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On Reading: The Doorman - Understanding the Room and the Moment

I recently finished reading The Doorman by Chris Pavone. A very contemporary novel that reads like the blend of a satirical critique of the current cultural moment and a thriller. The book looks at power that comes from wealth, whiteness, reputation, and location, but really it’s about who understands and can read the room and the moment. The story revolves around a few essential characters. First, Chicky Diaz, the doorman at the luxury condominium where the other characters

Elevate

Lyle Burns

3 min read

On Watching: In the Mood for Love Fear With Good Posture

I recently watched In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-wai. We hear people talk about bringing back yearners and yearning in the nostalgic 80s and 90s R&B sense, but this movie embodies a yearning that I think people most often live with and feel, but rarely talk about. This is yearning driven by restraint. Restraint is such a powerful tool in storytelling and also one of the most uncomfortable for the audience. It can break fantasy or activate the imagination and deepen it. I

Connection

Lyle Burns

2 min read

On Watching: Marty Supreme and the Cost of Self Centering

I recently watched Marty Supreme. Timothee Chalamet’s vocal desire for greatness matches that of the character Marty in a way that should feel unsettling. Where Timothee’s desire for greatness feels additive and human, Marty’s feels human and corrosive. Marty lives in a world where ambition is the center of self, and everything else is erased. People stop being relationships and start being infrastructure. Because greatness, not connection, becomes proof of life. Proof of ex

Creation

Lyle Burns

2 min read