Exhibition Features News Stories Exhibition Features Popcorn Power: Shelly Olesen Narrows in on 30 Years at C. Cretors & Company Rebecca Pahle • Jul 28th It was during her job interview that Shelly Olesen knew she belonged at C. Cretors & Company. “I looked at the guy who was interviewing me and I said, ‘Okay, no, you have to hire me. This is the job... Exhibition Features NATO On Bringing Back the Moviegoing Experience Boxoffice Staff • Jul 27th BY NATO STAFF The below column was originally published in the August 2020 issue of Boxoffice Pro. It is great to be back in the pages of Boxoffice Pro after a brief hiatus. We thought it would be best to... Exhibition Features The Summer Movie Series Takes to the Drive-In Boxoffice Staff • Jul 24th By Jesse Rifkin & Chris Eggertsen With indoor cinemas largely closed nationwide, drive-ins have attracted attendance numbers unseen in decades. Curated film series, with select titles playing over the course of multiple weekends, are attracting audiences itching to leave the... Exhibition Features How New Jersey’s Cranford Theater Is Surviving (And Thriving) in the Pandemic Chris Eggertsen • Jul 20th Like many exhibitors in the age of COVID-19, Cranford Theater owner Doreen Sayegh is leaning into the drive-in model, giving many customers their first taste of the resurgent moviegoing format. As it turns out, it’s new for her too. “I... Exhibition Features A Next Act for Next Act Cinema: How an Independent Cinema is Weathering the Shutdown Rebecca Pahle • Jul 16th In March 2019, Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright opened the doors to Next Act Cinema. Located about half an hour outside Baltimore, the cinema originally opened in 1938 as the art-deco Pikes Theatre. The Pikes closed in 1984, and several... Exhibition Features The Rocking Dead: Makoto Nagahisa Crafts a Pop Neon Extravaganza with We Are Little Zombies Rebecca Pahle • Jul 9th Hitting cinemas—both live and via the virtual theatrical model (list of participating theaters here)—Friday, July 10, Oscilloscope release We Are Little Zombies tells the story of four friends with an unusual meet-cute: the parents of newly orphaned teenagers Hikari, Takemura,... Interviews From the Archives: A Conversation with Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Kevin Lally • Jul 1st Comedy legend Carl Reiner died on Monday night at the age of 98, after a career spanning seven decades. He first achieved stardom in the earliest days of television, as writer and performer on the landmark “Your Show of Shows”... Exhibition Features Covid-19 & Cinemas: A Timeline of the First Six Months Daniel Loria • Jul 1st JANUARY 23 Cinemas in China are ordered to close on the eve of the country’s Lunar New Year holiday, one of the busiest moviegoing periods of the year. FEBRUARY 12 Mobile World Conference, the world’s largest mobile phone convention, cancels... News & Analysis Box Office Top 10: Live-Action Musicals of the 2000s Rebecca Pahle • Jun 26th June would have—in a different world—seen the theatrical release of director Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical from future Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. But we live in the times of Covid-19, when In the... Exhibition Features Lollipop Theater Network Won’t Let Covid-19 Slow It Down Rebecca Pahle • Jun 25th Since 2002, it’s been the mission of the Lollipop Theater Network to bring a light to the lives of hospitalized children. Aided by a board of directors packed with film industry executives—including Carolyn Blackwood, COO at Warner Bros.; Chris Aronson,... Exhibition Features How Major Theater Chains Are Using Drive-Ins as a Transitional Step to Reopening Chris Eggertsen • Jun 24th On May 30, Showcase Cinemas opened a “pop-up” drive-in theater at their Patriot Place location in Foxborough, Massachusetts with a screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1981 classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. The sold-out event— which doubled as a fundraiser for... Exhibition Features Season of the Witch: How IFC Films’ The Wretched Became a Sleeper Hit on the Drive-In Circuit Chris Eggertsen • Jun 18th In an unprecedented spring season that saw the shuttering of hard top theaters, a release slate emptied of major studio films and an improbable resurgence of drive-ins, an unlikely hit emerged: IFC Films’ The Wretched, a low-budget horror film about... Load more stories
Exhibition Features Popcorn Power: Shelly Olesen Narrows in on 30 Years at C. Cretors & Company Rebecca Pahle • Jul 28th It was during her job interview that Shelly Olesen knew she belonged at C. Cretors & Company. “I looked at the guy who was interviewing me and I said, ‘Okay, no, you have to hire me. This is the job...
