Emerging careers are on hold because the covid-19 pandemic has forced the closure of SXSW and other spring festivals. So it’s worth talking to artists for whom particular festivals have been vital. One is Judd Apatow, who spoke to Variety prior to the cancellation of SXSW.
Whether he was at SXSW to unspool projects he directed or produced, Apatow was instrumental in helping to turn SXSW into a destination festival for comedy – and in particular, the types of broad comedies that rarely manage to secure serious festival attention elsewhere. Apatow was scheduled to return to Austin with SXSW’s opening night film, “The King of Staten Island,” a fictional, comedic version of Pete Davidson’s own life experience processing the death of his firefighter father in the World Trade Center. The film is currently scheduled for release June 19.
Why does SXSW gel with you the way it does?
That is a mystery.
Whether he was at SXSW to unspool projects he directed or produced, Apatow was instrumental in helping to turn SXSW into a destination festival for comedy – and in particular, the types of broad comedies that rarely manage to secure serious festival attention elsewhere. Apatow was scheduled to return to Austin with SXSW’s opening night film, “The King of Staten Island,” a fictional, comedic version of Pete Davidson’s own life experience processing the death of his firefighter father in the World Trade Center. The film is currently scheduled for release June 19.
Why does SXSW gel with you the way it does?
That is a mystery.
- 3/19/2020
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
Independent and regional cinema operator Majestic Cinemas has struck a deal to transform Nambour Civic Centre at C-Square into a multi-screen cinema complex.
The new complex will eventually offer more than 200 screenings each week.
Sunshine Coast Council has relinquished its lease at C-Square to make way for the proposal.
C-Square.s owners Centenary Square Pty Ltd will partner with Majestic Cinemas.
From November, Majestic Cinemas will operate a two-screen cinema to offer greater selection, and more movie sessions, seven days a week at C-Square.
The owners will undertake a multi-million dollar internal refurbishment over the next 12-18 months to establish five cinemas..
The current theatre will be modified to operate as both a cinema and performance space.
About 20 people will be employed in the complex.
Centenary Square Director John Sorrentino said Majestic Cinemas had expertise in cinema operations and access to the latest movies as well as art house and...
The new complex will eventually offer more than 200 screenings each week.
Sunshine Coast Council has relinquished its lease at C-Square to make way for the proposal.
C-Square.s owners Centenary Square Pty Ltd will partner with Majestic Cinemas.
From November, Majestic Cinemas will operate a two-screen cinema to offer greater selection, and more movie sessions, seven days a week at C-Square.
The owners will undertake a multi-million dollar internal refurbishment over the next 12-18 months to establish five cinemas..
The current theatre will be modified to operate as both a cinema and performance space.
About 20 people will be employed in the complex.
Centenary Square Director John Sorrentino said Majestic Cinemas had expertise in cinema operations and access to the latest movies as well as art house and...
- 9/18/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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