J. Sperling Reich, Author at Celluloid Junkie

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Landmark Theatres Pico Boulevard Location

Landmark Theatres to Close Its Flagship Los Angeles Location

Los Angeles is losing another prominent movie theatre at the end of May as Landmark Theatres announced the closure of its Pico Boulevard location. The exhibitor opened its 12-screen flagship cinema 15 years ago on the westside of Los Angeles and it has been a cinephile favorite ever since. The venue…

SNPTC Study on Movie Advertising on Television

France Discovers Benefits of Advertising Movies on TV

It may come as a shock to some, but for decades advertising theatrical film releases on television was prohibited in France. The French government believed that allowing movies to air commercials and trailers on television would only benefit American studios, i.e. Hollywood, at the expense of local…

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New Study Suggests Exhibitors Can Profit From Latent Demand

On the even of every major cinema industry trade show it is quite common for our inboxes to overflow with meeting requests, sales pitches, product updates, market research and other event related info. These missives come in from companies far and wide, of all shapes and sizes from manufacturers to…

Vista Group Acquires Retriever Solutions

For Vista and Retriever It’s Business as Usual After Acquisition

“We come in peace,” joked Leon Newnham the CEO of Vista Cinema a little over a week before that phrase would take on a more ominous meaning when Russia invaded Ukraine. Rather than world politics, Newnham was referring to the announcement that Vista, the world’s leading cinema poin…

MoviePass Relaunch Event

MoviePass Relaunches with Original Founder, New Business Model and Ambitious Moonshot

MoviePass, the company that helped introduce moviegoing subscriptions to North America before infamously flaming out, plans on relaunching in the summer of 2022, albeit with some significant changes. The first revision to the new MoviePass is the return of its original co-founder and CEO, Stacy Spik…

2022 Sundance Film Festival Acquisitions

Sundance Acquisitions Suggest Austere Future for Specialty Theatrical Releases

If acquisitions activity at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival provides any insight into the current market for specialty and mid-tier movies, as tends to be the case with Sundance, then the near-future for cinema operators of all sizes is decidedly mixed. The festival wrapped up this year’s prog…

Anne Fitzgerald and Thomas Santram of Cineplex Entertainment

Anne Fitzgerald Announces Retirement From Cineplex; Thomas Santram To Take Over As General Counsel

Anne Fitzgerald, the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Cineplex, Canada’s largest movie theatre chain, has announced she will be retiring at the end of February. Thomas Santram will become the company’s General Counsel. The news came from Fitzgerald herself, who informed the…

2022 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Cancels In-Person Festival for 2022

In the midst of a nationwide wave of COVID-19 infections the Sundance Film Festival announced today that its in-person programming had been called off. One of the most prominent film festivals in the United States, it was slated to commence on 20 January in Park City, Utah. The event will now be hel…

AMC Theatres - 2022 Rose Parade Float

AMC Theatres Floats Into 2022 Rose Parade

There are any number of New Years traditions practiced around the world. Some have to do with round foods, as in Spain, where 12 grapes are eaten at the strike of midnight, or in the Philippines where 12 round fruits are consumed. Many Japanese will prepare toshikoshi soba noodles for New Years. Oth…

ShowEast 2021 Canceled

ShowEast 2021 Canceled Amid Pandemic Complications

It is safe to say calling off this year’s ShowEast event was an outcome nobody wanted; not cinema operators, not studios, nor industry vendors and least of all the Film Expo Group, which organizes the conference. However, with changing travel restrictions, tightened budgets and ongoing COVID concern…

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