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The Camera Technology That Turned Films Into Stories
A modest invention that prevented celluloid from tearing helped make modern cinema. By Henry Giardina.
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Charlie Chaplin's Honorary Award: 1972 Oscars
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Cineworld and Regal in Blockbuster Merger to Challenge AMC
The deal would give the combined entity more than 9,500 screens in the United States and Europe and allow it to better compete with the industry giant.
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Saudi Arabia lifts decades-long ban on cinemas
Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas, part of a series of social reforms by the powerful crown prince that are shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdom. “Commercial cinemas will be allowed to operate in the kingdom as of early 2018, for the first time in more than 35 years,” the culture and information ministry said in a statement, adding that the government will begin licensing cinemas immediately.
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China Vows to Cut Cost of Cancer Drugs as Blockbuster Film Highlights Issue
The major policy overhaul is announced just as 'Dying to Survive,' a film about the plight of poor cancer sufferers, was storming China's cinemas, earning $232 million in just five days. China has vowed to accelerate its efforts to cut the costs of lifesaving cancer drugs, a move many are viewing as a response to a local blockbuster that highlights the social ills caused by overpriced medication in the country.
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'Dragged Across Concrete' director S. Craig Zahler: "I don't think US cinema is in a good place"
American filmmaker S. Craig Zahler is back at Venice Film Festival for a second year running, this time with his Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn cop drama Dragged Across Concrete. Screen caught up with Zahler at the festival to talk about working with controversial figure Gibson, getting projects made outside of the studio system, and why he won’t compromise on the runtime of his films.
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Movie Theaters Find New Life as E-Sports Arenas
While Avengers: Endgame keeps breaking records, 2019 has been hard in terms of generating box office revenue outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Overall, the film industry hit a six-year low to open this year and theater chains across the nation are feeling the strain. An unlikely lifeline has emerged, however, in the form of e-sports.
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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Already Changing Cinema
Artificial Intelligence is allowing automation to be faster, broader and more disruptive than ever before. We’ve long been confident that creativity is the one aspect of human nature that would be impossible to be performed by machines, but it takes just a quick glance at recent AI advancements to realize that the next Spielbergs and da Vincis might be made of silicon.
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