Friday Fixations

Here's what I'm into right now

Happy Friday, my fellow suffering beings. Each week, I share two things I’m digging right now—books, TV shows, movies, music, and the like—plus one online video with nearly zero cultural merit.

• Super/man. In theaters (and coming to Max). This new documentary about Christopher Reeve is extremely well-told. It’s a by turns wrenching, riveting, and funny retelling of the Superman actor’s story, both before and after the accident that left him paralyzed. I was particularly moved by the parts featuring Reeve’s youngest son, Will, a friend and former ABC News colleague of mine. In the film, Will talks about what it’s like to lose both parents at a young age and how he has always felt alone in the world. Gut punch. 

  

• The Copyrights. For something much lighter, check out the catchy punk stylings of this Illinois band. They have a new EP, New Ghosts, for which only half the songs have been released. I also like their 2021 LP, Alone in a Dome. 

• This dog.

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