When we first set out to celebrate those women holding leadership positions in the exhibition industry back in 2016, we found so few that the original headline of the piece was “Why So Few Women CEOs in Cinema?” We wisely chose to change the headline to “Celluloid Junkie’s Top 25 W…

More than a week after the cinema industry returned home from CineEurope, hopefully everyone has recovered from this year’s event in Barcelona and has had a chance to catch up on overdue work and overflowing email inboxes. One of those emails should be telling you about the upcoming CJ Cinema…

On the eve of CineEurope 2024 I was hoping to use this week’s Marquee to provide a brief overview of what we have to look forward to in Barcelona, Spain during next week’s conference. Alas, I wouldn’t be the first editor in history to have their best laid editorial plans thwarted b…

While the Cannes Film Festival has always been the biggest film festival in the world, over the past decade it seems to have grown in stature and importance. Every year it seems at least four of the most acclaimed films end up premiering in Cannes. Nine films from the 2023 festival were nominated fo…

I am attending the Cannes Film Festival through the end of this week. It has been great seeing so many of CJ’s readers and colleagues walking the Croissette or at the Palais des Festivals, and if you’d like to connect while in Cannes, feel free to reach out. We’re covering the fest…

Of the many things I learned during last month’s CinemaCon, I was hardly expecting to discover at least two bits of information. The first was about the CJ Marquee, the email newsletter you’re currently reading. The number of industry professionals that approached me asking about the abs…

Given the amount of complaining I’ve done about Taylor Swift recently in this newsletter, many of you may wonder why I would focus my attention on the pop-star for yet another week. But bear with me and you’ll see that I’m using her, or more specifically her concert film, to highli…

I’m kind of relieved this week is finally coming to an end because as much as I may appreciate a good Taylor Swift song, and as grateful as I am that she is releasing her concert film theatrically to bolster an anemic release schedule, the pervasive promotion this movie has gotten has been ove…

I couldn’t tell you whether Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres, personally convinced the musical sensation Beyoncé to release a film version of her Renaissance concert tour directly through the world’s largest cinema chain turned indie distributor. What I can tell you is that no sooner h…

When I first graduated from college and was trying to earn enough money to move to Los Angeles I wound up putting my business school degree to use and worked for Philip Morris International in their New York City headquarters. Probably best known as a cigarette manufacturer, they actually owned a lo…