Spoiler Alert: Keeping Movies Under Wraps
The New Yorker · 15 Oct 2026

Spoiler Alert: Keeping Movies Under Wraps

There are two reasons for the current trend of spoilernoia, one involving the business of movies, the other involving the art. The first reason concerns the information economy. The less that is known about a movie in advance, the more essential it is to see it in theatres, when it’s a new release.


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