Christopher Nolan asked IMAX if the film reels for "Oppenheimer" could fit in their projectors. The three-hour-long film has a reel that's 11 miles long and weighs 600 pounds, per AP. Nolan told ...

The KC-area movie theater is one of few in the United States that can show films how the directors intended.

When John Cavaliere ripped up Lyric Hall’s floors for renovations, he struck oil. Motor oil, that is. It “started wicking up” from the ground, Cavaliere told me over homemade pizza, tea, and cookies ...

The Kodak Reels Film Digitizer converts old reels of 8mm and Super 8 film for the digital generation. Even if you’ve got a pile of old film reels stashed away somewhere in the family archive, the ...

There’s a soft, rhythmic patter behind you—the mechanical whisper of film spooling through a projector. A cone of light beams from the projection booth, flickering overhead as it lands on the screen.

Periodically, whenever the Chicago Film Society gets together and talks about the future, conversation winds back to the same existential concern: Does the general public even know what film is ...

Before he became a film critic, NPR's Bob Mondello worked for a chain of movie theaters. He spent a lot of time in projection booths back then, and it had been a while since Bob climbed those stairs.

On a recent afternoon, Somerville Theatre projectionist David Kornfeld was waiting for his cue. Kornfeld peered out from the booth’s port window, watching the 35mm print of “Fear and Loathing in Las ...

A 70 mm film reel for "The Testament of Ann Lee" is rewound after being used during a showing of the film at Coolidge Corner Theatre. (Artemisia Luk/WBUR) Hollywood is having something of a love ...