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What We Learned at CinemaCon 2025

What We Learned at CinemaCon 2025

With CinemaCon 2025 in the rearview mirror, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the major takeaways from this year’s conference. Amid all the sprinting to trade show meetings and escalator surfing inside Caesars Palace, did we actually learn anything about the current state of the…

(l-r) Laure Gaultier (UNIC), Erin Von Hoetzendorff (NATO) and Jan Runge (ICTA & former CEO of UNIC)

Committee Announced for CJ’s 7th Top Women in Global Cinema

Celluloid Junkie is pleased to announce that it has completed the lineup of the Nomination and Selection Committee for the seventh edition Top Women in Global Cinema. As well as having the Celluloid Junkie team and an industry veteran return, we are pleased to be joined by two rising stars from the…

Jackie Brenneman

NATO’s Jackie Brenneman Talks…

Like everyone in the world, Jackie Brenneman has had quite the couple of years. It’s fair to say that the COVID pandemic pushed her and the – talented yet small – National Association Theatre Owners (NATO) team to its limits. After a promotion to Executive Vice President at the end of 20…

Kathy Conroy - National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

TWIC 2021: Kathy Conroy – Vice President and COO, National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. The devastating impact of COVID-19 on the exhibition community was deeply felt by the NATO staff, and it changed how we work and how we interact with members. Most of NATO’s efforts during the pandemic have, of course, be…

Jackie Brenneman

TWIC 2021: Jackie Brenneman – General Counsel & Director of Industry Relations at National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How did your role, position and responsibilities change (if at all) during the pandemic? Can you tell us a little bit about what your days were like and what you were doing over the past year? Advocating for movie theater…

CinemaCon Auditorium at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

CinemaCon Secures Major Studio Participation for 2021 Conference

As the cinema industry in various parts of the world slowly stirs to life after more than year of COVID closures, one persistent question has been asked over the past few months at every virtual event; will a postponed CinemaCon actually take place in Las Vegas in August, or like last year, will its…

2021 Cinema Trade Shows

Cinema Trade Shows Are Back… But Will The Industry Turn Up?

Eight months ago Celluloid Junkie explored the impact that the lack of trade shows would have on the cinema business. We speculated that it could be an entire 18 months that the business would have to do without an international cinema trade show and, as it turns out, (as with everything COVID-19 it…

The AMC Empire 25 in New York City

Movie Theatres Schedule Dates For Reopening and Pandemic Recovery

There are finally some signs of hope for movie theatre owners who have been in various forms of forced hibernation for the past year due to the global coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 infection rates are declining, vaccination rates increasing and now cinemas in England, Quebec and New York City are s…

Heather Morgan of Harkins Theatres

Tackling The Mental Health Consequences of Covid-19, with Heather Morgan of Harkins Theatres

Heather Morgan, Vice President of Content and Programming for Harkins Theatres in the United States, is a good example of how education-to-career pathways aren’t always linear. With a PhD in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, a usual role for the recipient of this qualification would be to he…

How Will Cinemas Treat Their Staff While Closed?

In less than 24 hours two starkly different approaches emerged as to how cinemas in the UK will treat their staff while they are closed because of the Coronavirus outbreak. This was also one of the hot topics at yesterday’s #CJCinemaSummit, where the record number of participants (over 500 peo…