J. Sperling Reich, Author at Celluloid Junkie

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The Opening Ceremony at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025 on December 04, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Opening Night at the 2025 Red Sea Film Festival Showcases Saudi Arabia’s Growing Cinematic Ambition

Under the desert night sky and amid the floodlit architecture of historic Al Balad, the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival opened with a ceremony that reflected a country rapidly building a film culture from scratch and eager to share that transformation with the world. For Saudi Arabia, whic…

Arts Alliance Media enters administration

Arts Alliance Media Enters Administration — But Don’t Write Its Obituary Yet

Arts Alliance Media (AAM), one of the cinema industry’s most widely deployed and quietly indispensable software providers, entered administration in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2025. This move begins a restructuring process, similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States, that could res…

Pope Leo XIV - Encounter with World Cinema

CJ Analysis: The Wild Weekend the Pope Joined Tom Cruise in Championing Cinemas

The cinema business has had so many “crisis moments” lately that even seasoned industry insiders are starting to develop emotional shin splints. But late October was something special — a kind of doom-loop crescendo that left exhibitors, distributors, and analysts staring into the theatrical abyss.…

Luis Vargas - Comscore

Latin American Theatrical Market Defies Predictions, Emerging as Global Recovery Leader

When Luis Vargas took the stage at CineLATAM 2025 in Miami this past September, he didn’t begin with a data slide. Instead, the Vice President for Latin America at Comscore Movies opened with a story — or rather, with a movie title: “Ainda Estou Aqui,” (“I’m Still Here.”) The Oscar winning Brazilian…

From Grounded to Global: How PaperAirplane is Helping Movie Marketing Reach New Heights

Born in the depths of the pandemic, PaperAirplane Media rewired the connection between studios and cinemas. Now, as nearly every cinema operator in North America depends on its digital asset management solution, the PaperAirplane team is preparing for takeoff overseas. When Mike Polydoros decided to…

(From Left) Elizabeth Frank of RealD, Serge Plasch from Barco, Robert Carrady of Caribbean Cinemas, Rolando Rodriguez from Lumma, Gonzalo Lopez of Multicines Ecuador, Daniel Loria of Boxoffice Pro participate in the Industry Investment panel at CineLATAM in Coral Gables, Florida on September 16, 2025

Premium Formats and Smart CapEx Dominate the Conversation at CineLATAM 2025

At CineLATAM 2025, exhibitors, manufacturers, and technology leaders from Caribbean Cinemas, RealD, Multicines, Barco, and Lumma 4D E-Motion shared how Latin America’s cinema market is investing wisely in premium formats and immersive experiences to drive attendance. If CineLATAM 2025’s overall them…

CineLATAM 2025 - Executive Roundtable - Luis Vargas (Comscore), Andrew Cripps (Walt Disney Studios), Valmir Fernandes (Cinemark International), Miguel Mier (Cinepolis), Don Savant (CJ 4DPlex)

Content Is King, Experience Is Queen: Latin America’s Cinema Leaders Signal a Confident Comeback

At CineLATAM 2025, global and regional executives from Paramount, Disney, Cinépolis, Cinemark, and CJ 4DPlex chart a path forward for Latin America’s exhibition market, anchored in content, collaboration, and a renewed focus on the moviegoing experience. By the time Paramount Pictures unveiled its 2…

Lumma's Magnify 8

From Buenos Aires to the World: The Story Behind Lumma’s Magnify 8

How the pandemic pushed Lumma to rethink premium formats and engineer a more accessible immersive experience. When movie theatres around the globe shut their doors in 2020, among the countless companies working in the cinema technology space facing an uncertain future was one named Lumma. The Argent…

Andrew Sunshine - CineLATAM

CineLATAM 2025: Why Film Expo Group Is Rebranding ShowEast to Focus on Latin America

For nearly four decades, ShowEast was a fixture on the North American cinema industry calendar—first held in Atlantic City, before heading south to Orlando and then Miami—drawing United States’ exhibitors and studios together every October. This year, that chapter officially closes. In its place, th…

Disney to Tailor DCP Delivery for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Based on Global Screen Survey

One of the highlights at the recently concluded CineEurope 2025 in Barcelona was the presentation of footage from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” shown by Disney in both CINITY and 3D. Indeed, as anticipation builds for the December release of James Cameron’s latest film, Disney is calling…