11am Saturday, The Movie Theater Questionnaire

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15 Questions With Bilge Ebiri

15 Questions With Bilge Ebiri

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Name: Bilge Ebiri
Location: New Haven, CT/New York, NY
Occupation: Film critic, New York Magazine/Vulture
Links: https://www.vulture.com/author/bilge-ebiri/

1. What’s your favorite day & time to go to the movies?

A very good question. Because of my job, I find myself going to the movies at all sorts of weird times, from morning until night. And as a father I'm often taking my son to the movies on weekends. I will say that I do not like seeing movies in the mornings, because I'm a late sleeper and if I have to wake up early for a movie I will usually fall asleep while watching it. (This is probably not a problem ordinary moviegoers have -- but there are some movie theaters that do all their press screenings in the morning, which I find deadly.)

If I ran my own movie theater and could pick and choose my times, I would probably watch movies at midnight. But if I'm being responsible, I think 2pm-4pm is my preferred time to see a film.

2. What’s your favorite movie theater?

In New York City, whe…

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