Coen Brothers

July 2024: Reading, Watching

Greatest hits: the Netflix Ripley series, “Blood and Wine” with Jack Nicholson, “Geology: A Very Short Introduction.”
Lowest lows: “The Flash.” What facile bollocks.

2024-08-02
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Manic March 2024 Reading, Writing

David Graeber’s “The Utopia of Rules,” Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games,” Ida Lupino in “Women’s Prison.” Is it too late to punish the writers of “Road House”?

2024-04-03
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Ominous October 2023 Reading/Writing

Little aliens deeply impressed by the British Invasion arrived in Philadelphia, begged me to read and watch through October.

2023-11-02
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Heatedly Read, Watched: Boring June 2022

Heatedly read and viewed during June 2022, including José Rizal’s "Noli Me Tangere," Don Siegel’s "The Lineup" (1958), and "Wanda" (1975)

2022-07-02
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

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.