The world’s first theatre equipped with LG LED Cinema Display technology featuring Dolby’s cinema server solution and Dolby Atmos immersive audio has opened in Taiwan. In collaboration with Taiwan’s leading theatre chain Showtime Cinemas the futuristic theatre is also the first in the market to completely replace the projector with…
The Directors Guild of America recently completed a total renovation of its flagship motion picture exhibition space at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. Guided by a Guild committee of six leading filmmakers, the renewal project has moved the 600-seat theatre to the forefront of cinema technology with installation of…
For nearly 100 years, ODEON has been a household name among moviegoers in the UK, Ireland and, more recently, Norway (with ODEON Kino). From its humble beginnings in the British town of Dudley in the West Midlands, the cinema chain has expanded to more than 140 locations, including 122 in…
Cinema technology company CJ 4DPLEX, has unveiled a four-sided screen format at CES, that covers three sides of a cinema and also the ceiling. The four-sided screens form part of the company's multisensory 4DX Screen concept which adds motion, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents and other special effects to on-screen…
Cineworld Eastbourne has become Europe’s first all-RGB laser cineplex after opting for Christie RealLaser technology. The UK cinema’s eight auditoriums have all been fitted with Christie’s CP2315-RGB and CP2320-RGB offerings with unprecedented levels of brightness, colour, and contrast. Christie RGB laser projection systems have also been installed at a brace…
Wireless headphone events company Silent Disco King has partnered with the Cineramageddon five-day film festival at Glastonbury festival for a debut screening of Ibiza, The Silent Movie. Cineramageddon is curated by film director Julien Temple and returned to Glastonbury this year for its second outing after debuting in 2017. The Cineramageddon…
Uplink's Tokyo cinemas can be described as mini theatres, including the city’s smallest such venue, which is located in the city’s Shibuya district. The company has embarked on a quest to offer cinema goers the best indie and foreign films in a country where Japanese blockbusters are becoming increasingly popular…
Christie has supplied 36 digital cinema projectors from its Solaria Series and accessories for the Cannes Film Festival which runs from 14-25 May, 2019. It is the 13th year that Christie has supported the event as projection technology partner. “It’s an honour for Christie to be involved in such an important…
Forty years after its original 1979 release, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s celebrated masterpiece of the Vietnam War era has been restored, remastered and re-released as Apocalypse Now Final Cut. For the first time, Coppola’s original intent for creating a visceral, deep low-frequency impact has been fully realised with the introduction…
Cineworld Greenwich's additional movie screening offerings - which feature Dolby sound and Barco laser projection technology - bring the total size of the entertainment destination to 134,000 square feet and the number of screens from 11 to 19. Running as a separate entity to the existing screens, the impressive 1,400-seat…
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