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• Customers welcome reopening of cinemas despite restrictions 2020/07/08
  Cinemas have reopened their doors to customers following months of closure. Film goers are being welcomed into venues with reduced capacities and are being encouraged to follow measures such as wearing masks, paying by contactless transactions and using hand-sanitising stations on arrival and exit. However while some cinemas resumed trading on Saturday, a large number […]
• Watch: The new movie on life in lockdown shot by more than 70 Hebridean islanders 2020/07/08
  It offers tantalising and intriguing glimpses into what life has been like under lockdown in some of Scotland’s most remote Hebridean communities. Source: https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/
• Metropolis: Why The First Sci-Fi Movie Is Still One Of The Best 2020/07/08
  Directed by Fritz Lang, Metropolis remains one of the best science fiction movies ever made. Here’s why it will always be relevant and influential. Directed by Fritz Lang, Metropolis remains one of the best genre movies ever made. The 1927 classic transcended filmmaking of the time and also foreshadowed industry trends that are now commonplace nearly 100 years later. […]
• 17 Movie Moments That Were So Major, They Made People Audibly React At The Movie Theater 2020/07/08
  We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which movie moments were so big the entire theater freaked out. Here are some of the best responses:   Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferabidor/major-movie-moments
• In Europe, The Drive-In Festival Concept Gathers Speed 2020/07/08
  That necessity is the mother of invention was noted by Plato in 400 B.C. but it’s just as apposite in the COVID-19 summer of 2020. While many of Europe’s arts festivals have been cancelled this year, including Edinburgh, Bayreuth and Glastonbury, others have turned to 1950s America for inspiration with drive-in performances. The Kunstfest Weimar festival, founded […]
• Walmart is transforming 160 of its parking lots into drive-in theaters 2020/07/08
  Two of the most classic pieces of Americana are coming together this summer: drive-in theaters and Walmart. Beginning in August, the retailer is converting 160 of its US store parking lots into drive-in movie theaters. As the pandemic continues, drive-in theaters have been making a comeback as a safe alternative to the traditional movie theaters that remain closed in much […]
• Why Marvel comics are perfect for video games – but wrong for cinema 2020/07/08
  If we live in the age of the superhero, why does nothing ever seem to take flight? Over the past decade, superhero comic book adaptations have monopolised the Hollywood film industry; the sprawling, 23-films-and-counting behemoth known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe sits, moustachioed, at its centre. Using loosely serialised storytelling and logistically impressive crossover elements, the […]
• Earl Cameron, pioneering British film actor, dies at 102 2020/07/08
  Earl Cameron, who was one of the first Black actors to perform in mainstream British films and played supporting roles to enduring entertainment icons such as James Bond and the title character in “Doctor Who” before appearing in the U.N. thriller “The Interpreter” in his 80s, has died. He was 102. Cameron died Friday, according […]
• What to watch: Boohoo slumps on factory exposé, Cinema chains sue each other, and Sunak boosts stocks 2020/07/08
  Here are the top business, market, and economic stories you should be watching today in the UK, Europe, and abroad: Shares in fast fashion retailer Boohoo (BOO.L) slumped as much as 12% in early trade after two reports over the weekend highlighted alleged poor conditions at factories it uses as suppliers. On Saturday, the Guardian ran […]
• How Tenet is keeping cinemas closed and messing up Hollywood 2020/07/08
  Cinemas are allowed to reopen from July 4. So why aren’t they doing it? Yesterday was meant to be Super Saturday for the cinema industry too. Amid a flurry of openings – pubs, restaurants, hairdressers – movie theatres were also meant to be throwing open their doors to eager film fans from this weekend. But […]
• Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning Composer of Film Scores, Dies at 91 2020/07/08
  His vast output included atmospheric music for spaghetti westerns in his native Italy and scores for some 500 movies by a Who’s Who of directors.   Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/movies/ennio-morricone-dead.html
• Platinum Equity buys Deluxe Entertainment’s distribution business 2020/07/08
  Tom Gore’s Platinum Equity is expanding its entertainment investments with the acquisition of Deluxe Entertainment Services Inc.’s distribution business. The private equity firm didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal, but it said Deluxe Entertainment’s creative businesses were not included in the acquisition. Beverly Hills, California-based Platinum Equity said former Deluxe Chief Executive Cyril Drabinsky, who […]
• “Flash Gordon” Returns To UK Cinemas For 40th Anniversary 2020/07/08
  Mike Hodges‘ swashbuckling offbeat adventure-fantasy Flash Gordon will return to cinemas on July 31, 2020 to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Audiences will get the opportunity to see the film on the big screen at Picturehouse Central and in other select cinemas around the UK including The Luna Drive In Cinema. The film that critic Pauline Kael aptly called a “fairy […]
• Estonian and Polish Exhibitors Selected for UNIC Leadership Programme 2020/07/08
  Valeria Kurohtina from CINAMON (Estonia) and Monika Giełżecka from Multikino (Poland) are among the nine female cinema professionals selected to participate in the fourth edition of the International Union of Cinemas’ (UNIC) Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme. The 12-month mentorship programme provides one-to-one career advice and networking opportunities with mentorship from women executives from across the cinema landscape recognised for […]
• Plans for huge new cinema complex at Cameron Toll Shopping Centre officially approved 2020/07/08
  Plans for a new ten-screen multiplex cinema development in Cameron Toll have now been approved. The proposed cinema will be built as an extension to the existing Cameron Toll Shopping Centre and will include a separate restaurant, retail and GP practice. The cinema will be operated by Empire Cinemas and built on what is currently […]
• The 25 Best World War II Movies Ever Made 2020/07/08
  The way many of us first learned about World War II was inherently cinematic. A black and white dichotomy of “good guys” and “bad guys” laid before us with tales of heroic sacrifice, secrecy, and an evil, inhumane villain at the root of it all. For these reasons, WWII has held tremendous relevance in cinema—both […]
• Odeon releases film schedule as Scotland’s cinemas prepare to reopen this month 2020/07/08
  Cinemas are set to reopen this summer – and one major chain has revealed which movies are hitting its screens. Theatres are preparing to reopen in Scotland from July 15 onwards as the third phase of the route map out of lockdown begins. Cinema giant Odeon is gearing up to welcome back film fans at Braehead, East Kilbride and Glasgow Quay outlets, […]
• Armageddon is about as “scientifically inaccurate” as it gets 2020/07/08
  The summer of 1998 saw the world weep in unison at tearjerker Armageddon. It told the story of a group of deep-core drillers who were sent up into space with NASA astronauts to help destroy a huge asteroid that was heading straight for Earth. But it was the love story between Ben Affleck’s AJ Frost and […]
• UK government says some film and TV productions will be exempt from quarantine rules 2020/07/08
  Some film and TV productions will be exempt from coronavirus quarantine rules, the UK government announced. Currently, people travelling into the UK must quarantine for two weeks on arrival. However, the government’s new plan will allow those who are essential to a production will not be required to quarantine. Instead, they will have to live and […]
• Qantas Founders Museum opens Luminescent Longreach sound and light show 2020/07/08
  A light show like nothing else in the world has opened for public viewing in Longreach today, shining a light on the century-old history of the airline that Queensland gave the world. Luminescent Longreach makes use of the historic aircraft gathered together by the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach and uses them as the canvas upon […]