NATO Unveils New Code of Conduct for all Official Events

NATO Unveils New Code of Conduct for all Official Events

April 19, 2018 No Comments

by John Fithian, President, NATO, and Jackie Brenneman, Counsel and Director of Industry Relations, NATO It started last October when a group of women went public with their stories of sexual assault and harassment at the hands of a very powerful movie mogul. The group of women joining the outcry

Cool as ICE: France’s CGR Cinemas Launches Immersive Cinema Experience

Cool as ICE: France’s CGR Cinemas Launches Immersive Cinema Experience

April 18, 2018 No Comments

It all started at CinemaCon, two years ago to be exact. Jocelyn Bouyssy, CEO of France’s CGR Cinemas, one of the country’s leading exhibition circuits, was making the rounds of the trade show floor and private meeting rooms where the industry’s most prominent technology vendors displayed their latest offerings. One

GUEST COLUMN: Diversity Matters at the Box Office

GUEST COLUMN: Diversity Matters at the Box Office

April 17, 2018 3 Comments

by Phil Contrino, Director of Media and Research, National Association of Theatre Owners For years now, the exhibition community has been calling for diversity in content. Diversity in this context not only relates to casting and the stories that are being told, but also to the release calendar. An assortment

GUEST COLUMN: What’s Next for Cinema

GUEST COLUMN: What’s Next for Cinema

April 12, 2018 No Comments

by Brock Bagby, Executive Vice President, B&B Theatres The birth of film studios, the introduction of sound, Technicolor, drive-ins, multiplexes, megaplexes, dine-in movie theaters, the digital revolution—the list goes on and on. With so many changes in movie theaters over the last century, the persistent question remains: what will define

SOCIAL MEDIA: Summer Buzz

SOCIAL MEDIA: Summer Buzz

April 10, 2018 1 Comment

The summer season is just around the corner and, as always, is rife with potential successes and disappointments for every major studio. Let’s take a closer look at the social media indicators on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to try to ascertain the season’s biggest winners.  Methodology Our methodology here will

INTERVIEW: Director Kay Cannon on ‘Blockers’

INTERVIEW: Director Kay Cannon on ‘Blockers’

April 5, 2018 No Comments

Three high school girls make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night—but their parents find out and spend the whole increasingly crazy evening attempting to stop them. That’s the premise of Universal’s R-rated comedy Blockers, out April 6. The film is directed by Kay Cannon, a first-time director

INTERVIEW: Screenwriters Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan on ‘Chappaquiddick’

INTERVIEW: Screenwriters Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan on ‘Chappaquiddick’

April 3, 2018 1 Comment

It was a tragic event that took the life of a young woman and changed the course of American politics. Nearly 50 years after Ted Kennedy’s car accident on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, filmmaker John Currant looks back at the fateful events surrounding the infamous incident and its aftermath in

Group Effort: How Marcus Theatres Revitalized its Group Sales Division

Group Effort: How Marcus Theatres Revitalized its Group Sales Division

March 27, 2018 No Comments

Interview with Clint Wisialowski, VP of Sales, Marcus Theatres Increasing off-peak attendance has always been a compelling challenge for exhibitors. Marcus Theatres is no exception; in 2015 the circuit gave itself the task of instituting a comprehensive strategy for its group sales efforts. While by no means new or exclusive, group

Laser Focus: A Look at the Latest Offerings in Laser Projection

Laser Focus: A Look at the Latest Offerings in Laser Projection

March 20, 2018 No Comments

Investment in RGB laser technology has been on the rise over the past several years, bringing brighter, crisper images to cinema screens worldwide. According to research firm IHS Markit, RGB laser installs reached a worldwide count of 638 screens in 2017—up from 385 screens in 2016 and 89 in 2015.

Big Screen Disruption: The Samsung Cinema Screen Enters the Market

Big Screen Disruption: The Samsung Cinema Screen Enters the Market

March 5, 2018 No Comments

After turning heads with its Samsung Cinema Screen at invitation-only demos during CinemaCon 2017, Samsung begins the year with a global rollout strategy as it plans to unveil commercial installations at high-profile movie houses around the world. The 34-foot-wide screen features a high dynamic range 4K LED display with 4K