Cinema news and trends

China Exports Tank 17 Pct
Coronavirus // March 08, 2020

Chinese exports have fallen by 17.2 percent in the first few months of this year due to the heavy toll of the coronavirus. The outbreak has disrupted global supply chains, hampered business activity and hindered transport between countries as it has spread across the world...

Alamo Drafthouse Offers Movie Subscription Option
Subscriptions // February 19, 2020

One of the largest cinema companies in the country, Alamo Drafthouse, is introducing a movie ticket subscription service to all of its 41 locations, according to a report by CNBC. The program, called Season Pass, has been in beta testing since 2019. It will allow...

Amazon In The Running To Buy Landmark Theaters
Amazon Acquisitions // August 16, 2018

Amazon has set its sights on the movie theater market, with reports that it is among the bidders to purchase Landmark Theaters. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the situation, reported that Amazon is going up against other suitors to purchase the movie theater chain from...

Bringing The Video Store Back In The Age Of Netflix
Retail // January 09, 2018

Seeing a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse is a unique cinematic experience — which is saying something, given that movies are a fairly stereotyped affair. Customers go to the theater, purchase their tickets, buy popcorn and retreat to a large, dark room to watch a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Let’s All Go To The (Streaming) Movies

March 23, 2020
We’ve come a long way since the nickelodeon age of cinema. We’ve also come a long way since “be kind, rewind” VHS tapes from the local Blockbuster. In the age of the quarantine, as COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, ravages businesses and business models, another shift for the movie industry is underway — […]

Quick Reads
China Exports Tank 17 Pct

March 08, 2020
Chinese exports have fallen by 17.2 percent in the first few months of this year due to the heavy toll of the coronavirus. The outbreak has disrupted global supply chains, hampered business activity and hindered transport between countries as it has spread across the world and infected tens of thousands, killing over 3,000 people as […]

Alamo Drafthouse Offers Movie Subscription Option

February 19, 2020
One of the largest cinema companies in the country, Alamo Drafthouse, is introducing a movie ticket subscription service to all of its 41 locations, according to a report by CNBC....

Amazon In The Running To Buy Landmark Theaters

August 16, 2018
Amazon has set its sights on the movie theater market, with reports that it is among the bidders to purchase Landmark Theaters. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the situation, reported...