In theaters, the movies might look the same. But perhaps now we see them differently. After the gun massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in December, the ground shifted for good. Assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and background checks became a permanent part of the conversation, as ...

We go to the movies to dream. When the audience filed into Theater 9 at the Century 16 multiplex in Aurora, Colorado, the early morning of July 20, they were there to experience that state of consciousness that only movies can provide. Somewhere between ...