Exhibition Features NATO On Bringing Back the Moviegoing Experience Boxoffice Staff • Jul 27th BY NATO STAFF The below column was originally published in the August 2020 issue of Boxoffice Pro. It is great to be back in the pages of Boxoffice Pro after a brief hiatus. We thought it would be best to...
Exhibition Features The Summer Movie Series Takes to the Drive-In Boxoffice Staff • Jul 24th By Jesse Rifkin & Chris Eggertsen With indoor cinemas largely closed nationwide, drive-ins have attracted attendance numbers unseen in decades. Curated film series, with select titles playing over the course of multiple weekends, are attracting audiences itching to leave the...
Exhibition Features How New Jersey’s Cranford Theater Is Surviving (And Thriving) in the Pandemic Chris Eggertsen • Jul 20th Like many exhibitors in the age of COVID-19, Cranford Theater owner Doreen Sayegh is leaning into the drive-in model, giving many customers their first taste of the resurgent moviegoing format. As it turns out, it’s new for her too. “I...
Exhibition Features A Next Act for Next Act Cinema: How an Independent Cinema is Weathering the Shutdown Rebecca Pahle • Jul 16th In March 2019, Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright opened the doors to Next Act Cinema. Located about half an hour outside Baltimore, the cinema originally opened in 1938 as the art-deco Pikes Theatre. The Pikes closed in 1984, and several...
Exhibition Features The Rocking Dead: Makoto Nagahisa Crafts a Pop Neon Extravaganza with We Are Little Zombies Rebecca Pahle • Jul 9th Hitting cinemas—both live and via the virtual theatrical model (list of participating theaters here)—Friday, July 10, Oscilloscope release We Are Little Zombies tells the story of four friends with an unusual meet-cute: the parents of newly orphaned teenagers Hikari, Takemura,...
Interviews From the Archives: A Conversation with Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Kevin Lally • Jul 1st Comedy legend Carl Reiner died on Monday night at the age of 98, after a career spanning seven decades. He first achieved stardom in the earliest days of television, as writer and performer on the landmark “Your Show of Shows”...
Exhibition Features Covid-19 & Cinemas: A Timeline of the First Six Months Daniel Loria • Jul 1st JANUARY 23 Cinemas in China are ordered to close on the eve of the country’s Lunar New Year holiday, one of the busiest moviegoing periods of the year. FEBRUARY 12 Mobile World Conference, the world’s largest mobile phone convention, cancels...
News & Analysis Box Office Top 10: Live-Action Musicals of the 2000s Rebecca Pahle • Jun 26th June would have—in a different world—seen the theatrical release of director Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical from future Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. But we live in the times of Covid-19, when In the...
Exhibition Features Lollipop Theater Network Won’t Let Covid-19 Slow It Down Rebecca Pahle • Jun 25th Since 2002, it’s been the mission of the Lollipop Theater Network to bring a light to the lives of hospitalized children. Aided by a board of directors packed with film industry executives—including Carolyn Blackwood, COO at Warner Bros.; Chris Aronson,...
Exhibition Features How Major Theater Chains Are Using Drive-Ins as a Transitional Step to Reopening Chris Eggertsen • Jun 24th On May 30, Showcase Cinemas opened a “pop-up” drive-in theater at their Patriot Place location in Foxborough, Massachusetts with a screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1981 classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. The sold-out event— which doubled as a fundraiser for...
Exhibition Features Season of the Witch: How IFC Films’ The Wretched Became a Sleeper Hit on the Drive-In Circuit Chris Eggertsen • Jun 18th In an unprecedented spring season that saw the shuttering of hard top theaters, a release slate emptied of major studio films and an improbable resurgence of drive-ins, an unlikely hit emerged: IFC Films’ The Wretched, a low-budget horror film about...
