Sunday morning, the sun is gaining momentum, the children are occupied with their father and for a rare moment I find myself with time to think about the week past. In my old life in England I used to enjoy trotting off to the cinema having perused the listings chart a few hours prior to going then sit in the neon lit emporium that you can find in every out of town car park. For that hour or two it was easy enough to forget my surroundings and the world that awaited outside and transport myself into the story. Immersed in characters to love or dislike, visiting places that could be reworked into daydreams long after the credits role and the harsh light of reality kicks back in.
Then we moved to Denmark and I fell out of going to the cinema. Not because of a lack of theatre's to visit, indeed there are some really very nice ones here in Copenhagen. More so because it takes time to find a babysitter and the family kept growing and it became less of a hole in the routine of my life. Instead when we thought about renting a film for an evening at home with a bottle of wine and some nice food, we found that there was a plethora of films to choose from that had passed us by on the big screen.
Last week however the gears slipped into place and I was able to take a trip to my local cinema, I love 'my' cinema as you will know if you know me. The neon lights that announce so brightly and directly in England are no where to be seen, in actual fact I lived very close to the Reprise in Holte, for a couple of months before realising with the help of a dear friend that I had a cinema on the doorstep. The outside of the cinema belies the true beauty that is kept within, for once you step through the nondescript door one enters the cinema of the past.
The Reprise is a one screen cinema set next to the forest in Holte, five minutes walk from the train station. Opened in 1919 it is the oldest cinema in the community and it was last updated in the 70's not that you would guess the decade. The theatre director Ulrik Uhrskov decided to use a scheme from the turn of the century, "If I buy something new, it will grow old in a short time. But I buy something old, it will continue to be old ". Hence the red and the gold and the chandeliers that share their light with the
room.
I just thoroughly enjoy each visit, the charmingly lit foyer with old school popcorn trolley welcomes you inside and last week the ticket man came and lit our candle as we sat at the table waiting to go through. There is a small bar with a selection of wine that you can take in to the screening as well as a great selection of chocolate and snacks. The cinema itself has two types of seating, choose from the stately green leather 'love seats' in the back row or my own preference, the plush red velvet seats that recline as they ought to in front of the curtained screen.
What did we see last week? Melancholia; by Lars Von Trier, a soul thumping, beautifully shot film about depression and the end of the world. Not a light film for a weekday evening but once I gave in to the music and sat back for the experience it was quite something.
Take a visit, Holte is not so far from the centre and it is so charming you won't be disappointed.
www.reprisen.dk
www.melancholiathemovie.com
Then we moved to Denmark and I fell out of going to the cinema. Not because of a lack of theatre's to visit, indeed there are some really very nice ones here in Copenhagen. More so because it takes time to find a babysitter and the family kept growing and it became less of a hole in the routine of my life. Instead when we thought about renting a film for an evening at home with a bottle of wine and some nice food, we found that there was a plethora of films to choose from that had passed us by on the big screen.Last week however the gears slipped into place and I was able to take a trip to my local cinema, I love 'my' cinema as you will know if you know me. The neon lights that announce so brightly and directly in England are no where to be seen, in actual fact I lived very close to the Reprise in Holte, for a couple of months before realising with the help of a dear friend that I had a cinema on the doorstep. The outside of the cinema belies the true beauty that is kept within, for once you step through the nondescript door one enters the cinema of the past.
The Reprise is a one screen cinema set next to the forest in Holte, five minutes walk from the train station. Opened in 1919 it is the oldest cinema in the community and it was last updated in the 70's not that you would guess the decade. The theatre director Ulrik Uhrskov decided to use a scheme from the turn of the century, "If I buy something new, it will grow old in a short time. But I buy something old, it will continue to be old ". Hence the red and the gold and the chandeliers that share their light with the
room.
I just thoroughly enjoy each visit, the charmingly lit foyer with old school popcorn trolley welcomes you inside and last week the ticket man came and lit our candle as we sat at the table waiting to go through. There is a small bar with a selection of wine that you can take in to the screening as well as a great selection of chocolate and snacks. The cinema itself has two types of seating, choose from the stately green leather 'love seats' in the back row or my own preference, the plush red velvet seats that recline as they ought to in front of the curtained screen.
What did we see last week? Melancholia; by Lars Von Trier, a soul thumping, beautifully shot film about depression and the end of the world. Not a light film for a weekday evening but once I gave in to the music and sat back for the experience it was quite something.
Take a visit, Holte is not so far from the centre and it is so charming you won't be disappointed.
www.reprisen.dk
www.melancholiathemovie.com
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