# Buttered Popcorn A semi-personal newsletter about film, cooking, and culture. Page: Feed: --- ## [Music, FIFA, Film](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/music-fifa-film) _2026-08-07 · Andrew Truong_ That just about sums up my summer thus far. (Kernels, May 25-July 31, 2026.) ## [Song Sung New: “Hadestown: The Musical”](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/hadestown-musical-broadway-proshot-film-review) _2026-07-24 · Andrew Truong_ A radical adaptation of a beloved Greek myth comes to cinemas. (It’s not “The Odyssey.”) ## [World Cup/New York: Final Dispatch 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇨🇪🇸🇵🇹🇦🇺🇵🇾🇧🇪🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/world-cup-new-york-watch-parties-final-dispatch) _2026-07-19 · Andrew Truong_ The knockout rounds send me near (DUMBO), far (Westchester County), and everywhere in between (Manhattan). ## [With a Little Help From Her Friends](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/film-review-gail-daughtry-take-care-cat-name-aint-suzie) _2026-07-18 · Andrew Truong_ Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Take Care of My Cat (2001), My Name Ain’t Suzie (1985) ## [World Cup/New York: Dispatch 3 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇸🇳🇨🇻🇮🇷+🇨🇻](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/world-cup-new-york-watch-parties-socceria-cabo-verde) _2026-07-09 · Andrew Truong_ Closing out the group stage: scenes from Socceria, Senegalese snapper, and Cabo Verde block parties (plural!) I'll never forget. ## [World Cup/New York: Dispatch 2 🇰🇷🇯🇵🇦🇹🇭🇷🇨🇴](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/world-cup-new-york-dispatch-2) _2026-07-02 · Andrew Truong_ More country-specific watch parties: Sapporos at midnight, salsa on Steinway, and the World Cup of Wine!! ## [Watching the World Cup with (Almost) Every Nation in New York: Dispatch 1](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/world-cup-new-york-city-watch-party-experience-canada-switzerland-belgium-algeria) _2026-06-23 · Andrew Truong_ 🇨🇦🇨🇭🇧🇪🇩🇿🇨🇩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & Knicks in Five ## [Secondhand Serenade](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/movie-review-power-ballad-carney-rudd-jonas) _2026-06-11 · Andrew Truong_ In “Power Ballad,” Irish realism and Hollywood fantasia clash. ## [Cannes Food & Film Survey: From Palme to Pissaladière](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/cannes-food-and-film-survey-from) _2026-05-28 · Andrew Truong_ Six attendees share the movies and meals that made—or ruined—their festival. ## [Big Spring Recap](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/big-spring-recap) _2026-05-24 · Andrew Truong_ A New York restaurant week, best new music, The Drama & wedding food, and Chelsea gallery itinerary. (Kernels, April & May 1-24, 2026.) ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MbOFLzI2CaKG) _2026-05-24 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [18 Days in California](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/18-days-in-california) _2026-05-22 · Andrew Truong_ Recapping my spring trip, from SF to LA: food, movies, and my first Indian wedding. ## [Leaves Much to Be Desired](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/leaves-much-to-be-desired-silent-friend-film-review) _2026-05-09 · Andrew Truong_ Tony Leung considers the possibilities of plant consciousness. ## [Land Marks](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/film-review-last-one-for-road-sossai-nuestra-tierra-martel) _2026-05-01 · Andrew Truong_ Italian drinking & driving in “The Last One for the Road” and indigenous dispossession in “Our Land.” ## [Everything I Watched at This Year's New Directors/New Films](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/new-directors-new-films-2026-festival-review) _2026-04-23 · Andrew Truong_ Demon twinks, Basque hippies, Vatican conspiracies, Lebanon archives, John Early is brat, and much more. ## [Best Laid Plans, Gone Awry](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/best-laid-plans-gone-awry) _2026-04-21 · Andrew Truong_ New films: "Erupcja," "Zi," "Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars." Plus: Polish food in Greenpoint. ## [Revisiting My First Trip to NYC, Ten Years Later](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/revisiting-my-first-trip-to-nyc-ten) _2026-04-05 · Andrew Truong_ Plus: cold plunges, instant ramen in Project Hail Mary & Hoppers, RIP Chinato. (Kernels, March 2026) ## [Our Quotidian Pain](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/film-review-revelations-divine-love-living-land-huo-meng-kontinental-25) _2026-03-28_ Reviews of “Revelations of Divine Love,” “Living the Land,” and “Kontinental ‘25.” ## [Feed the Body, Nourish the Spirit](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/craft-services-revelations-divine-love-film-catering) _2026-03-26 · Andrew Truong_ How chef Jenn de la Vega provided the cast and crew of independent film “Revelations of Divine Love” with healthy, flavorful meals. ## [The (Corpse) Bride! / Your Miroirs Staring Back at Me](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/the-corpse-bride-your-miroirs-no-3-dead-lover-film-review) _2026-03-20 · Andrew Truong_ “Dead Lover,” “Miroirs No. 3,” and Oscars betting performance. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WNp3nGnobHRK) _2026-03-20 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Final Oscars Predictions & Dinner Party Poll](https://www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/final-oscars-predictions-dinner-party-awards-poll) _2026-03-15 · Andrew Truong_ Last call for awards picks, what guests at my Oscars dinner thought of the nominees, and short words on short films.