You worked toward something significant for months, maybe years. You finally got there. And then — instead of fireworks — you felt aimless, confused, maybe even a little let down. If that sounds familiar, the film In A World… (2013) captures this experience better than almost anything else I've come across, and it has something genuinely useful to say about what comes next.

Why does certainty about other people feel so emotionally relieving? Using the film Mickey 17, this post explores black and white thinking, snap judgments, and the discomfort of sitting with ambiguity and complexity in other people.

Why is it sometimes so hard to let go of a relationship from our past? A reflection on love, memory, and the tendency to romanticize what we’ve lost, through the lens of Past Lives (2023).

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.

Life isn’t a movie—but sometimes we try to make it one. Inspired by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s “The End of the Movie,” I reflect on chaos, meaning, and the stories we create for ourselves along the way.

What if failure isn’t real? Everything Everywhere All At Once invites us to reconsider what it means not to succeed—and to see the leftovers of our choices as the beginning of something new.