Cinemagoers are expected to maintain a respectful hush, lest they ruin the experience for anyone else. Yet most cinema grub is distractingly noisy: tubs of popcorn, bags of sweets, crunchy nachos, fizzy drinks with plastic straws seemingly designed to encourage slurping. What gives? Michael Rivera, London

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