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A brief history of popcorn and its cinema snack sidekicks

July 7, 2026 (Conversation) An outing to the cinema isnt just about seeing a movie, it is a full sensory experience, with a big screen and big snacks. An epic film demands the panoramic widescreen, thunderous surround sound, embarrassingly large boxes of lollies and giant buckets of popcorn that never taste the same at home. Throughout the history of cinema, however, popcorn has been both scorned as a messy lowbrow distraction and hailed as a profit-making saviour for a floundering film industry. Popcorn as an ancient snack food Popcorn is one of the oldest foods we still consume as a

7 Jul 2026 9:58 am