Well, we did it. 

We trudged through another week, through rain (in New York, at least! What a storm!) and future senate majority leader infighting and a worldwide Microsoft outage. I actually don’t use (I don’t think?) Microsoft products for anything, so I haven’t really noticed a change. But I’m hoping there are plenty of you out there who have taken this opportunity to set your broken Outlook on fire and walk away from it triumphantly like Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale. When the tech guys break something, it provides the rest of us the opportunity to leave it all behind and reconnect with the earth, Terrence Malick-style. It is my sincere wish that at least some of you let your Office Suite sit unusable and instead went wandering through a wheat field, or did some trust falls by the side of the road (the latter of which is done by Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck in To the Wonder).

Speaking of tech news, the tenor of this newsletter will be changing in the coming months, as I have recently been hired as the new CEO of Nvidia, a job offer to which I just couldn’t say no. I assured the board of directors that the only honeypot traps I’m likely to fall into involve Czech spies, and who’s really worried about them? So, before too long I will be posting mainly about my tireless work ethic and the glorious future of technology. It’s gonna be a fun time! 

Until that transition, though, I can still recommend—or, as you’ll see in a moment, at least address—movies and TV things newly available to you. Probably the best release of the week is the family drama/thriller Paper Tiger, from writer-director James Gray. I already wrote about Gray and his movies on Wednesday, so go give that a read if you’re seeking encouragement to see the new film. 

Also arriving in theaters is How to Rob a Bank, a sort of anti-capitalist thriller (released by Amazon) that I unfortunately have not had time to see. But presumably you’ve caught its ubiquitous trailer somewhere in the past few weeks, and thus maybe have already made up your mind about whether or not to see it. I am sorry that I have no insight to offer on that front, but I am only one person with only so much time in any given week. I will try to see the film this weekend and report back to you about my findings on Monday. 

I did manage to see another big new release on Thursday, though, and . . . well, I’m afraid I’m going to talk to you about it now.