With its stepped-gabled roofline that seems more Flemish than Florida, its candy-cane poles supporting the simple portico, and its gigantic neon sign featuring a chicken and a chick that has a proto “Partridge Family” vibe, Maryland Fried Chicken has long been a cinematic stop along the strip-mall sameness of Colonial Drive — the old Highway 50 — in Winter Garden, Florida, just outside Orlando. The fried-chicken fans who flock here no doubt take comfort in the architecture, but they are really here for the comfort food from one of the last outposts of a chain that could have been a contender and almost was a contender but has still managed to survive in pockets of the Southeast — and, in a small city in Michigan.

Aftersun received four nominations at the Baftas, and writer-director Charlotte Wells won in the catagory for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. It is a father-daughter film, and as such, one might be expected to describe it as poignant and moving. What is different about it is that it is infused with sadness, since the doting father, Callum, played by Paul Mescal, is clearly struggling with depression. Writer/director  Wells says it is based on real people - she lost her father aged 16.

Michael Imperioli is best known for his starring role as Christopher Moltisanti in the acclaimed TV series The Sopranos—which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Emmy Award—and played a lead role on season two of HBO’s The White Lotus. He wrote five episodes of The Sopranos; was coscreenwriter of the film Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee; and was anthologized in The Nicotine Chronicles, edited by Lee Child. Imperioli has appeared in six of Spike Lee’s films and has also acted in films by Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara, Walter Hill, Peter Jackson, and the Hughes Brothers.

I heard about these on Crinacle’s video on the best true wireless earbuds. The AKG N400 were his pick for best sounding and, as he pointed out, they are also only $48 when ordering directly from AKG. For $48 (with free shipping in the US), I had to get them even though I already have true wireless earbuds: the Bose Sport Earbuds. The box the AKG N400 arrived in is pretty nice and opens up like a book with everything easily accessible.

Farley Granger, Dick Hogan, John Dall, Rope, Warner Bros. NOTE: This essay was originally meant to appear as a part of Slashfilm’s “Movies Are Gay” Pride month series, which was canceled one week into what was planned as a month-long run, though you can read a new list version of the series here. The version that appears here has been edited slightly since there is no longer a word count constraint.