I was asked to reflect on some good books I’ve read this year, and of course, my memory is such that I had no choice but to cull through this blog in order to remember, Oh, yeah…I read that….it was pretty good.
Since I was mucking about in those archives, I decided to pull out a couple more categories of posts: Those I thought were just pretty good and possibly still interesting about various topics, and those about movies – and a bit of television.
This may not be every single movie I/we watched this year…but it’s close. One that’s missing is Tenet, which I did see in the theater. Which I didn’t like much. Also The Prestige, I just realized – speaking of Christopher Nolan. Never wrote about that one, either. Or The Mandalorian, the other television event of the year.
Maybe you’ll be inspired to watch something good. Links go to my posts.
(Reminder for the delicate. I take for granted we are all adults here. No content warnings offered. You’re on your own for that.)
Paths of Glory; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Avenue 5; 1917
Parasite, Contagion and The Lady Eve
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence; Once Upon a Time in the West; Minority Report; His Girl Friday
Master and Commander; Hobson’s Choice
Tootsie; Witness for the Prosecution; Some Like it Hot; Jerry Maguire; Breaking Away
Our Man in Havana; Gone With The Wind
Hail, Caesar! ; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Logan Lucky
Joe Versus the Volcano; Wayne’s World 2; Gattaca, Key Largo
Tunes of Glory; The Apostle; Blade Runner; 12 Monkeys
Matchstick Men; 3:10 to Yuma (remake); The Apartment
….now on to the books.
Crafts & Vintage
I am delighted to find I’m not half as weird as I thought I was for liking this more than the other Wes Anderson films I’ve watched. The . . . prologue? . . . with Natalie Portman? . . . I’m still confused as to how I think that fits in. An extraneous extra, or a necessary preface?