Seen and Read 2024
Here is a recap of my 2024 viewing and reading habits. I didn’t read as much as I should have, and if you add up all the time spent watching tv shows and movies, I could have solved most of the worlds problems.
My favourites of the bunch: various adaptations of 1984 by George Orwell, the old BBC adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, and the new adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Honorable mention to King Leopold’s Ghost, that was an awful eye-opener.
I got this idea from a NYT Book Review interview with Stephen Soderbergh. Here is a link to his website.
All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
All caps: TV SERIES
Italics: Book
Quotation marks: “Play”
Italics, quotation marks: “Short Story”
01/12 CLARKSON’S FARM
01/13 CLARKSON’S FARM, BANSHEE, FARGO
01/14 CLARKSON’S FARM, DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE DREAMER, BANSHEE
01/15 CLARKSON’S FARM, BANSHEE, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Sean Murphy
01/16 [blank]
01/17 BANSHEE, CLARKSON’S FARM
01/18 FARGO, CLARKSON’S FARM
01/19 BANSHEE, CLARKSON’S FARM
01/20 CLARKSON’S FARM
01/21 CLARKSON’S FARM
01/22 BANSHEE, PERFECT DAYS
01/23 BANSHEE
01/24 BANSHEE
01/25 BANSHEE, Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, Sean Murphy
01/26 BANSHEE
01/27 BANSHEE
01/28 BANSHEE
01/29 BANSHEE
01/30 BANSHEE
01/31 BANSHEE
02/01 BANSHEE
02/02 BANSHEE
02/03 BANSHEE
02/04 BANSHEE
02/05 BANSHEE
02/06 BANSHEE
02/07 BANSHEE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
02/08 BANSHEE
02/09 BANSHEE, SHANE GILLIS: BEAUTIFUL DOGS
02/10 BANSHEE, ROBOT DREAMS
02/11 BANSHEE
02/12 [blank]
02/13 [blank]
02/14 BANSHEE
02/15 BANSHEE, QUO VADIS, AIDA?
02/16 BANSHEE
02/17 SNOOPY PRESENTS: WELCOME HOME FRANKLIN
02/18 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (half)
02/19 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (half)
02/20 [blank]
02/21 [blank]
02/22 THE ZONE OF INTEREST
02/23 SCHINDLER’S LIST (half)
02/24 SCHINDLER’S LIST (half)
02/25 Batman: Beyond the White Knight, Sean Murphy
02/26 THE DARKEST HOUR
02/27 DUNKIRK
02/28 CITY OF GOD
02/29 The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
03/01 [blank]
03/02 [blank]
03/03 SHOGUN
03/04 SHOGUN
03/05 SHOGUN, DUNE 2, THE AMERICANS
03/06 THE AMERICANS
03/07 THE AMERICANS
03/08 THE AMERICANS
03/09 THE AMERICANS
03/10 THE AMERICANS
03/11 THE AMERICANS
03/12 THE AMERICANS
03/13 [blank]
03/14 THE AMERICANS
03/15 THE AMERICANS
03/16 THE AMERICANS
03/17 THE AMERICANS
03/18 THE AMERICANS
03/19 THE AMERICANS
03/20 THE AMERICANS
03/21 THE AMERICANS
03/22 THE AMERICANS
03/23 THE AMERICANS, ROAD HOUSE (2024)
03/24 THE AMERICANS
03/25 THE AMERICANS
03/26 THE AMERICANS
03/27 SHOGUN
03/28 [blank]
03/29 [blank]
03/30 SHOGUN
03/31 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
04/01 [blank]
04/02 King Leopold’s Ghost, Adam Hochschild
04/03 THE DAY AFTER
04/04 CLEOPATRA (half)
04/05 CLEOPATRA (half), RIPLEY 04/06 [blank]
04/07 RIPLEY
04/08 RIPLEY
04/09 RIPLEY, Cult of the Dead Cow, Joseph Menn
04/10 RIPLEY, SHOGUN
04/11 RAMY YOUSSEF: MORE FEELINGS (2024)
04/12 MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929)
04/13 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
04/14 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
04/15 [blank]
04/16 SHOGUN
04/17 PERFECT BLUE (1997)
04/18 CONAN O’BRIEN MUST GO
04/19 THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (2022)
04/20 CONAN O’BRIEN MUST GO, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/21 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/22 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/23 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/24 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/25 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/26 [blank]
04/26 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/27 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/28 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/29 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
04/30 SHOGUN, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
05/01 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD
05/02 SHOGUN
05/03 Thing Explainer, Randall Munroe
05/04 How To, Randall Munroe, NEAL BRENNAN: CRAZY GOOD (2024)
05/05 The Kingdom of God is Within You, Leo Tolstoy, DAVE ATTELL: HOT CROSS BUNS (2024)
05/06 DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
05/07 LINCOLN (2012)
05/08 ROAST OF TOM BRADY (2024)
05/09 The Cuckoo’s Egg, Clifford Stoll
05/10 THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE (2024)
05/11 [blank]
05/12 [blank]
05/13 UNFROSTED (2024)
05/14 [blank]
05/15 CHINATOWN (1974)
05/16 [blank]
