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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Are movie theatres dying - and is there a way of getting audiences back?
Description: Anybody watching the Oscars would have noticed a common theme...  It was probably about when host Conan O'Brien mocked streaming culture with a sketch introducing the idea of a 'building for movies' and getting people to 'stream movies in a theatre.' And it wasn’t the first, or the last, reference to brick-and-mortar cinemas...  Anora director Sean Baker used his acceptance speech for Best Director as a battle cry for movie theatres – saying they’re under threat. And it’s not just the US that’s seen less bums in seats at the...