Does cinema’s future lie in its past? The popularity of retrospective screenings would suggest so.
Cinema’s dead – haven’t you heard? – along with radio, television, print media, vinyl records, and countless other mediums that have weathered the storm of new technologies and fickle audience attention. But while rumours of cinema’s demise have most certainly been exaggerated, there’s no denying it’s been a bumpy few years. First, COVID shuttered theatres and halted productions around the globe.
Kate Jinx, programmer at the Melbourne International Film Festival, has watched this trend grow exponentially, but not for the reasons she initially thought.
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