#independent-cinemas

#independent-cinemas

The bell tolling the end of Hollywood may well be the pending sale of Warner Discovery to either the streaming behemoth Netflix, which refuses to firmly commit to a theatrical release model going forward, or to rival studio Paramount, whose parent company has demonstrated more fealty to the ruling regime than to creative, journalistic, or political independence. Maybe "The Movies" have had their run, as

Tom Cruise and I have one thing in common: We both love eating popcorn at the movies. But I am a blogger, and Tom Cruise is not, so here we are. Rarely do I go more than two weeks in New York City without seeing a movie, whether it's a new release or a screening of something old. Usually, the experience feels incomplete without a whole lot of popcorn, often all for myself.