Archive - Buttered Popcorn

September 2025

NYFF Dispatch 3: One Movie After Another

One Kontinental Battle For the Road.

Sep 28 •

The Best Places To Eat & Drink Near the Lincoln Center, During NYFF and Beyond

A very opinionated, very definitive guide to good bars and restaurants in an area that doesn't have many.

Sep 26 •

NYFF Dispatch 2: Andrew Truong’s Day

Back in Peter Hujar’s Day, Magellan captained the Rose of Nevada on a journey across the Sirāt bridge, with a stowaway Secret Agent.

Sep 24 •

NYFF Dispatch 1: The Pre-Festival Begins

No Other Choice but to stan The Mastermind who achieved Late Fame by performing Miroirs No. 3.

Sep 21 •

The Hundred-Year-Old Grape Vines Next to 101

How I helped a natural wine producer harvest grapes during a trip back home to the Bay Area.

Sep 12 •

The Baltimorons, Riefenstahl, September Movie Preview

Two reviews of new movies and my list of I want to watch this month.

Sep 7 •

August 2025

Can we still fall in love (with a song) this summer?

The vibes were off but here's my summer playlist.

Aug 30 •

How KPop Demon Hunters Became This Year’s Overachieving Asian American Movie

Gonna be gonna be golden.

Aug 29 •

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