Interviews News Stories Exhibition Features Blobfest: The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA Chad Kennerk • Jul 17th Located in the heart of downtown Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, The Colonial Theatre was built in 1902 and first opened its doors as a vaudeville house in 1903, with films following around 1915. Each year the theater attracts some 70,000 patrons to... Exhibition Features On With the Show: Crowd-Pleaser THEATER CAMP Brings the Stage to the Big Screen This Summer Rebecca Pahle • Jul 14th Amid a full slate of summer blockbusters, Searchlight Pictures brings to the big screen a small, ensemble-driven comedy called Theater Camp. Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, making their feature directorial debuts, the film had its start as a... Exhibition Features Into The Further: First-Time Director Patrick Wilson Helms INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR Rebecca Pahle • Jul 13th In the feature segment of this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, actor Patrick Wilson discusses moving behind the camera to helm the fifth installment of the Insidious franchise—and his work with Cinema Lab to revitalize community theaters. How long... Exhibition Features LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES: Directors Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli Bring the Black Hills Back to the Big Screen Chad Kennerk • Jul 12th Presented by IFCFilms, the documentary Lakota Nation vs. United States recounts one of the longest court battles in US history from the perspective of the Lakota Nation. The sacred land, known as the Black Hills, is located in present-day western... Exhibition Features Small but Mighty: Sol Cinema May Just Be the World’s Smallest Solar-Powered Cinema Jesse Rifkin • Jun 29th In South Wales, United Kingdom, sits one of the most unusual yet endearing cinemas you’ve ever seen. The tiny, decades-old caravan, just 16 feet long by 7 feet high, seats about eight to 12 people. Originally it was used to... CineEurope Good as Gold: CineEurope’s Gold Award Recognizes Outstanding Dedication and Service to Cinema Rebecca Pahle • Jun 22nd Since the 2018 edition of CineEurope, the Gold Award—presented by the Film Expo Group and the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC)—has been a way to honor cinema professionals who in their careers have made an impact on their countries, their... CineEurope CineEurope International Exhibitor of the Year: Nordisk Film Cinemas Rebecca Pahle • Jun 22nd This year’s International Exhibitor of the Year award at CineEurope goes to one of the oldest cinema circuits in the world: Nordisk Film Cinemas, founded as Nordisk Film in 1906 by Danish filmmaker Ole Olsen. A producer, distributor, and exhibitor... CineEurope UNIC Achievement Award: Hans-Joachim Flebbe, Founder and Managing Director, Astor Film Lounge and Zoo Palast Rebecca Pahle • Jun 20th The recipient of this year’s UNIC Achievement Award at CineEurope, Hans-Joachim Flebbe, has under his belt more than 40 years in the exhibition industry—during which time he’s played a major role in shaping the world of cinema in Germany today.... CineEurope CineEurope International Distributor of the Year: Tonis Kiis, Senior Vice President, International Distribution, Warner Bros. Daniel Loria • Jun 19th Tonis Kiis, the senior vice president of international distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures, will be honored as this year’s International Distributor of the Year at CineEurope. Based in Los Angeles, Kiis is responsible for a wide range of theatrical film... Exhibition Features Supersonic: THE FLASH Speeds to the Big Screen Rebecca Pahle • Jun 14th At last year’s CinemaCon, exhibitors were wowed by new footage from Warner Bros.’ The Flash, starring Ezra Miller as the speedy superhero whose attempts to alter the past bring about a world under the thumb of the warlike General Zod... Exhibition Features Beasts of the Big Screen: Steven Caple Jr. Brings a New Vision to a Beloved Franchise with TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS Daniel Loria • Jun 7th Steven Caple Jr. had his contemporary film scene breakout moment following the Sundance premiere of his directorial feature-film debut, the 2016 skateboarding drama The Land. The film introduced audiences to an exciting new voice in American cinema, and its positive... From the Magazine SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Co-Director Kemp Powers on Miles Morales’ Inter-dimensional Journey Daniel Loria • May 31st Nobody knew what to expect from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the months leading up to its December 2018 release. An animated reimagining of the Spider-Man comic books, based on a spin-off series of comics that originated with the 2011... Load more stories
Exhibition Features Blobfest: The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA Chad Kennerk • Jul 17th Located in the heart of downtown Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, The Colonial Theatre was built in 1902 and first opened its doors as a vaudeville house in 1903, with films following around 1915. Each year the theater attracts some 70,000 patrons to...
