People have asked, other than being shuttered, what has been our biggest challenge during Covid.
As you know, getting the best possible films playing in our cinema has always been one of our top priorities. It has been therefore very disappointing to see some of the larger distributors such as Universal and Disney taking major release films either straight to digital or breaking the ‘theatrical window’ which is the time between a theatrical release and the TV/streaming date for its upcoming releases. You would have hoped they would be more willing to help us cinemas deal with the existential threat we are all facing. With regard to Disney’s decision to pull MULAN from its cinema release & go straight to Disney+ is just devastating, not so much for us as I’m not sure if we would have shown it, but for all those cinemas who were hoping a film that like would get their audiences back into their theatres after being closed for so long. The much delayed release of TENET is now going ahead with a staggered global release, starting with Europe this week , Australia next week and other territories like the US when their cinemas open. This is a film that needs to be experienced in a cinema setting & the studio (Roadshow/Warner Bros) should be commended for sticking to its guns.

The independents such as Umbrella, Madman, Hi-Gloss, Rialto, Limelight, Adventure Entertainment and others clearly understand the symbiotic relationship between studios & cinemas and they’ve have been hugely supportive with the films they are offering when we re-open. Big thanks to Madman for the films we’re offering you this Saturday. First in best dressed!

The independents such as Umbrella, Madman, Hi-Gloss, Rialto, Limelight, Adventure Entertainment and others clearly understand the symbiotic relationship between studios & cinemas and they’ve have been hugely supportive with the films they are offering when we re-open. Big thanks to Madman for the films we’re offering you this Saturday. First in best dressed!

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