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From the President’s Desk
NATO president John Fithian reminds cinema owners that ratings enforcement must remain a top priority.

Dateline: Exhibition
DreamWorks ditches the silver soundtrack; plus new plexes for Harkins, GTC, Century and Marcus.

Digital Cinema
The U.K. Film Council funds 250 digital projectors; the National Institute of Standards and Technology teams with DCI.

October Preview
New movies from directors Jane Campion, Joel Coen, Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, Gus Van Sant and more. Also, Late Additions to September.

International Dateline
Cinemark engineers 20 screens in Latin America; Warner Bros. launches nine in Shanghai; Cineplex gets a new president.

Next!
What’s ahead for the producers of “S.W.A.T.,” “Seabiscuit,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Matrix” and more.

Washington Report
U.S. District Court clarifies the ADA’s “companion seating” requirements; Congress focuses on its domestic agenda.

Final Cut
Loews Cineplex vice president of film Phil Groves references, among other things, Leonardo da Vinci, freeways and Pixar.

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.

Zucker Punch
The director of “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” declared big-screen parody dead five years ago. Now he’s back with “Scary Movie 3.”

Zucker unbound!
Read the uncut web-only version here.