For a deeply meaningless experience, spend some time in the utilitarian concourses of today's American cineplex. Anything recognizably human has been pitilessly flattened out, the space serving as merely the most functional venue for separating the yokels from their cash. Instead of sharing a communal celebration of wonder with our neighbors, we're steered apart, into glorified closets with puny screens, to consume the particular filmed entertainment that satisfies our demographic (after ten minutes of onscreen commercials). The management's contempt for the audience is manifest... More >>>