Patrick von Sychowski (patrickvons)

Patrick von Sychowski

Savantis Solutions LLC is an interesting new entrant in the field of cinema software solutions. Claire Beswick takes a look at their Intelligent Entertainment Suite, which has already been used by ArcLight Cinemas.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/12/14/cj-review-savantis-intelligent-entertainment-suite/

Posted 10 months ago

A deep-dive by my colleague J. Sperling Reich explaining WarnerMedia's decision to release Warner Bros. Entertainment's entire 2021 theatrical slate on HBO Max. Read on to get the full story.
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/12/08/why-warner-bros-is-max-imizing-its-2021-movie-slate/

Here is my take on what the Warner Bros announcement that it will stream all 2021 tentpoles on HBO Max means for cinema. The good news is that it won't kill it. The bad news is that last time this happened (93 years) ago, it forced drastic change on an industry and did kill of a large section of the industry.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/12/04/cj-opinion-warner-bros-did-not-just-kill-cinema/

Posted 11 months ago

Although there was a lack of Hollywood titles, local films playing in cinemas in France, Germany, UK and Scandinavia were doing quite well this autumn, writes Claire Beswick - then came Lockdown 2 - The Sequel.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/11/12/the-storm-before-the-calm-european-cinemas-buoyed-by-local-films-pre-lockdown/

Posted 11 months ago

"Korean cinemas got a boost as coronavirus restrictions were reduced to their lowest level, meaning that an empty seat no longer has to be left between every audience member." 100% of seats in cinemas now on sale.

https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/korea-box-office-awaits-positive-impact-of-reduced-social-distancing-1234825973/

Posted last year

With COVID closing down cinemas, exhibitors are getting creative by offering private rentals to patrons, justice systems and universites, Helen Budge discovers from talking to cinemas in UK, Europe and France.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/23/private-cinema-rentals-innovation-in-a-time-of-crisis/

Posted last year

Opening or refurbishing a cinema is never an easy mission, but COVID-19 has made it that much harder. Claire Beswick looks at how ODEON Cinemas Group did in Holloway (London), Nordisk Film Bio in Malmö, Sweden and the plucky indie The Parade in Marlborough, UK.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/22/mission-impossible-opening-a-cinema-in-a-global-pandemic/

Posted last year

A detailed analysis by Celluloid Junkie has found that not a single outbreak of COVID-19 anywhere in the world has been traced to a cinema. Read our finding of research, reports, medical opinions and individual cases that show why cinemas appear to be a relatively safe environment.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/19/cj-analysis-the-number-of-covid-19-outbreaks-traced-to-cinemas-is-zero/

Posted last year

In an open letter to the industry, published in full on Celluloid Junkie Asger Flygare Bech-Thomsen, CEO of Scandinavian cinema major Nordisk Film Cinemas says audiences are ready and willing to turn up for blockbusters with the data to prove it.
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/16/cinemas-lack-movies-not-audiences/

Posted last year

C. Cretors is a company synonymous with company since it invented the popcorn machine 135 years ago. So with the five-generation old family company having survived the Spanish Flu of 1918, what learns did they have for 2020? Quite a few!
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/09/28/cretors-honouring-the-past-engineering-the-future/

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