Mizrahi and MK2 Acquire Ciné Metro Art Cinemas
The last of Galeshka Moravioff's Ciné Métro Art cinemas have been taken over by MK2 (Paris' La Bastille) and Ymagis' Jean Mizrahi (Marseille's Les Variétés).
1916-2016: 100 Years of Coca-Cola on the Big Screen
It is exactly 100 years since Coca-Cola first appeared in a movie. Celluloid Junkie looks back at the history of cinema's most important corporate partnership.
Legendary Projectionist Charles Aidikoff Dies at 101
With the adoption of digital cinema there seems to be fewer and fewer experienced motion picture projectionists working in the industry. Sadly the world now has one less. Indeed, Charles Aidikoff was such a fixture in Hollywood that his death last week at 101 years-of-age was noted on National Publi…
Merry Christmas and an Exciting 2017 Ahead
Celluloid Junkie wishes its readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be back even bigger, better and with more coverage of everything that matters to the cinema industry in 2017.
CJ + Vista: Interview with Murray Holdaway, Vista Group CEO
CJ talks to Murray Holdaway, Vista Group CEO, about our Cinema of the Month partnership, areas of growth, China, the thinking behind Vista's acquisitions and what it's like to be a non-dairy New Zealand export.
CJ Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 21 December 2016
JAPAN: Cocomaru Theatre & Cafe; UK: Tramshed BA seats, Everyman Chelmsford, Stafford 3-screen for sale, Picturehouse Ealing work starts, Odeon Norwich; USA: Elizabethtown (KY) Crowne Point Theatre; GERMANY: UCI Nordhorn, CineStar Freising; FRANCE: Pathe Paris Vill'Up, Nice's Hotel Riviera; POLAND: O…
CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 20 December 2016
Pay-it-forward cinema; Reading offer increased to $436m; Bollywood back in Pakistani cinemas; French cinema attendance up; EuropaCorp multiplex sale completed; Majestic cinema sold; CGV goes VR; cheap Indian booking app; one-take live event cinema; "Late Shift" interactive cinema; Vue recliners revi…
CJ Opinion: Time for a Reality Check on Premium VOD Windows
The news that WB is discussing a shortened release window for film to the homes has cinemas worried. CJ takes a look at what's really at stake.
CineAsia: Trends in the Asian Cinema Market; Attracting the Millennials and Re-Inventing Cinema
The first panel at CineAsia examined trends in the Asian Cinema Market; Attracting the Millennials and Re-Inventing Cinema. With Ioan Allen, Mark Shaw, Mark Viane, Irving Chea and Sunder Kimatrai - again.
CJ Cinema Property Update – Tuesday 13 December 2016
USA: Coral Gables (FL) new Landmark, Flushing (NYC) gets cinema. CANADA: Landmark plans in East Regina. S. KOREA: MegaBox in Dongdaegu, all-laser CGV in Kwangyang. ISRAEL: Cinema City Netanya. FRANCE: Sable's cinema in Thum, Mont-de-Marsan's Le Grand Club, GERMANY: Luxor Filmpalast Heidelberg, Pocki…