Independent Theaters Fight Major Circuits Over Suffocated Booking Windows
Syndicat des cinémas de proximité President Jean Villa warns of "audience evaporation" as major multiplexes weaponize theatrical exclusivity to push local theaters out of national release windows.
A bitter turf war between France’s major exhibition chains and its independent neighborhood cinemas is spilling into the public square. Just weeks after launching an online and in-theater petition, t…
