the theater

“I remember sitting in the theater watching ‘Il Postino’ and the guy who’s selling it is sitting next to me,” said Bernard of the 1994 film that would go on to be nominated for five Oscars, winning one.

Eighty-six years ago, when a kiddie fare cost 15 cents, my then-6-year-old grandmother watched the theater blink from sepia to vivid color splendor.

But as you wait in line to fork over your hard-earned cash at the concession stand, you notice that no one is heading into the theater.

Neither a re-release nor a movie that is necessarily brand new, the success of “KPop Demon Hunters” proved that, in the theater industry, there are no sure bets.

Who knows, you could stumble into a 2015 romantic comedy and find that your new best friend is the only other person in the theater, laughing at all of the same jokes.