Cobble Hill gets its own Deuxmoi.
Plus: A NY Tech Week peptide party, Eckhaus Latta’s new collection with Mango, and Meadow Lane's May sales.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Yesterday afternoon, around 5 p.m., I got a UPS delivery of David’s cream, set on dry ice. The ice cream sold out in 28 minutes earlier this week and I am reluctant to say it’s quite good.
Today’s newsletter include: Evie and J.M. Kettle on the New York Tech Week Peptide Party, Cobble Hill appears to be getting its own Deuxmoi (⚠️⚠️⚠️), and Pace Gallery’s mass layoffs.
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The summer box office is scary.
Stay Tuned is a Feed Me guest column about film and entertainment, written by Teddy Kim.
I hope many of you were also at the Screen Slate Gala last night to witness Sarah Sherman roasting every filmmaker and distributor in attendance. As much as I love the repertory screenings in New York, the marquee these last past weeks firmly belongs to new releases. Not since E.T. came out in 1982 has a wide-release movie done what Obsession has, posting box office increases in its second and third weekends. I don’t think a horror movie has ever done it. For context, only 4% of movies even see a jump up for their second weekend and almost all of those happen during the end-of-year holidays.
Backrooms is expected to earn $30-37M this weekend after a very strong $81M opening last weekend. Crossing the $100M mark in less than a week makes it, already, A24’s biggest ever movie at the domestic box office, surpassing Marty Supreme. The back-to-back successes of the two movies—both debuts from very young directors who cut their teeth on YouTube—already have people projecting their dreams of a new, post-superhero era for the movies.
I saw and enjoyed both, although horror isn’t my favorite genre. I’ll write more on them soon (I’ll be writing shorter columns weekly this summer in addition to the longer pieces), but I think both are worth your time, and worth experiencing with other people in packed theaters.
In the meantime, here are some screenings in New York in the coming week that I’d highly encourage you to check out. I’m going to start sharing my recs on a weekly basis. If you make it to any, let me or Emily know what you think, we’d love to hear more about your in-theater experiences:
6/4 (Thu) - Paris Theater - The Age of Innocence - Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Edith Wharton’s romantic novel. The Knicks just won Game 1 of the NBA Finals so what better time to revisit the last time New York City was this up, the Gilded Age in the 1870s.
6/5 (Fri) - Metrograph - The Aviator’s Wife - The beginning of summer means only one thing. It’s the perfect time to see an Éric Rohmer movie. Expect subtle comedy, romance, and characters talking and overthinking.
6/6 (Sat) - Metrograph - Come and See - The fourth-highest rated film on Letterboxd. Elen Klimov’s brutal film about the horrors on the Eastern Front during World War 2. Not for the faint of heart, but there are some incredible sequences here you won’t find in other films.
6/6 + 6/7 (Sat + Sun) - Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg) - The Handmaiden - Park Chan-wook, who just served as jury president at Cannes, is one of the best Korean filmmakers working right now, if not the best. The Handmaiden is one of his most fun films, with its twists and turns and beautiful cinematography. A great entry point into his filmography.
6/11 (Thu) - Runway, the AI company, is hosting its 4th Annual AI Festival at Lincoln Center, featuring the latest experimental creative work made with AI. To some of you that last bit might be an oxymoron, but I’ll be there to see if this is the future and what it looks like.
One New York Tech Week Party. Two party reports.
Last weekend, I was invited to a New York Tech Week event called Peptides: A 21st Century Soirée. While I would’ve loved to report on the scene for you, you’re in good hands: Evie Goodman and James Kettle both raised their hands to report on the event for Feed Me. Below are their stories.