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• The London independent cinemas that are open now and need your support 2020/10/23
  Last week’s announcement that the 25th Bond film No Time to Die would be postponed yet again sent bigger chains into a tailspin, with Cineworld announcing the temporary closure of all its 127 UK movie theatres, while a quarter of Vue cinemas limiting operations to Friday to Monday only. In perhaps a rare example of bigger not being better, […]
• How Much Do You Really Miss Going to the Movies? 2020/10/23
  Amid concerns about the future of theaters, remember that the past wasn’t always glorious. This is the moment to rethink what we want at a cinema.   Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/movies/movie-theater-problems.html
• Spalding actors hit out at ‘retrain suggestion’ 2020/10/23
  ‘They are asking them to give up hope’ of returning to normal is the warning given by members of South Holland’s cultural scene to the Government. Chancellor Rishi Sunak sparked controversy from musicians and artists last week when he appeared to suggest that they retrain.   Source: https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/local-artists-strike-back-over-retrain-comments-9126848/
• Why a biopic on cricketer Muralitharan has become controversial in Tamil Nadu 2020/10/23
  Why a biopic on cricketer Muralitharan has become controversial in Tamil Nadu.   Source: https://scroll.in/article/
• Tunbridge Wells council investigates buying ABC cinema site after latest owner puts it on sale 2020/10/23
  lysian Residencies dashed hopes the redundant land would be developed after putting it on the market.   Source: https://www.kentlive.news/news/tunbridge-wells-council-investigates-buying-4595200
• Newcastle Odeon cinema collapse: Two contractors charged 2020/10/23
  Two firms have been charged with safety breaches after a cinema collapsed during demolition work. Masonry and scaffolding from the Odeon in Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, which was built in the 1930s, fell on 3 April 2017, crushing a bus shelter.   Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-54509373
• Hull’s National Picture Theatre needs help to bring bomb-hit cinema back to life 2020/10/23
  A major project to bring a Hull landmark back to life is looking for volunteers to help in the restoration process. The National Picture Theatre on Beverly Road is looking for people to help assist with a project to conserve and repair the building and its heritage features. The derelict Hull cinema was almost destroyed in […]
• Hastings cinema says it faces closure without community support 2020/10/23
  A cinema in Hastings is calling on the community to support it or face imminent closure.   Source: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/business/
• Blackpool Grand Theatre ‘saved’ by grant but more job cuts looming 2020/10/23
  “We’re grateful to get this chance to come back. The theatre opened in 1894 and this is a grade listed building however it’s not just bricks and mortar, it’s nothing without people”   Source: https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-grand-theatre-saved-grant-19095737
• Update on Blackpool IMAX cinema, new restaurants and Wilko store as funding approved 2020/10/23
  Blackpool has been given the go-ahead to start work on two key regeneration projects after being allocated £8.6m of funding from the Government’s Covid-19 ‘Getting Building Fund’. The schemes which include the redevelopment of Houndshill Shopping Centre and Abingdon Street Market have been given formal approval by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) – and it’s […]
• AMC to reopen more cinema theaters in the U.S. 2020/10/23
  AMC Entertainment Holdings, the largest U.S. theater chain, said on Monday it expects to reopen about a dozen locations in New York state starting Oct. 23 and plans to have more than 530 theaters open in the country by the end of the month.   Source: https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/
• Academy Museum names historian of Black cinema as the new chief artistic officer 2020/10/23
  The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is expected to announce Monday that Jacqueline Stewart will be its chief artistic and programming officer, overseeing exhibitions, programming and education. Stewart is a prominent film historian, scholar and archivist who teaches American film history at the University of Chicago; her specialty is in African American cinema. She was the first Black host of […]
• Now That Some New York Movie Theaters Can Reopen, Will Blockbusters Follow? 2020/10/23
  After months of nearly constant bad news — theater closures, movie postponements, “Tenet!” — the film industry last week finally received a glimmer of good news: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that cinemas outside of NYC can start reopening on Friday. Hollywood studios have made it clear that blockbusters won’t return until cinemas in New York […]
• Sony Launches Cinema Line 2020/10/23
  Sony Electronics has launched Cinema Line, a series of camera products for a wide range of content creators. The new series will extend beyond basic cinema-camera and professional-camcorder form factors.   Source: https://ascmag.com/articles/sony-launches-cinema-line
• China overtakes US as biggest cinema box office for 2020 2020/10/23
  China has overtaken the US in yearly box office receipts for the first time in history. The US cinema industry has been rocked by the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday (18 October), China reached a total of $1.988bn (£1.529bn) in box office takings for the year, surpassing the US total of $1.937bn (£1.490bn), according […]
• Robot performs long-distance bladder surgery using 5G 2020/10/23
  Chinese medical team has performed a remote radical cystectomy on a patient with help of a surgical robot.   Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2267353/robot-performs-long-distance-bladder-surgery-using-5g
• Talent Roster Urging Congress To Bail Out Movie Theaters Grows To 120 As NATO, MPA, DGA Warn That Exhibitors “May Not Survive” – Update 2020/10/23
  The list of people in the creative community attaching their names to an urgent appeal to Congress on behalf of movie theaters has grown to 120 names. (See the full list below.) Talent initially joined with the Directors Guild of America, the National Association of Theatre Owners and the Motion Picture Association on September 30 to call […]
• Theatre Owners “Pleased” With Cuomo’s Move Allowing New York Cinemas To Reopen On October 23 – Update 2020/10/23
  The National Association of Theater Owners has responded to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s move to allow theaters outside of New York City starting Oct. 23. NATO of New York provided the following statement: “We are exceptionally pleased that Governor Cuomo has allowed for movie theaters in New York State to begin to reopen. As theaters have demonstrated […]
• As pandemic shutters cinemas, oldest movie theater in the world tries to buck the trend 2020/10/23
  Twenty-three moviegoers filed into the State Theatre in Washington, Iowa, on Oct. 2 — hardly a crowd, but one of the busier Friday nights the cinema has had since reopening in late May. Ushers in masks escorted the guests to their chairs, careful to seat them at least 6 feet away from one another. Then, […]
• Cineplex CEO Talks ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Delays, Cineworld Litigation, “Forced” Theater Closures 2020/10/23
  Cineplex CEO Ellis Jacob told shareholders his Canadian movie chain will not reclose theaters as Hollywood tentpoles continue to be delayed to 2021 or get streaming releases amid the pandemic. “We’re in a positive position from the theaters being open,” Jacob, who is also chairman of the National Association of Theatre Owners, which represents major […]