📚 Books & Movies
- The Lottery (1941) by Shirley Jackson
- On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts (1827) by Thomas De Quincey
- The Tribal Rite of the Strombergs (2013) by Simon Rich
- The Left Right Game (2017) by Reddit No Sleep
- A Grimm Night On Central Park South (2025) by Bradley Andrews
📚 I love having friends who read because they make end-of-year roundups that become my going-to-read pile. From Pynchon to Faulkner to Tulathimute, here is a good list from a great friend: Xander Paul’s Roundup.
🎥 The folks at The Big Picture podcast argue in a recent episode that the movie of the century (so far) is The Social Network. I was skeptical at first, but the subject material alone makes it a good argument. I gotta ponder this one…
📚 Three gentle & insightful essays about resolutions, goals, and rhythms from Hayley Nahman:
I think the concepts really square with my experience and help temper the common excesses of productivity culture.
Watched: Sentimental Value 🎥
Well, this movie done messed up my whole “Best Of” films list for 2025. Easily taking the #3 or #4 spot. This film is true art. The best pure drama film I have seen in a long time. Watched on a flight to West Coast and it was still amazing.
🎥 Casey Neistat’s latest video about this young man with Cerebral Palsy running the NYC Marathon is so encouraging, heartwarming, and dignifying. It’s worth the 9-minute watch. Disclaimer: you may want to grab a tissue.
📚 My quick, low-stakes review on Scott Galloway’s latest book Notes on Being A Man // bradley-andrews.com
📚 An adorable and seasonally appropriate poem from my current read, Frank O’Hara’s Meditations in an Emergency:
Watched: Eternity 🎥
See my low-stakes and spoiler-free review here // bradley-andrews.com
📚 Recently procured seasonal reading
📚 Book Review: New Teeth by Simon Rich // bradley-andrews.com
📚 Book Review: PLAYFUL by Cas Holman // bradley-andrews.com
I am an unwavering advocate of Cas Holman and her life project. Was grateful to get and read this book.
📚 Book Review: Without Feathers by Woody Allen // bradley-andrews.com
📚 Let’s goooooooo
📚 I am officially hooked on humor writing. I cannot believe that I have never explored the genre before, but diving into it now feels as significant (and as exciting!) as stumbling into philosophy was as a teenager.
Came across this classic from Woody Allen today that is an absolute must read.
📚 It’s Halloween y’all. Here are some good short stories appropriate for the holiday that you can read right now:
📚 I wrote a brief reflection on the book that was given to me by a stranger in a coffee shop. You can read that reflection by clicking here: The Housekeeper and the Professor.
📚 New book order finally arrived
🎥🍿 Thoughts On ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ by Spike Lee: bradley-andrews.com
🎥🍿 My very low-stakes review of “Weapons' by Zach Cregger.
Warning: Spoilers!