Movies

How to Enjoy Going to the Movies

The answer to your moviegoing complaints may be a film festival.

In an essay published in the New York Times in October, former Times critic A.O. Scott pondered whether it’s still worth going to the movies. (Gift link for non-subscribers.) Why leave the comfort of your living room and the convenience of streaming services, Scott asked, only to contend with “parking, concession-stand lines, yakkers and texters in the next row, sticky floors, and dim projection” at the local multiplex? Is there…