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June 10, 2011
Newsday lists best outdoor movie options in NY
NEW YORK, NY — Newsday has published a great list of outdoor movie theaters in New York City. (Subscription required to view the full list.)
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D.C. Church to take over former Meaders Theatre
WASHINGTON, DC — Typically when a church takes over a former theater, the general public is lucky to get in when not part of the congregation. However, D.C.’s National Community Church will be taking over the former Meaders Theatre and when they’re not using it, it will be a fully-functional movie theater open to everyone.
Check out more in the Christian Post.
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June 9, 2011
Demolition of the National Theatre: Still Makes Me Sick
This one got past my CT radar, but if you love the National Theatre in Westwood (Los Angeles), check out this amazing tombstone in a Curbed LA blog post. That empty lot is a dagger in my stomach and in my soul.
Its demolition still makes me sick.
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Track the progress of the Village over the years
CORONADO, CA — With the announcement that the Village Theatre will reopen on June 24, it’s a great opportunity to look at how this all came to fruition.
If you go to the Village’s theater page, scroll down and look to the right so you can see how we’ve covered its renovations many stages. One of the great new features of Cinema Treasures.
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Broadcast nets use theaters to promote fall shows early
While they haven’t lost the battle to cable yet, broadcast network ratings are in serious decline. Advertising in theaters is nothing new, but so far in advance is.
Read more in the New York Magazine.
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June 8, 2011
Paramount and Twitter team up for Super 8 Thursday sneaks
A unique campaign is mentioned in Entertainment Weekly where a studio joins twitter to build up some viral buzz for their mysterious new release.
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Cinema Treasures adds 3,000 movie theater photos
In a week and a half, Cinema Treasures users have added over 3,000 photos to the new site!
That’s double the amount of images that were uploaded to the old version of the website — and it took over a year to upload that many photos.
There are terrific images being uploaded every hour, including a great set of photos of the Roxy Theatre in Northampton, PA; the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York, NY; and the Loma Theatre in San Diego, CA.
Please find below a few reminders about uploading images:
You should only upload photographs that belong to you. Do not add images from Corbis, Getty Images, CinemaTour, American Classic Images, or any other website with copyrighted photographs. If you do, we’ll remove them.
You may need to rotate your images before uploading them to the site. If you need to rotate an image after uploading it, just delete the image and reupload it.
We only support photos up to 10MB in size. So, if your photo is really large, you may need to resize it before uploading it.
Lastly, thank you! We’re slowly adding photos of hundreds of theaters around the world and hope, by the end of 2011, to have a profile photo for many of the cinemas currently in operation.
(Thanks to Richard C Wolfe for his gorgeous photo of the Roxy Theatre in Northampton, PA.)
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Long Beach Cinemas to reopen
LONG BEACH, NY — Great news from the LI Herald. After abruptly closing a couple of months ago, the Long Beach Cinemas will reopen on June 10.
The owners flirted with taking an offer from a large retailer but were overwhelmed by the uproar for the community over destroying its beloved theatre.
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Are our small screens making big stars little?
An interesting piece in CNN discusses how movie stars aren’t as alluring now that they can be watched anywhere with a cell phone or your home television.
In reality, the respectability of working in television has been going on for 10+ plus years, especially with the rise of top-quality on premium networks like HBO or Showtime. While tightening the window between theatrical and home media releases has changed the way we look at movie stars, the lack of privacy for anyone in today’s world has done much more.
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June 7, 2011
Bellingham gets another new theatre
BELLINGHAM, WA — After opening the Pickford Film Center a few months ago, the same group will be opening the newly renovated intimate, Limelight Cinema, on Cornwall Avenue on June 24.
The non-profit raised over $15,000 from private donations to reopen the theatre. A loyal and generous public worked together to make this a great town for you to go to the movies.
Read more in the Bellingham Herald.