At the Movies Year 2025 Volume 41 Issue 4 | Page 25

AT THE MOVIES

Movies are more than stories projected onto a screen— they are experiences that stay with us. They mark moments in our lives, accompany friendships and families, reflect the times we live in, and sometimes even change how we see the world. Whether it is the thrill of a first cinema visit, the comfort of a film revisited again and again, or the power of cinema to give voice to difficult truths, movies have a way of embedding themselves in memory. In the pages that follow, our writers share what being at the movies has meant to them— personally, culturally, and collectively.
CURRENTS 25