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A Quiet Player Makes a Big Move: Qube Cinema Acquires Arts Alliance Media

When London-based Arts Alliance Media entered administration in November 2025, it sent a quiet but genuine shockwave through the global cinema industry. Quiet, because AAM is not exactly a household name among general audiences, or even among many cinema professionals who depend on its products ever…

Homegrown hits at the Nigerian box office include Brotherhood, A Tribe Called Judah and The Wedding Party.

The Rise of Local Cinema: How Nigerian Cinemas are Rebuilt on Indigenous Films

For over a decade, conversations about cinema revolved around Hollywood imports: tentpoles, superheroes, franchise spectacles, and the billion-naira weekends they reliably drove. The last five years have indeed redrawn the theatrical map. Local content, once considered supplementar…

Everyman Cinema and Emirates' World Class Cinema campaign 2

Pearl & Dean Partner Emirates with Everyman for a First-Class Experience

Some partnerships feel like a match made in advertising heaven. Certainly, that was the feeling when Catherine Ferguson, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Pearl & Dean, took a call last June with a chance to pair up Emirates and Everyman Cinema. Contacted by Emirates’ media agency Universal McCa…

2026 Sundance Film Festival

As Sundance Says Goodbye to Park City, Its Films Look Forward

There’s a particular rhythm to January in Park City that only Sundance people really understand. The crunch of snow under boots that aren’t meant for ice. The quiet panic of realizing you’ve misjudged travel time between venues by at least fifteen minutes. The oddly comforting sight of volunteers in…

CJ Tech - Xenon vs Laser Projection

CJ Tech: Choosing the Right Projection System: Xenon vs Laser Projection

Walk into any cinema projection booth and you’ll quickly realise one thing: the machine at the centre of it all isn’t just a box of optics and fans. It’s the nerve centre of the auditorium, dictating everything from visual clarity to your monthly maintenance bill. And in a world of tightening budget…

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CJ’s Top Women In Global Distribution – 2025

Celluloid Junkie’s 2025 Top Women in Global Distribution is proudly sponsored by AMC Theatres, Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) and Event Cinemas. Their support makes this list possible, and we encourage readers to visit their websites to learn more. Following the strong response to the…

“Kill Bill” characters The Bride, O-Ren Ishii and Bill sit vertically against a red and black background, with the film title in yellow on the left side

“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair”: The Long Journey to the Big Screen

What fans of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill: Vol I” (2003) and “Vol. II” (2004) know but many others may not, is that the two films weren’t supposed to be separate entities; the original vision for the blood-spattered revenge saga was intended to be a single release. And now, after a 20+ year wait a…

(Left to Right) Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle speaks with filmmaker and festival director director Shekhar Kapur during a panel on November 22, 2025 at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, India

Imperfect Is Beautiful: Shekhar Kapur and Tricia Tuttle on AI’s Role in Cinema’s Next Act

Under the winter sun in Panaji, Goa, where palm trees and festival banners spill out along the Mandovi River, the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which took place 20–28 November, once again felt like one of Asia’s most vital A-list gatherings. The industry-focused Waves Film Bazaar…

Emily Cecil-Dennett stands in front of the inside of Trafalgar Releasing’s original broadcasting truck

A Complete Service: Trafalgar Releasing’s End-to-End Offering

For the past decade, London-based distribution company Trafalgar Releasing (Trafalgar) has been a market leader when it comes to event cinema (also known as alternative content). Bringing live experiences to a wider audience via the cinema screen, whether it’s recorded productions of pop concerts, s…

The Opening Ceremony at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025 on December 04, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Opening Night at the 2025 Red Sea Film Festival Showcases Saudi Arabia’s Growing Cinematic Ambition

Under the desert night sky and amid the floodlit architecture of historic Al Balad, the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival opened with a ceremony that reflected a country rapidly building a film culture from scratch and eager to share that transformation with the world. For Saudi Arabia, whic…