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Will The People Who Say They Love Cinema the Most Come Back to the Movies?
The summer blockbuster season proved that the movie audience is still there. But where have all the cinema lovers gone?
To recap the signs: There were many big hits this summer (“Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Inside Out 2,” “Despicable Me 4,” “Twisters,” “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “A Quiet Place: Day One”), and that’s reason to celebrate. Back in the ’90s, when the blockbuster age was in full swing, with the independent film revolution happening right alongside it, I knew who I was rooting for on a weekly basis. In 2023, audiences turned out for “Killers of the Flower Moon” (and, earlier in the year, for “Air”), yet too many of the movies that should have been bigger sensations, like “Poor Things” or “Priscilla” or “Anatomy of a Fall” (or, the year before that, “Tár”), now find themselves relegated to the status of delicate boutique buzz films.
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