In a desperate attempt to Leave The House this evening we pondered going to the cinema. The Artist seemed like a good choice and it was showing at The Electric. The thing is, the last time I went to The Electric on a weekend evening the other cinema-goers were drinking and clinking and getting up and going for a piss all the way through which got kinda annoying. I get that The Electric do this thing as a differentiator from the other chain cinemas and I get that the bar is a necessary income stream and I get that people like this sort of cinematic experience and I know it’s not always like that in there, but I’m not going to risk it again.
So we went for a curry instead at the Kolkata Lounge, criminally my first visit for 10 months (FourSquare is rather handy for this kind of “oh my, has it really been that long?” stuff), where I was slightly shocked to see their refit had gotten rid of the little nooks and turned it into an open plan room. Still, we ordered and the food was, once again, utterly amazing. I cannot recommend this place enough.
Amusingly in the space on an hour I saw three people I recognised from the artyfarty scenes – a cameraman, a musician and a promoter – which reminded me of when I first moved to Kings Heath and kept seeing Custard Factory types in Somerfield. Stirchley really is up and coming in a major way.
Then we came home and watched a film on the tellybox. Lovely.
The Artist is showing at The Electric til the 2nd. Reckon we’ll go see it on a weekday.
Saw a few films a couple of years ago at The Electric; films were good, seating was uncomfortable, getting tickets was an unnecessary shambles (only time have made a complaint to cinema management).
Speaking of cinema, am going to see this at the Mac which may also interest you (or not):
http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/tatsumi–15-