AMC In The Year of the Pandemic – Part 1
This post is part of a three part series detailing how Wall Street shenanigans and social media activism helped AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, survive the economic upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic. Part 2 can be found here…
CJ People: Recognizing and Preventing Burnout
Despite vaccinations making their way around the world, and some countries taking steps towards a new sense of normalcy, one of the main problems from the COVID-19 pandemic is the pervading sense of endlessness. Not only has there been severe…
CJ Opinion: (Re)Opening the Cinema Doors to a Wider Audience
Cinema is taking some time to emerge out from the shadow of the pandemic. Some have predicted that globally, things won’t start to return to normal when it comes to matching pre-pandemic audience volumes until 2022 at the earliest. This…
CJ Green: Greening Your Cinema
After its conception in 2019, the first-ever online version of the Circular Economy Retail Group was held in April of this year, hosted by the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC). The agenda saw a jam-packed afternoon of legislative updates, European…
French Cinema Attendance in “Free Fall” as Other European Countries Consider Health Pass Mandate
The introduction of an EU Health Certificate (a.k.a. ‘vaccine passport’) requirement to attend cinemas in France has led to a ‘free fall’ drop in attendance. The news is a blow to French cinemas, which had experienced a steady growth since…