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Black coal, Thin Ice

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 2 April 2014

The emergence of China as the world’s second largest cinema territory after US comes as news to precisely no one. Interestingly recent Hollywood films like RoboCop and Need for Speed have earned more at the Chinese box office than in North America, helped in no small part by their 3D release.…

Muppets most wanted

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 1 April 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWQS8OCPUo[/youtube] Celluloid Junkie can exclusively reveal that Christie Digital is planning to counter Barco’s tri-screen ‘Escape’ system, launched at CinemaCon, by resurrecting the ‘Polyvision‘ triptych format invented in the…

Ceasar's Palace Las Vegas

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 20 March 2014

CinemaCon is just around the corner. The biggest annual get-together of cinema owners and operators from all over the world takes place 24-27 March and Celluloid Junkie will be there. Please note that there will be NO Daily Cinema Digest next week. Instead we will try to bring you breaking news and…

Brixton Ritzy worker protest

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 19 March 2014

A long running wage dispute between staff at south London’s Ritzy Cinema and the owners Picturehouse Cinema (owned by Cineworld) has intensified, with the the disgruntled workers releasing a new statement. Their latest statement – signed by the ‘Ritzy crew’ – disputes the accuracy of the stat…

is arthouse the new event cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 18 March 2014

SampoMedia asks if art-house films are the new event cinema. Given the recent complaint of the New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis that too many independent films get released, the question of how to stand out in a crowded marketplace that anyway competes with other entertainment platforms for…

Bahrain to get major cinema complex

Confirming the trend of mega-size multiplexes in the Middle East, the Bahrain Cinema Company (BCC) will spend BD6m ($2.65m) to build a 8,000 sq. m., 20 screen, 4,200 seat Cineco Cineplex in Bahrain City. The press release spares nothing when it comes to grand claims about the future facility: The Ci…