Going to the movies by yourself

Unwatched but not alone

I saw Smilla’s Sense of Snow twice in one week because it made me feel cold. I was studying in Cape Town, South Africa. Around the university, or in the home of the family hosting me, the smells were all new – Rooiboos tea, curried chicken, unfamiliar cleaning sprays. Each morning I rode the train to school, home again in the afternoon. I was always swe…