 Kermode is a "champion" of the Picture House, describing it in his book "The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex", as "a beauty; a proper old-fashioned picture palace" with a clientele that are "enthusiastic, attentive and apparently more interested in films than in their mobile phones".The Hyde Park Picture House has been used as a backdrop in many films and TV programmes, including the feature-length TV drama "A Is for Acid", the Vanessa Redgrave film "Wetherby" and the two-part BBC One TV film "The Great Train Robbery".It has also been used as a wedding venue.