There are worse ways to ride out the pandemic than mainlining some three dozen or so movies in a week, finding delights where you least expect them.
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Zosha Millman has been contributing to Bright Wall/Dark Room since 2016, and has a master's in cultural journalism from USC. She co-runs the newsletter 30, Flirty & Film. She can generally be found on the internet.
There were days where I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to be able to sit with loved ones and share these first-time viewings in real time, and others when the combination of quarantine cabin fever and less-than-stellar runs of films made it seem like everything would be mediocre. A privilege and, 32 movies, shorts, and episodes later, a pile-up.
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