My 2024 media diet 1/20/25

By Chris Johnson

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! ★★★★☆