The last movie Eric and I saw in a theater is Birds of Prey on March 7, 2020, in Palmdale, California.
Sixteen months later, Eric and I are at Bow Tie Cinemas Movieland to see a matinee showing Marvel's Black Widow in downtown Schenectady, New York.
Eric and I choose our seats. (I like this option.) We buy popcorn with a soda to share and enter the theater. The theater lights go down, the previews start, and three other moviegoers join us. Matinee goers don't get the communal experience of a room full of laughs and/or groans, as we react to what we see and hear, but we get lots of space to ourselves and the movie becomes a personal experience.