The major story in Hollywood, says Jeff Goldstein, president of Global Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures, is how expensive it's getting to make movies and to market them to a fragmented audience even as technology sends first reactions to a film around the world in a “nanosecond.” "That's…

EXCLUSIVE: International cinema chain Vue has hired Ismar Matagic, former technology chief at Pret A Manger, as its new Chief Information Officer, and tapped former Europarcs head Joost Ligthart as its chief in Holland.  The company said today that Matagic will be responsible for “information…

EXCLUSIVE: Vue founder and CEO Tim Richards caused a stir last month with an intriguing appearance in front of the UK Parliament's British Film & High-End TV Inquiry.  Launched by the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the bipartisan inquiry has spent weeks interviewing industry…

"We're in a crisis situation," Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns concluded this morning when quizzed on the current challenges facing British cinemas during an appearance at the UK's British Film & High-End TV Inquiry.  Binns, who has been with Picturehouse since 2003, was joined in…

Apple TV+ Europe boss Jay Hunt, who has commissioned the likes of Slow Horses, Bad Sisters and Tiny World, is being lined up as the next chair of the BFI, according to a Sky News report. Sky News said UK TV veteran Hunt is frontrunner of three candidates vying to succeed Tim Richards. The…

The UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has opened applications to hire a new chair for the British Film Institute (BFI) as Tim Richards's tenure in the role is set to end next year. Richards was appointed in 2021 on a three-year contract. The DCMS has said it is looking to…

A week of studio presentations and discussions, as well as chatter in the halls, at the CineEurope exhibition conference in Barcelona provided some interesting takeaways about the state of cinema and its future. The mood was generally optimistic, but concerns, and room for improvement…

Vue International, the largest privately owned cinema operator in Europe, has appointed Stella David as its non-executive chair. David, who takes up the position on 26 January, currently holds non-executive and independent director roles at Entain, Bacardi, Domino's Pizza Group, and Norwegian…

EXCLUSIVE: In an unprecedented move, Netflix and major exhibition circuits in the U.S. and UK recently agreed a 30-day theatrical window for Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. This comes after years of discussions on finding "a way forward to show their high-quality productions on our…

The British Film Institute (BFI) has added five experienced executives to its Board of Governors. Joining BFI chair Tim Richards, the CEO of cinema chain Vue, are: Monica Chadha, Board advisor and consultant; Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol), producer and co-founder of Number 9 Films; Laura Miele, Executive…

What does the international box office and cinema landscape look like in an emerging post-pandemic world? That was the gist of an executive roundtable at CineEurope in Barcelona today. Among the key takeaways: the relationship between exhibition and distribution and a need for more collaboration in terms of…

Tim Richards, CEO and founder of exhibition chain Vue, has been appointed the next Chair of the British Film Institute. Richards will take over the role from interim Chair and BFI Governor Pat Butler. The public appointment was made by the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden. Richards will take up the position from…