Pop Culture Maniacs
Backrooms
"We all have our loops."
Austin Noto-Moniz
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Quick Hits: May 2026
A quieter month, but it included some of the best of the year, which took up all my oxygen.
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Tuner
"Most of the pianos I fix never get played; they're just decorative. This one matters."
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Blue Heron
For the first chunk of Sophy Romvari's semi-autobiographical debut feature, it's not entirely clear what shape the story will take. It's introduced by a woman filming a cute seaside town, with a line or two of voice-over (presumably spoken by her) indicating that in
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I Love Boosters
"What you call fashion is really just making art out of life it fucking self."
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Corporate Retreat
"We don't want your money. We want your transcendence."
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Obsession
"All we have is time."
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Is God Is
"Them twins burnin’. They been burnin’."
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Quick Hits: April 2026
With this, I'm caught up.
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Quick Hits: March 2026
A baker's dozen of my thoughts.
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Erupcja
"She told you Warsaw was the most romantic city in Poland? Not, like, Kraków?"
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Mother Mary
"This is what you do. You give people the gift of giving a shit about you."