week of November 24, 2025

A Real Pain (2024)

Dir. Jesse Eisenberg Sometime in the first act of the film, the film tells you exactly what it is. Benji (Kieran Culkin) jumps up amongst a monument in Warsaw during the first stop on the Holocaust tour he is on with his much more stable, yet neurotic cousin David (Jesse Eisenberg). He stands right next […]

week of March 25, 2024

#25: Superhero movies were a blip

It has felt like the superhero blockbuster meant the end of a certain kind of film. But maybe that was just something temporary.

week of March 18, 2024

#24: Sunday Sauce

This weekend I made Sunday Sauce. And there’s something about it that just feels comforting to make.

week of October 16, 2023

Thinking is an active pursuit

Learning how to think in three easy steps

week of September 25, 2023

Consuming films like Coca-Cola

Finishing my non-fiction sweep of Sculpting in Time and Just Keep Investing

week of August 28, 2023

Weeknotes #1

I want to do it, now make me do it