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…

On the eve of this year’s CinemaCon, and at the risk of not heading the wisdom of the Prussian political leader Otto von Bismarck, I thought it might be helpful to invite you into our own little sausage making factory to give you a peek at what it’s like around here in the run upRead Mor…

Although they are not (yet) celebrating, cinema operators can be heard exhaling a collective sigh of relief at the moment. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” outperformed everyone’s expectations, the success of “Air” has demonstrated that there is not just an appetite…

Last week we published our seventh annual Top Women In Global Cinema list, and as always, it was a strenuous group effort. However, the challenges we faced this year in compiling the list where somewhat different than the obstacles we have faced in the past. The list first began in 2016 somewhat by…

When it was announced a year ago that the 2023 UK Cinema Association’s annual conference would focus on sustainability there must have been some subtly raised British eyebrows. Cinemas had only just re-opened in the United Kingdom, but “Top Gun Maverick” and “Avatar: the Way…

Earlier this month I spent two weeks in Singapore – and glimpsed the future of cinema, though it is probably not what you think it might be. The city/island/state was my home for five years, so it was a welcome opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues that I had not seen since befo…

At least year’s ShowEast in Miami, when Universal Pictures screened DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” the auditorium at the Regal South Beach was mostly full, though there a good number of delegates who rolled their eyes and decided to stick around the Loe…

As exhibitors all over the world tune into the Oscars this weekend, still giddy from counting all that “Avatar: The Way of Water” box office, they may not be aware of a threat to their business lurking on the horizon. It is not a problem having to do with theatrical windows or the now mo…

This past week the cinema industry witnessed something it hasn’t seen in almost a quarter of a century; the National Association of Theatre Owners named a new president and chief executive officer. When it was announced in October 2022 that the trade organization’s current President and…