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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Arclight

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The Arclight is Dead. It Didn’t Have to Die.

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, ArcLight, Black Widow, COVID-19, James Bond, Murder On The Orient Express, Tenet, Unhinged, Wes Anderson

Government regulations and a scared media killed it, not the virus

Film critics

Film Critics are Still Cosplaying the Apocalypse

April 5, 2021April 8, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments COVID-19, Film critics, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Movie theaters

Pretending movie theaters are dangerous places gives them a sense of purpose

Alamo

The Alamo Drafthouse Goes Bankrupt

March 3, 2021March 6, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, COVID-19, Texas

And it’s all your fault

Eating

Eating Out at the Movies

February 25, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Andre Gregory, Babette's Feast, Barry Levinson, Bill Murray, Coffee & Cigarrettes, COVID-19, Diner, Five Easy Pieces, Groundhog Day, Jack Nicholson, Jack White, Jim Jarmusch, Meg White, My Dinner With Andre, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, The Trip, Wallace Shawn

With many restaurants and bars closed permanently, let’s live our day vicariously through these classic scenes

Unhinged

The Last Moviegoer

January 22, 2021January 25, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, Bloodshot, COVID-19, movies, Our Friend, Tenet, The Marksman, WW84

A grumpy middle-aged man who smuggles Junior Mints into matinees is all that’s left for the cinema

movies

European Study Reminds Us: It’s Safe To Go To The Movies

October 22, 2020November 2, 2020 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Another Round, COVID-19, Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Hocus Pocus, Mads Mikkelsen, Movie theaters, Sonny Bunch, Will Leitch

Not one case of COVID-19 traced to moviegoing, anywhere in the world

movie

Where Are All the Movie Theater COVID Cases?

September 18, 2020October 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, movie theater, movies, South Korea, Venice Film Festival

Not one reported case, anywhere in the world

Movie theaters

I Don’t Want To Go Back To the Movies Yet

September 18, 2020September 21, 2020 Sara Stewart 1 Comment AMC, Bill and Ted, Cinemark, COVID-19, Movie theaters, Mulan, Tenet

A career critic says: Stay away

COVID-19

Actors CREATORS FILM TELEVISION

All the Stars Who’ve Had COVID-19

September 11, 2020September 16, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Alyssa Milano, Anna Camp, Bryan Cranston, Chris Cuomo, COVID-19, Idris Elba, John Prine, Michael Rooker, Nick Cordero, Rita Wilson, Robert Pattinson, The Rock, Tom Hanks, Tony Shalhoub

From the tragic to the absurd

FICTION NON-FICTION

Stranger Than Fiction

July 31, 2020August 10, 2020 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Bookselling, COVID-19

Months into the pandemic, indie booksellers grapple with the challenges of reopening

CREATORS TELEVISION

The Brave New World of TV Production

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Chicago Film Office, COVID-19, Gavin Newsom, New York City, Schitt's Creek, The Great British Baking Show, Tiger King, TV production, Unorthodox, Zoom

Shorter work days, no sex or fight scenes, and COVID-19 compliance officers

Tenet

‘Tenet’ is Either Coming Soon Or It Isn’t

May 26, 2020May 29, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Christopher Nolan, COVID-19, Dimple Kapadia, Elizabeth Debicki, John David Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Robert Pattinson, Tenet

A definitive timeline of the most controversial movie release of the COVID-19 age

After Happily Ever After

After Happily Ever After

April 15, 2020April 18, 2020 Ayun Halliday 2 Comments After Happily Ever After, Coronavirus, COVID-19, fairy tales, Kaso Jogi

Fairy tales can’t come true, they can’t happen to you

CREATORS Theater

Theatre Needs You: Stream It Now!

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments COVID-19, Live streaming, Theater, Theatre

Help save a living art form

Movie theater

Movie Theaters are Dead. Long Live Movie Theaters!

March 18, 2020March 20, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, AMC Theaters, ArcLight, COVID-19, Criterion Channel, Disney, Emma, Fast and Furious, Invisible man, Netflix, Regal Cinemas, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tarkovsky, The Hunt

Filmgoing is done for now. But is it done for?