Media | Cinema | Projection
Richard Donner died yesterday at the age of 91. While still prolific and active behind the scenes, he hadn’t directed a feature since the superb 16 Blocks in early 2006. That picture, starring Bruce Willis as an over-the-hill and alcoholic … Continued
The Bob Ross Channel that Cinedigm created a year ago and distributes now attracts some 6 million monthly viewers across 20 different platforms, including Samsung TVs and Roku devices and ad-supported services like NBCUniversal’s Peacock, ViacomCBS’ Pluto TV and Fox’s … Continued
Earlier this year I spoke to the founder of Oma Cinema, a company looking to reinvent the traditional layout of cinema with a series of mini-wall pods that combine the feeling of watching from home with the communal collective experience … Continued
Way back in 2007, Charlie Brooker–who went on to gain worldwide fame by writing the incredible Black Mirror series–explained on his cult British TV show Screenwipe that fans of video games who discuss them in any detail to people who … Continued
A Quiet Place Part II earned an estimated $57 million over Memorial Day weekend—the highest domestic box office haul of the pandemic and in line with projections for its original March 2020 debut—the latest sign that in-person moviegoing is coming … Continued
Filmmakers slam move as Indian govt abolishes appellate body for filmmakers. Filmmakers are now required to approach the high court if they are unhappy with the CBFC. Source: Indian Govt Abolishes FCAT, Vishal Bhardwaj Says ‘Sad Day For Cinema’
Before the pandemic, the Van Gogh Museum was a major global tourist destination, with some 2.1 million visitors filling its galleries in 2019. The vast majority, 85 percent, came from other countries to gaze at masterworks like Sunflowers. Visiting Amsterdam … Continued
In July 2019, Naomi Bennett launched Lesflicks, a digital streaming platform focused on content centering queer women. Bennett, a longtime lesbian lifestyle blogger based in the U.K., was a regular attendee of London’s LGBTQ+ film festival, BFI Flare, where she … Continued
Recently, I was invited to the reopening of the IMAX theatre in the Science Museum in London, newly dubbed The Ronson Theatre. This location is now special as it’s one of only a few IMAX cinemas in the world to be … Continued
May you live in interesting times, is widely known as an “old Chinese curse” (even though it isn’t), and it certainly holds true right now. A worldwide global pandemic that has changed the world as we know it certainly fits … Continued