Why do comforting escapes sometimes start to feel more real than our actual lives? This reflection explores escapism, dissociation, comfort shows, scrolling, and the emotional pull of imagined worlds through the film I Saw the TV Glow.

Sometimes we tell painful stories repeatedly because part of us is still trying to convince ourselves they really happened. A reflection on Nope (2022), trauma, and the need to be believed.

What The Lovebirds gets right about long-term relationships is that conflict, bickering, and changing needs don’t mean something is wrong — they mean you’re human and in relationship. A reflection on what it really takes to keep choosing each other over time.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople challenges the idea that you must love yourself before you can be loved. Through Ricky, Hec, and Bella, the film shows how being loved, exactly as we are, can teach us we’re worthy of love long before we believe it ourselves. Sometimes love reaches us first.

A reflection on The Apartment (1960), holiday films, and the emotional reality of surviving suicidal thoughts — and the quiet hope that can follow even our darkest moments.

In Everything Everywhere All At Once, the chaos of the multiverse mirrors our struggle with distraction and meaning. What happens when everything demands our attention?