China's Hollywood Import Restrictions China's recent announcement that it will reduce the import of American films marks a significant escalation in the ongoing trade tensions between the world's two largest economies. This move extends t...
CinemaCon 2025: Exhibition and Distribution Chiefs Navigate Cinema's New Global Reality CinemaCon is known for bringing out all the stars such as Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johanssen to the stage, but for the first major event of the shows, it is the titans of productions and exhibition tha...
Interview with Mark Cosgrove and Maddy Probst of Watershed Cinema Patrick von Sychowski : I have the pleasure of speaking to two champions of Independent Cinema from Bristol's iconic Watershed Cinema. Mark Cosgrove, the founder and co-curator of Cinema Rediscovered ...
The Revival of Arthouse Cinema: How Bristol's Watershed Is Leading the Way In an era where streaming platforms have made every type of film ubiquitous, Bristol's iconic Watershed Cinema (UK) has not only survived but thrived, emerging stronger from the pandemic with innovati...
The New Wave: How Generation Z Fell in Love with Cinema's Classics In a dimly lit cinema on a January evening, an unusual sight unfolds: rows filled with twenty-somethings eagerly awaiting a 50-year-old surrealist film about religious enlightenment and existential tr...
What to Expect at CinemaCon 2025 Tom Cruise's last Mission, Avatar’s returns and a newly United cinema industry – everything and everyone will be in Vegas (including CinemaNext) this coming week in Las Vegas. The annual US cinema own...
Vue CEO Tim Richards Eyes Post-Pandemic Cinema Renaissance Tim Richards, the visionary CEO of Vue International , is set to receive the prestigious Global Achievement in Exhibition Award at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas next week. The honour comes as no surpris...
Korean Cinemas Rip Out Screens to Become Entertainment Destinations With Korean cinemas struggling with attendance numbers that stubbornly refuse to return to anything like pre-pandemic averages, some are taking the drastic decision to rip out their screens. Instead o...
European Cinema Shows Resilience in 2024 as Local Films and Recovery Point to Strong 2025 European cinema demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2024, with box office declines of just 0.3% despite Hollywood's strike-induced release drought. These findings come from data revealed in the prel...
The Evolution of IMAX: From Blockbusters to Broader Cinema 8 January 2025- Writing about CinemaNext's recent work with IMAX in Türkiye was an opportunity to do a deep-dive into IMAX film listings there and in other countries whena realisation struck; the trad...
Pathé's Return to Belgium: Historic Cinema Giant Makes a Strategic Comeback Passing through Belgium on my way to The Netherlands this weekend, an article in the local De Standaard weekend edition caught my eye. " Franse bioscoopreus Pathé keert na eeuw terug naar Vlaanderen "...
China's Cinema Sector: At the Crossroads of Digital Disruption and Market Evolution 1 December2024 - There's been less interest/focus on the Chinese cinema market since it effectively de-coupled from Hollywood post-Covid and talk of it overtaking the US died down. The Chinese cinema ...