He also said the specialty business has recovered better and faster out of Covid than the overall box office.
Indie distributors in Las Vegas were considerably less sanguine about that.
The prevailing narrative in fact is that the opposite is true.

Priya Kansara in ‘Polite Society’.Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features
There are exceptions and the specialty market is certainly improving.
So did Warner Bros. Its a matter of the industrys long-term survival.
Its partly a marketplace decision, Fithian said.

Are some kind of partnerships possible?
Well see how things stand at CinemaCon 2023.
Meanwhile, the films will keep coming.
Starring Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna, Seraphina Beh, Ella Bruccoleri.
Stars Emily Hampshire (Schitts Creek), Jonas Chernick, Gray Powell, Lily Gao, Melanie Scrofano.
Sideshow & Janus Films openingThe Eight Mountainsat the Angelika and Lincoln Center in New York, expanding next weekend.
Deadline reviewhere.Sideshow and Janus are working with Cinecitta on the release in the U.S.
The film byFelix van Groeningenabout a friendship spanning decades premiered in Cannes.
With Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Lupo Barbiero, Cristiano Sassella.
Based on the 2016 bestseller by Paolo Cognetti.
Starring Judith State, Marin Grigore.
Abramorama presents Oliver StonesNuclear Nowon four screens, jumping onto 350 May 1.
Premiered in Venice.Deadline review.
Based on the bookA Bright Futureby Joshua Goldstein.
Featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN).
Premiered at Sundance last year.
VMI Releasing opens 2021 Venice prize winnerFreaks Vs.
The Reichby Gabriele Mainetti.
The WW2 fantasy thriller set in Rome in six markets.
Four circus freaks are hunted by Nazis, who want to use their powers.