me, you, madness (2021)

I personally feel that this dumb big budget vanity project does live up to its potential as a true good-bad movie (the kind that's only good to watch drunk, in a group) - but don't for a second forget that it's really pretty bad. 

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Though occasionally quite smart or funny, I found this short poetic cataloguing of a marriage in trouble to be alternatingly simplistic and overwrought, and I’d highly recommend you to read Maggie Nelson instead. 

Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (2007)

Tree of Smoke is altogether too big, too complex, too meaningful, too powerful, to usefully write about in the format of this blog, so I will just say that it’s frustratingly dense and long, impeccably crafted, and deeply moving. 

school of rock (2003)

Jack Black and Joan Cusack still hold up with their pitch perfect comedic acting in this light hearted musical story - the only sour note is drummer Kevin Clark’s recent and entirely preventable death near my house.