Sam Hamilton

Sep 5, 2024 | sagharborcinema.org | Sam Hamilton

Followed by Q&A with journalist Eric AltermanNeil Klugman (Richard Benjamin), a young librarian in New Jersey, has eyes for Brenda Patimkin (Ali MacGraw), a beautiful Radcliffe student. Although they are both Jewish, Brenda’s family is much wealthier and more conservative than Neil’s. As their relationship matures, their differing cultural backgrounds cause Brenda’s mother (Nan Martin) to have trepidations about the couple.

Jul 22, 2024 | medium.com | Sam Hamilton

Today, I found myself seated in front of a panel, interviewing for a position at a suicide crisis line. It's been a few years since my last job interview, and I felt a bit rusty. As someone who has navigated mental illness personally, the desire to work in this field is deeply personal. Yet, despite my passion and relevant experience, the interview process was challenging, and I left feeling socially awkward and somewhat dissatisfied with my performance.

Jul 19, 2024 | medium.com | Sam Hamilton

I recently took a leap of faith and joined the Pirate Software Game Jam, a unique and exciting event where game developers from all walks of life come together to create games based on specific themes. This year, the themes are shadows and alchemy, two concepts that are rich with potential for creative exploration. For those unfamiliar, a game jam is a limited-time event where participants create games from scratch based on given themes.

Jul 2, 2024 | medium.com | Sam Hamilton

I've been away from writing for what feels like an eternity. I've returned to a world overrun by AI, lacking in humanness. I feel like I almost have to prove to you that I'm human. Where's the "I am not a robot" button? Writing again is weird, like finding a part of myself that was lost. I'm a little dusty, a little cracked, but ready to get back at it. Life has taken me down some winding paths since I last wrote regularly.

Jul 2, 2024 | sagharborcinema.org | Sam Hamilton

When slick sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) has a crisis of conscience, he pens a heartfelt company-wide memo that promptly gets him fired. Desperate to hang on to the athletes that he represents, Jerry starts his own management firm, with only single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) joining him in his new venture. Banking on their sole client, football player Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Jerry and Dorothy begin to fall in love as they struggle to make their business work.