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Jeffrey Katzenberg

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 30 April 2014

There is really only one story to begin with today – Jeffrey Katzenberg is definitely off John Fithian’s Christmas Card list. Not only did Mr Peabody and Sherman underwhelm at the box office, but now the head of Dreamworks Animation has suggested that the theatrical release window for fi…

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…

China 3D audience

Daily Cinema Digest – Fri/Sat 14-15 March 2014

While India is interesting as a cinema market (see yesterday’s Daily) it is China that matters as far as Hollywood is concerned, with Mainland BO set to overtake the US in as little as four years. So domestic Chinese cinema news is of international importance and with multiplexes approaching…