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Yes…it is boring often, but also, so are a lot of other things people do. Whenever my friends would ask me to go see a concert that they were putting on with their band or to see them do stand-up comedy— did I think of all the bad stand-up comedy I’ve been to before? Yes. But did I still go hoping that theirs might be good? Yes. That is because I don’t hate life. Yet often, when I tell people “come see a play with me” they’re like “UGH I hate plays.” Theatre is really cool; there is often really really shit theatre and that’s ok. A lot of things are really shitty. Think about this: where else can you go and hang out with 400 people, minimum, and be able to sit and *something* over people possibly failing in front of you. It’s really fun! Go see threatre.
Dec 13, 2023
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My favorite spot to go catch a movie, they have retrospectives of the best directors and have an overall wonderfully curated selection of films. It’s run as a film archive as a non-profit, and consists of one very minimal screening room and a small cafe adjacent to it. Just hearing the way my shoes click on the white marble floor will already make me giddy — I’m so glad it reopened. Just before the pandemic caught one of my all time favorite movies, Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits there, on original restored film.
Jun 17, 2021
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Grab a couple friends, watch (once per week, together or separately) classics/canonicals you otherwise would never have gotten around to, discuss irl or on Zoom. Feel free to hate, but also feel free to love
There is literally no other way to get yourself to watch Jeanne Dielman, but boy-oh-boy you’ll be happy you did
Jan 30, 2024
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or maybe Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
I saw hella movies in theaters last year on the AMC stubs membership but it was CGI monkeys carrying heavy emotions ftw
Apr 10, 2025
Top Recs from @jeremyoharris
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Bowling is a sick thing to do. In a city like New York, that was once the city that never sleeps, it feels like we're in a permanent coma post Covid and there’s no place to hang out late at night. But up the street from my house there’s a place that’s open ‘til 4 am every night. And it’s called The Gutter. It’s a sick bowling alley and it’s become my go-to hang with my friends. You can drink, you can play a game, you can socialize, you can flirt, and the lighting is great. In most other places it’s too dark to see if the people you’ve come with are hot that night, but at this bowling alley, you can always see if someone’s hot or not. If you want to go bowling with me, hit me up, I take a lot of people, and it’s always a good time.
Dec 13, 2023
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I love food. I love love. And I love movies that are about food making people fall in love. This movie was right up my alley; it really fucked me up. Juliette Binoche is one of the hottest women in the world. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it, cry, fall in love, tell all your friends. I think it’s one of the most underrated movies of the year.
Dec 13, 2023
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This man was a fascist, but he was also gay, and you know what, sometimes gay people can be bad. And sometimes bad people can write really well, and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century was Yukio Mishima. If you want to see into worlds beyond your own, you should check him out. He created an entirely new language for Japanese literature. I discovered him when I took a Japanese literature and translation class in undergrad and he’s been my background on my phone ever since. He’s great. I think that if you want to start right, start with “Confessions of a Mask” and go on to “Forbidden Colors.” Every book is a banger. Also watch Paul Scrader’s movie, “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” It’s a phenomenal phenomena phenomenal movie.
Dec 13, 2023