05/17 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967)
05/18 CLARKSON’S FARM, FALLOUT
05/19 BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), FALLOUT
05/20 FALLOUT, Ghost in the Wires, Kevin Mitnick
05/21 [blank]
05/22 FALLOUT
05/23 FALLOUT
05/24 A Very Punchable Face, Colin Jost, AMERICAN FICTION (2023)
05/25 LOTR: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001), SOUTH PARK: THE END OF OBESITY
05/26 LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS (2002)
05/27 LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) 05/28 [blank]
05/29 NIKKI GLASER: SOMEDAY YOU’LL DIE (2024)
05/30 [blank]
05/31 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998), COLIN QUINN: OUR TIME IS UP (2024)
06/01 JIMMY CARR: NATURAL BORN KILLER (2024)
06/02 Sandworm, Andy Greenberg
06/03 [blank]
06/04 THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986)
06/05 [blank]
06/06 [blank]
06/07 FANNY & ALEXANDER (1982)
06/08 [blank]
06/09 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
06/10 [blank]
06/11 [blank]
06/12 THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015)
06/13 CITIZEN KANE (1941)
06/14 [blank]
06/15 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/16 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/17 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/18 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/19 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/20 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/21 THE POP OUT: KEN & FRIENDS, BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/22 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/23 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/24 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/25 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/26 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/27 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/28 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/29 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
06/30 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/01 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/02 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/03 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/04 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/05 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/06 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/07 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/08 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/09 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/10 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/11 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/12 BOARDWALK EMPIRE
07/13 [blank]
07/14 [blank]
07/15 [blank]
07/16 [blank]
07/17 [blank]
07/18 [blank]
07/19 Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023), TOY STORY 4 (2014)
07/20 TOY STORY 3 (2010)
07/21 [blank]
07/22 [blank]
07/23 [blank]
07/24 [blank]
07/25 [blank]
07/26 Neuromancer, William Gibson
07/27 TOY STORY 2 (1999)
07/28 TOY STORY (1995)
07/29 JIM HENSON: IDEAS MAN (2024)
07/30 [blank]
07/31 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
08/01 The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti
08/02 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
08/03 GUIELLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (2022)
08/04 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
08/05 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
08/06 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
08/07 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
08/08 [blank]
08/09 [blank]
08/10 [blank]
08/11 [blank]
08/12 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
08/13 [blank]
08/14 BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
08/15 Our Enemies Will Vanish, Yaroslav Trofimov
08/16 [blank]
08/17 TMNT: MUTANT MAYHEM (2023)
08/18 [blank]
08/19 [blank]
08/20 MAN ON WIRE (2008)
08/21 THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023)
08/22 1984, George Orwell, SWINGERS (1999)
08/23 INSIDE OUT 2 (2024)
08/24 BAD MONKEY
08/25 BAD MONKEY
08/26 BLAZING SADDLES
08/27 PARKS AND RECREATION
08/28 PARKS AND RECREATION
08/29 PARKS AND RECREATION
08/30 PARKS AND RECREATION
08/31 Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, PARKS AND RECREATION
09/01 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/02 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/03 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/04 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/05 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/06 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/07 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/08 PARKS AND RECREATION
