European rules making cinema ‘more irrelevant’: Netflix
http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/vip-cinema-seating-continues-growth-in-new-albany/
The Lumière Brothers: 120 Years of Cinema – New Europe
Paris’ Grand Palais currently celebrates 120 years since the invention of the Cinématographe, with Lumière! Cinema Invented, an exhibition dedicated to the Lumière Brothers, which will run until June 14, 2015. via The Lumière Brothers: 120 Years of Cinema – … Continued
‘Lumière! Inventing Cinema’ in Paris Celebrates the Birth of Movies – NYTimes.com
PARIS — Back before Instagram and selfies, before home movies and Kodachrome — and long before the obsessive documentation and online sharing of every moment of our waking lives — there were two brothers from Lyon whose innovations opened the … Continued
Pathé opens new cinema history centre in Paris – Report: France – RFI
A new hub of cinema history opens this month in Paris, housed in a building designed by world-famous architect, Renzo Piano. Silent films will top the bill at the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation, which aims to show the development of cinema … Continued
Zut Alors! France Discovers Secret to Reversing Cinema Decline – Celluloid Junkie
While the US grapple with a poor summer box office (BO) most of western Europe seems to have accepted that as a mature cinema market, its countries will see stasis or gradual stagnation only interrupted by the occasional outsize local … Continued
Paris porno cinema makes lone stand against the Web | Arts & Ent , Culture | THE DAILY STAR
PARIS: In a shabby cinema tucked away in a backstreet of central Paris, a crowd of ageing devotees is putting up quiet resistance to the might of online pornography. Faced with the onslaught of the Web and its thousands of … Continued
Paris porno cinema makes lone stand against the Web | Arts & Ent , Culture | THE DAILY STAR
PARIS: In a shabby cinema tucked away in a backstreet of central Paris, a crowd of ageing devotees is putting up quiet resistance to the might of online pornography. Faced with the onslaught of the Web and its thousands of … Continued
Paris-based MK2 buys Spanish exhibitor Cinesur – Celluloid Junkie
Paris-based exhibitor and distributor MK2 has bought Spain’s third largest exhibitor Cinesur in a deal valued at around €10.5 million. MK2, which this month celebrates its 40th anniversary, is based only in France’s capital where it controls 11 multiplexes with 65 … Continued
Tarantino declares “death of cinema” at Cannes
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4537209-tarantino-declares-death-of-cinema-at-cannes/
The Origins of Silent Cinema
http://www.moviemail.com/blog/origins-of-silent-cinema/1973-Gaumont-Alice-Guy-and-global-success-silent-cinema-in-France/