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French Cinema Attendance in “Free Fall” as Other European Countries Consider Health Pass Mandate

The introduction of an EU Health Certificate (a.k.a. ‘vaccine passport’) requirement to attend cinemas in France has led to a ‘free fall’ drop in attendance. The news is a blow to French cinemas, which had experienced a steady growth since reopening earlier this summer after…

Storytelling, Technology, and Community – the Everlasting Ingredients of the Cinema Experience

CJ + Christie: Storytelling, Technology, and Community – the Everlasting Ingredients of the Cinema Experience

Cinemas around the world are beginning to light up their marquees once again after COVID-19 has kept them closed for more than a year. Throughout the ongoing pandemic, the ability to release new movies theatrically was impractical, forcing exhibitors to search for alternative routes to reach audienc…

2021 Cannes Film Festival - Awards Ceremony

No Spoilers At The 74th Annual Cannes Film Festival

It seems fitting that in a year when many were skeptical the Cannes Film Festival could even take place successfully that it should end with its competition jury president, filmmaker Spike Lee, expediting the awards ceremony by erroneously announcing the event’s top prize winner before a…

Why Major European and Japanese Cinema Chains Are Refusing to Play “Black Widow”

The Walt Disney Company has suffered the largest and most widespread theatrical refusal to play one of its tentpole releases after cinema chains in Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia and Japan refused to program Marvel’s “Black Widow.” The disagreement with many of Europe’s leading mid-size cinema chains…

2021 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Conquers COVID Challenge

They could have easily canceled this year’s event and nobody would have faulted them at all. Some may have even thanked them; seeing it as the sensible thing to do. There are still those that wish they had. Instead, the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival postponed this year’s 12-day…

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…

CJ Analysis: By the Numbers, What We Can Expect for Cinema Attendance After Vaccinations

It’s a difficult time for cinema owners. From large cinemas to small, there has been very little good news. As cinema owners, we all know it’s bad. Why tell you what you already know? Even so, in the same way we need health experts’ input into how the COVID crisis is going to affec…

Rome’s FantaFestival Points Way for IRL Film Festivals

The FantaFestival in Rome, Italy, was one of the first international festivals in Europe that was able to reopen to a live audience in a real cinema auditorium. Running from 2nd to 6th June 2021, the 41st edition of the festival – notably one of the oldest in Italy – brought devoted love…

CJ Analysis: Cinema Is Back! But With Some Major Changes.

It’s been a very long time since anyone in the cinema business has been in a rush to look at box office figures. The habitual daily check came to a bit of a grinding halt last year and for a long while things were very depressing indeed. Despite some key success stories for local productRead More

Thierry Frémaux at the Special 2020 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival Raises The Bar With 2021 Lineup

More than a year after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival in May of 2020, its programmers announced the official selections for the 2021 event. Earlier this year the festival abandoned its usual May dates on the calendar, postponing the event until July,…

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