Archive - Buttered Popcorn

Song Sung New: “Hadestown: The Musical”

A radical adaptation of a beloved Greek myth comes to cinemas. (It’s not “The Odyssey.”)

Jul 24 • Andrew Truong

World Cup/New York: Final Dispatch 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇨🇪🇸🇵🇹🇦🇺🇵🇾🇧🇪🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The knockout rounds send me near (DUMBO), far (Westchester County), and everywhere in between (Manhattan).

Jul 19 • Andrew Truong

With a Little Help From Her Friends

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Take Care of My Cat (2001), My Name Ain’t Suzie (1985)

Jul 18 • Andrew Truong

World Cup/New York: Dispatch 3 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇸🇳🇨🇻🇮🇷+🇨🇻

Closing out the group stage: scenes from Socceria, Senegalese snapper, and Cabo Verde block parties (plural!) I'll never forget.

Jul 9 • Andrew Truong

World Cup/New York: Dispatch 2 🇰🇷🇯🇵🇦🇹🇭🇷🇨🇴

More country-specific watch parties: Sapporos at midnight, salsa on Steinway, and the World Cup of Wine!!

Jul 2 • Andrew Truong

June 2026

Watching the World Cup with (Almost) Every Nation in New York: Dispatch 1

🇨🇦🇨🇭🇧🇪🇩🇿🇨🇩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & Knicks in Five

Jun 23 • Andrew Truong

Before you go: Doowon Lee

Today, a review from Andrew Truong on a show of playful paintings and tapestries closing soon in Chelsea.

Published on exhibits in new york • Jun 18

Secondhand Serenade

In “Power Ballad,” Irish realism and Hollywood fantasia clash.

Jun 11 • Andrew Truong

May 2026

Cannes Food & Film Survey: From Palme to Pissaladière

Six attendees share the movies and meals that made—or ruined—their festival.

May 28 • Andrew Truong

Big Spring Recap

A New York restaurant week, best new music, The Drama & wedding food, and Chelsea gallery itinerary. (Kernels, April & May 1-24, 2026.)

May 24 • Andrew Truong

18 Days in California

Recapping my spring trip, from SF to LA: food, movies, and my first Indian wedding.

May 22 • Andrew Truong

Leaves Much to Be Desired

Tony Leung considers the possibilities of plant consciousness.

May 9 • Andrew Truong

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