Since the 1960s, the site has housed the Co-operative Education Centre, the Nottingham Film Society, City Lights Cinema and, since 1982, the Broadway Cinema.[citation needed]
In 1993, the cinema was the venue for the UK premiere of Quentin Tarantino'sPulp Fiction, showing it immediately after its screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] For many years, film director Shane Meadows worked out of the venue; he still uses it as a base for press interviews.[6] Likewise, the filmmaker Jeanie Finlay has edited most of her films on the premises, including her Game of Thrones documentary The Last Watch.[7]
In 2006, Broadway Cinema underwent a major redevelopment with funding from the National Lottery and Arts Council England.[8] Works were completed in October 2006 and cost around £6 million.[9] The cinema now boasts four screens, including the world's first (and only) cinema designed by Sir Paul Smith.[9] It also houses two bars.[10]
Laraine Porter (the co-founder and director of the British Silent Film Festival) was director of the Broadway Media Centre from January 1998 until May 2008.[11] Consequently, between 1999 and 2008, Broadway Cinema hosted a series of festivals for silent film in conjunction with the British Film Institute.
