaking documentary telling the riotous inside story of London's legendary Scala cinema, 1978-1993.
      Director
      Jane Giles, Ali Catterall
      Executive Producer
      Lisa Marie Russo
      Screenwriter
      Ali Catterall, Jane Giles
      Production Co
      Channel X, Fifty Foot Woman, Anti-Worlds
      Genre
      Documentary, History
      Original Language
      English