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(From Left) La Frances Hui (MoMA), Jacques Jagou, Pip Chodorov, Leo Van Hee, Elodie Mellado, Bernardo Rondeau during the Promotional Strategies for Classic Films Today panel at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 11, 2025

Locarno Insights: Marketing Classics in the Age of Letterboxd

On August 11, at the Locarno Film Festival’s Heritage Monday roundtable, industry leaders debated how to market classic films to a new generation raised on TikTok and Letterboxd. The session, titled “Promotional Strategies for Classic Films Today,” was moderated by freelance programmer Bernardo Rond…

CJ Spotlight: Mk2’s Hotel Paradiso In Paris, France Is A Dream Destination for Cinéastes

Mk2’s Hotel Paradiso in Paris is more than a movie-themed hotel run by a cinema operator; it is a reimagining of the premium hospitality experience that fuses the magic of the cinema with the finest luxuries of a boutique hotel. Situated next to and on top of the Mk2 Nation multiplex that has been a…

A Classroom at Vue Cinemas in Italy

Private Cinema Rentals: Innovation In A Time of Crisis

Given the struggle facing international cinema exhibition it’s a real challenge to find a silver lining, especially amongst the latest spate of films decamping to 2021 or heading straight to streaming. Operators are going through a time of crisis and for some, switching the lights on isn’t eco…

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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…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 25 July 2017

mm2 won’t buy GV, US Q2 ticket prices, China island cinema, China invests in Vietnam’s Beta, CGR’s LightVibes reviewed, Everyman 1H ‘successful’, UAE arthouse, Tamil Nadu under-multiplexes, Movies@ profits, trailer releases, MK2 evacuation, The Light fire, Cayman Regal…

A 4DX-Screen X theater at CGV Yongsan (photo: CJ CGV)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 18 July 2017

CGV and Megabox fight back against Lotte, CGV Q2 results buoyed by overseas, Vue for sale, Mk2 3rd biggest in Spain, Odeon’s ‘blockbuster tax’, Chennai GST ticket sales drop, Abirami drops ‘convenience fee’, Indian cinema ad grows 20%, France cinema 6 month dip, smokin…

Mayor Bill Mars and Marcus Theatre mascot Studdy. (photo: Marcus Theatres)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Thursday 4 May 2017

USA: Marcus Southbridge, Alamo Staten Island, Reading Titan XC San Diego Japan: Sunshine Aira Korea: Megabox Songdo, Ariary Jeongseon China: Suning x2 Australia: Footscray and Perth UK: Perth and Aberdeen’s Blackdog Ireland: Galway arthouse to open this year Germany: Bergheim cinema Poland:…

Les Variétés Marseilles - now owned by Jean Mizrahi. (photo: Cyril Sollier)

Mizrahi and MK2 Acquire Ciné Metro Art Cinemas

The last of Galeshka Moravioff's Ciné Métro Art cinemas have been taken over by MK2 (Paris' La Bastille) and Ymagis' Jean Mizrahi (Marseille's Les Variétés).

Showtime Analytics Alibaba CineAsia 2016

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 12 December 2016

Alibaba invests in Showtime, GIC pumps $260m into Cinema XXI, Atom Tickets profiled Redux, cinema stocks fall, Odeon-AMC Manchester conflict, Showtime Taipei is Christie Vive's 400th, Korean cinemas' variable pricing, Canada cinema hack, Indian cinema national anthem arrests, Inox plans, MK2 VR venu…

Nathanaël Karmitz, CEO of MK2

40 Under 40 EUR: Nathanaël Karmitz of MK2

This story first appeared in a special CineEurope 2016 issue of BoxOffice magazine. To subscribe to the magazine click here. Name: Nathanaël Karmitz Company: MK2 Title: CEO Country: France Son of legendary film director, producer and businessman Marin Karmitz to whom he says he owes, “everything I a…