The Guardian's Nosheen Iqbal:
The Barbican, London's beloved concrete Rubik's cube of an arts complex, spent millions in 2007 to refurbish its three cinemas, nicing up the lighting and putting in quality digital projectors - that kind of thing. Now, two of those very busy screening rooms are set to close in March and function solely as conference venues, leaving the film programme operating on a single screen.
Why? It's all to do with luxury flats, sound leakage and economics. Now read on.
