Lazy Sunday CXVII: Cinema

The cinema is either making a major comeback, or it’s enjoying one last gasp of box office dominance before fading into obscurity.  Either way, it’s a great excuse to look back on some past posts about the movies!

  • The Future of Cinema” – I wrote this bad boy back in October 2020, during The Age of The Virus.  Theaters had started to reopen, only to shutter again as the dreaded Delta variant scared journalists and schoolmarms everywhere.  I mused that the magic of seeing a flick on the big screen would, even in some altered form, triumph over streaming.
  • Supporting Friends Friday: The Cinematic Compositions of Mason Sandifer” –  Robert Mason Sandifer is a young composer with whom I had the opportunity to work for a couple of years while he was in high school.  Since I wrote this post back in 2021, he’s gone on to compose a great deal more.
  • The Return of the Cinema” – Is moviegoing back?  I certainly hope so.  It’s been a big summer for the movies, and it’s good to see theaters and lobbies full of the unwashed masses again.

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Other Lazy Sunday Installments:

The Return of the Cinema?

After years of declining box office totals and the closures of The Age of The Virus, it suddenly feels like moviegoing is back.  Four major releases seem to be driving folks to theaters in droves:  BarbieSound of FreedomMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and Oppenheimer.  Even with relative flops like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and the woke Pixar flick Elemental, everyone seems to be flooding back into theaters, almost out of nowhere.

To be fair, box office receipts for Summer 2022 were up, likely on the strength of Top Gun: Maverick (2022).  Perhaps I didn’t darken the door of a theater in 2022 as frequently as I have in 2023 (there’s something about being single and dating that drives me to the movies frequently), so my admittedly anecdotal observations are skewed.  But, dang, it sure does feel like folks are flooding back into theaters.  In my mind, that’s a good thing.

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