In the grey Thatcher-era England of the '80s, a romantically dilapidated London movie palace called The Scala beckoned to England's subcultures—and influenced filmmakers from Christopher Nolan to Steve McQueen.
Host Rico Gagliano learns the wild, seedy, and ultimately poignant history of what John Waters called "a country club for lunatics." Special guests include directors Mary Harron (American Psycho), Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio), and Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor), plus film producer and Scala founder Stephen Woolley (Mona Lisa, The Crying Game), and Financial Times film critic Danny Leigh.
The second season of the MUBI Podcast titled “Only in Theaters” tells surprising stories of individual cinemas that had huge impacts on film history, and in some cases, history in general.
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