Scala!!!
BFI Distribution | Release Date: July 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJan 10, 2024
Borrowing a punky, handmade aesthetic from the famous monthly programme posters, the film collates wildly entertaining interviews with former staff and punters. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJan 5, 2024
Along the way, Scala!!! (the number of exclamation points varies) takes in the history of a wider culture. You could see the community under discussion as that swimming in the long wake of punk. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 3, 2024
A very entertaining madeleine for movie-going of the analogue age. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenNov 29, 2023
As a piece of London social history, Scala!!! is winningly leftfield and its spirit is wildly infectious. But you could watch it without having been within a thousand miles of this once-seedy corner of King’s Cross and still get a kick out of it. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 22, 2024
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall's documentary "Scala!!!" is about a legendary, notorious, hugely influential and long-gone London theater. But it'll appeal to anyone whose formative moviegoing years were defined by eccentric, usually urban or college-town cinemas that programmed whatever the folks who ran the place found interesting and switched lineups every day or two. Read full review
60
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsJan 3, 2024
This is an exhaustive and lively document of a cult scene that you’re very happy it existed, but maybe don’t want to be a part of yourself. Read full review
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