Alex TolkinTop Ten Favorite Books I Read This Year(s), 2021–2022Welcome back! As per a long-running tradition, I like ranking my favorite books I’ve read over the past two years. It’s an interesting way…10 min read·Dec 31, 2022----
Alex TolkinTop 10 favorite books I read this year (and last year)For the past 6 years I’ve made a list of my top 10 non-work-related books I read that year. I swear I did this last year too and somehow…10 min read·Dec 30, 2020----
Alex TolkinTop 10 Animated Movies of the DecadeThis was a fascinating decade for animated movies. There was the (relative) decline of Pixar, the Disney Revival, Studio Ghibli closing…13 min read·Jan 15, 2020----
Alex TolkinI’m Watching the Future of Reality TVFor everyone who had “Reality TV” as the topic for your office’s “what will Alex blog about next” pool, congratulations.9 min read·Mar 12, 2018----
Alex Tolkin100 Years of Animated Movies2017 was the 100th anniversary of animated feature films. Today, animated movies are box office juggernauts. In 2016, of the worldwide top…24 min read·Jan 11, 2018--1--1
Alex TolkinYour Name is the most exciting animated movie I’ve seen in yearsThis is not a review of Your Name (Kimi no Na wa), the film by Makoto Shinkai that came out last year and is finally showing in theaters in…14 min read·Apr 21, 2017----
Alex TolkinWhy you should be upset Boston Public Schools has adopted a new mapA bunch of articles have been circulating the internet praising the Boston Public School (BPS) system’s decision to adopt a new map. They…5 min read·Mar 22, 2017----
Alex TolkininApplaudiencePredicting the “Best Animated Film” nominees for 2017For animated movies, the announcement of the Oscar nominations is a much more exciting announcement than the announcement of the winners…8 min read·Jan 22, 2017----