Next week the cinema industry heads to Barcelona, Spain for CineEurope, coming in the middle of the busiest film release summer in the last four years. Much like CinemaCon eight weeks earlier, the normalcy of it is so, well, normal, that it hardly feels worth remarking upon. Concerns such as the wri…

Even with Hollywood tentpole movies pushing the box office up 28% this year, somehow the subject of theatrical release windows has once again managed to find its way into both mainstream and industry news, though not in the way you might think. Earlier this week Matt Belloni of Puck reported that To…

The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up its 76th edition earlier this week in the south of France by awarding its top prize, the Palme d’Or, to Justine Triet for her film “Anatomy of a Fall.” The psychological thriller stars the German actress Sandra Hüller who plays a best selling aut…

Programming Note: Last week’s CJ Marquee is coming to you a little late as members of the Celluloid Junkie team make their way to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, starting 16 May. As well, don’t forget we’ll be talking to studios and distributors from around the world on thi…

One of the most well received presentations at this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas was not a studio slate (sorry, I mean “portfolio”) but a university professor talking – without video or even PowerPoint slides – about market economy dynamics and introducing himself by s…

If, like me, you stuck around Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday of last week it would have been hard to tell that the world’s largest convention of movie theatre owners had taken place over the previous four days. Gone were the trade show booths, movie posters, elevator decals and any rema…

On the eve of this year’s CinemaCon, and at the risk of not heading the wisdom of the Prussian political leader Otto von Bismarck, I thought it might be helpful to invite you into our own little sausage making factory to give you a peek at what it’s like around here in the run upRead Mor…