A Cinema Superpower: China, One Year On
It’s a little over a year since the World changed forever. The Covid 19 pandemic, originating in China, would force the closure of all of their cinemas creating a domino effect that would see the cinema industry come to a…
The UK Cinema Industry in 2020 – A Year to Learn From
It is quite revealing as to the state of the year when a third of the top 10 films of 2020 were in fact released in 2019. But 2020 was far from normal, as the latest annual summary from Comscore…
COVID Cinema Heroes: Alamo Drafthouse, South Lamar, Texas, USA
With the closure of many cinemas and travel restrictions, it has been challenging to maintain the CJ Cinema of the Month in partnership with Vista. Instead we will be featuring submissions from readers about their favourite cinema, particularly small and…
Charles Rivkin of Motion Picture Association Delivers Keynote at Year-End #CJCinemaSummit
We were lucky enough to have Charles H. Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association provide us with a special message for our #CJCinemaSummit on December 17, 2020. Below is the transcript of Mr. Rivkin’s message: I want…
100 Years of Everyman
The Everyman Cinema in London’s Hampstead (known as “Everyman Hampstead”) has joined many of us this year in having a lockdown-restricted birthday. One hundred years after opening its doors for the first time in 1920 as a theatre, the company…