15 Questions with Isra Al Kassi

T A P E co-founder, writer and curator based in London

Isra Al Kassi is a writer, curator and co-founder of T A P E, a London based cinema collective working to platform and highlight the sheer variety of under-served films. Photo cred: Amaal Said

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1. What’s your favorite day & time to go to the movies? 

I love a Wednesday day movie trip. 

2. What’s your favorite movie theater? 

My absolute favourite cinema is Röda Kvarn in Helsingborg where I grew up, it really set the tone for what is possible in art house cinema. In London, my go to cinemas are Prince Charles Cinema, BFI Southbank & ICA. They all have such excellent programming and I’ll go wherever has the best daytime programming. 

BFI Southbank Cinema, London.

3. What’s your go-to movie theater snack & drink combo? 

I’m boringly a still water only kind of audience member. Sometimes I might sneak a coffee in, but I never ever snack. 

4. What’s your dream movie theater snack & drink combo?  

I have fond memories of discovering minstrel chocolates when I moved to the UK, and if they didn’t cost £4 a pouch they’d be my dream movie snack; sprinkled over a mountain of Ben & Jerrys ice cream. 

5. What’s th…