Joshua Encinias

New York

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Publisher of New York Weekend Guide https://t.co/BOmw1AT1YI | Magazine writer, travel journalist and joshua.encinias@gmail for tips & pitches

Articles

Social Studies Director Lauren Greenfield on How Social Media Shapes Teenage Life

5 days ago | moviemaker.com | Joshua Encinias

“I think social media makes a lot of teens feel like crap, but they don’t know how to stop using it,” says Cooper, one of the teenagers featured in Lauren Greenfield’s docuseries Social Studies, summarizing its thesis. “There’s like this pressure — doing all that you do without flaws. I need a perfect resume. I need a perfect GPA, perfect test scores, perfect body.”She lives in a big house in Brentwood, has good friends, and, at 18, co-hosts a podcast about thriving.
Social Studies Director Lauren Greenfield on How Social Media Shapes Teenage Life

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Joshua Encinias

Social Studies Director Lauren Greenfield on How Social Media Shapes Teenage LifeGenerate Key Takeaways“I think social media makes a lot of teens feel like crap, but they don’t know how to stop using it,” says Cooper, one of the teenagers featured in Lauren Greenfield’s docuseries Social Studies, summarizing its thesis. “There’s like this pressure — doing all that you do without flaws. I need a perfect resume.
The Life of Chuck Director Mike Flanagan on Horror, Hope, and Lessons from RuPaul

1 week ago | moviemaker.com | Joshua Encinias

The Life of Chuck director Mike Flanagan spent years making movies and working in reality TV before he used a Kickstarter campaign to break through with the low-budget supernatural horror film Absentia in 2011. Its success enabled him to make his long-gestating 2013 hit Oculus, and then many more acclaimed works of horror. But he didn’t just want to scare people.
Top 20 Films of the 2020s So Far

1 week ago | letterboxd.com | Joshua Encinias

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'Reality Isn't Perfect'

2 weeks ago | moviemaker.com | Joshua Encinias

The lighting scheme of Say Nothing follows the emotional arc of the show: When Dolours Price joins the Irish Republican Army in the early 1970s, her motives and morality feel clear — the IRA wants to free their homeland from British rule. But by the formal end of Northern Ireland’s troubles, in 1998, she and her compatriots have done things that place them in a moral gray zone.
‘Reality Isn’t Perfect’: Stephen Murphy on Shooting the Captivating Drama of Say Nothing

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joshua Encinias

‘Reality Isn’t Perfect’: Stephen Murphy on Shooting the Captivating Drama of Say NothingThe lighting scheme of Say Nothing follows the emotional arc of the show: When Dolours Price joins the Irish Republican Army in the early 1970s, her motives and morality feel clear — the IRA wants to free their homeland from British rule. But by the formal end of Northern Ireland’s troubles, in 1998, she and her compatriots have done things that place them in a moral gray zone.
đ§ NYC Weekend Guide to Govball

3 weeks ago | nywg.substack.com | Joshua Encinias

đ If youâre reading this, congratulationsâyouâve officially survived another week in New York City. Your reward? A weekend so stacked with cult classics, rooftop cocktails, and outdoor Shakespeare that youâll need a spreadsheet (or at least this guide) to keep up. Whether youâre in the mood to rub elbows with Kevin Smith, laugh your way through Union Square, or just eat your weight in lobster rolls under a 12-foot bouquet, weâve got you covered.
Wes Anderson's New Scheme

4 weeks ago | santafenewmexican.com | Joshua Encinias

Minutes into the the opening of Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, there is a vision: a dying tycoon, Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro), sits in a celestial courtroom, flanked by spectral jurors. The charge? A lifetime of moral negligence. This is not the Anderson of The Grand Budapest Hotel or Moonrise Kingdom, but something more metaphysical, more searching. Here, he’s meticulously staged a reckoning with family, death, and faith.
đ" Your NYC Weekend Guide

1 month ago | nywg.substack.com | Joshua Encinias

đ New York is serving up a feast for the senses all weekend. Whether youâre in the mood for globetrotting intrigue at the movies, sipping champagne among Van Gogh-inspired blooms, or catching the latest indie gems at the Brooklyn Film Festival, thereâs something for everyone and every budget. Friday brings the annual Dumbo Drop, where toy elephants rain down in this time-honored kickoff to summer.
2025 Summer Movie Guide

1 month ago | inweekly.net | Joshua Encinias

By Joshua EnciniasSummer movies are back with a little something for everyone. Whether you crave blood-soaked Southern Gothic vampires, high-octane spy thrills or a heartwarming alien misfit, this season’s lineup is stacked with bold originals, reboots and sequels. So grab your popcorn and brace yourself for a wild ride—killer dolls, cosmic rom-coms, rampaging dinosaurs and superheroes both blue and blue-skinned are all vying for your attention.