Ross Douthat on the end of The Movies: "All told, the 10 [best picture] nominees together have earned barely one-fourth as much at the domestic box office as 'Spider-Man: No Way Home.'"
We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.
Why big-screen entertainment is no longer the essential American popular art form.
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