The sooner we can all return to having profound shared experiences in a dark room underneath the flicker of a film projector, the better. No matter when you decide that the world feels safe enough to return to movie theaters, we hope that you do. In time, the movies will feel safe again and for many of us, the theater will once again feel like home. And while we will get back to that safe place, where our relationship to cinema is at its purest, it’s going to take some time. We used to be able to do it without having to make sure our masks were on correctly or that we were properly observing our local theater’s social distancing rules. One of the things the COVID pandemic took from us was the sense of normalcy that comes with getting yourself seated for a Friday afternoon matinee. So you’d be forgiven if you need a moment to remember. We begin with a time-honored FSR tradition: a list of the movies we can’t wait to watch in theaters in 2021.ĭo you remember what you love most about seeing movies in theaters? For many of us, it’s been more than 15 months since we’ve shuffled across the tacky carpets of our local cineplex, carefully eyeing the elaborate stand-up advertisements for upcoming blockbusters while also trying desperately to keep an overflowing large popcorn from spilling before we make it to Theater 16 all the way in the back. Welcome to Back to the Movies, a special series of articles in which we’re exploring how we feel about returning to movie theaters after the pandemic.
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