My 2024 media diet 1/20/25
For the past few years now, I’ve been keeping track of the media I watch and read. This is my list for 2024 in ascending chronological order:
Books
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ★★★★☆
- Kafka Was All the Rage ★★★★☆
- A Moveable Feast ★★★★☆
- SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome ★★★★☆
- Mastery ★★★★★
- Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light ★★★★☆
- A Gentleman in Moscow ★★★★★
- Tough without a Gun: Humphrey Bogart ★★★★☆
- Aubrey/Maturin: The Thirteen Gun Salute ★★★★☆
- The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes ★★★★★
- Slow Productivity ★★★☆☆
- Aubrey/Maturin: The Nutmeg of Consolation ★★★★☆
- The Honourable Schoolboy ★★★★☆
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s ★★★★★
- Napoleon: A Life ★★★★☆
- The Burnout Society ★★★★★
- Lincoln’s Virtues ★★★☆☆
- A Perfect Spy ★★★★★
Movies
- Run Lola Run ★★★★★
- The Beekeeper ★★★☆☆
- Anatomy of a Fall ★★★★★
- The Holdovers ★★★☆☆
- Dune: Part 2 ★★★★★
- Monkey Man ★★★☆☆
- Challengers ★★★★★
- Mad Max 2: Road Warrior ★★★★★
- Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome ★★☆☆☆
- Furiosa ★★☆☆☆
- Love Lies Bleeding ★★★★☆
- Deadpool & Wolverine ★★★☆☆
- Le Samouraï ★★★★☆
- Bullitt ★★★★☆
- Wolfs ★★☆☆☆
- Hit Man ★★★☆☆
- La Piscine ★★★★★
- Anora ★★★★★
- The Witch ★★★★☆
- Heretic ★★★☆☆
- Juror #2 ★★★★★
- Big Trouble in Little China ★★★★☆
- Queer ★★★★☆
- Gladiator 2 ★★★☆☆
- I Am Love ★★★★☆
- Babygirl ★★★☆☆
- Nosferatu (2024) ★★☆☆☆
- Miller’s Crossing ★★★★☆
Plays
- Asi Wind’s Inner Circle (Magic) ★★★★★
- Job (by Max Wolf Friedlich) ★★★★★
- Enemy of the People ★★★★★
- Mother Play ★★★★
- Oh, Mary! ★★★★☆