Key: (B) = book | (F) = film | (T) = television series | (P) = podcast series | (TH) = theater performance | (M) = musical performance | [R] = reread/rewatch/relisten | (Tk) = talk
This is a non-exhaustive list of things I’ve read, watched, seen or otherwise enjoyed.
Here are the lists for 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024.
- January
- 24
- Started reading Forbidden: A 3000 Year History of Jews and the Pig by Jordan Rosenblum B Very interesting from the outset.
- 21
- Started watching Night Agent s02 on Netflix T Here we go again.
- 20
- Started watching Severance s02 on AppleTV T What the Actual Fuck?
- 18
- Started reading Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge by Charlotte Biltekoff B Lots of confirmation bias going in.
- Finished reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron B Better than the TV series? Possibly only because I’ve seen it.
- 14
- Started watching Bosch: Legacy on Prime T Satisfyingly unchanged.
- 13
- Watched The Thomas Crown Affair on Prime F the original; ineffably cool.
- 12
- Started reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron B Strong start, again.
- 11
- Finished watching 100 Years of Solitude on Netflix T Haven’t read the book, so nothing to compare it to, and still I thought it pretty marvellous.
- 9
- Saw The Nickel Boys at the Barbican cinema F Very innovative cinematography and soundtrack, but in the end hard to engage with. Powerful stuff.
- February
- 23
- Started watching Reacher s03 on Prime T Reassuringly familiar, down to the potential romance.
- 20
- Watched Ball of Fire on Kanopy F Utterly glorious, and laugh out loud.
- 7
- Watched American Dharma on Kanopy F Errol Morris gives Steve Bannon a platform and does his best to get answers, but there’s no there there. Beautiful to watch and tragic to comprehend. Burning it all down at the end seems just right.
- 04
- Finished watching Night Agent s02 on Netflix T Phew, that was close. Season Three, here we come.
- March
- 23
- Watched Helvetica on Kanopy F Very interesting, and having seen Herman Zapf, loved the idea of setting a boring article in Zapf Dingbats.
- 18
- Started watching The Leopard on Netflix T Straightforward costume drama, and nothing wrong with that. It isn’t the book, but nothing is.
- 17
- Finished watching Zero Day on Netflix T A happy ending, of course.
- 12
- Watched Corsage on Kanopy F Really interesting costume drama with several twists.
- 05
- Started watching Zero Day on Netflix T Ex-US president is doolally but might save the world.
- 03
- Finished watching On Call on Prime T Not a bad police procedural. USP: bodycams.
- April
- 29
- Finished watching Perfect Couple on Netflix T Strange, adventitious happyish ending sequences. Did the suits insist?
- 21
- Started watching Perfect Couple on Netflix T Not uninteresting. Something odd about Nicole Kidman’s character.
- 20
- Finished The Residence on Netflix T OK, so it messed with the whole genre, but in the end too patchy and about half an hour too long in the final episode.
- 11
- Started watching The Residence on Netflix T Excellent romp.
- 10
- Finished watching The Leopard on Netflix T Proper period piece.
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