Field Notes

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in Before Sunrise

Films You Should See

I'm not a film critic, and these aren't necessarily the greatest films ever made. They're the stories that have stayed with me over the years. Each one has revealed something true about love, friendship, ambition, loss or what it means to find your place in the world. Together, they've helped shape the way I see life and understand the people around me. These are the twenty films I believe everyone should watch at least once.

  • The Adderall Diaries

  • A Star is Born

  • Before Sunrise

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's

  • Crazy, Stupid, Love

  • The Devil Wears Prada

  • Eternity

  • Eyes Wide Shut

  • Love & Other Drugs

  • Marriage Story

  • Palm Springs

  • Pride and Prejudice

  • Shutter Island

  • Silver Linings Playbook,

  • The Social Network

  • Three Thousand Years of Longing

  • Together

  • Top Gun: Maverick

  • When Harry Met Sally…

  • You've Got Mail

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Books You Should Read

I'm no literary critic, and these aren't necessarily the books you'll find on every “greatest of all time” list. They're the books that have stayed with me over the years. Each one captures something true about love, grief, ambition, loneliness, growth or the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our lives. They've made me think differently, feel more deeply and better understand both myself and the people around me. These are the ten books I believe everyone should read at least once.

  • Atlas of the Heart

  • Atomic Habits

  • Greenlights

  • Meant to Be

  • Mind Hunter

  • Our Wives Under the Sea

  • People We Meet on Vacation

  • The Seven Year Slip

  • The Unhoneymooners

  • Where the Crawdads Sing

Emily Giffin's Meant to Be lays on a coffee table. 
My Story

Field Notes is a reflection of the stories that stay with me for how they feel and what they reveal over time. Each one holds a piece of something real, shaping the way I see, understand and move through the world.