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It’s been a while since I’ve been to Moving Image, Wivenhoe’s very own independent community cinema. Nothing sinister, simply the domestic responsibility of trying to re-house a very scared little cat, and the constant reassuring that the big bad cat at the bottom of the garden isn’t going to gobble her up.

There’s a film to be made out of that, donnchta know…

But anyway, come Saturday evening and we were Philip Road bound to give the beastly multiplexes of North Essex a run for their money.

Moving Image was screening The Kids Are Alright:

“Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life.”

Blimey.

The film itself was, um, alright, although I can’t but help think that the film title was conceived ahead of the plot. I was rather hoping for an early 70′s British film about yoof growing up in a bleak landscape, all soundtracked by The Who.

As for Philip Road?

Well… this was our first trip to the Centre during daylight hours. The good folk of Moving Image had put up various blackout cloths, reducing the glow of the late evening sun, but not quite pitch darkness.

It all added to something of a community feel – you could actually see who you were sitting next to, and y’know, should you feel that way inclined sitting on the back row of your local independent community cinema on a Saturday night, then at least you knew what you were letting yourself in for.

I was sitting next to @AnnaJCowen; I sat back and enjoyed the film.

Moving Image has put together yet another impressive season of films as we approach mid-summer: 127 Hours, Chico and Rita, Black Swan and Wimpy Kid.

Plus there’s some festival or other happening around these parts on the Whitsun Bank Holiday, with Moving Image partnering up once again with the wonderful Transition Town Wivenhoe and the Revolutionary Bicycle Powered Cinema at the KGV.

Speaking of which – TTW will be up at the University for the Green Fair this coming Wednesday:

“The Lakes at The University of Essex will be transformed into a giant outdoor cinema on 4th May to host a free, UK premier of Home, the internationally acclaimed film from Earth From the Air’s Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The Film will start at 8:30pm.

The event is a collaboration between the grass roots group Transition Town Wivenhoe, Essex University and the Student Union Environmental Committee.”

So yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve been to Moving Image, but the beastly multiplexes of North Essex have nothing on the Philip Road Centre, the KGV, the University Lakes etc.