Crowds pack Interview screenings

Critics and early viewers are agreed that The Interview is less than a masterpiece, but thanks to threats from hackers that nearly derailed its release, it has become an event.

Hundreds of US cinemas, from The Edge 8 in Greenville, Alabama, to Michael Moore’s Bijou by the Bay in Traverse City, Michigan, made special Christmas Day arrangements for the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.