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Here’s one Prince Charles to get behind
It’s worth fighting off sleep for a right royal experience at a film all-nighter, writes James Walsh

THE Prince Charles in London’s West End isn’t the only repertory cinema in Britain.

There’s the magnificent BFI, for instance, with its lovingly curated seasons and its carefully calibrated programme that balances beautifully between pretension and popularity.

But the BFI wouldn’t show Mothra, an infamous Japanese monster film from the 1960s.

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