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Curzon Cinemas in Victoria

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 31 January 2014

UK: London’s leading arthouse cinema chain is on a major expansion drive. “Boutique cinema chain Curzon Cinemas will almost double the number of its screens in the capital, from 12 to 20, as part of a £6 million expansion plan and design makeover. The main investment is in a new £3 milli…

TCM's 20th Anniversary Casablanca Screening

TCM Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Free Screenings of “Casablanca”

It’s hard to believe the cable network Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is entering its 20th year. It certainly doesn’t seem like that much time has passed since TCM began broadcasting some of the most beloved movies ever made into homes. Apparently, time flies when you’re presenting cl…

AMC Theatres Expands Content Marketing Efforts With “Versus”

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://youtu.be/oyEup3gG53E[/youtube] AMC Theatres is taking a page out of the latest marketing play books with its new online series “Versus”. The first episode was posted to their website, via YouTube, on Tuesday, January 28th.…

Ispwich Odeon

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 29 January 2014

UK: Fancy going up against not one but THREE cinemas in Ipwich? If so then you are in luck, because the original £1m asking price just halved. “The former Odeon cinema at the junction of St Margaret’s Street and Woodbridge Road was built in 1991 but closed in August 2005. It had become unable…

Disney To Release Sing-Along Version of “Frozen” In Theatres

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://youtu.be/0HtACLaRDk0[/youtube] Walt Disney Studios may have struck upon an inventive way to squeeze more revenue from moviegoers who have already seen their latest animated feature, “Frozen”. Hoping to get fans of “Fr…

Stephanie Georgio at Cineworld

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 28 January 2014

UK: A girl is recovering after being bitten by a venomous spider at a Cineworld multiplex. yes, you read that correctly; not in Australia but in the UK. “A teenager needed three operations after she was bitten by a venomous spider at an Enfield cinema. Stephanie Georgiou, was bitten by a false…

Romeo and Juliet

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 27 January 2014

USA: The New York Times looks at the business of event cinema for Broadway, noting that with a few exceptions, “Broadway has shied away from this booming phenomenon, which could represent a new revenue stream (it certainly has for the Met) or at least a potent new marketing tool.” By Ex…

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Celluloid Has Become A Rarity At The Sundance Film Festival

Few annual events have chronicled the movie industry’s transition from 35mm film to digital cinema quite like the Sundance Film Festival. There were times during this year’s festival, which concluded over the weekend, where it was hard not to be reminded of the art form’s long jour…

Seeing Eye Dogs In Chinese Cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 24 January 2014

China: PRC is cracking down on tax avoidance and under-payment to distributors by cinemas. “New rules have gone into place in China to prevent cinemas from manipulating viewing figures and engaging in other forms of fraud. The State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and…

Sundance Film Festival eWaitlist

Sundance Walks A Fine Line With New eWaitlist System

Purchasing or acquiring tickets for the Sundance Film Festival has never been an easy endeavor, whether for patrons or for the event’s staff. An estimated 50,000 attendees clamor each year for tickets to hundreds of showings of more than 200 films officially selected by festival programmers. S…