#moviegoing

[halsee-arc]

MIDSOMMAR. (2019) / THE MENU. (2022)

[bygone-hollywood]

“You can take any film and criticize it for what it is not. But I believe each movie has to be judged on the level of its own ambitions. If you try to apply the same yardstick to the new Godard and the new John Wayne, you’re probably missing the point of both films.” —Roger Ebert

(From Time Magazine // March 30th, 1970)

[kenotype]

[movingpictureball]

Excerpt from A MOTION PLAY PRIMER THAT IS ON THE SQUARE, by Harvey Peake

Motion Picture Magazine (Aug. 1915)

[thirtytwoelvismovies]

Open gate scan of a 35mm snack bar snipe featuring Armour hot dogs.

[michaelcerasource]

Michael Cera has spent most of his career making us laugh. But when it comes to the films he watches for pleasure, his taste veers toward the serious and contemplative. Michael Cera explains how Allan King’s intense portrait of domestic strife A Married Couple leaves him with what he calls “the full-body choke.”

[meganattron]

Wow what a ride just got off the Amazing Digital Circus Last Act

[sundaynightscreenings]

Diary: Ritual Moviegoing in 2026

Lately I've been turning over this thought—streaming turned movies into a solo scroll, a glow in the dark of your own room. Algorithms feed you what you'll 'like,' but where's the event? The walk to the theater, ticket stub crinkling in your pocket, that hush as the lights dim. In 2026, screens are everywhere—phones, walls, retinas maybe—but that ritual feels more vital than ever. It's not about the tech; it's the agreement to show up, to sit with strangers who've chosen the same two hours.

This week's lineup at https://sundaynightscreenings.com/theater—these twists of change and wonder—hit different in a shared space. A sci-fi short warps reality just as the projector beam cuts the air; a comedy lands because someone nearby snorts. We're not just watching transformation; we're in it, crossing from lobby chatter to velvet dark. Kelly Reichardt knows this pull—the slow arrive in Certain Women, where nothing happens until everything does, together.

I programmed these because they remind us: film's a communal spell. No pings, no pauses. Just bodies in seats, breathing in sync.