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From the President’s Desk
It’s another new year, and NATO president John Fithian greets it with a litany of resolutions for the exhibition industry.

Dateline: Exhibition
New plexes for Regal, Kerasotes, Crown and Great Escape; Quentin Tarantino ponders an exhibition career.

February Preview
Midwinter brings new movies from Philip Kaufman, Donald Petrie, Paul Schrader, Peter Segal and Quentin Tarantino. Also, Late Additions to January.

Next!
What do hobbits and elves do for an encore? The cast of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy looks ahead.

Built By Association
Mid-States NATO executive director Belinda Judson talks about keeping movie pirates out of the cinemas.

Washington Report
An appeals court examines wheelchair patrons’ viewing angles; and the Bioterrorism Act could impede food deliveries.

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.

Drafthouse Ascendant
At least a dozen first-run cinema-eateries have appeared over the last 30 months, and a lot more are on the way.