formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
2015 was a year of the mammoth blockbuster release (Star Wars, Spectre and Jurassic World sound familiar to anyone?) and with it came surges of traffic to cinema websites from people wanting to book online. When you looked at your … Continued
Despite a slowing economy, China’s box-office receipts jumped nearly 50% between 2014 and 2015 — the most sizzling pace of growth in the last five years. Source: Movie ticket sales jump 48% in China, but Hollywood has reason to worry … Continued
ScreenX, one of the world’s first multi-projection systems that allow theatergoers to go beyond the frame of the movie screen by extending the images onto the theater walls, is making its official U.S. premiere on January 1. The first public availability of ScreenX … Continued
Phil and Michael get together to catch up on the highlights of 2015 including diversity and female representation in cinema, a strong year for British film, the Scalarama season, new cinema openings across the UK, conferences including This Way Up, … Continued
Gordon Elliott and Adam Witmer have never met, but the 55-year-old projectionist from London and the 22-year-old film student from North Carolina share a deep love of celluloid. Source: The Hateful Eight: Celluloid lovers screening vintage 70mm print of Quentin … Continued
It was the moment when it finally looked as if the Allies might liberate western Europe. Troops were being marshalled and incredibly complex plans involving three million service personnel were being put in place. “Operation Overlord” was about to get … Continued