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Date night at the movies is woven into the very fabric of Americana. It’s a tradition that dates back to … well, the advent of movie theaters. But like many traditions in 2020, the movie-going experience came to a grinding halt as theaters across the country shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With U.S. movie theaters closed for months, the film industry was forced to pivot during the pandemic. LX’s Ngozi Ekeledo talked to film critic Alison Willmore about the future of big blockbusters, streaming wars and VOD releases post COVID-19.

More Americans will make their way back to the movies this weekend than any since the pandemic shuttered theaters in March

Bowling alleys, museums and gyms have all been given the green light by Gov. Cuomo to return — but five months after New York first went “on pause,” the future of movie theaters is still uncertain

Somebody had to go first. That’s the thought behind why Solstice Studios is releasing the thriller “Unhinged” to more than 1,400 open theaters across the U.S. on Friday. It will be the first new release since COVID-19 shuttered theaters in late March.  AMC plans to reopen more than 100 U.S. locations and other chains like Regal Cinemas and Alamo...

The nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie

While some industries have heralded the third quarter as the beginning of a rebound from the financial devastation wraught by the coronavirus pandemic, the outlook is still dire for U.S. movie theater operators.  In recent days all of the major cinema chains released quarterly results that showed mounting losses as nearly 100% of revenue was wiped out as auditoriums...

AMC reversed course on a controversial policy on Friday, saying it will now require all patrons at its movie theaters to wear face masks in an effort to quell the spread of the coronavirus.

Gov. Ned Lamont estimates that 95% of the economy will be reopening in Phase 2.

As movie theaters prepare to reopen on June 17, they’re getting a new look to meet health and safety guidelines

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Americans to go through every kind of hardship without some of the reliable comforts of hard times.

The governors of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have ordered all malls, bowling alleys and amusement parks closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Not knowing of the decision the governor was going to make two days later, on Saturday, the owners of Joey Garlic’s Restaurant and Pizzaria turned half of their Newington parking lot into curbside pickup so people could get their food to go. Monday morning, the governor ordered all restaurants and bars to close indefinitely after 8 p.m., with the...