It seems fitting that in a year when many were skeptical the Cannes Film Festival could even take place successfully that it should end with its competition jury president, filmmaker Spike Lee, expediting the awards ceremony by erroneously announcing the…
They could have easily canceled this year’s event and nobody would have faulted them at all. Some may have even thanked them; seeing it as the sensible thing to do. There are still those that wish they had. Instead, the organizers…
More than a year after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival in May of 2020, its programmers announced the official selections for the 2021 event. Earlier this year the festival abandoned its usual…
As the cinema industry in various parts of the world slowly stirs to life after more than year of COVID closures, one persistent question has been asked over the past few months at every virtual event; will a postponed CinemaCon…
On the evening of April 24th, as crews prepared Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to host the Academy Awards, a line of cars snaked out of the gravel entrance of Paramount Ranch 38 miles (61 kilometers) to the west…
In normal years event cinema titles are programmed amidst a stream of blockbuster releases, often during low occupancy times such as early matinees or weeknights. But in a year which saw a global pandemic force studios to delay all of…
There are finally some signs of hope for movie theatre owners who have been in various forms of forced hibernation for the past year due to the global coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 infection rates are declining, vaccination rates increasing and now…
Editor’s Note: This post is longer than those we ordinarily publish, however we can assure you that it will give you a thorough understanding of the seismic upheaval currently affecting the motion picture industry, why it is occurring and what…
On the morning of March 12th of this year, Leon Newnham, the Chief Executive Officer of Vista Cinema, woke up to discover much of his hard work over the past several weeks would be for naught. The growing coronavirus pandemic…
To say that 2020 has been a bad year for cinema operators and theatrical film distributors would be quite the understatement. With COVID-19 shuttering most of the world’s movie theaters, global box office is down well over 70% from last…