Dine-In on Tap: Flix Brewhouse Brings Craft Beer to the Cinema

Dine-In on Tap: Flix Brewhouse Brings Craft Beer to the Cinema

December 11, 2018 No Comments

Allan Reagan didn’t set out to be an exhibitor. The Texas-based entrepreneur was simply looking for an anchor tenant for his shopping center in Round Rock, Texas. The space, a former grocery store, was a perfect fit for a dine-in cinema, a concept Regan believed would be an ideal catalyst

Can You Believe They Put a Man on the Moon?: B&B Theatres Launched a Social Media Campaign into Space for Universal’s ‘First Man’

Can You Believe They Put a Man on the Moon?: B&B Theatres Launched a Social Media Campaign into Space for Universal’s ‘First Man’

December 4, 2018 No Comments

As the release date for Universal’s First Man neared, B&B Theatres decided to send two members of its marketing department into space. Sort of. The film, helmed by Academy Award–winning director Damien Chazelle, tells the story of Neil Armstrong and NASA’s maiden voyage to the moon. It’s a fascinating movie,

New Subscribers: 2018 Geneva Convention Looks Back at the Rise of Cinema Subscription Programs — and the Possible Next Steps

New Subscribers: 2018 Geneva Convention Looks Back at the Rise of Cinema Subscription Programs — and the Possible Next Steps

November 27, 2018 No Comments

Sitting onstage during a panel on cinema subscription at the 2018 Geneva Convention, Bernadette McCabe, SVP of exhibition relations and business strategy at MoviePass, reminisced about a transformative year for exhibition. “When I think back to where we were as a company a year ago, the conversation was, ‘Is there

World Wide Wreck: Fighting the Trolls in Disney’s ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’

World Wide Wreck: Fighting the Trolls in Disney’s ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’

November 20, 2018 3 Comments

It’s always hard to nail down the perfect ending. It’s especially frustrating when you feel the ending you chose didn’t get your characters where they needed to be. At the risk of overstating matters, that’s the feeling that lingered among the production team of Wreck-It Ralph in the months following

No Easy Way Out: Director Steven Caple Jr. on ‘Creed II’

No Easy Way Out: Director Steven Caple Jr. on ‘Creed II’

November 19, 2018 No Comments

The story might be apocryphal, but it’s been shared at so many press junkets and nighttime talk shows that it’s become part of the Rocky myth. Frustrated by a lack of opportunities, struggling actor Sylvester Stallone happened to watch the boxing match between Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali and ended

A Family Affair: Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda on his Palme d’Or winner ‘Shoplifters’

A Family Affair: Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda on his Palme d’Or winner ‘Shoplifters’

November 18, 2018 No Comments

Hirokazu Kore-eda has long been a darling of the festival circuit, but he reached the pinnacle of art house esteem in May, when his latest film, Shoplifters, won the coveted Palme d’Or at Cannes. Following the lives of a poverty-stricken family living in Tokyo who steal from local shops in

Netflix, Theatrical Exclusivity, Box Office Profits, and the Cultural Conversation

Netflix, Theatrical Exclusivity, Box Office Profits, and the Cultural Conversation

November 16, 2018 No Comments

By John Fithian, President & CEO, National Association of Theatre Owners Pop quiz.  First question. Of the 59 movies (not counting documentaries) Netflix has released in calendar year 2018, how many have you seen or how many can you name? Second question. What’s the highest-grossing Netflix movie of all time?

AMC Stubs Now Exceeds 17 Million Member Households

AMC Stubs Now Exceeds 17 Million Member Households

November 5, 2018 No Comments

PRESS RELEASE — LEAWOOD, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC) is excited to announce that AMC Stubs A-List will cross more than 500,000 enrolled members between this weekend and next weekend, eclipsing the Company’s membership expectations for the end of the first full year in just 4 1/2 months. Thanks in

The Team Behind ‘The Front Runner’ on the Importance of Theatrical in a Polarized Country

The Team Behind ‘The Front Runner’ on the Importance of Theatrical in a Polarized Country

November 5, 2018 No Comments

By Phil Contrino Gary Hart’s journey from being the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination to being a punchline on late-night television happened more than 30 years ago, but its impact on our current political environment is undeniable. Hart’s story is presented in a refreshingly objective way by acclaimed

Straight from the Hart: Interview with ‘The Front Runner’ screenwriters Matt Bai and Jay Carson

Straight from the Hart: Interview with ‘The Front Runner’ screenwriters Matt Bai and Jay Carson

November 5, 2018 No Comments

Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Weiner—in the past three decades, allegations of extramarital affairs or sexual improprieties committed by all these men were fair game for reporters. Yet once upon a time, politicians from Franklin Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy hid similar skeletons in their closets