In February 2022 I started reading “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “Odyssey”, watched “The Killing” (1956) and other things like the Russian film “T-34”
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Lasciviously Read & Watched: January 2022
Each of books and films lasciviously read and watched (respectively) during the first month of the 2022nd year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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- 2022-02-06
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Happily Read and Watched: December 2021
Didn’t do much mountain biking, but I read and watched “Alien Resurrection,” Cynthia Ozick’s “Trust,” Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1”, Italian Neo-Realism, etc.
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- 2022-01-05
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What was read and viewed during the sad, bad month of November 2021
Was it a sad, bad month, November? I read Athan Theoharis' "Abuse of Power", watched "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" (2019) and "The Lusty Men" (1952)
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- 2021-12-04
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Read, Viewed: October 2021
When you begin the month with a film like "Incendies," it’s downhill for the remaining 30 days. Luckily I started reading "Trust."
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- 2021-11-02
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Read, Viewed: September 2021
During September I finished reading "Shadow of the Torturer" a short story by Adalbert Stifter, luminary of 19th century German literature, and watched "Forbidden Games."
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- 2021-10-10
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Read, Viewed: August 2021
Moments of grace: finishing Lois Lowry’s "Number the Stars," Edith Wharton’s "Ethan Frome", and viewing again the 2000 film "Sexy Beast."
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- 2021-09-04
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Read & Viewed: July 2021
What I read—James. M Cain, Galileo—was more memorable than what I viewed—”The Glory Stompers,” “Marnie”—during the month of July. The former does not include “Portnoy’s Complaint.”
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- 2021-08-03
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Read, Viewed: June 2021
In June, read Cain’s “Serenade,” watched Bogart’s “Sahara” (1943), carefully perused Red Sonja, and erred into surprising reflections on time and history in “Star Trek.”
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- 2021-07-04
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May 2021 Reading and Viewing: Glorious Consumption, Indeed
Any month (like May) that includes a viewing of “Miller’s Crossing” and a reading of Schiller’s “Don Carlos” is a monument to glorious, edifying cultural consumption.
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- 2021-06-02
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Read and Viewed: April 2021
April truly was the cruellest month, but only because I read not a word of T.S. Eliot.
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- 2021-05-06
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Read and Watched: March 2021
Black history month extended 60 days, at least, reading through Mary Shelley and seeing my first Dick Powell film …
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- 2021-04-01
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Read, Viewed: Black History Month 2021
What I read and viewed during February, the month we devote in the land of freedom to Black History, in our feeble attempts to make reparations for centuries of slavery
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- 2021-02-26
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Black History Month 2021: Consumed
Each year Black History month is another chance to own up to the failures of America, to learn about those who endured and transcended them.
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- 2021-02-05
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Read, Viewed: January 2021
January 2021 inaugurated both a new year and (Gott sei Dank!!!) a new president, during which I read and watched “Vertigo,” Stanley Cavell, “Signs,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and others.
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- 2021-02-02
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