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A Cinematic Gem: Salisbury Odeon Celebrates 60 Years as One of the World’s Most Unique Cinemas

Having survived a vivid history of turmoil, civil war, developers, and assassination attempts, the building that was saved by a horde of passionate cineastes backed by [English-American philanthropist and passionate movie lover] John Paul Getty Junior is celebrating 60 years as an Odeon and one of w…

Firdavs Abdukhalikov, Director-General of UzbekFilm, Uzbekistan’s national film agency, has announced new investments in the nation’s film industry

CJ Exclusive: Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Bids to Be Crowned Capital of Central Asia’s Film Industry

Firdavs Abdukhalikov, Director-General of UzbekFilm, Uzbekistan’s national film agency, announced a raft of new investments in the nation’s film industry, with the opening round of funding set to begin the positioning of Tashkent as the region’s capital of film and television production. …

COVID-19 Cinema Update – 26 February 2020

This is a roundup of cinema news related to the global Corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak. It is important to remember that while the virus is more contagious than previous SARS outbreaks, it has a relatively low mortality rate of 2% (mainly old and ill people) , though higher than the 0.01% mortality…

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Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 8 June 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/7MqmDJcmoYY[/youtube] France/Switzerland – A major eSports event cinema deal announced by the Electronic Sports League (ESL), BY Experience and Pathe Live. Today, the manic and sports world enters a new dimension. ESL partners with BY Experience , a global leader alte…

China box office fraud

Number of New Cinemas in China is Up – But so is Box-office Fraud

Last week saw the publication of two reports, both of which pointed to upward trends in the Chinese exhibition industry. But while the first pointed to a growth in the number of new screens, the second pointed to an increase in the instances of box office fraud. A report by Yi En Consulting has show…

Despicable Me 2 poster China

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 27 November 2014

Universal has set up an office in Beijing, joining the other Hollywood majors to want a permanent foothold in the Chinese market, not least as it has also just opened the Universal Studios project just outside of Beijing. Universal Pictures set up China office in Beijing this week. So far, there is…

China mobile ticketing WeChat

How Smartphones Rule Cinema Ticketing in China

The boom in China’s box office is mainly attributed to the growth in the number of modern multiplexes catering to a growing middle class. Yet an equally important role has been played by convenience of mobile ticketing, which enables flexibility, impulse buying and seat selection that is value…

Interstellar poster China

China Cinema Digest – Friday 21 November 2014

“Interstellar” had a good week at the Chinese box office, boosted by Imax showings and holding off competition from both domestic comedies and Madagascar penguins. Interstellar took $42.33 million in its first five days in China, dominating a week in which Christopher Nolan’s sci-f…

TCL Chinese

Smartphones Are Killing the Cinema Experience

Last week a man got maced in the face for asking a fellow patron in a cinema to turn off their smartphone during the screening of a film. What is shocking is not that the attacker was a woman, or that it happened during a screening of an art-house film, or that the woman wasRead More

What we did on our holiday

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 19 November 2014

The UK CEO of Lionsgate has suggested cinema ticket prices should be lower for (small) British films than for (big) Hollywood blockbusters. This has been suggested before, but always met with resistance. Rather than Brit films becoming cheaper, expect big blockbuster prices to go up. But don’t…