October is a good enough reason to watch scary movies. Like the vice presidential debate … or the movie “Terrifier,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” or even “Audition.”

Kept reading The Overstory” and should have finished it. Started “Homicide: Life on the Street” (1993-99), which has been a good thing. And “The Secret History of Science Fiction”

During May I consumed so much Stefan Zweig, Nikolai Gogol, but also “Crime Wave” and “The Insider” and even “La Haine”