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Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 20 November 2015

Belgium – A riot broke out at the Kinepolis cinema in Brussels screening the gang-themed film “Black” last week. Under-aged patrons entered the sold-out screening and refused to leave. The movie has attracted controversy, not so much for its Romeo-and-Juliet plot as for the ’…

Korea’s CJ CGV to Become “World’s Largest Cinema Chain”

South Korea’s CJ CGV has gone public about its ambition to become the world’s largest cinema chain through “aggressive expansion” in the United States, couple with growth in emerging markets like India and Latin America. The aim is to have 10,000 screens globally by 2020, wit…

Made in France

Paris Terrorist Attacks Impact French Cinemas

Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris led to the closure of Gaumont, Pathé, UGC and MK2 cinemas in the French capital on the Saturday, as well as affecting several film events scheduled for the coming week. The terrorist attacks are likely to lead to questions about the safety in cinemas both in…

Reading Cinema Auckland $10

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 13 November 2015

Luxembourg – The largest cinema chain in Luxembourg – make that the ONLY cinema chain in Luxembourg – is being absorbed by Kinepolis, after the acquisition of Utopolis was recently approved. There is a long interview with Utoplis former head Eddy Duquenne, who is now a senior manag…

Paris Cinema les Fauvette

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 6 November 2015

France – Gaumont-Pathé is today opening a new cinema in Paris that is exclusively programming old and restored films. The former Gaumont Gobelins is now a beautifully refurbished five-screen cinema located opposite the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé – Monsieur Seydoux was himself the dri…

Oculus cinema

Looking Past the Headlights: The Next 10 Years in the Entertainment Industry

This article is re-printed from Medium because we feel it will be of interest to readers of CJ and we believe it deserves a wider audience. Ben Johnson at Gruvi kindly agreed for us to re-publish it here. This article is Part 3 in a series of 3. If you would like to read the firstRead More

Prince Porno and the Five Act Tragedy of the Private Empire

Porn films are rarely known for their elaborate plots, so it might come as a surprise that the true story of one of the world’s largest porn empires reads like a Shakespearean tragedy. Over the past fifty years Private Media Group rose to become Europe’s largest producer of what’s euphemistically kn…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 2 November 2015

Australia – Recliner seats as standard are the “new normal” at Hoyts, according to Simon Ruhfus, manager at Hoyts Woden, which together with Hoyt’s Belconnen site is getting recliner replacements in ever row or every screen. And prices won’t go up either. At least not y…

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 30 October 2015

UK – The Financial times has a special ‘The Business of Film’ supplement that looks at cinema and finds – surprise, surprise – that it is still surviving and thriving in the age of streaming and lauded TV shows. Rentrak’s Paul Dergarabedian is quoted as saying tha…

German Cinemas Threaten “Star Wars” Boycott

Small and independent cinemas in Germany are threatening to boycott Disney/Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: the Force Awakens” over unfavourable screening terms. Amongst many points of contention Disney is said to be enforcing a minimum ticket price that is seen as too high for small towns,…