formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Box office phenomenon “The Odyssey” by Christopher Nolan has been a powerful promotional tool for IMAX cinema technology, but it has also provoked a backlash online about its perceived elitism. Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260725-the-odyssey-sparks-imax-stampede-and-a-backlash
Benedict Cumberbatch has co-authored an op-ed with Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong in which the actors argue that Paramount‘s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery should be blocked in the UK. Source: https://deadline.com/2026/07/benedict-cumberbatch-paramount-warner-calamity-blocked-1237004191/
Protected locations across the Middle East and North Africa have shaped ancient kingdoms, distant planets and biblical cities on screen. Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2026/07/24/the-odyssey-troy-morocco-dune-unesco-world-heritage-sites/
A two-part biopic of French leader Charles de Gaulle has become a summer cinema hit in his homeland, delivering a strong dose of patriotism through one of the rare figures to unite the country. Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260721-de-gaulle-returns-to-unite-the-french-at-the-cinema
In a sign of the growing momentum around African cinema, the inaugural African Film Investor Roundtable (IFIR) gathered top film investors and financiers involved in the continent’s creative industries in Cape Town this week, alongside a host of regional producers … Continued
The classic thing people ask is ‘do you just press play?’” said projectionist Patrick Welsh. At just 25, he is the youngest projectionist at the Watershed cinema and one of a rapidly dwindling number of people being trained to keep … Continued