CfP: The Cultural Impact of Heated Rivalry
Call for Papers: The Cultural Impact of Heated Rivalry Upon awarding it a 2026 Peabody Award for excellence in entertainment, jurors argued that Canadian series Heated Rivalry made “the biggest cultural impact in television this year.” The show broke viewership records for US supplier HBO, and booksellers couldn’t keep the original source material on the…
Books I Saw on the E train (and a few other places) in 2025
iron flame – rebecca yarros (downtown E, hardcover) crying in h mart – michelle zauner (downtown E, softcover) you like it darker – stephen king (uptown 6, softcover) the midnight library – matt haig (amtrak, nyc > phl, hardcover library book) the nickel boys – colson whitehead (uptown C, softcover) you dreamed of empires -…
2023, notes on film
Note that this list represents my personal favourite films of this past year— not my critical evaluation or academy awards predictions, though I did want to get this out before awards season heats up in earnest. Without further ado… Honorable Mentions Asteroid City As wholly mesmerizing as early-stage Wes Anderson remains, three of his last…
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