Tipple at a movie . Get a ticket to one of the gala screenings and you can actually sip a glass of fairly fine wine as you watch. If it weren't for the plastic glasses, you'd think you were French. Get glamorous . As for women, a retro look pulled together from eastside thrift shops always works.
Nobody argues with cleavage, either.
Put your hand over the subtitles and see how much of the French, German, Mandarin or Farsi you can comprehend without them . I never knew how much Italian I'd learned from restaurant menus until I watched The Godfather that way. Give your short attention span a treat . And many of the features are preceded by shorts as well. Talk loudly in restaurants .