UK Cinema Chief Calls for Shorter Movies: ‘There’s No Need for Films To Be That Long'

Clare Binns, creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas, claims that longer runtimes are hurting the movie industry.

Speaking after she was announced as the recipient of the BAFTAs' Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award on Monday, Binns cited Brady Corbet's The Brutalist as a recent example of audiences being deterred from cinemas due to longer films.

"There's always exceptions," Binns told The Guardian, "but I look at a lot of films and think: "You could take 20 minutes out of that.""...