09/09 PARKS AND RECREATION, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
09/10 BAD MONKEY
09/11 [blank]
09/12 [blank]
09/13 [blank]
09/14 [blank]
09/15 [blank]
09/16 [blank]
09/17 A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
09/18 SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
09/19 PULP FICTION (1994)
09/20 A VERY ROYAL SCANDAL
09/21 A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL
09/22 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/23 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/24 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/25 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/26 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/27 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/28 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
09/29 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
09/30 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
10/01 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
10/02 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
10/03 [blank]
10/04 YOUR NAME (2016) 10/05 [blank]
10/06 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
10/07 THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS (2024)
10/08 Live From New York, James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
10/09 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, PAPRIKA (2006)
10/10 WISE GUY: DAVID CHASE AND THE SOPRANOS
10/11 ATTACK ON TITAN: THE FINAL SEASON
10/12 ATTACK ON TITAN: THE FINAL SEASON
10/13 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, ATTACK ON TITAN: THE FINAL SEASON
10/14 SLOW HORSES
10/15 ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, SLOW HORSES
10/16 FACEOFF: INSIDE THE NHL
10/17 FACEOFF: INSIDE THE NHL
10/18 LONESOME DOVE PART I
10/19 LONESOME DOVE PART II & III
10/20 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
10/21 [blank]
10/22 Yellowface, R.F. Kuang
10/23 Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
10/24 DISCLAIMER
10/25 DISCLAIMER
10/26 THE PENGUIN
10/27 THE PENGUIN
10/28 THE PENGUIN
10/29 THE PENGUIN
10/30 DISCLAIMER
10/31 UNFORGIVEN, Why Grow Up?, Susan Nieman
11/01 THE DIPLOMAT
11/02 THE DIPLOMAT, SETH MYERS: DAD MAN WALKING (2024)
11/03 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
11/04 THE PENGUIN
11/05 DEATH NOTE
11/06 DEATH NOTE
11/07 DEATH NOTE
11/08 DEATH NOTE
11/09 DEATH NOTE, Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016)
11/10 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
11/11 TOKYO VICE
11/12 TOKYO VICE
11/13 TOKYO VICE
11/14 TOKYO VICE
11/15 TOKYO VICE
11/16 [blank]
11/17 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
11/18 SAY NOTHING
11/19 SAY NOTHING
11/20 The Wager, David Grann
11/21 DISCLAIMER, The Odyssee, Steven Fry
11/22 COME AND SEE (1985)
11/23 ARCANE
11/24 ARCANE, SURVEILLED (2024)
11/25 ARCANE
11/26 ARCANE
11/27 ARCANE, The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievich
11/28 ARCANE
11/29 CONCLAVE (2024)
11/30 ANTHONY JESELNIK: BONES AND ALL (2024)
12/01 WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996), LOOK BACK (2024)
12/02 STEINS;GATE
12/03 STEINS;GATE
12/04 STEINS;GATE
12/05 STEINS;GATE
12/06 STEINS;GATE
12/07 STEINS;GATE 0
12/08 STEINS;GATE 0
12/09 STEINS;GATE 0, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (1981 BBC audio adaptation)
12/10 STEINS;GATE 0
12/11 STEINS;GATE 0, With the Old Breed, Eugene Sledge
12/12 STEINS;GATE 0, THE SIMPSONS
12/13 STEINS;GATE 0, THE SIMPSONS
12/14 STEINS;GATE 0, THE SIMPSONS
12/15 STEINS;GATE 0, THE SIMPSONS, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
12/16 STEINS;GATE 0, THE SIMPSONS
12/17 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END
12/18 SEVERANCE, FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, A Mind for Numbers, Barbara Oakley
12/19 SEVERANCE, Springfield Confidential, Mike Reiss
12/20 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/21 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/22 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
12/23 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/24 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/25 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/26 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/27 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS
12/28 FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END, THE SIMPSONS, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
12/29 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
12/30 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
12/31 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE\