When a marriage ends, your life becomes a lot more modulated. There is no more shouting. And a lot less laughter.
It is better to say less than more, especially if you have children. You still have to see this person over and over again. At the lawyer's. At the notary's. At school. At games. You don't want her dead, exactly. But if she spontaneously combusted, and it didn't hurt your child's feelings, and you never had to look at her or talk to her again, you probably wouldn't mind. Meanwhile, you have to be cordial. You finally get enough room in the bed. You meet the friendly staff at the local grocery. You find yourself chatting warmly with the checkers, the woman in the parka who's always stocking the freezer section, Victor the fruit man. How do you pick a good honeydew? You don't think Victor knows, either. You learn the Zen pleasures of laundry and dishes. You get the better closet. | | | The Best Movies of 2022 (So Far) | Well, we're now well over halfway through 2022, which means that the year in movies is officially at a point where we can take real stock. Since January, we've been compiling and periodically adding to our list of the Best Movies of 2022 (So Far). In this latest installment, we've added new titles that we here at Esquire believe are not only worth checking out, but will also still be in the pop-culture conversation five months down the road when year-end Top 10 lists are trotted out. (Or Top 65, like we published in 2021.) As you'll see, our countdown's most recent entries include a big, hand-over-fist blockbuster starring Hollywood's last bona fide movie star, a kiddie flick with smarts, an epic Telugu-language import, and—gasp!—even an Adam Sandler movie…. Here are the 24 best movies of 2022, plus where to watch them. | | | Tiffany & Co. Just Locked Down the Next Big Thing in Bracelets | Investment-worthy jewelry—the stuff you shell out for now, wear for years, and let your kids fight over when you're dead—doesn't scream for attention. It reveals itself quietly, then demands a second look. It makes even the jewelry-phobic feel like they might be missing out. And in the case of the new Tiffany Lock bracelet, it does all of this while paying homage to a design motif that's as essential to the company as the famous little blue box. | | | Ismael Cruz Córdova Is Undeniable | When Ismael Cruz Córdova was a fourteen-year-old aspiring actor in the early 2000s, he washed cars and mowed lawns every weekend to finance his first big purchase: a television and a DVD player. One of the first DVDs he bought was The Fellowship of the Ring, the blockbuster adaptation that would forever change what was possible for fantasy on the big screen. Fresh off its global triumph to the tune of thirteen Oscar nominations and $860 million earned at the box office, the film made an indelible impression on Córdova, who dreamed of an actor's life and longed to play one of Tolkien's elves. In those mysterious, eternal beings, Córdova saw shades of his own life: the elves' spiritual communion with nature resonated deeply with him, surrounded as he was by Puerto Rico's majestic mountains and streams. But as an Afro-Latino teenager growing up in an under-resourced community, Córdova saw no place for himself among the elves' lily-white ranks. "I was on a quest to find my voice and a voice for my people," he says. "But then I wondered: why is there nobody like me in these movies?" | | | Tom Sachs Wants to Change the Way You Look at Sneakers | Tom Sachs is not here for the hype. The artist behind the NikeCraft Mars Yard, a highly sought-after silhouette that's valued at over $8,000 on the resale market (depending on which version you get), is musing in his New York studio about getting his Nike sneakers to the most accessible point they've ever been in his decade with the brand. "Wouldn't it be cool if people could have shoes that represent the humility of doing the work?" he says as he references the artists, photographers, and blue-collar workers that were the inspiration for his latest sneaker, the General Purpose Shoe (GPS). "I took that idea of 'your favorite pair of jeans' and wanted to make shoes that have that workwear quality." | | | Debbie Harry and Chris Stein Remember the Bad Old Days | "It was the pre-gentrified war zone of Manhattan," says Chris Stein, co-founder of Blondie. "Everybody that's been through that kind of misses it. I see everybody moaning about the crime rate now…" Debbie Harry, finishing his thought, adds, "Well, they weren't around for the crime of the '60s and '70s." Pining for the Bad Old Days is a certain kind of humblebrag, but Stein and Harry look back on the rat-infested mayhem of New York City as a central element of Blondie's early days as a pillar of punk rock's birth in and around CBGBs. "I liked that it was so isolated and incestuous," says Stein. "The fact that it was so downtrodden was kind of great. There were a lot of sects, a certain amount of competition that went on. It wasn't all a happy family situation. But I had a great time, I remember it very fondly." | | | |
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