It really is no kind of overstatement to say that the film industry is fundamentally changing right now. There are a lot of metrics for this, but perhaps none more so than the recent box office from the weekend of May 29, which saw low-budget indie horror films from directors in their 20s, Backrooms and Obsession, tower over Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu in its second window. This was shocking to most observers, and also a thing of hope and excitement for many. The pandemic left something like a permanent mark on the entertainment business and how we watch movies. Even with outliers like Top Gun: Maverick, the Barbenheimer phenomenon, A Minecraft Movie and some significant Disney wins over the last half-decade, it's been a constant struggle to bring audiences back to theaters. This recent surge of enthusiasm, particularly for fresh, edgy filmmaking over the familiar, is invigorating.
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