Voluntary cinema pleased to see audience return after lockdown
A voluntary cinema group are delighted to have their audience back and hopes a major part of the cinema experience returns shortly. Source: https://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/news/
‘Young people have an amazing sense of humour, because the world is ridiculous’: How Rocks is revolutionising British cinema
It’s worth sticking around for the end credits of Rocks, a disarming, dazzling study of friendship amid a group of east-London-born teenage girls. Not for any Marvel-style bonus footage, but for the rare clarification that pops up after the names … Continued
Dublin cinemas closed under new restrictions
All Dublin cinemas, including the recently reopened IFI, are closed until further notice. Source: https://entertainment.ie/cinema/movie-news/dublin-cinemas-closed-level-3-462659/
Unmatched: Celebs share why they’re missing the 70 mm cinema experience
From mass whistling at the entry of their favourite hero, enjoying popcorn to interval chitchat — the fun-filled larger than life cinema experience seems to be a distant dream with theatres being shut for over six months now owing to … Continued
‘You tend to believe and accept that you’re invisible:’ Three Canadian women pushing for more diverse, inclusive filmmaking
The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) may be coming to an end, but Canadian women in film and television are continuing to speak up about the importance of diverse, inclusive and representative filmmaking in Canada and beyond. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/tiff-women-in-film … Continued
Looking back at the golden age of cinema in Angus
The Palace in Arbroath’s James Street was the only ABC cinema in Scotland designed by William R Glen. Long before that the site had housed a church — it was abandoned as a place of worship in 1889 — and … Continued