formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
AI companies are vacuuming up online content at massive scale: A new investigation found over 15.8 million YouTube videos from 2+ million channels were scraped without permission by tech firms to train AI models. These companies insist they “respect” creators … Continued
Journalists and filmmakers and cinema itself are facing growing political threats and increasing difficulties, according to film industry reps at the Zurich Summit on Saturday. Source: Hostile Political Climate Threatening Cinema, Say Industry Reps
The 1,850 sq metre Circa Digital Spectacular, a curved LED display that can show 3D anamorphic content and synchronised animations, will replace three screens on two residential towers. Source: Big Outdoor LED display is set to dominate downtown LA | … Continued
Robert Redford was disillusioned with the Hollywood mainstream. The Sundance Kid, who died Tuesday at age 89, knew that there were more stories out there, ones that weren’t getting made into films because of the rigidity of the business. So … Continued
CinemaNext has announced an exclusive agreement with the French cinema circuit Megarama solidifying a long-term partnership to equip Megarama’s cinema network across France with Laser by Barco projectors. CinemaNext will deploy new Barco laser projection systems in all of Megarama’s … Continued
Film data analyst Stephen Follows finds no evidence that ‘woke-adjacent’ cinema is doomed commercially – and claims some genres may benefit from diverse casting. Source: ‘Go woke, go broke’? New study challenges claims progressive films flop at the box office … Continued