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Personal posts on cinema events
US cinemas are no nearer reopening despite the publication of federal guidelines by Donald Trump at a coronavirus briefing on Thursday. The guidelines specifically mentioned movie theatres as among the types of venue that would be allowed to operate “under strict physical distancing … Continued
It’s a good day for beleaguered cinema stocks, with the twin boosts of White House economy-reopening guidelines that hint toward an earlier-side return for movies, and moves by the companies to relieve their liquidity pressures in today’s zero-revenue environment… Source: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3561688-cinema-stocks-enjoy-relief-rampage
World’s biggest movie chain enticed bond investors with 11% yield… Source: https://www.ft.com/content/
Vue Cinema in Stroud has been named as one of the most expensive cinemas in the UK. According to research by mobile communications company TextLocal who analysed prices from across the UK, the cinema in Stroud ranks as the fifth … Continued
“Zero income, from everything to nothing overnight, you can’t get much worse than that,” says Kevin Markwick, owner of The Picture House and Restaurant in Uckfield. Source: https://uckfieldnews.com/zero-income-now-but-bond-film-could-save-the-day-for-picture-house/
I AM HOLDING a slimy piece of 35mm film unceremoniously clipped from the fourth — and only remaining — reel of Street Justice, a film that has been housed in the Moving Image Archive in the USC School of Cinematic Arts for … Continued
A very vocal and passionate campaign to save a historic former cinema and bingo hall in South Shields will continue despite it having a protected status application rejected. The former Mecca Bingo hall in Dean Road, South Shields which was … Continued
Sundance Institute announces the COVID-19 Respond and Reimagine Plan with $1Million in emergency relief (funds) for independent artists and organizations. Source: https://ymcinema.com/2020/04/18/sundance-institute-is-donating-1million-to-independent-filmmakers/
IT is hard to believe it was five years ago this month that the former Mr Smith’s building burned down. But for many readers it was perhaps best known as a cinema. The art deco building opened on August 23, … Continued
A one-location movie tills fertile thematic ground for auteurs, celebrities, and ordinary people who explore facets of being alone through film and video — the subtle distinctions between solitude, loneliness, isolation, confinement, paranoia, and sanctuary. Source: https://hyperallergic.com/549431/cinema-of-social-distancing/