The Astor Theatre WWW Site

The entire, four–monthly, Astor calendar will usually be on–line at the same time that each printed version is produced although it will probably be a few days after that until all the mini–reviews (as found on the back of the printed calendar) are available.

All of the listings for the current calendar — even those for past weeks — will remain on–line (apart from anything else, we started getting complaints when we removed them on a week–by–week basis).

You will find details of any late changes (such as corrections, extra matinees and so on) under late changes and other announcements of interest under news.

Long–time users of this site will know that it was designed from the outset (more than ten years ago) for fast loading. We believed that Astor patrons wanted to access information about films and session–times and did not want to put up with delays while large and complex graphics (not to mention advertisements) were downloaded.

However, the growth in the number of faster 'net connections made it possible to add a few things — including the use of frames. But a no–frames version will be loaded automatically for non–frames–capable browsers. Cascading style sheets (CSS) are used but there are default settings with no loss of functionality if CSS capability is limited, disabled or otherwise absent. ActiveX controls and cross–site scripting (XSS) are not used and JavaScript is used only in non–critical areas. And there are no pop–ups!

We want to make sure that the site is fully–accessible using any browser — including text–based browsers such as Lynx and Links.

We do not use any browser–specific code except to cater for browsers that deviate from the HTML standard. You will not be forced to download a specific version of a particular browser — or a plug–in — to read what is on a normal page! (This may not be true, of course, for external sites accessed via links on these pages and local exceptions are trailers, music feeds and down–loadable PDFs of the calendar.)

We have also optimised all the pages on this site to work as well as possible with mobile 'phones and connected PDAs that have web–browsing capabilities.

See The Astor Calendar On Your Mobile for some screen shots of how the pages look on a mobile 'phone along with suggestions to help make usage and navigation easier.

We respect your privacy. We do not use “cookies” to track your sessions and any information you give to us — such as postal or e–mail addresses — will be passed on only to those parties involved directly in the distribution of any materials or information you might have requested. Our mailing lists will never be shown, given or sold to any other party.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained on this web–site is accurate and up–to–date but no warranty is given by The Astor Theatre that the information is free from error or omission.

The Astor Theatre and its servants and agents disclaim liability for any act done or omission made in reliance on the information on this web–site and any consequences that flow from such act or omission.

Notwithstanding any of the above, please let us know if you find what you believe to be an error so that it can be corrected if necessary.

Your comments will be most welcome — please e-mail us!

	Martin Hart of The American WideScreen Museum provided invaluable assistance with some of the graphics on this site.
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The site is designed and maintained by Ralphe Neill.