On her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, international superstar Taylor Swift begs us to see her as a diminutive figure. It’s an odd choice, but one that fits a record with few pop bangers. I don’t mean that exactly as a scathing criticism of the music, which has grown on me a ton since …
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The 2024 Oscars
It’s time for the Oscars! In the year of Barbenheimer, the film industry was finally able to seize the zeitgeist again. Cinema is back, baby. And thankfully, the Academy took it upon themselves to recognize the movies that people actually saw! Shocking! Yes, they “snubbed” Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig (I’m tired of hearing about …
My Songs of Summer 2023
It’s here! It’s summer! More importantly it’s my top 10 songs of summer! Below you’ll find the 10 songs I’ve had on repeat lately. It’s just my music taste, so don’t expect a complete synthesis of all the popular music at the moment. The reason I started this blog in the first place is to …
My God, It’s Full of Stars
The big glass window, lined with monitors that indicate everything is all set, overlooks a massive open room. Crew members sit attentively in place, ready to monitor the situation. Multiple cameras are rolling, hoping to capture what’s about to happen. The point of interest sits far away – there’s a distance between you and it. …
The Oscars 2023
The “most important night in movies” is almost upon us! After last year’s CODA took Best Picture in a surprising turn of events, the Academy has decided that it likes to feel good about the movies it nominates and awards. Over the past year, many pundits have written off talking about how CODA, a tiny …
My Emmy Predictions
The Emmy’s are almost here! I have done my due diligence and binged as many of these shows as possible. Do I get to have an opinion about these things? No! But it’s so much fun to imagine that I do. This year was easier to deal with than others, because I’ve largely kept up …
What Went Down in 1776?
Damn. That was the only word that resounded in my mind upon leaving the new production of 1776, playing not at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. Damn, that was transformative. Damn, that was perfectly tuned into our American moment. Damn, America has a lot of work do. Directors Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus …
Living in the World of Fake Accounts
The online world has made us strange creatures. With the proliferation of social media, we’ve become accustomed to taking on different personas and crafting an identity that could, potentially, be completely different from the one we have in the real world. This is, of course, no surprise to anyone that has seen what Facebook – …
Checking in to The Grand Budapest Hotel
When I was in fifth grade, I was presented with an incredibly cool opportunity to miss school. The parents of one of my friends did some work for the Boy Scouts of America and formed a friendship with the people that worked in the Rhode Island branch of the organization. Some director was going to …
Normal People Should Love Normal People
What’s the right time for the perfect person to come into your life? When are you primed and ready to welcome, accept, and act on love? Normal People, the incredible Sally Rooney novel that has a similarly incredible TV adaptation, finds two people who are undoubtedly perfect for each other continually intersect at times when …
The Z-Files 