This week on The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria speak to The Texas Theatre's Barak Epstein on the legendary cinema's return from Covid closures and its recent participation in the Sundance Film Festival's satellite screens program.Could you give us your feedback? Survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
The Texas Theatre
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Satellite Screens
The Texas Theatre’s Youtube Channel
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
01:00 Huge box office weekend during the Chinese Lunar New Year 2021
02:30 Recovery update for cinemas across the globe
04:27 The closures of Cinemex theaters in Mexico
05:28 Judas and the Black Messiah opens in 2nd place
09:35 Are family audiences finally coming back to the cinemas?
11:24 Sundance Film Festival satelite screens
12:18 The Texas Theatre: a brief history
19:12 Theater upgrades including a new auditorium on the 2nd floor
21:53 Big investments during the October 2020 re-opening 
24:00 Partnership with the Sundance Film Festival
27:32 Three Texas films and the Sundance Film Festival created a lot buzz
30:37 Oak Cliff Festival and other regional neighborhood film festivals