How do you find love in a panopticon? It feels like every month there’s another example of some moment of romance that goes viral (or semi-viral), from 2021’s “couch guy” to West End Caleb to the coworkers caught having an affair at a Coldplay concert. Rightly or
If I were to sum up my recommendations this month, it’s a lot of stuff that’s just vibes. Really reveling in the swirling breeze of half articulated concepts rather than concrete, fully thought out ideas. Come wander through them with me! Subscribe Now 1. As a certified Carly
Ironically for a film all about celebrating the embodied experience of living life over going through it at an intellectual remove, I ended up appreciating Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma more on an intellectual level than an experiential one. Subscribe Now Sure, there are
The kinetic energy of summer seems to really be reaching its peak in August. Lots of travel, sightseeing and conferences are eating up the time in my household. Maybe this intensity has contributed to my big reactions to things I’ve watched, listened to and read. There’s been a
Say what you will about Christopher Nolan, but he knows how to direct a damn action sequence. There were several moments in The Odyssey that had me gasping and flinching like I was one of those early filmgoers, jumping out of the way of the train coming at the screen.
I’ll be honest: this month’s recommendations are a little sparse because I’ve been spending most of my free time screening films for a local festival and I can’t talk about any of those yet. I’ll just say I love indie cinema and it’s so
If I’m being honest I wanted to write a review of Olivia Rodrigo’s new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love because I want to talk about how much I fucking love the song “drop dead.” Putting my finger to the proverbial wind, I
Happy summer and happy Pride! Yesterday I got ice cream twice and today I got slightly tan from staying out in the park too long – both feel like good omens for the season to come. Subscribe Now 1. As someone who has been playing The Sims for literally over half
It’s only been about five years since I started getting into horror movies. Watching the Fear Street trilogy was really my first foray into the genre, getting me into the ‘90s teen slasher flicks it was clearly referencing, and then expanding outwards from there. But I would still describe
I’ve been tip-tapping my toes to a lot of new music this past month. Maybe the absolute barren wasteland of pop music from last year is finally giving way to some fertile soil? Only time will tell. Let me know what music you’ve been listening to recently!
How much can you like a movie just because you really want to like a movie? I’ve been chomping at the bit to watch Forbidden Fruits since I first heard rumblings of its premiere at SXSW: a witchy, second-coming of Jennifer’s Body, horror film about a group
It keeps threatening to become spring in New York for a day or two at a time, only to yank us back into winter when we start getting complacent and leaving our sweaters at home. Even so, I got tired of waiting and finally started reading God of the Woods