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The Rise of J-Culture and Anime in Today’s Movie and Entertainment Industry

Anyone who is passionately involved in the industry is almost inevitably also a cineast, or at least close to it. The love for entertainment in the film and cinema industry is great. Hollywood continues to deliver the biggest blockbusters, especially in the western markets, but meanwhile Europe is g…

By The Numbers: Predicting Cinema’s Post-COVID Recovery

At the end of last year the Celluloid Junkie editorial team began discussing its annual predictions piece for 2021. However, most expert forecasts for 2020 crumbled like volcanic lava sliding into the ocean. We stared into the 2021 crystal ball and saw a lot of fog regarding the return of cinema and…

COVID-19 Cinema Update – 2 March 2020

Here is a roundup of the latest news in the global cinema market as it relates to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. China – Beijing Municipal Government held its 34th coronavirus press conference, stating that the local cinema industry is not yet ready for resumption of operation. Their…

MoviePass

Cinema News Digest – Friday 26 January 2018

Dear Junkies, Two types of projections happen in the cinema. The first is the light, colours and shapes thrown onto the screen by the projector. The second is the dreams, hopes, joy, fear, prejudice and more that we as an audience invest in the big screen for the two hour duration of the film. ThisR…

Denver's Pot Palladium cinema - could spell trouble. (photo: the Racket Report)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Wednesday 25 January 2017

Weed-related stabbing in Dutch cinema, exhibitor shares up in US, INOQ Q3 profits fall, bed cinema in Japan, Lincoln's ban on multiplexes stays, "La La Land" in EclairColor, fire in cinema that was cannabis farm, "word's oldest cinema" celebrates 109th birthday.

CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 18 March 2016

No 6 After 6 in US cinemas, home cinema food delivery, Japan VIP cine dining, child sex assault in Oz cinema (again), US cinema advertising, Grand Action founder dead, MK2 expanding in Canada, Helios in Warsaw and great PA cinemas.

Mike Leigh Pirates ENO

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 22 May 2015

UK – An event cinema record has been set in the UK with the live transmission of the Mike Leigh’s staging of of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” at the English National Opera (ENO). “Pirates, in Mike Leigh’s production, took £600,000 at the UK box office…

United Cinema Japan

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 6 August 2014

Often the overlooked cinema major in Asia, the Japanese cinema market is still dynamic, as witnessed by this $100m acquisition of United Cinemas, with its 36 cinema complexes. Convenience store operator Lawson Inc. announced Wednesday it will acquire United Cinemas Co., a Tokyo-based cinema complex…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 31 March 2014

We’re back! With CinemaCon over, we resume normal service for the Daily. It was definitely an interesting show and in case anyone was wondering, yes, *we* saw 12 Years a Slave in the cinema. Apologies for those who were expecting to meet me in Vegas. Sperling flew the flag for Celluloid Junkie…

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 11 February 2014

USA: In the trial of the Colorado cinema shooter James Holmes, the prosecutor has uncovered some macabre evidence of the pre-mediated nature of the killing spree on the defendant’s camera phone. “EERIE self-portraits that Colorado cinema shooting defendant James Holmes took with his phon…

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