We’re going to deviate a little bit from our usual format this week wherein we follow our editorial with several timely industry news items. Not because there aren’t plenty of relevant updates for our usual digest posts, but rather because most of the inquiries and correspondence we…

I wanted to dedicate this weekly editorial space to something other than today’s highly anticipated global release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.” My intention was to write about another fierce duo riling up the entertainment business, the Writers Guild of America and SA…

It is supposed to be summer, at least here in the northern hemisphere. It’s a time that historically is meant to be filled with relaxing, laid back sunny days, family vacations, blockbuster movies that earn beaucoup box office and most importantly, at least for those of us here at Celluloid Ju…

Our 85th CJ Cinema Summit will be held July 6th and we’ll be joined by Nick Gault, European Away From Home Director at the Coca-Cola Company. He’ll tell us all about the company’s sustainability efforts in the cinema space and during CineEurope. If you can’t attend or missed…

Next week the cinema industry heads to Barcelona, Spain for CineEurope, coming in the middle of the busiest film release summer in the last four years. Much like CinemaCon eight weeks earlier, the normalcy of it is so, well, normal, that it hardly feels worth remarking upon. Concerns such as the wri…

Even with Hollywood tentpole movies pushing the box office up 28% this year, somehow the subject of theatrical release windows has once again managed to find its way into both mainstream and industry news, though not in the way you might think. Earlier this week Matt Belloni of Puck reported that To…

The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up its 76th edition earlier this week in the south of France by awarding its top prize, the Palme d’Or, to Justine Triet for her film “Anatomy of a Fall.” The psychological thriller stars the German actress Sandra Hüller who plays a best selling aut…

Programming Note: Last week’s CJ Marquee is coming to you a little late as members of the Celluloid Junkie team make their way to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, starting 16 May. As well, don’t forget we’ll be talking to studios and distributors from around the world on thi…

One of the most well received presentations at this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas was not a studio slate (sorry, I mean “portfolio”) but a university professor talking – without video or even PowerPoint slides – about market economy dynamics and introducing himself by s…

If, like me, you stuck around Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday of last week it would have been hard to tell that the world’s largest convention of movie theatre owners had taken place over the previous four days. Gone were the trade show booths, movie posters, elevator decals and any rema…