Cinema Trade Shows Are Back… But Will The Industry Turn Up?
Eight months ago Celluloid Junkie explored the impact that the lack of trade shows would have on the cinema business. We speculated that it could be an entire 18 months that the business would have to do without an international…
Filmgrail: Doubling Cinema Audience Engagement
If you’re a cinema exhibitor then depending on where you are in the world you’ve probably had a year of this COVID-19 “nonsense” (for want of a better swear word) keeping your cinema closed. But there is now light at…
CJ Opinion: Vaccination ‘Passports’ and Cinemas – An Unnecessary and Unwelcome Imposition On Our Industry
The last few weeks and months have seen increasing interest on the part of the United Kingdom government around the use of vaccination certificates or ‘passports’ and so-called ‘rapid testing’ as a way of hastening the return not just of…
AMC and Alamo Top US Cinema Online Engagement Review by Gruvi
Gruvi has recently conducted an A.U.D.I.T. of the websites of major cinema chains in the UK, Australia and the US, in terms of their effective engagement with online audiences. The following three criteria were used to determine the results: Algorithm The Algorithm…
After Bumper BO Holiday, China’s Cinemas Face Uncertain Months Ahead
The success of cinema releases in China over the Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year) was a shot in the arm for the global theatrical business and proof that audiences are prepared to flock back to cinemas, once they feel…