Hastings cinema says it faces closure without community support
A cinema in Hastings is calling on the community to support it or face imminent closure. Source: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/business/
Blackpool Grand Theatre ‘saved’ by grant but more job cuts looming
“We’re grateful to get this chance to come back. The theatre opened in 1894 and this is a grade listed building however it’s not just bricks and mortar, it’s nothing without people” Source: https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-grand-theatre-saved-grant-19095737
Update on Blackpool IMAX cinema, new restaurants and Wilko store as funding approved
Blackpool has been given the go-ahead to start work on two key regeneration projects after being allocated £8.6m of funding from the Government’s Covid-19 ‘Getting Building Fund’. The schemes which include the redevelopment of Houndshill Shopping Centre and Abingdon Street … Continued
AMC to reopen more cinema theaters in the U.S.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, the largest U.S. theater chain, said on Monday it expects to reopen about a dozen locations in New York state starting Oct. 23 and plans to have more than 530 theaters open in the country by the … Continued
Academy Museum names historian of Black cinema as the new chief artistic officer
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is expected to announce Monday that Jacqueline Stewart will be its chief artistic and programming officer, overseeing exhibitions, programming and education. Stewart is a prominent film historian, scholar and archivist who teaches American film history at the … Continued
Now That Some New York Movie Theaters Can Reopen, Will Blockbusters Follow?
After months of nearly constant bad news — theater closures, movie postponements, “Tenet!” — the film industry last week finally received a glimmer of good news: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that cinemas outside of NYC can start reopening on Friday. … Continued