That was when theaters, alarmed by the rise of television and newly freed from the ownership of Hollywood studios, trotted out a wave of gimmicks to freshen up the moviegoing experience. Ballyhooed advancements like "Smell-O-Vision" and 3-D raged briefly before "at least for a time " receding into camp.
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Joe Alwyn, portraying Billy Lynn, on a screen in a scene from the film, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," in theaters on November 11. The film will only be screened at 120 fps at two specially equipped theaters in North America.
American cinema is a little smarter and a hell of a lot dirtier thanks to Paul Schrader being a part of it. The man will forever be a film icon purely for writing Taxi Driver and that was just the start of his long career.
Omid Djalili might now be known to millions for his roles in Hollywood blockbusters and West End appearances, but he started his career in fringe theatre, moving on to the theatres of Central and Eastern Europe in the early '90s, and then the alternative comedy circuit. And although he's swapped dingy pub rooms for the big theatres, it's still live on stage doing stand-up where he's at his best.
Stephen Colbert, right, with Jeff Goldblum during the Showtime election night special at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. Stephen Colbert, right, with Jeff Goldblum during the Showtime election night special at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Nov. 8, 2016.
Ellen Gray is the television critic for the Daily News and the Inquirer, and has written about TV since 1994. Her mind will go blank if you ask her to name her favorite show, because she has so many, but she would love to hear about yours.
Toronto artist John Abrams paints movies. He captures a moment in time - a facial expression, a raised hand, a fluttering page of a newspaper - and paints it as it is, and how he imagines that it could be.
Josh Gottheimer finds his name in a voting book at Faith Christian Reformed Church with his wife Tusk, left, and children Ben, 4, and Ellie, 7. The race was called by The Associated Press shortly after midnight, as Gottheimer led by about 11,000 votes, or 4 percentage points. But Garrett's campaign told Bergen County Republican Chairman Paul DiGaetano there were 20,000 uncounted mail-in ballots.
Hilarious memes from "The Shining" to "Stranger Things" flood the internet after scary looking confectionery is spotted outside Trump Tower A downcast-looking Donald Trump cake was spotted being escorted into Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday during the election and the internet is having a field day with it. While the confectionary was fashioned to look like a bust of the GOP candidate, its freaky features and expression of foreboding sent anxious social media users into a crazed spiral.