The 37-year-old Grand Kornhill Cinema in Quarry Bay will close at the end of the month, the owner has announced, joining the growing list of movie theatres going out of business in Hong Kong. The five-theatre venue, located in Kornhill Plaza South in Quarry Bay and operating as part of the MCL cinema chain, will…
Beloved Cantonese opera venue Sunbeam Theatre, which closed down in North Point last month, has found a new home across the harbour in Hong Kong and is set to reopen as soon as mid-June. The theatre’s chairman, Edward Li Kui-ming, provided details about the move on Tuesday during a signing ceremony for the project with…
The US billionaire real estate magnate Charles Cohen has lost control of his upmarket UK cinema chain after an escalating legal battle over unpaid debts. Curzon, the historic arthouse chain that has 16 venues across the UK, has been snapped up by the US private equity firm Fortress Investment Group. Terms of the deal were…
This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Download our app to get faster notifications. Hong Kong is marking National Day on Tuesday with a raft of activities as the city goes all out to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the…