When someone tells you they've found a hidden gem they don't usually mean it's literally hidden but that's how it feels when you visit Southport's Bijou Cinema for the first time.
It's a community cinema tucked into Post Office Avenue, a single lane cut through a stone's throws from Lord Street and backing onto Sainsbury's car park. There's a little sign and then a sort of ginnel and then you're passing through a large Victorian doorway into the town's newest and smallest cinema.
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