Film Comment

EDITOR’S LETTER

ET’S GET TOGETHER AGAIN SOON.” In the past two months, the simplest phrases have taken on a special poignancy, as the coronavirus changes our usual way of life. For many, that usual way of life was already subject to debate, though: were we going to movie theaters enough? Spending too much time on our phones? More generally, were we losing a sense of…) were the only option we had for connecting with others? What if all the movie theaters shut down, and we could only watch things at home? And what if staying together as a community, as a country, as a world—much less staying afloat economically—was a constant struggle against isolation and division?

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