formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
John Fithian expects most U.S. exhibitors to be closed for two months and hopes Congress will act to help the industry’s 150,000 furloughed workers and keep cinemas afloat. Source: Theater Owners Chief on Universal’s ‘Trolls’ On-Demand Play: “Exhibitors Will Not … Continued
The former JW Player, Vonage and ClearChannel technology exec will replace a retiring Brian Bonnick. Imax on Monday named Pablo Calamera as its new chief technology officer, replacing Brian Bonnick as he retires after 20 years with the giant screen … Continued
Ford v Ferrari helmer James Mangold on Wednesday warned that Hollywood needs to be “skeptical of spectacle” as he accepted the Harold Lloyd Award during the Advanced Imaging Society’s 11th annual Lumiere Awards. Source: ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Frozen 2’ Win Advanced … Continued
The Independent Cinema Alliance, a coalition representing 236 independent cinema companies around the country, is telling a judge that the future of small town movie screens is at stake and that Amazon could be primed to become a predator. On … Continued
American Factory and Apollo 11 topped the Cinema Eye Honors documentary awards, which were handed out in Monday night in New York. The Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar-directed (and Barack and Michelle Obama-backed) American Factory, which focuses on a shuttered … Continued
Christopher Nolan stole some of the rebellion’s spark Thursday night when Warner Bros. debuted an Imax-exclusive prologue for the filmmaker’s secretive Tenet ahead of screenings of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — after releasing the first online trailer for the … Continued