The telos of this website, its abiding purpose, is a record of the things that I have read and watched. For the reasons undergirding this project see comments on cultural consumption.
2/1
— Gyorg Lukács, Theory of the Novel, 10 pp.
— F. Schlegel, “Letter on the Novel” in German Romantic Aesthetics
— Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Directed by George Lucas, with a screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, based on characters by George Lucas; starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, and Temuera Morrison.
2/2
— NYRB on Syria
— Finished The Theory of the Novel
— Curzio Malaparte, The Skin, 10 pp.
2/3
— Set It Off (1996)
Directed by F. Gary Gray, with a screenplay by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford; starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, and Blair Underwood.
— The Skin, 20 pp.
— Elaine Ecsu, Intangibles, 20 pp.
— Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education, 25 pp.
2/7
— The Truman Show (1998)
Directed by Peter Weir, with a screenplay by Andrew Niccol; starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, and Ed Harris.
— Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Directed by Rian Johnson, with a screenplay by Rian Johnson, based on characters by George Lucas; starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio del Toro.
2/8
— Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Directed by J.J. Abrams, with a screenplay by Chris Terrio and J.J. Abrams, based on characters by George Lucas; starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams.
— The Beast Must Die (1953)
Directed and written by Román Viñoly Barreto with Alexis de Arancibia, based on the novel by Nicholas Blake; starring Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Laura Hidalgo, Guillermo Battaglia, and Milagros de la Vega.
2/9
— The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White; starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Naunton Wayne, and Basil Radford.
— Flaubert, 15 pp.
2/10
— Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Directed by Shaka King, with a screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King, based on a story by Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas, Will Berson, and Shaka King; starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, and Martin Sheen.
2/11
— 2012 (2009)
Directed by Roland Emmerich, with a screenplay by Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser; starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson.
— Flaubert, 20 pp.
2/12
— Hoot (2006)
Directed by Wil Shriner, with a screenplay by Wil Shriner, based on the novel Hoot by Carl Hiaasen; starring Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Cody Linley, Tim Blake Nelson, Luke Wilson, and Kristin Chenoweth.
— Flaubert, 20 pp.
2/14
— Secrets & Lies (1996)
Directed by Mike Leigh, with a screenplay by Leigh; starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
— Flaubert, 25 pp.
2/15
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2/16
— Something Wild (1996)
Directed by Jonathan Demme, written by ; starring Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, and