Cineworld has announced plans to buy Canadian rival Cineplex in a deal that would make the UK cinema group the biggest in North America by number of screens. Cineworld’s bid, which values Cineplex at $2.1bn including debt, would allow it to tap the $770m annual revenues from the Canadian box office, of which Cineplex has 75 per cent market … [Read more...]
Alla Kovgan (‘Cunningham’ director) on Merce Cunningham Documentary
“He’s one of the most influential choreographers the world has known,” declares Alla Kovgan about dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, the subject of Kovgan’s new documentary “Cunningham.” The film features recreations of many of Cunningham’s most famous dances filmed in 3-D in specially chosen locations in New York and Europe. Kovgan was … [Read more...]
CJ’s cinema franchise to showcase super-immersive theater platform ‘4DX’ at CES 2020
CJ 4D PLEX, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate CJ Group's cinema franchise wing, will showcase a new futuristic super-immersive theater platform at a trade show in Las Vegas next month. The company has combined innovative 4DX and ScreenX cinema formats to provide immersive cinema experiences to moviegoers. Screen X is a 270-degree … [Read more...]
Why 2019 was a successful year for Arab cinema
By the end of the recent British Independent Film Awards, one thing was very clear: 2019 had been a stellar year for Arab cinema. For Sama took Best British Independent Film, becoming the first documentary to win the ceremony’s top prize. A harrowing but hopeful first-person account of the Syrian civil war, it not only won Best Film, but also Best … [Read more...]
Construction starts on Wirral cinema & arts village project
The first phase of work to transform an historic former town hall in Wirral into a major visitor destination has begun. Hoylake’s Victorian civic building is to be become the Beacon Arts Village and will feature a two-screen cinema, a fine dining restaurant, bar and café bistro, as well as 18 creative studio and retail spaces for artists and … [Read more...]
Christie Releases 64-bit Version of Pandoras Box
The demand for greater performance to process, play and control higher resolutions and data volumes on multiple displays is growing. With the new Pandoras Box Version 6.4, Christie® introduces its new 64-bit processing software, which meets the highest possible requirements and greatly increases the performance of existing processing … [Read more...]
