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Stray Thoughts At the end of 2023, I received a batch email from an editor asking for end-of-year coverage. The email included a request for personal essays exploring how 2023 had changed how I watch films. In response, I pitched that the incipient COVID-19 pandemic and the collective apathy with which so many treat it meant I had seen two films at the cinema in 2023. As a culture critic, that…