formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
A MOVIE fan has spent £300,000 restoring a cinema that closed its doors over 50 years ago. Source: Film fan spends £300,000 bringing derelict cinema back to life – 52 years after it closed its doors
I was lucky enough to get to visit the wonderful Vintage Mobile Cinema Bus, Audrey, recently in Milton Keynes. This wasn’t my first encounter with this famous vehicle, but still exciting. Over the years I have seen Audrey start as … Continued
When the renowned cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki began planning to shoot the wilderness drama The Revenant, he decided that to capture the stark, frozen beauty of a Canadian winter, he would use no artificial light, instead relying on sunlight, moonlight, and … Continued
Earlier this year, the Norwegian tech company Piql opened the Arctic World Archive to protect the world’s most important data. The remote bunker — a converted mineshaft buried 300 meters underground — is considered safe from natural and nuclear disasters. … Continued
With the switch to digital cinema now nearly five years in the past in the UK, the true value of the way film was shown for the first hundred years is thrown into relief. Yet, despite the ubiquity of digital cinema prints (DCPs), there … Continued
This past weekend, Alamo Drafthouse and Kodak partnered to host the very first annual “Reel Film Day” to celebrate 35mm cinema (official website). To mark the occasion, numerous classic films were projected in 35mm at all of the various Drafthouse … Continued