Coming soon to theaters — not audiences

COVID-19 is challenging the film industry, but these changes were inevitable.

During our vacation up north in July, we passed something that is a rarity these days: an open movie theater. It didn’t appear to be attracting much business, but it was showing Back to the Future, The Goonies and Jon Stewart’s Irresistible. 

I have to admit that when I saw that flashing marquee and caught a whiff of popcorn, part of me wondered whether …