The Elixir, and the Rest of the Buffet
Netflix's Indonesian zombie hit The Elixir is a solid swing — smart family drama wrapped in an outbreak. But watching it got me circling back to the genre's real ancestors: Shaun of the Dead, Train to Busan, The Walking Dead, and the one I actually steal from on purpose, 28 Days Later.
The Misogi I Didn't Know I Was Doing
A Shinto ritual, a personal trainer, and forty years of a career built to avoid failure — on what it means to finally do something with a real chance of not working.