Hello there!

Well, you’ve gone and completed another week. I hope you are proud of yourself. That may sound sarcastic, but I mean it! What with everything going on and all, it’s an accomplishment just to clock in every day and get through it. I hope you’ve had at least a little fun these past five days, and that you have much to look forward to this weekend (some recommendations of things you could go watch are forthcoming).

Though, I do realize that plenty of people out there have to work weekends, a reality about which I should probably be more sensitive. My first job out of college was at a box office selling tickets to Menopause: The Musical in downtown Boston, and I worked the Wednesday-Sunday shift. All my post-grad friends would go roaring into the weekend every Friday, whereas I had to make sure I was mentally and physically fit enough to manage the ladies who would arrive in drunken hordes from the South Shore or the North Shore or even Connecticut sometimes, having no idea what their ticket confirmation number was or needing to do a quick puke in the little girls’ room before the show started. I also worked Saturday mornings at a restaurant when I was in school, making smoothies and scooping ice cream for milkshakes from 8AM to 3PM, often running into kids from campus who were utterly bewildered that I had chosen to be there. (I would gently explain to them that I needed to make money that I could then exchange for goods and services.)

So, I apologize if all my “it’s the weekend!” crowing every Friday hits some of you as a bit callous to the fact that you will be doing noble work in hospitals and libraries and shops and all manner of other places instead of whooping it up with the rest of us. But maybe after you’ve clocked out on Saturday or Sunday, sitting down to enjoy a movie with an enormous $12 soda is the best way to unwind. Or you can take in these titles on Monday or Tuesday, unbothered by the masses. That was my routine back when I worked weekends; I remember seeing Michael Haneke’s Caché alone in Davis Square on a Monday afternoon and feeling quite pleased with myself for being such a sophisticated moviegoer. I don’t know how artsy-fartsy either of these two recommended titles will make you feel, but I think you’ll at least have a good time. 

You’ve read a lot on these pages about what I like, but now I want to hear what you like! Specifically, what about Premiere Party is working for you, and what maybe isn’t. I’ve put together a short survey so you can tell me exactly that. What do you want more of? What should I never do again? Should I run away and join a content creator hype house? The survey takes about three minutes to complete and will truly help shape what Premiere Party becomes in the coming months (and, one hopes, years).