Double Take

As The Mill Press is a cross-city project, based in both London and Manchester, we have decided to explore the similarities and differences between the two cities. Double Take will present a photograph of each city taken on the same day, at the same time, of a similar subject. To begin, we both visited our local cinemas on Friday 25th February; The Cornerhouse and The Rio.


Photo by J.Panatti

The Rio is situated on Dalston Kingsland highstreet, east London. It was first opened as the Kingsland Empire in 1915, and with its 1930s facade it is now of of the last working art deco cinemas in the city.


Photo by A.Mostyn

The Tatler News Theatre is perhaps the last working classic cinema in Greater Manchester. Built in May of 1935 as a 'drop in' cinema by Oxford Road Station, it has gone through a few names and genres including censored films as the 'Tatler Cinema Club'. It is now been part of Cornerhouse since 1977. With a move now planned for Cornerhouse, will Tatler's legacy continue? Heres hoping.