From the President’s Desk
NATO president John Fithian points out that one person’s “ratings creep” may be someone else’s “ratings evolution.”

Dateline: Exhibition
Cinema employees get $2,500 for catching camcorder pirates; new plexes from Century, Cinemark, Santikos, Flagship and others.

Digital Cinema
DCI gets another year; the U.K. Film Council plans 200 DLPC 2Ks; Access IT reboots satellite delivery; and more.

November Preview
The season brings the latest from, among
others, directors Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Oliver Stone and Robert Zemeckis
and more. Also, Late Additions to October.

Next!
Our special “directors edition” looks at what the helmers of “Lord of the Rings,” “X2,” “Elf,” “Hulk,” “Seabiscuit” and “Spy Kids” are up to.

Built By Association
The minimum wage isn’t $5.15 everywhere, reminds Mid-States NATO’s Belinda Judson, and some states are ready to take it higher.

Washington Report
The FTC releases its latest media violence report; new antitrust penalties precipitate compliance program revisions.

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. For weekend box office click here.

New NATO Members

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

Puppetry of the Meanest
The creators of “South Park” switch from cartoons to marionettes, and live to regret the decision.

Read the bigger, longer and uncut web-only version here.

Will Rogers
The product of two recently combined charities launches its first major
membership campaign.