Inside a seedy-looking motel room, a dancer sashays, twirls and vogues alone to the pulsating bass line and sultry lyrics of Jessie Ware’s “What’s Your Pleasure?” In the nearly five-minute video, dancer Nicolas Huchard plays a game of seduction with the camera while wearing different outfits of leather, lace, satin and fringe. This is the … [Read more...]
‘Scream n’ Stream’ drive-thru haunt and drive-in cinema coming to Orlando
With Scream n’ Stream, guests can drive their car “into” the movie screen and see a horror film unfold in front of their eyes as a live, contactless performance. The experience, called “Night At the Die-In,” features an original storyline that takes guests inside a ’90s slasher movie, complete with lighting, sound, sets props, special effects, … [Read more...]
Sound Community Urges Revision to Credits
The international sound community — led by the Cinema Audio Society, Motion Picture Sound Editors and Association of Motion Picture Sound — has released an open letter urging Hollywood to allow key members of the sound department the same representation in end credits as it does department heads such as the director of photography and film … [Read more...]
Cinemark and Regal have more theaters than AMC and they don’t want to shorten the theatrical window
The CEO of Cinemark, the third-largest cinema chain in the U.S., is willing to have conversations with studios about modifying the theatrical release window, but isn’t keen on the 17-day window deal AMC struck with Universal. Regal, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., said it will not change its policy and will only show movies that … [Read more...]
Float Your Boat and Watch a Movie with Floating Cinema
This summer saw a revival of the good ol’ fashioned drive-in movie theater, as well as some interesting experiments with drive-in concerts, but those four-wheeled cinematic experiences are about to become soo last month. For one week starting Sept 9, Houstonians will get to watch movies while bobbing in the ripples of the water as part of … [Read more...]
Portland Summer Drive-In Fest Flunks ‘Kindergarten Cop’ After “Overpolicing” Complaint
Kindergarten Cop will be replaced at the Northwest Film Center’s Cinema Unbound Drive-in Theater on August 6 with a second screening of John Lewis: Good Trouble, the new documentary about the late civil rights icon. A previously scheduled August 7 screening of Good Trouble is sold out. The rescheduling comes after a tweet Saturday by Portland … [Read more...]
