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18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

“Wonder Woman” Lassoes Top Prize at 18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

Fresh off earning USD $223 million during its opening weekend in movie theatres around the globe, “Wonder Woman” walked off with the Best Of Show trophy at the 18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. The preview for the Warner Bros. superhero release, titled “What She Is,” also won the Best Fantasy/Adven…

ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA

Cinema of the Month: ArcLight Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA

Celluloid Junkie is proud to have partnered with Vista Entertainment Solutions (VES) for the Cinema of the Month series. Vista is the world’s leading cinema ticketing and software solutions company. We won’t just be featuring cinemas whose operators use Vista, but we will surely mention when t…

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

Alamo Drafthouse Spins Success Out of Controversy Over Women-Only Screenings of “Wonder Woman”

It’s hard to know if Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas was aware of the public outcry that would occur upon scheduling a women-only screening of the upcoming Warner Bros. super hero release “Wonder Woman,” or if perhaps provoking protest, however trivial, was all part of a scheme to draw in audiences. After…

Ayame Misaki and Masatoshi Nagase in Naomi Kawase's Radiance

Moviegoing Accessibility Takes A Dramatic Turn at Cannes In Naomi Kawase’s “Radiance”

In bright daylight, a man, in his thirties or early forties, pushes into a crowd. He wears a lanyard around his neck; a badge that reads “Cannes – 70 – Presse” dangles from the end. Others wear them too. The journalist hands his shoulder bag to a security guard and steps through a metal…

Projection Issue Spoils Netflix Cannes Debut

No doubt the Cannes Film Festival wishes to put the discussion surrounding their programming two Netflix titles at this year’s festival behind them. Yet in an ironic moment that underscored the ongoing debate of selecting films that will never be released in cinemas, and depending on how far you wan…

Wonderstruck Director Todd Haynes at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

“Wonderstruck” Director Todd Haynes Defends Amazon Studios at the Cannes Film Festival

Just one day after filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and actor Will Smith debated whether Netflix should be permitted to have films premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival if they the movies will never been seen in cinemas, director Todd Haynes came to the defense of Amazon’s subscription stream…

Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, Pedro Almodovar at Cannes 2017

Cannes Film Festival Jury Answers The Netflix Question

Hanging over the start of the Cannes Film Festival today was the incessant discussion over the selection of two films produced by Netflix to appear in competition. It was all anyone attending Cannes, and especially those that aren’t, could talk about. So it was inevitable that this year’s Cannes jur…

Chris Dodd of the MPAA

Why Chris Dodd Stepping Down From MPAA Should Not Have Come as a Surprise

When Chris Dodd announced last week that he would be stepping down as President of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) later this year, it came more as a confirmation of the denouement industry insiders had begun to suspect, rather than a completely unexpected surprise. In mid-March, wh…

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 28 April 2017

UK sets cinema attendance records in March, Warner Bros. gets real about VR and AR, Vox will open a 4DX auditorium in Qatar, PVR commits to five more IMAX screens, analysis of movie ticket prices and attendance in Poland, CineEurope honors its founders, cinemas save shopping malls in India, more wat…

Newsies - Fathom Events - February 2017 Release

Disney and Fathom Team Up to Help “Newsies” Make Headlines

When “Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical!” screened in movie theatres in February as a three-day event cinema offering, there was a good chance it would be a financial success for all involved; Disney Theatrical Productions, which produced all aspects of the project, Fathom Events which acted as…