In hindsight, NATO was an unnecessarily confusing acronym for a trade organization representing movie theater owners. For 60 years, the National Association of Theatre Owners has promoted interests of movie theaters,

The National Association of Theatre Owners, popularly known around the movie business as NATO, will no longer be confused with a favorite target of Donald Trump’s ire. The lobbying organization has been rechristened Cinema United.

O Cinema survived the threat of eviction after a proposal to oust the South Beach indie movie theater for screening a documentary about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was withdrawn. Why it matters: Mayor Steven Meiner sparked outrage in the international arts community — and accusations of government censorship — when he proposed terminating O Cinema's lease from Old City Hall over his objections to the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land.

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has withdrawn his proposed plan to evict O Cinema from its publicly owned building over the theater’s decision to screen the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.”

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner on Wednesday withdrew a controversial proposal to shutter a local movie theater that screened an Oscar-winning documentary on the war between Israel and Palestine. Mayor Steven Meiner called the film,