What I’ve watched

Key: (B) = book | (F) = film | (T) = television series | (P) = podcast series | (TH) = theater performance | (M) = musical performance | [R] = reread/rewatch/relisten | (Tk) = talk

• January
• 29
• Finished watching Hijack on Apple TV T Have not seen anything as tense in a long, long time.
• 27
• Saw The Holdovers at the Nuovo Sacher F Is the final message that privilege always wins in the end? Nevertheless, wonderful.
• 23
• Saw Wim Wenders' Perfect Days at the cinema F Lovely, gentle film, full of beautiful quiet touches.
• 22
• Started reading Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem on Kindle B Too much geography, maybe.
• 21
• Finished reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit on Kindle B Incredibly well written and very illuminating. Now to reread Orwell.
• Started watching Hijack on Apple TV T Very taut.
• 19
• Finished watching Reacher s02 on Amazon Prime T Cartoonish violence and strength, and nobody left alive.
• 14
• Started watching Criminal Evidence on Apple TV T Looks to be very good.
• 12
• Watched Roleplay on Netflix F Pretty weak secret assassin stuff.
• 10
• Started reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit B Lovely rambling stuff that all ties together.
• 04
• Watched Equalizer 3 on Netflix F Good men doing bad things, in Sicily and the Amalfi.
• 02
• Started watching Reacher s02 on Amazon Prime T No change; Reacher is still Reacher, but we have back story.
• February
• 24
• Started reading The Last Life by Claire Messud B Promising, despite lots of adjectives.
• 23
• Started watching House of Cards s02 on Netflix T Mesmerising.
• 22
• Started watching Ferry The Series on Netflix T Life among the lowlifes.
• 21
• Finished watching House of Cards s01 on Apple TV T Kinda gripping to see all those bad people doing bad things.
• 15
• Finished reading Yellowface by R.F. Yuang B Hall of mirrors. White, yellow, white, yellow.
• 05
• Finished reading Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem B Not so great. [Review]().
• 03
• Started watching the US House of Cards on Netflix T As good as the original?
• March
• 26
• Started watching The Gentlemen on Netflix T Good film, better TV?
• 22
• Watched My Generation on Hoopla F Michael Caine the perfect person to tell the story of London in the 1960s, and what a time it was to be alive.
• 17
• Finished watching Ferry: The Series on Netflix T Sometimes you just have to kill your best mate. Enough with the Belgian low-lifes.
• 15
• Started watching Masters of the Air on Apple TV T Such unrealistic hair, but otherwise engaging.
• April
• 30
• Started reading The Day Before Happiness by Erri De Luca B Rather wonderful. Spare and compassionate.
• 22
• Finsihed watching Masters of the Air on AppleTV T And a few of them lived happily ever after.
• 17
• Started watching Ripley on Netflix T Astonishing cinematography, redolent with menace, very watchable.
• 16
• Finished watching The Gentlemen on Netflix T Bloody marvellous, innit? Second series will surely disappoint.
• May
• 07
• Started watching Sugar s01 on AppleTV T Oh those demons!