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The Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland sits proudly at 88 Lothian Road. The arthouse cinema was refurbished and reopened in June 2025 after being closed since 2022

The Resurrection of Filmhouse – An Edinburgh Success Story

This June, film fans in Edinburgh, Scotland, were treated to several sold-out screenings of Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1988 love letter to cinema, “Cinema Paradiso.” Nothing unusual there, you might think. Except that the venue was Filmhouse, the Scottish city’s beloved independent cinema, which had lain…

Box Office - Shape of Water, Disaster Artist, Wonder Wheel

It’s Another Win For Pixar As “Coco” Cruises to $71 Million Opening. This Weekend at the Box Office.

It was supposed to have been the Thanksgiving battle between the two titans of November. WB’s “Justice League” was coming off a near USD $100 million debut while Pixar/Disney opened their latest animated behemoth, “Coco”. Instead of Frazier vs. Ali it turned out to be more Georgia Tech vs. Cumberlan…

Seeing Eye Dogs In Chinese Cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 24 January 2014

China: PRC is cracking down on tax avoidance and under-payment to distributors by cinemas. “New rules have gone into place in China to prevent cinemas from manipulating viewing figures and engaging in other forms of fraud. The State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 20 January 2014

UK: It might not have the most obvious climate, but a pop-up drive-in cinema concept is taking hold in Scotland. “Film goers will be able to drive into the scenery under innovative plans for drive-in screenings at some of Scotland’s most dramatic movie backdrops. US-style outdoor cinema shows are pr…

18-wheel cinema from Scotland to Afghanistan

If you can’t get people to the cinema, bring the cinema to the people. More specifically, wheel the cinema to where people are, however remote and inhospitable the region. That is how the Screen Machine Mobile Cinema has come about: It consists of an articulated unit, the trailer of which expa…