A couple of years ago, I invented a new tradition for myself. Every New Year’s Eve, as the night wears on, I put on the film Annihilation, set aside everything else, and watch. I’ve never been a person who is particularly given to tradition, I mostly find these sort of rituals self-indulgent and often silly, but this one arose organically and just kind of clicked. I won’t pretend it’s not self-indulgent—it’s a tradition by me, for me, and me alone,…
