It’s the start of my long weekend, and instead of doing something wholesome like hiking or reorganizing my sock drawer (which has seen better days), I decided to do what any self-respecting overworked human does. I binge-watched my way to enlightenment. I started off with a documentary on […]
How do you relax? So there I was, late Saturday night, staring at the streaming void trying to figure out what to watch. I landed on a documentary about the history of reggaetón on Peacock. Why not? It sounded like the perfect background noise for folding laundry. Except […]
Lately, I’ve been on a binge. Not of chocolate-covered espresso beans (though those were involved) but of music documentaries. You know, the kind that unwrap a legend’s life like a glittery, bruised onion: layer after emotional layer, until you’re left sniffling and singing along in your bathrobe. The […]
I just watched the documentary Pee-wee Herman Himself and let me tell you, I didn’t expect to end it feeling misty-eyed while sitting next to a bowl of popcorn and existential nostalgia. Here’s the thing: growing up, Pee-wee wasn’t just a goofy man-child in a too-tight gray suit […]
This past weekend, I fell into a documentary double feature that was less popcorn and more psychological ponderings. First, the freshly Emmy-nominated Martha Stewart documentary, and then “Billy Joel: And so it goes” (because let’s be honest, we’re all in the mood for a melody, and Billy must […]
I loved Wham! I loved George Michael. But, I didn’t really know much about Andrew Ridgely. I hadn’t focused on him during my Wham! fandom phase. Actually, that phase has yet to end. On a whim, I decided to watch the Wham! documentary on Netflix, and I was […]
I have been trying to be on a news fast this year. I am doing more of an intermittent fasting, mind you. But I feel that my mind is less cluttered by not watching what passes for news these days. Also, I believe I feel less stress and […]
I love watching movies. Or rather I should say I used to love movies and then I liked them and now I love them again. I made a very deliberate effort last year to watch, on average, two movies in the theaters each month. Granted, there are […]
“I fear no army or beast, but only the morning fog. Our assault can survive everything else.” —Lord Hilneth (the fog card in Magic the gathering) Fog. It can bring the darkness to the world and fill one with suspicion. You can round a corner in San Francisco […]
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