DCM's session at this year's Mindshare Huddle for Good will see Head of Film, Tom Linay, present a Q&A with the Director and Co-Writer of Louis Theroux's My Scientology Movie, John Dower. The talk will take place at Mindshare's annual event at 3pm tomorrow (17 November) in area 34 so download the app and register today to learn about how Cinema Changes Lives. Read more
It's official. John Lewis fired the starting gun for Christmas last week and with festive joy sweeping the nation, there's no better time to bring back DCM's Fantasy Film League Christmas edition. This time we've created a trilogy of quizzes for the film buffs of medialand based on the exciting 2017 slate so sign up and submit your answers before it's too late. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
Arrival has been touted as one of the best sci-fi films in recent years and it duly had an impressive opening, kicking off its run with £2.9m, which included £354k from Thursday previews. That’s director, Denis Villeneuve’s best opening yet, beating last year’s Sicario (£1.6m) and 2013’s Prisoners (£1.4m). Read more
The Campaign Media Awards took place last night as the media industry gathered at London’s Park Lane to see in and celebrate the latest crop of winners for 2016, with PHD and Digital Cinema Media winning in the Financial, Corporate and Utilities category for Smart Energy GB. Read more
Next Thursday 17 November, DCM will take part in this year's Mindshare Huddle by hosting a Cinema Changes Lives session, focused on how the medium can act as a force for good in the world. The seminar will see Head of Film, Tom Linay, talk to the director of Louis Theroux's My Scientology Movie, John Dower, so come along and hear about how cinema can change the world at the event next week. Read more
The UK Cinema Association's Policy Executive, Grainne Peat, breaks down plans for a new industry apprenticeship scheme, which comes into effect in April 2017, offering all the essential information and background. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
Doctor Strange opened in the number one spot last weekend, and this weekend it had a great hold, falling just 37% to £3.4m (once previews are removed). For comparison, Thor: The Dark World, the last Marvel film to be released in October, fell 47% on its second weekend. Read more
DCM’s CEO, Karen Stacey, appeared as part of a panel session at ISBA’s Effectiveness Week on Friday to put forward cinema’s case as a place to build both short and long-term brand growth. Read more
The nominations for the 2016 British Independent Film Awards (The BIFAs) were announced yesterday, with Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake scoring the most, with seven. Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, Babak Anvari’s Under The Shadow and Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s Notes On Blindness received six nominations each. DCM will also be partnering with the ceremony for the first time. Read more
Geoff Greaves is Director and Film Programmer at Merlin Cinemas, which consists of a string of sites in Penzance, St Ives, Redruth, Falmouth, Helston, Torquay, Ilfracombe, Okehampton, Tiverton, Kingsbridge, Coleford, Cromer, Prestatyn and Thurso (almost Land’s End to John O’Groats). Recently, Greaves won the Exhibition Achievement prize at the Screen Awards and here we catch up with the man to hear a bit more about his life in cinema and why he got into the business. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
Doctor Strange is the latest Marvel behemoth and kicked off its run with £9.3m. After opening on Tuesday, it added £3.8m from Tuesday to Thursday, but its Friday to Sunday total of £5.5m is the biggest for an original, non-sequel Marvel title, eclipsing Guardians of the Galaxy, which opened with £5m in 2014. Read more
Marvel’s Doctor Strange was released in cinemas this week (Tuesday 25 October) and promises to add something different to the collection of superhero movies already on offer with mind-bending camera tricks and effects to support the story which focuses on the complex character played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Read more
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