Audiences have been enjoying films at movie theaters for decades, but streaming and expensive  ticket prices  have impacted  moviegoing habits . For the owners and operators of independent theaters, survival means getting creative.  Kevin Smith , the man behind cult classics like "Clerks" and "Mallrats," bought a theater in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, in 2022. It was the cinema he'd gone to growing up. He renamed it Smodcastle Cinemas, and hoped that even as it reeled from COVID-19

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