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Wonderstruck Director Todd Haynes at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

“Wonderstruck” Director Todd Haynes Defends Amazon Studios at the Cannes Film Festival

Just one day after filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and actor Will Smith debated whether Netflix should be permitted to have films premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival if they the movies will never been seen in cinemas, director Todd Haynes came to the defense of Amazon’s subscription stream…

Finnkino Scape Omena. (photo: Finnkino)

The Solution to LED Cinema Screens’ Audio Problem Lies in Finland

Anyone who saw the Sony’s CLEDIS or Samsung’s LED Cinema Screen demonstrations at this year’s CinemaCon could not fail to be stunned by the spectacular brightness, colour and detail of the images. Sadly the audio was far inferior to the images, highlighting the biggest problem (oth…

UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Pilot Programme

UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Pilot Open for Mentee Candidates

The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) has launched the UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Pilot Programme and is looking for candidates for its mentorship program. The 12-month pilot initiative will see a number of female senior industry executives mentor a group of ‘up and coming’ international fe…

Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, Pedro Almodovar at Cannes 2017

Cannes Film Festival Jury Answers The Netflix Question

Hanging over the start of the Cannes Film Festival today was the incessant discussion over the selection of two films produced by Netflix to appear in competition. It was all anyone attending Cannes, and especially those that aren’t, could talk about. So it was inevitable that this year’s Cannes jur…

Chunky's Cinema Pub in MAnchester, MA. (photo: Chunky's Facebook page)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 17 May 2017

USA: Chunky’s swivel-chair cinema India: SPI in Warangal Canada: Cineplex VIP in Vancouver UK: Cineworld Ely, Reel Chorley Germany: Berlin could get Film House, Weber wants luxury for Erlangen Re-furb/Re-opening: United Cinemas Tokyo Odaiba, Inox R-Mall 7-star, Vox Chamonix replaced, Regal 17…

Notice in CGV about ransomware infection. (photo: Yonhap News)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 16 May 2017

CGV hit by ransomware, no ticket price cap on weekends, Reading earthquake pay-out, EU cinema attendance, Spanish cinemas down, Inox ‘not for sale’ interview, GSC also not for sale, Myanmar cinema growth, Disney & DeinKinoTicket.de, international BO importance, Screenvision sells…

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Long Haul Alien Covenant Everything Everything posters

Guardians Grab Galactic 2nd Week but an Alien Invasion is on the Horizon. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

“I was surprised that Guardians of the Galaxy won the weekend”, said absolutely no one on the face of the planet. The Marvel gang’s second weekend of USD $63 million brought the film’s overall gross to USD $246 million and easily outdistanced this past weekend’s two new openers. Then again, we use t…

Samsung Cinema Screen. (photo: Samsung)

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung’s LED Cinema Screen Passes DCI Compliance Test

Samsung Electronic’s LED direct view digital cinema display has passed DCI compliance tests and can thus now be used to screen new Hollywood releases in cinemas. Having first been shown at invitation-only demonstrations at CinemaCon in late March this year, the speed with which Samsung’s…

Chester Storyhouse cinema and library. (image: artist's impression / Bennetts Associates)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Thursday 10 May 2017

UK: Chester Storyhouse, The Light Aberdeen France: Megarama Toulouse, 7-screen in Cahors’ Place Bessières UAE: Vox City Centre Sharjah Benin: Culture centre cinema. Re-furbs/re-opening: The Light Cambridge Imax, thescreen stortford, Weymouth’s Cameo, Reel’s Astoria in Chippenham an…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 9 May 2017

Constantin take-over try, Korean cine vote perks, Spain’s €2.90 cinema feast, Reading share buy-back, Malaysian cinema bullish, MaCaO 25th anniversary, India fantasy figure expansion, Vox cine ad withdrawn, Pocono burglary redux, Scotland’s free cinema for homeless. Germany/Switzerland…