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From the President’s Desk
NATO president John Fithian runs down a lengthy litany of recent association undertakings.

Dateline: Exhibition
Century and Muvico plan 20-plexes for next year; Santikos launches 16; and ShoWest honors Sandler and Lane.

Digital Cinema
Regal rolls out “The Twenty,” DCI discusses minimum lines of resolution, and new digital “watermarks” could catch pirates.

May Preview
The start of summer brings new films from Neil LaBute, Barry Levinson, Bryan Singer, Larry & Andy Wachowski and more. Also, Late Additions to April.

International Dateline
The European Union plans to get tougher on pirates, Ster sells sites and Hoyts hires a Village veteran.

Next!
What’s ahead for the stars of February’s hottest release? “S.W.A.T.,” “Bad Boys II,” and more superhero movies.

Built By Association
Mid-States NATO executive director Belinda Judson discusses the evil that admission taxes bring.

Washington Report
A look at ADA legislation brewing in state legislatures, and how the new Congress will deal with exhibition issues.

Final Cut
Goodrich Theatres exec Bill McMannis speaks of Joseph Campbell, J.K. Rowling, Peter Jackson and M. Night Shyamalan.

New NATO Members
Cinema owners who joined up.

Release Calendar
Coming movies ordered by date of bow. Updated weekly.

Events
A calendar of industry happenings.

How They Rate
Why films are classified as they are.

Cash Drawer
Movies ranked by gross. Updated weekly.

Index to Advertisers
A list of advertisers in this month's print edition of In Focus.

Rock Rolls
Actor-comedian Chris Rock talks “Duck Soup,” Woody Allen, Chris Tucker, “Lethal Weapon” and why he decided to direct his latest starring effort, DreamWorks’ “Head of State.”