Cinema Paradiso is where I had my first ever date with a guy. It was November 1993. We held hands as we watched the Kenneth Branagh – Emma Thompson version of Much Ado About Nothing.
It’s also where my friend Garry and I saw five movies in one day at the 2016 Spanish Film Festival.
The last time I saw a movie there was on 16 March 2020. It closed for COVID and never re-opened.
It’s still there, in the heart of Northbridge, disused …
