"Tom Cruise and I have one thing in common: We both love eating popcorn at the movies. But I am a blogger, and Tom Cruise is not, so here we are. Rarely do I go more than two weeks in New York City without seeing a movie, whether it's a new release or a screening of something old. Usually, the experience feels incomplete without a whole lot of popcorn, often all for myself."
"Over the years, as I've become a repeated customer at film spots around the city, I've built up some knowledge, and some taste, and some routines. Over the past year, I've kept notes on my experiences, trying to get a thing of popcorn at least once from every theater I go to. The kernels of my research have finally bloomed-here are all of the independent theaters in my vicinity, evaluated by their popcorn."
A frequent New York City moviegoer and Tom Cruise share a love of eating popcorn at the movies. Movies are seen at least every two weeks, spanning new releases and repertory screenings, and popcorn often completes the experience, sometimes consumed alone. Repeated visits to city film spots produced knowledge, refined taste, and routines. Detailed notes were kept over the past year to obtain popcorn at least once from every visited theater. The result is a compilation that evaluates independent nearby theaters by their popcorn, excluding chain multiplexes and dine-in seat-service venues that interrupt the concession-stand experience. Film Forum receives praise for programming but criticism for its poor, butterless popcorn and cramped lobby.
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