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.
October 29th – November 1st
— Sherlock (2010–2017), Season 1, Episode 1 “A Study in Pink,” aired July 25, 2010 on BBC One. Directed by Paul McGuigan ; written by [Steven Moffat](https://en.wikipedia doesn’t yet have a dedicated page for him? Actually he does, so link) (so: Steven Moffat).
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves.
— Sherlock, Season 1, Episode 2 “The Blind Banker,” aired August 1, 2010 on BBC One. Directed by Euros Lyn ; written by Stephen Thompson.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves.
— Sherlock, Season 1, Episode 3 “The Great Game,” aired August 8, 2010 on BBC One. Directed by Paul McGuigan ; written by Mark Gatiss.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves.
— Sherlock, Season 2, Episode 1 “A Scandal in Belgravia,” aired January 1, 2012 on BBC One. Directed by Paul McGuigan ; written by Steven Moffat.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves.
— Sherlock, Season 2, Episode 2 “The Hounds of Baskerville,” aired January 8, 2012 on BBC One. Directed by Paul McGuigan ; written by Mark Gatiss. (Wikipedia)
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves.
— Sherlock, Season 2, Episode 3 “The Reichenbach Fall,” aired January 15, 2012 on BBC One. Directed by Toby Haynes ; written by Stephen Thompson. (Wikipedia)
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves.
November 2nd
— Jed Perl, “Impassioned Ferocity“, New York Review of Books, Nov. 6, 2025
I’ve read many, many essays in the NYRB — having been a reader for at least 15 years — and it’s been a significant influence on my thinking. Particularly as I am lacking exchange with like-minded others and the intellectual atmosphere in which some of these questions would otherwise arise (or so I like to imagine).
This essay was salient because it spoke to what I do on this website. And I often wonder what it is that I do and why do I do it. Should I keep doing it.
On the most basic level it’s an exercise and I engage in it for that reason, just as I ride. Consuming all of these productions and not pausing to tease out the details and give them some further attention. That feels like a life lived asleep. Writing is the way that I stop myself and address this thing before me.
November 7th
— The Terminator (1984)
Directed by James Cameron; written by James Cameron.
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, and Earl Boen.
Released in the United States on October 26, 1984.
— Science of Reading, 10 pp.
November 8th
— Black Angel (1946)
Directed by Roy William Neill; written by Jonathan Latimer and Steve Fisher.
Starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Fay Helm, and Barbara Bedford.
Released in the United States on November 20, 1946.
— Venom (2018)
Directed by Ruben Fleischer; written by Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, and Kelly Marcel.
Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott.
Released in the United States on October 5, 2018.
— Mandy (2018), first 20 minutes
Directed by Panos Cosmatos; written by Panos Cosmatos.
Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy, and Olwen Fouéré.
Released in the United States on September 14, 2018.
November 9th
— Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Directed by Taika Waititi; written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher L. Yost.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, and Anthony Hopkins.
Released in the United States on November 3, 2017.
November 10th
— Take the Money and Run (1969)
Directed by Woody Allen; written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose.
Starring Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde, and Lonny Chapman.
Released in the United States on August 18, 1969.
November 11th
— Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Directed by James Cameron; written by James Cameron and William Wisher Jr..
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, and Earl Boen.
Released in the United States on July 3, 1991.
November 14th
— Kill! (1968)
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto; screenplay by Akira Murao and Kihachi Okamoto, based on the novel Peaceful Days by Shūgorō Yamamoto.
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Akira Kubo, Shin Kishida, and Yoshio Tsuchiya.
Released in Japan on June 15, 1968.
November 16th
— Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), first 30 minutes
Directed by Taika Waititi; screenplay by Taika Waititi, based on the novel Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump.
Starring Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Oscar Kightley, and Rhys Darby.
Premiered at Sundance on January 22, 2016; released in New Zealand on March 31, 2016.
— Tokyo Story (1953), first hour
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu; written by Kogo Noda and Yasujirō Ozu.
Starring Chishū Ryū, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura, and Kyōko Kagawa.
Released in Japan on November 3, 1953.