DCM's Adam Reynolds caught an exclusive screening of The Riot Club at BFI Southbank as part of the BFI London Film Festival, which featured a Q&A with director Lone Scherfig and almost the entire cast of the Riot Club. Below he provides his thoughts.
The Riot Club- "loosely" based on the antics of the infamous Bullingdon Club, an elite Oxford University crew of the most privileged and most well - connected boys. The order of the day; boozing, initiations, disdain for the average Joe and ultimately, unadulterated violence at the Riot Club's inaugural dinner. Read more
Picturehouse is set to turn part of the Trocadero centre in the London’s West End into a new seven-screen, 1000 seat arthouse cinema.
The company will redevelop the former Cineworld multiplex into a cultural venue, bringing it more in line with their cinemas in boroughs from Brixton to Hackney. Embracing the alternative style of Picturehouse, the centre’s programme will feature mainstream films alongside independent and foreign language films, documentaries and theatre broadcasts. Read more
NEW TITLES ADDED TO SCHEDULE:
The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials is released on 18 September 2015 Read more
The programme for the 21st Bradford Animation Festival has now been announced. The UK’s longest running animation festival, it hosts some of the best events and screenings from the worlds of animation, gaming and visual effects.
Taking place over six days, the festival will showcase the best animated films of 2014 and provide a valuable opportunity for attendees to meet and hear from industry experts. Read more
The Opera House in Blackpool is the latest historic cinema to join the DCM portfolio.
From 1939 to 1975, films were regularly shown at the Opera House, a world famous venue. Dwindling audiences because of the emergence of television saw the cinema screen later ripped out however, almost four decades later, the one screen site venue spent £130,000 installing a new screen, surround sound and a new projection system, kicking off its new era of cinema earlier this year. Read more
Critically acclaimed English filmmaker Jonathan Glazer has produced and directed a new ad for Canon as part of its 'Come and See' consumer brand campaign. Known for his revolutionary work spanning feature films and music videos for Jamiroquai and Radiohead, and best known for his advertisement commercials for the likes of Nike, VW, Stella and Levis, including the famous and ground breaking Guinness ‘Surfer’ spot, topping many lists as one of the best commercials of all time.
Driven by the understanding that consumers are changing the way in which they are taking and sharing photography, Canon seeks to inspire and support users in their ever evolving photographic journey. To enable the discovery of fascinating stories and experiences, Canon is committed to supplying new imaging technologies and quality devices to help provide, preserve and share lasting memories and meaningful moments. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
The Boxtrolls clung on to the top spot this weekend, just withstanding the challenge from Liam Neeson in A Walk Among The Tombstones. The charming animation actually increased 2% from last weekend (once previews are removed), adding a further £1.3m for a cume of £3.6m. At the same stage in its run in 2012, ParaNorman, added a further £1.2m and was on £2.9m, so The Boxtrolls is holding up nicely. Read more
DCM is proud to be partnering with the Event Cinema Association (ECA) on its second annual ECA Conference, next month.
The conference is aimed at exhibitors, distributors, content providers and affiliate technical partners within the Event Cinema (Alternative Content) industry. Read more
NEW TITLES ADDED TO SCHEDULE:
The November Man is released on 7 November 2014 Read more
The Commodore Ryde cinema on the Isle of Wight is the latest historic cinema to join the DCM portfolio.
Rich in history, with a variety of different owners over the years, the cinema opened its doors in the summer of 1936 with a 1,507 seat theatre with a stage, café and ballroom. The site was later acquired in 1962 by Isle Of Wight Theatres and subsequently by Star Cinemas of Leeds. Star Cinemas divided the building into a three screen cinema, as was the trend in the 1960s. Following a change in ownership to Cannon Cinemas, the site was renamed ‘The Cannon’. Ten years later the cinema was taken over by Peter Walker, and reopened on the 11th December 1987 under the name of ‘The Picturedrome’. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
The Boxtrolls climbed the box office summit this weekend, taking the top spot with £2m, which included £689k from previews. The Boxtrolls is stop motion animation studio, Laika’s, third film and their previous one, ParaNorman, opened with £1.4m in 2012, so the Friday to Sunday totals are very similar. ParaNorman finished its run with £6.3m, so that’s the target for The Boxtrolls. 27% of The Boxtrolls’ box office was from 3D presentations, which is above average for a family film this year. Read more
My most recent memory of Amsterdam is hazy, almost dreamlike and involves me being dressed in a fisherman’s hat, an apron and a pair of clogs, riding a ‘beer bike’ around town with 11 other, similarly attired men. So, it was with a degree of trepidation that I boarded the early flight to Schipol last Friday, en-route to speak at the IBC conference in Amsterdam. I took part in a panel on ‘Big Screen and Second Screen – can they co-exist peacefully and profitably’, looking at the role of mobile in the cinema experience. It is a topic which understandably comes with some strong opinions.
Julian Pinn was the panel host; a 20 year veteran at Dolby, he is an expert in all things sound and vision who has recently started his own consultancy firm. The other panel members were: Mike Hope Milne, Enterprise Director at Pearl and Dean; Jane Weedon, VP business Development at Shazam; and Keith Scarratt, Partnership Director at Yummi Media, our partners on the mobile cinema app Cinime. Read more
