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CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview - Seating & Auditorium Design

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: Seating & Auditorium Design

As cinemas continue to differentiate the in-theater experience, seating and auditorium design remain central to how audiences perceive value. At CinemaCon 2026, exhibitors are highlighting a range of seating solutions and structural upgrades designed to improve comfort, flexibility, and overall pres…

Lumma's Magnify 8

From Buenos Aires to the World: The Story Behind Lumma’s Magnify 8

How the pandemic pushed Lumma to rethink premium formats and engineer a more accessible immersive experience. When movie theatres around the globe shut their doors in 2020, among the countless companies working in the cinema technology space facing an uncertain future was one named Lumma. The Argent…

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

EVO Entertainment Group - Shertz, Texas

EVO Shares A Phased Approach for Reopening Their Texas Cinemas After Coronavirus Shutdown

From the very moment in mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic forced most cinemas around the world to shut their doors, they began to contemplate not only when they could reopen, but how they could do so in a way that made their patrons feel safe. As quarantine and stay-at-home orders in various regi…

Cinema Tech Innovators: Flexound (Finland)

Cinema Tech Innovators is a series where Celluloid Junkie profiles small innovators looking to make a big difference in the world of cinema. These are companies working in online, technology, social media and other spheres to enhance and expand the big screen experience. They are typically start-ups…

Cineplex Odeon Victoria Cinema and Empire Capitol 6 Cinemas. (image: Google Maps)

Canada’s Luxury Seating Arms Race Points to Future

A luxury seating arms race between two small multiplexes in British Columbia's Victoria holds an important lesson for the future of cinema going.