The last time we checked in with public health experts on whether it would be a good idea to heed Russell Crowe and Christopher Nolan and head out to the cinema, the answer was an unambiguous no. But that was before COVID-19 vaccines were approved for use, let alone widely available.
Now, vaccination rates are slowly going up in the United States, and CDC guidelines are loosening. (Controversially so—more on that later.) And with films like In The Heights and A Quiet Place Part II positioning themselves as summer movie events that simply must be experienced on the big screen, now seemed like a good time to revisit the issue.