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

• February
• 24
• Started watching Better Call Saul s05 on Netflix T Less than compelling this time around. May need time.
• 22
• Finished reading The Secret Pilgrim by John Le Carré B Such fine storytelling, and cleverly done as a series of reminiscences at a special dinner, each a short story.
• 19
• Started watching The Stranger on Netflix T Note from the future: Very well done, and I suppose eventually **all** the threads will come together.
• 16
• Watched The Coldest Game on Netflix F Strange Cold War caper, around the Bay of Pigs. Fictional tosh, and diverting.
• Finished reading The Final Solution by Michael Chabon B Terrifically fun story of The Great Detective at death's door. Very entertaining, but what is it with Chabon and parrots?
• 14
• Saw (heard?) Norma by Bellini at the San Carlo, Naples Th Sublime, in all respects.
• 9
• Finished The Two Popes on Netflix F A lot better than I expected; humane, intelligent, compassionate.
• 8
• Started watching The Two Popes on Netflix F Broke halfway through as it was getting past our bedtime. Easy to do.
• 7
• Finished reading Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré on Kindle B Absolutely thrilling stuff, never mind the loose ends, and so beautifully told.
• Finished watching Messiah s01 on Netflix T Somewhat far-fetched ending, but has been solid throughout, and suitably enigmatic.
• 5
• Started watching Rise of Empires: Ottoman on Netflix T Interesting mix of talking heads, strangely rendered, and drama, equally strangely rendered.
• 4
• Saw 1917 at the Nuovo Olimpia F Astonishing feat of cinematographic story-telling; I'd love to see it with a director's commentary.
• 2
• Watched Uncut Gems on Netflix F Too shouty. I just wasn’t interested.
• 1
• Started reading Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré on Kindle B Never disappoints.
• January
At some point I finished reading, with regret, The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane. So good. Soon after, I started reading Wild Life by Keena Roberts.
• 31
• Started watching Thieves in the Wood s01 on Netflix T Belgian; we may not last the course.
• Finished reading Wild Life by Keena Roberts B Excellent and illuminating on growing up different.
• 25
• Finished watching The Crown s03 on Netflix T Olivia Colman is simply brilliant.
• 12
• Started watching Messiah s01 on Netflix T Interesting.
• 1
• Started reading Draft No. 4: on the writing process by John McPhee on the Kindle B I'd read his laundry lists.