Tripping on Reads and ReelsBad Luck Banging: A Provocative Satire of Pandemics, Porn, and Post-Soviet PurgatoryRomanian movie “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” (Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc), 2021, features Emi Cilibiu (Katia Pascariu), a…3 min read·Jun 4, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsDecoding the Magic of Words: A Fun Dive into Spencer Kelly’s ‘Language and the Mind’What’s our species’ greatest invention? Medicine? Computers? Space travel? Not even close. The innovation that underpins all our…4 min read·May 31, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsLove, Lust, and Liquor: Riding the Emotional Rollercoaster of “Betty Blue”The joys of youthful despair are deliciously contradictory. You gamble with life like you’ve got nothing to lose, diving headfirst into…3 min read·May 29, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsPiano Duels and Psychedelics: The Birth of Victim Culture in Autumn SonataI started watching “Autumn Sonata” (Höstsonaten), 1978, with a sense of reluctance. The film opens slowly, and I found myself struggling to…3 min read·May 28, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsTradition’s Bitter Joke“Late Marriage” (Hatuna Meuheret), 2001, is a film that straddles the line between dark comedy and bleak drama, making “Shtisel” look like…2 min read·May 27, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsDervish Whispers: Mysticism in the DesertNacer Khemir, a Tunisian filmmaker, spins a mystical masterpiece with “Bab’Aziz — The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul.” (2005) It’s an…3 min read·May 22, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsAutumn Despair: ‘Fallen Leaves’ and the Bleak Winds of Finnish CinemaFallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet), 20233 min read·May 20, 2024----
Tripping on Reads and ReelsSiddhartha’s Enlightened Path: A Journey Through Hesse’s MindListening to “Siddhartha” by Herman Hesse on Audible offers a supremely pleasurable experience, and I wholeheartedly recommend experiencing…4 min read·May 18, 2024--1--1
Tripping on Reads and ReelsSmart AF“American Fiction” (2023), directed by Cord Jefferson, is a riotous take on the literary world’s hunger for “authentic” Black narratives…3 min read·May 17, 2024----
