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Moviegoing as church in the modern cinema era
A reflective piece on attending films at BAM and Metrograph, recounting Tarkovsky's Solaris, My Neighbor Totoro, The Hairy Bird, and Wim Wenders Perfect Days. The author pins cinema as a democratic, communal art and argues for preserving theaters against streaming. It celebrates shared experience, revival of moviegoing, and personal revelations found in dark rooms with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam
Andrei Tarkovsky
Tarkovsky
Tom Cruise
Kelly McGillis
New York
Film Forum
Totoro
Metrograph
Sarah Kernochan
Hairy Bird
Kirsten Dunst
Rachael Leigh Cook
Lynn Redgrave
Gaby Hoffmann
Vincent Kartheiser
Heather Matarazzo
Harvey Weinstein
Kernochan
Peter Newman
Tony Janelli
Solaris
Wim Wenders
Hirayama
Koji Yakusho
Tokyo