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Last full show … Standing room only … Box-office hit … See you at the movies … Will we ever hear those words again when the ECQ (enhanced community quarantine) is finally lifted and we face the “new normal” way … Continued
While side-wall projection and immersive audio are bringing fresh dimensions to the cinema experience, 3D looks like it might have peaked (again). With movie theatres currently closed around the world, David Davies considers the emerging technologies that could help encourage … Continued
Irrfan Khan, actor. Born: 7 January 1967, in Jaipur, India. Died: 29 April 2020 in Mumbai, aged 53… Read more: https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-irrfan-khan-superstar-indian-cinema-who-crossed-over-hollywood-blockbusters-2847108
Four leading bodies in the Icelandic film industry have called on Minister of Education and Culture Lilja Alfreðsdóttir to step in to save Bíó Paradís, Fréttablaðiðreports. Faced with an estimated 300% rent rise, the cinema’s managing director Hrönn Sveinsdóttir announced that … Continued
Online film piracy rose 62% in India in the last week of March compared to the last week of February 2020. Film piracy increased 41% in the US, 43% in the UK, 50% in Spain and 66% in Italy. … Continued
Movie theaters in Norway will be allowed to reopen on Friday after a near two-month shutdown, but drastic sanitary measures and a dearth of new films means many cinemas are staying closed. Approved last week, the government’s decision to jump-start theaters caught … Continued
ODEON cinemas will not play Universal Pictures movies when they reopen, following a business strategy change by the studio. AMC Theatres, who own UK cinema chain Odeon, have announced they will no longer show movies produced by Universal Pictures when … Continued
1980: For every Shropshire cinema which has closed forever, there will be a film which becomes a historical footnote, as the last movie shown there… Read more: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/nostalgia/2020/05/11/flashback-may-1980/
The actors Alan Cumming and Dougray Scott, and the Scots Makar Jackie Kay have given their support to a fundraising appeal to help The Birks Cinema in Aberfeldy re-open… Read more: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/messages-support-aberfeldys-birks-cinema-21994848
Vue, one of Europe’s largest cinema chains, has revealed a number of measures it will look to enforce this summer when cinemas look to reopen in the U.K. The cinema operator said it “welcomes” the government’s plan to open cinemas from … Continued