• Cinephilia

    What I Watched: Binge-worthy Television

    Living alone, I often have something—music, the news, a podcast, sometimes even an audiobook—running in the background as I putz around doing chores, making dinner, or whatever it is I’m up to at the moment. I enjoy a bit of quiet alone time now and then, but more often than not, I prefer to have something  on. It makes the space feel less empty, I suppose, but it’s also a great way to fit in something entertaining or edifying or maybe both. Working from home these days, I find that I’m consuming more content than ever. I sit at my dining room table for hours on end, plugging away at…

  • Cinephilia

    What I Watched: January 2018

    I spent the first week of 2018 holed up at home. It was negative a bazillion degrees outside in Chicago (still is, honestly), and working from home means I can basically hibernate for days on end if I want to. (Which I do more often than I care to admit.) All that time at home was filled with just over twenty new-to-me films, and because I like to write about movies (and need content to fill this little corner of the internet of mine), I thought I’d share with you what I watch and how it all went.  January’s films included some of the best cinema of 2017…and some of…