formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
The UK government has allocated £650,000 to 43 cinemas in the first awards from their Cultural Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas, set up to help venues cope with the impact of the pandemic. Cinemas are able to apply for ‘Safety … Continued
Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente, the co-heads of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have called for the immediate release of documentary filmmaker hajooj kuka. He, along with four other artists (Duaa Tarig Mohamed Ahmed, Abdel Rahman Mohamed Hamdan, Ayman Khalaf Allah Mohamed … Continued
Being a champion of exhibition, and the first tentpole filmmaker to get movie theaters up and running with Tenet, it should come as no surprise to hear that the movie’s filmmaker Christopher Nolan and his wife, producer Emma Thomas, headed to the multiplex recently … Continued
Will the movies ever let religion back into the mainstream? It doesn’t seem likely, given the secular bent of most critics, festivals, and film awards. But the question could certainly occur to any thoughtful viewer of Marco Pontecorvo’s Fátima, which is set for … Continued
Immersive film experience outfit Secret Cinema is undertaking its second international expansion, this time into the U.S. where it will partner with Netflix to deliver Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience. The company has had a series of successful events in the UK, several of which … Continued
The UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record between April-June as the effects of the pandemic triggered an official recession for the first time since the economic crisis of 2009. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the … Continued