Guys, it’s L.A. If Hollywood is the local industry, there’s no shortage of places to check out the resulting product. There are movie theaters, screening rooms, DIY projections, drive-ins, outdoor screenings and local film events everywhere.But when you’re looking for the best possible place to plant yourself for two hours of cinematic bliss, there … [Read more...]
Hubs in London, Los Angeles and Paris give the Oscars international appeal
Carey Mulligan is in Hollywood, Emerald Fennell was last seen in her garage, and Sir Anthony Hopkins is unlikely to leave the easel in his Welsh hotel room. Britain’s Oscar hopefuls are scattered across the world as they prepare for an awards ceremony that will have a presence in London for the first … [Read more...]
Star attraction unveiled for new Motion Pictures museum in Los Angeles
Bruce, the fibreglass shark made from the Jaws mould, will be the less-than-welcoming face to the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The 1,208lb, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, has been hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of … [Read more...]
Los Angeles’s Lucas Museum acquires major archive of African American cinema
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, currently under construction in South Los Angeles’s Exposition Park, announced today that it has acquired the Separate Cinema Archive, a major collection which documents African American cinema from 1904 to the present. The archive includes more than 37,000 objects from original film posters and lobby cards, to … [Read more...]
WOMEN IN EXHIBITION (WIE) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DEBBIE STANFORD-KRISTIANSEN, CEO OF NOVO CINEMAS AND MARIAM EL BACHA, CEO OF CINEPAX ON THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE EMERGING CINEMA MARKETS CONFERENCE (ECM19), IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, NOVEMBER 19-21, 2019
Los Angeles, CA, November 20, 2019 - Women in Exhibition (WIE) continues to make a noteworthy impact, as the budding non-profit foundation maintains their presence by participating at the second annual Emerging Cinema Markets Conference (ECM19). Organized by Digital Cinema Solutions Events (DCS Events) in association with The Big Picture, the … [Read more...]
New app brings Chinese cinema to new audiences
A new mobile app is bringing a long list of Chinese cinema and TV productions to the American audience. It’s called “Smart Cinema U.S.A.” And it’s being launched on the sidelines of the Chinese American Film and TV Festival going on in Los Angeles. China produces an increasing amount of big-budget-movies, but only a fraction meets the American … [Read more...]
