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 and 2020.
- April
- 27
- Finished This is a Robbery On Netflix T Well done, even though ultimately lacking closure. Will we ever know for sure?
- 25
- Watched two episodes of This is a Robbery on Netflix T True crime podcast with pictures that owe a lot to Errol Morris. Extremely absorbing.
- 24
- Started watching Samurai Gourmet s01 on Netflix T Very strange, very Japanese, rather fun.
- 11
- Watched The Spy Who Came in from the Cold on iTunes F The crucial unanswered question is how much did Leamas actually know.
- 08
- Started watching Shtisel on Netflix T Rather interresting.
- 04
- Watched Operation Finale on Netflix F Beautifully done. Malkin and Eichmann both deserve awards.
- 03
- Watched Seaspiracy on Netflix F Polemical, naïve documentary that actually had a useful final message.
- 02
- Started watching Tokyo Stories: Midnight Diner on Netflix T Rather entertaining and very funny.
- March
- 28
- Watched The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie and Literary Society on Netflix, over two nights F Very sweet and rather satisfying.
- 26
- Finished re-watching The Night Manager on iTunes T So very good.
- 14
- Started watching News of the World on Netflix T Rather good, tropes notwithstanding. Seldom seem to manage a movie in one night.
- 13
- Started reading The Anarchy by William Dalrymple B Complex and very interesting. Bastards.
- 12
- Started rewatching The Night Manager on iTunes T Still very compelling, and so glad my memory is shot to pieces.
- 09
- Finished A Man Called Ove on Kindle B with a speck of dust or something in my eye.
- 04
- Finished watching Le Bureau s05 on Apple TV T Best thing in a long, long time, despite an ending that was altogether far too fluffy.
- 02
- Started reading A Man Called Ove on Kindle B Recommended on the strength of Amor Towles and Anthony Doerr; charming.
- February
- 26
- Started watching The Americans s01 on Prime T Tosh?
- 23
- Started watching Jack Ryan s02 on Prime T What’s not to like? Excessive use of force?
- 20
- Watched White Tiger on Netflix F Not too bad, overall, but God, the press of humanity.
- Finished reading Single & Single by John Le Carré B Absorbing, different, lots of tradecraft. But how did Tiger end up in Turkey?
- 16
- Finished watching Jack Ryan s01 on Prime T Satisfying conclusion.
- 11
- Started watching Call my Agent s01 on Netflix T
- 08
- Finished watching Bridgerton s01 on Netflix T Everyone lives happily ever after, except, possibly, Viscount Bridgerton, who in any case is an ass, mostly.
- 04
- Finished watching Bonfire of Destiny on Netflix T Everyone lives happily ever after, unless the bastard who got away returns to make life miserable for everyone in season 02.
- 02
- Finished watching Lupin on Netflix T Season 02 needs to happen soon.
- January
- 31
- Watched The Dig on Netflix F And I don't give a toss what the pedants say, it was wonderful, especially the unspoken dialogue and the strange, unacknowledged flashbacks.
- 22
- Started watching Le Bureau s05 on Apple TV T I’ll be bereft by the end of this season.
- 20
- Started watching Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime T Like, is there anyone else’s Jack Ryan?
- 17
- Watched Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom On Netflix F Very fine, and very stagey. Viola Davis is magnificent.
- 15
- Finished watching Le Bureau s04 on Apple TV T So good. So sad that I know s05 is the end.
- 13
- Started watching Lupin on Netflix T Very entertaining.
- 10
- Watched Midnight Sky on Netflix F Great spaceship, but otherwise? Meh.
- 09
- Finished watching Ethos on Netflix T Strangely affecting, even though nothing much happens. A second series will be good, I hope.
- 09
- Finished reading The Quest to Conserve Rare Breeds: Setting the Record Straight by Lawrence Alderson as pdf B Interesting and repetitive. Shaky on methane, IMHO.
- 07
- Started reading The Quest to Conserve Rare Breeds: Setting the Record Straight by Lawrence Alderson as pdf B Not thrilling, and interesting.
- 06
- Finished reading Corduroy by Adrian Bell B Lovely account of farming in Suffolk in the 1920s, not too romaticised.
- 04
- Started watching Bridgerton on Netflix T Well, rip my bodice; What have we here?
- 02
- Watched Bombshell on iTunes film F And very good it was too, although the beast still lives.
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