- The Unlikely Philosophy of Joe Versus the Volcano. I stumbled across Joe Versus the Volcano on television this weekend and promptly re-fell in love with it. The aesthetics! Meg Ryan playing three different characters! Tom Hanks when he was still being goofy in movies! The weirdness of it! This movie is a delight – but polarizing. My husband, for example, does not enjoy this one. I think he’s wrong.
- Why Donna Tartt’s The Secret History Never Became a Movie. Basically because it’s never been high enough on anyone’s priority list. I love The Secret History. Not every book needs a movie made from it.
- Hollywood Meets Hickory. A lovely story about a successful small-town North Carolina film festival.
- Why the World’s Best Mathematicians are Hoarding Chalk. This video was a delight, especially if you know or have known any mathematicians.