Mainstream need not mean multi-screen

Sir, – In the news item in The Courier about the planned cinema in the Greenmarket site you quote Tim Allan, president of Scottish Chambers of Commerce as saying: “I don’t see it as detrimental to the DCA. People who want to go and see Thor: Ragnarok or Avengers: Infinity War are not going to go to the DCA, which thrives showing offbeat, left-field films with a limited release.”

I suggest that Mr Allan is misinformed. The DCA shows many mainstream films and certainly does not confine its showings to “offbeat and left-field” films.

In the recent past I have seen in the DCA Darkest Hour, The Post and Dunkirk – all popular films shown nationwide in cinema chains. If Mr Allan cared to look at the DCA’s cinema programme he would see how mistaken is his comment.

The DCA deserves all the support it can get. A multi-screen cinema next door would certainly be detrimental to its continued existence.

Alastair L Stewart. Albany Road, Broughty Ferry.

Picture: Kris Miller. The iconic DCA building in the city centre.