You can store all your music on your phone or laptop, and yet vinyl records are hip. As Gillette and Schick are adding blades and fins and strips to their razors, 20-somethings are opting for old-school “safety” razors or even straight razors. Typewriters, skateboards, fixed-gear bikes, and all sorts of old tech have become fads in recent years.

The next low-tech fad may just be going to the movies. There are subtle signs that the long-term decline is reversing.