The head of France’s top cinema institution, Dominique Boutonnat, was on Friday given a three-year prison sentence, two of them suspended, after being convicted of sexually assaulting his godson in 2020. In a statement released immediately after the ruling, Boutonnat announced he was stepping down as head of the National Centre of Cinema (CNC), whose […]
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Potential replacement for Sun-Ray Cinema files to incorporate. Here’s what could be coming
Sun-Ray Cinema will soon be out of its Park Street location, and a new business has officially filed to lease the building it’s in. A corporation called JRFMJAXTOO Inc. filed on May 17 with the Florida Department of State’s Division of Corporations to have its principal place of business at 1028 Park St. according to […]
French cinema boss on trial for sexual assault
The head of France’s top cinema institution Dominique Boutonnat denied sexually assaulting his godson as he went on trial Friday in a case that has led to calls for him to step down. The trial comes as French cinema reels from a renewed #MeToo reckoning that has seen several big names, including acting legend Gerard […]
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How to build an outdoor cinema screen for your backyard movie night
Nothing beats the thrill of watching a movie or football game outdoors. You can elevate your outdoor entertainment game with your very own DIY outdoor screen for those balmy summer evenings in your garden or terrace. A few shipping knots will come in handy, and this approach from Germany’s DIY Academy involves using some cord […]
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AMC Cinema Lenders Pitch Debt Extension to Troubled Movie Chain
(Bloomberg) — A lender group to AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher made a proposal to the movie theater company that would push back its near-term debt maturities, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg The proposal comes as AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, owes about […]
Regal Cinema space in Irondequoit cleared for redevelopment
The owners of Culver Ridge Plaza, 2255 East Ridge Road, Irondequoit, have gotten the go-ahead to redevelop the former Regal Culver Ridge movie theater, vacant since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday night, the Irondequoit Planning Board gave final site plan approval to a proposal to divide the 55,000-square-foot property into five retail […]
Left-wing AOC was with her fiancé at a Brooklyn cinema when pro-Palestine supporters accosted her, demanding she say the word ‘genocide’
Pro-Palestinian protesters accosted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside a cinema in Brooklyn. They demanded that she call Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza a “genocide.” One of the most prominent leftists in the Capitol, AOC has been critical of Israel for many years. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had just left the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Brooklyn with […]
France’s cinema boss to face sexual assault trial in June
The head of France’s top cinema institution Dominique Boutonnat is to be tried in June on charges of sexually assaulting his godson, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The announcement comes as French cinema reels from a renewed #MeToo reckoning that has seen several big names, including acting legend Gerard Depardieu, accused of sexual abuse. Activists have […]
Image from Chinese cinema brawl falsely shared as ‘fight at South Korean film screening’
An image that has circulated in reports since 2021 about a cinema brawl in China has been reshared in posts falsely claiming it shows two people fighting at a screening in South Korea of a documentary about the East Asian country’s founding president. The claim was repeatedly shared in Facebook groups made up of supporters […]