Vivendi to Open 100 Cinemas Across Africa
Vivendi has opened the first cinema in Cameroon. Canal Olympia is the first of 100 screen planned across Africa by the parent company of TV network Canal+.
Cinema of the Month: Cinéma Olympia – Cannes, France
Cinéma Olympia in Cannes is where film buyers from all over the world congregate each year to do deals. CJ looks at the anonymous but hugely important cinema.
The Reason Why Geneva’s Last XXX Cinema Survives
Geneva's last adult cinema is not closing any time soon. And for one strange reason unique to Switzerland, every one of its major cities has a XXX cinema.
Cinema of the Month: PVR Icon, Mumbai, India
Mumbai's first PVR Icon is our Cinema of the Month for April. See what a five-star luxury screen in the heart of Bollywood looks like.
Cinema of the Month: CGV Liberty City Point, HCMC, Vietnam
In our first ever Cinema of the Month we visit CGV Liberty City Point in Vietnam's second city and marvel how a 10-screen cinema can fit so neatly in a hotel.
The Force of Dolby Cinema
CJ Flynn goes behind the scenes at the AMC Dolby Cinema in Burbank to bring us his unparalleled analysis of the next generation movie-going experience.
Cinemark Expands Premium Concept With Upscale Theatre In Silicon Beach
Cinemark, the third largest cinema chain in the United States, can add nine more screens this evening to the more than 5,700 it operates throughout the country. This weekend marks the grand opening of the Cinemark Playa Vista and XD, the ninth and latest of the circuit’s NextGen multiplex venu…
How the Gates Family Foundation Saved Small Town Cinemas from Death-by-Digital
As the clock ticks down for the end of 35mm film prints, so the race is on to save the last few small town cinemas that cannot afford the switch to digital. We are now talking months, not years. In the United States funds typically come from one or a mixture of three sources, allRead More
‘World’s Largest Cinema’ Set To Be Demolished
Demolitions of old cinemas rarely makes the news beyond the local newspaper and TV station, but Studio 28 in Wyoming, West Michigan is not just any old cinema. In 1988 it became the world’s first megaplex, as well as being the world’s largest cinema, and to this day hold the highest sing…
Why Digital Alone Won’t Kill Second Run Movie Theatres
The threat that the digital conversion poses to single-screen and drive-in cinemas have been highlighted several times on CelluloidJunkie.com (here, here and here), but there is a third category of cinemas that also face an existentialist threat with the phasing out of 35mm prints. Second-run cinema…