Archive - Buttered Popcorn

A Christmas Bounty at the Cinema

A few words about Babygirl, The Fire Inside, Mufasa, Vermiglio, and The Room Next Door.

Dec 24 •

Dinner and a Movie Party: The Holiday

Hanukkah brisket, Christmas fettuccine, and Jude Law at his hottest.

Dec 19 •

Of Cats and Dogs

Reviews of Flow, Nightbitch, and Nickel Boys.

Dec 14 •

Fall Wrapped: Dinner Party Edition

A truffle-centric dinner menu, an Ecuadorean-Colombian-Vietnamese-American collision, and a conservas potluck.

Dec 4 •

Fall Roundup: Music, Theater, Dining

My autumn playlist, Broadway highlights and lowlights, and pictures of food I ate.

Dec 4 •

Oscars Predictions, T-Minus Three Months

Awards season is dumb but I care about it a lot.

Dec 3 •

November 2024

Ruffling Feathers With My Movie Opinions

Potentially hot takes on Gladiator II, Wicked, The Piano Lesson, and more.

Nov 28 •

One Year of Buttered Popcorn

A newsletter retrospective.

Nov 26 •

Saying Sorry with a Pot of Curry

Cooking as communication in All We Imagine As Light, one of the year’s best movies. Recipe for a yummy Kerala fish curry inside!!

Nov 16 •

Random observations taken from my notes app.

Nov 13 •

We Live In Time & Post-Election Comfort Food

Plus comforting recipe recommendations and a not as comforting list of Dark Americana movies.

Nov 9 •

Election Dinner Preview, The Apprentice, and Portraying Empty Men

What I’m cooking on election night and thoughts on the Donald Trump origin movie

Nov 4 •

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