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From the President’s Desk
NATO’s John Fithian looks at a litany of legislation likely to impact the nation’s cinema operators.

Dateline: Exhibition
New plexes for Marquee, Regal, Cinemark and Cleveland; Consolidated’s Stone is sworn in; NATO helps build a retail coalition.

July Preview
Summer heats up with “Anchorman,”
“ Bourne Supremacy,” “Catwoman,” “I, Robot,” “King Arthur,” “The Village” & more. Also, Late Additions to June.

Next!
As “Shrek 2” gathers its green, we look ahead at the many post-”Nemo” animated features rocketing toward the big screen.

Digital Cinema
DCI expects to hatch a d-cinema business plan by September, a plan that may involve a fund exhibitors could use to buy equipment.

Tech
Buena Vista becomes the second major distributor to announce environment-friendly cyan-dye soundtracks for all its releases.

Built By Association
Mid-States NATO executive director Belinda Judson reminds exhibitors that clout comes with constituency.

Washington Report
Steven John Fellman discusses how the Shubert Organization complied with an ADA-related consent decree.

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.

New NATO Members

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

Centennial Circuit
As Loews Cineplex celebrates its status as the first century-old cinema chain, we take a look back at the man who started it all.