Exhibition Features On With the Show: Crowd-Pleaser THEATER CAMP Brings the Stage to the Big Screen This Summer Rebecca Pahle • Jul 14th Amid a full slate of summer blockbusters, Searchlight Pictures brings to the big screen a small, ensemble-driven comedy called Theater Camp. Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, making their feature directorial debuts, the film had its start as a...
Exhibition Features Into The Further: First-Time Director Patrick Wilson Helms INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR Rebecca Pahle • Jul 13th In the feature segment of this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, actor Patrick Wilson discusses moving behind the camera to helm the fifth installment of the Insidious franchise—and his work with Cinema Lab to revitalize community theaters. How long...
Exhibition Features LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES: Directors Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli Bring the Black Hills Back to the Big Screen Chad Kennerk • Jul 12th Presented by IFCFilms, the documentary Lakota Nation vs. United States recounts one of the longest court battles in US history from the perspective of the Lakota Nation. The sacred land, known as the Black Hills, is located in present-day western...
Exhibition Features Small but Mighty: Sol Cinema May Just Be the World’s Smallest Solar-Powered Cinema Jesse Rifkin • Jun 29th In South Wales, United Kingdom, sits one of the most unusual yet endearing cinemas you’ve ever seen. The tiny, decades-old caravan, just 16 feet long by 7 feet high, seats about eight to 12 people. Originally it was used to...
CineEurope Good as Gold: CineEurope’s Gold Award Recognizes Outstanding Dedication and Service to Cinema Rebecca Pahle • Jun 22nd Since the 2018 edition of CineEurope, the Gold Award—presented by the Film Expo Group and the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC)—has been a way to honor cinema professionals who in their careers have made an impact on their countries, their...
CineEurope CineEurope International Exhibitor of the Year: Nordisk Film Cinemas Rebecca Pahle • Jun 22nd This year’s International Exhibitor of the Year award at CineEurope goes to one of the oldest cinema circuits in the world: Nordisk Film Cinemas, founded as Nordisk Film in 1906 by Danish filmmaker Ole Olsen. A producer, distributor, and exhibitor...
CineEurope UNIC Achievement Award: Hans-Joachim Flebbe, Founder and Managing Director, Astor Film Lounge and Zoo Palast Rebecca Pahle • Jun 20th The recipient of this year’s UNIC Achievement Award at CineEurope, Hans-Joachim Flebbe, has under his belt more than 40 years in the exhibition industry—during which time he’s played a major role in shaping the world of cinema in Germany today....
CineEurope CineEurope International Distributor of the Year: Tonis Kiis, Senior Vice President, International Distribution, Warner Bros. Daniel Loria • Jun 19th Tonis Kiis, the senior vice president of international distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures, will be honored as this year’s International Distributor of the Year at CineEurope. Based in Los Angeles, Kiis is responsible for a wide range of theatrical film...
Exhibition Features Supersonic: THE FLASH Speeds to the Big Screen Rebecca Pahle • Jun 14th At last year’s CinemaCon, exhibitors were wowed by new footage from Warner Bros.’ The Flash, starring Ezra Miller as the speedy superhero whose attempts to alter the past bring about a world under the thumb of the warlike General Zod...
Exhibition Features Beasts of the Big Screen: Steven Caple Jr. Brings a New Vision to a Beloved Franchise with TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS Daniel Loria • Jun 7th Steven Caple Jr. had his contemporary film scene breakout moment following the Sundance premiere of his directorial feature-film debut, the 2016 skateboarding drama The Land. The film introduced audiences to an exciting new voice in American cinema, and its positive...
From the Magazine SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Co-Director Kemp Powers on Miles Morales’ Inter-dimensional Journey Daniel Loria • May 31st Nobody knew what to expect from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the months leading up to its December 2018 release. An animated reimagining of the Spider-Man comic books, based on a spin-off series of comics that originated with the 2011...