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Top 50 Women in Global Cinema 2023 Needs You!

As the return to pre-pandemic box office levels inches closer, and after many enquiries and requests, we’re thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for our annual Top Women in Global Cinema 2023 list, back in its usual format. Now in its seventh year, and fresh off the back of our inaugural…

Problems Related to the ‘Hazard Zone’ in New and Renovated Cinemas

Despite the ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the severely affected events industry, which is gradually recovering, new investments in the form of conversions or new buildings for event venues and other cultural institutions are inevitable. The population remains “film-hungry…

Why Cinema is Designed to Make a Lasting Impact

The Science Behind the Impact of Cinema

On 7th July, cinema advertising company Digital Cinema Media (DCM) hosted their UpFronts Showcase at the Odeon Luxe in London’s Leicester Square. The morning’s presentations focused around a theme of “cinema as attention leader” (not the official title) and a data presentation was given to support t…

Picture House, Uckfield, is a family-run business

Premiumising the Picture House During a Pandemic

It’s the middle of 2020, and the world is in a state of chaos. Lockdown is the new norm, life as we know it has turned upside down, and, quite frankly, things are pretty bleak. Wanna go watch a film at the cinema? Or go for a bite to eat? Or even go to theRead More

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…

Coca-Cola's Oli Delaney moderated the "Growing Back Greener" sustainability session at CineEurope 2021

CJ Green at CineEurope 2021

The ever-important topic of sustainability was, once again, given devoted focus at CineEurope 2021 during a Coca-Cola Company session titled, “Growing Back Greener”. Held three months ago in early October in Barcelona, the chosen topic – this time focusing specifically on the world’s problem w…

CineEurope Coca Cola Seminar: Emerging Stronger, Charting the Path for Growth

Bond. Venom. Dune. The audiences are back in their droves, but how have their spending habits changed? With extremely strong retail spends being reported by cinemas, CineEurope’s Coca Cola seminar 2021 examined whether this is a short-term trend or if it is here to stay. The Tuesday morning session…

CJ Opinion: (Re)Opening the Cinema Doors to a Wider Audience

Cinema is taking some time to emerge out from the shadow of the pandemic. Some have predicted that globally, things won’t start to return to normal when it comes to matching pre-pandemic audience volumes until 2022 at the earliest. This turbulence is not behind us, and it’s likely to remain unsettle…

Evan Bateup

CJ People: Vista’s Evan Bateup Talks Communication and Kindness

CJ People is a new series from Celluloid Junkie, examining the issues that affect the driving force of cinema exhibition and the wider film industry: its people. We aim to cover any and all relevant “people” topics from mental health and wellbeing, to work-life balance, to diversity and inclusion. I…