Cincinnati World Cinema will be open at 50% occupancy Saturday in Garfield Theatre downtown for two films about women in peril, Nina Wu and The Columnist.
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Cincinnati World Cinema will be open at 50% occupancy Saturday in Garfield Theatre downtown for two films about women in peril,
Nina Wu and
The Columnist. We can bounce up to 100 percent at any time, but we are taking it in stages, says Tim Swallow, Cincinnati World Cinema CEO. Our people are intelligent and considerate of others, and many remain reluctant to attend an indoor movie theater that might be crowded. He s being extra cautious because most of his international film fans are over 55, and some have health issues.
Tim Swallow and his wife founded the Cincinnati World Cinema in 2002.
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Show Transcript RE-EMERGE STARTING NOW YOU CAN ADD KENWOOD THEATER TO THE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL LIST. THEY’RE GONNA HAVE FREE MOVIES ALL WEEK THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. THEY’RE SHOWING SOME CLASSIC MOVIES LIKE TWISTER GOONIES SHOW UP AT THE BOX OFFICE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED JUST AS WITH THE ESQUIRE IN CLIFTON PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS REMAIN IN PLACE. WE STILL HAVE THINGS ROPED OFF EVERY OTHER ROW IS BLOCKED OFF AND WE’RE DOING ABOUT A THIRD OF CAPACITY MANAGER JOHNNY SHANKS SENSES THE START OF A COMEBACK. DESPITE THEATER CLOSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DOWN ABOUT 80% IN THE LAST YEAR EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC INDEPENDENCE LIKE CINCINNATI WORLD CINEMA WERE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FLUX AND ADJUSTMENT AND SINCE THEN THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN MAGNIFIED WITH FIXED
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