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As digital projection becomes the norm and the major studios move closer to completely phasing out 35mm distribution, art houses and repertory cinemas face the difficult task of making the costly switchover to digital.  The standards stipulated by the Digital Cinema Initiatives require an upgrade to systems that can cost between $50,000 to $100,000 per [...]

The other night, I stood beneath fluroescent lights at my local Stop & Shop, looking for a dinner that I could heat up at home.  I looked through the Deli section, passing by the various canned soups and chowders.  It all looked bland – pieces of food churned up by machines. I was about to head [...]

This list of vintage ads courtesy of BoredPanda.com will be sure to make you laugh, groan and realize how fortunate we are to have ads like these today:

Published originally in the January 2012 issue of NewEnglandFilm.com The Magic Lantern Cinema, an experimental film and video series, will begin a new season next month with a screening in the Providence French Film Festival.  Founded in 2004 and held at the Cable Car Cinema, a charming singleplex theater nestled at the foot of College [...]

Originally published in November 2011 issue of NewEnglandFilm.com Spring 2008 – Eighteen girls in Gloucester High School were pregnant, nearly five times the average for the small fishing town on the Massachusetts coast. In June of that year, a story broke reporting that these girls had allegedly made a pact to become pregnant together. In [...]