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The singular wonder of the movie hall
Netflix, Apple TV, Prime, HBO Max are fun but only the big screen can take us to extraordinary places.
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The movie halls are lonelier, says the writer. One weekend there were fewer people at Anora than flowers on a desert dune.
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First times, who forgets? First awkward dates, first time you sit astride a growling motorcycle, first job interview with an over-tight tie, first sour sip of dad’s beer. And to this list add, the first meeting with an actor. Like that fellow I collided with as a boy, behind a busy market, his face often creased into a smirk, pork-pie hat cockily perched on his head, 30 feet tall and shouting at someone.
“Hey you! Haircut! Where you going?”
