The Checkout Counter: June 2026

The Checkout Counter #43 to my RSS readers: a few people let me know that my RSS feed was broken, so hopefully it's fixed now! please reach out to ayu@sweetfish.site if there are still any issues. thank you!we're halfway through the year already…! my june was filled with good meals, movies about people desperate for connection, and impassioned manifestos.hope you're able to keep to comfortable temperatures, wherever you are. until next time! Film Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (偶然と想像), 20211Anthology, drama, romance. Three stories of three women and their unconventional romantic encounters. Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet), 20232Romance, comedy, drama. A supermarket employee and a sandblaster meet at a karaoke bar. Soon after, they both fall in love and lose their jobs. Thief, 19813Thriller, crime, drama. An expert safecracker agrees to lead one last diamond heist to ensure his future of an ordinary family life. A Poet (Un poeta), 20254Drama, comedy. An aging and increasingly irrelevant…