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Cinemas in Ukraine Are Reopening Cautiously

Cinemas in several large Ukrainian cities have started to reopen, but with restrictions in place in light of the ongoing war with Russia. The two largest Ukrainian cinema chains Multiplex and Planeta Kino are operating cinemas in a few key cities, though some cinemas have been destroyed by the war a…

Cinema United in Solidarity With Ukraine

Film is a widely used propaganda tool especially in times of war but simply keeping cinemas open can be an act of defiance. In Ukraine, local exhibitors are intent on business as usual even while shopping malls which house many of the country’s multiplexes are being destroyed. Planeta Kino, a networ…

The Batman Release Canceled In Russia

Global Cinema Community Unites Behind Ukraine

Natalia Baydan, CEO of Ukrainian multiplex chain Planeta Kino is a friend to Celluloid Junkie and well known to the cinema industry family. She was one of those interviewed on the CJCinemaSummit on Thursday 3 March, speaking from her native city Kyiv, which is currently threatened with a mass invasi…

Oleg Berezin

Russian Cinema Association Chair Resigns Over Ukraine War

The Chairman of the Russian Federation’s Association of Cinema Owners has resigned over his opposition to the war in Ukraine. Oleg Berezin announced his decision in a lengthy Facebook post on Sunday. He is one of several prominent figures in Russia’s world of arts and culture who have vo…

CJ Opinion: Hollywood, Cut Off Russia Now!

A sovereign European nation of 44 million people is under attack by one of the largest armies in the world. The unthinkable reality of unprovoked hostility seeking to redraw the map of Europe is now playing out a two hour flight from most European capitals. NATO and other Western democracies are not…

Josetxo Moreno

CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 1 August 2016

Golem's Moreno dead, Villette outdoor cinemas held indoors, Cameron on cinema, Ukraine & Russia cinema laws, Cinemedia insolvent, Secret Cinema "Dirty" BO haul, André Rieu record, Cinemark gun incident, Regal robbery, MIT glasses-free 3D, AMC to teach Odeon concessions, Argentina concessions smuggli…

Cinema Fire popcorn Australia

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 8 April 2015

Australia – This is the first time I’ve ever heard of a cinema being evacuated because of its popcorn. A batch of burnt popcorn caused the evacuation of four cinemas at the Grand Cinema Warwick complex on Monday night. Fire fighters were called to the Beach Road cinemas just after 9pm af…

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