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End of line for India’s exploitation cinemas?

It looks like the corporatization of the Indian film industry coupled with the relentless drive of the multiplex building is slowly killing off the exploitation films of the crime (‘dacoit‘), horror and semi-nudity variety, alongside the cinemas that show them. From the Times of India: R…

A Hannah Montana in your lap and a Miley Cyrus in your arms!

…was the tag-line that Disney sadly chose not to use for the digital 3D release of the concert film ‘Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour’ [Surely in questionable taste, given the target demographic? -Ed.]. Beating the digital 3D release of ‘U2 3D…

PVR expands high and low in India

Indian exhibitor PVR has given details about its expansion plan in India, which involves almost doubling in size over 14 months and adding both high-end and low-end cinemas to its expanded geographical base. “While the company is aggressively planning to open screens in north and south India i…

In praise of tiny cinemas (UK’s Top 10)

London’s The Guardian has an interesting article by its film critic Peter Bradshaw singing the praise of small cinemas. Really small cinemas. Think less than a 100 seats. It’s only since doing this job that my small cinema experience has been revived. Professional film critics and movie…

Aussies Want UK Cinema Advertiser

UK/Irish cinema screen advertiser Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) is officially in the chopping block with the most likely buyer being Pacific Equity Partners, which bought the exhibitor Australian cinema chain Hoyts last year. Having once been the biggest and most profitable screen advertiser in t…

Mexican Cinemas Show TV and Concerts

Mexican exhibitor Cinepolis has begun screening recorded music concerts and plans to show operas and popular television shows on the big screen. The music push came as a result of a deal with Warner Music Mexico to show pre-recorded (high def?) concerts of the likes of Mexican rock band Mana, Pearl…

Korean exhibitors guilty of price collusion

South Korea’s four largest exhibitors have been found guilty of a number of unfair business practices by the country’s Fair Trade Commission. CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema, Megabox and Primus Cinema, which between them account for more than half of the country’s cinemas screens and over 70…

Canada opts for e-cinema ghetto for regions

The National Film Board of Canada has launched digital distribution of movies to remote areas of the country, but opted for a lower end e-cinema system over full fledged digital cinema. This means that only local and art house films will be able to screen, rather than also showing US and Canadian ma…

NFL Goes After ODS Wisconsin Cinemas

As far as show down goes, this is a David v Goliath that puts the might NFL (National Football League) against a small band of cinemas in Wisconsin who plan to show games featuring the state’s Green Bay Packers team on the big screen. Some cinemas, such as Marcus Corp. and the Fox Bay CinemaRe…

Complain more at your local multiplex

One of the reason that the exhibition industry has problems promoting digital cinema is because to laud the visual quality improvement that digital offers is tantamount to admitting that analogue projection in most cinemas is appalling. Typically the picture is all too often dim, scratched, out of f…