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(From Left) Elizabeth Frank of RealD, Serge Plasch from Barco, Robert Carrady of Caribbean Cinemas, Rolando Rodriguez from Lumma, Gonzalo Lopez of Multicines Ecuador, Daniel Loria of Boxoffice Pro participate in the Industry Investment panel at CineLATAM in Coral Gables, Florida on September 16, 2025

Premium Formats and Smart CapEx Dominate the Conversation at CineLATAM 2025

At CineLATAM 2025, exhibitors, manufacturers, and technology leaders from Caribbean Cinemas, RealD, Multicines, Barco, and Lumma 4D E-Motion shared how Latin America’s cinema market is investing wisely in premium formats and immersive experiences to drive attendance. If CineLATAM 2025’s overall them…

Lumma's Magnify 8

From Buenos Aires to the World: The Story Behind Lumma’s Magnify 8

How the pandemic pushed Lumma to rethink premium formats and engineer a more accessible immersive experience. When movie theatres around the globe shut their doors in 2020, among the countless companies working in the cinema technology space facing an uncertain future was one named Lumma. The Argent…

National Cinema Day - 2022

Why National Cinema Day Is a Big Deal for UK and US Movie Theatres

Cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making a concerted effort to attract moviegoers back to cinemas with a one-day promotional Cinema Day on Saturday 3 September, when cinema tickets will be discounted to just USD $3/GBP £3 respectively. Such promotional days have been held before, both…

CinemaCon 2021 - Industry Think Tank - Ryan Faughnder, Rolando Rodriguez, Patty Jenkins, Mark Zoradi, Chris Aronson - Featured - David Becker - CinemaCon

CinemaCon 2021: Industry Think Tank Debates How To Bring The Big Screen Back

For the most part, the filmmaker lunch at each year’s CinemaCon is a fairly straightforward affair. Don’t get us wrong; show organizers always manage to get big names to turn out for an hour long conversation. In 2012 directors Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee took the stage to banter about filmmaking,…

CJ Interview: Ellis Jacob and Rolando Rodriguez Discuss Their Work on the NATO Board

When the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) announced in June that Ellis Jacob and Rolando B. Rodriguez had, respectively, been elected to their board as Chairman and Vice Chairman, it seemed like a fairly ordinary organizational procedure. NATO needed to fill the role because it’s…