Starting off the new year with that Lubitsch Touch with the 1930 film Monte Carlo on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
My favourite 15 films of 2024 were: Civil War, Faye, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Janet Planet, Black Box Diaries, When the Light Breaks, Bird, Julie Keeps Quiet, Dahomey, Bob Trevino Likes It, The Substance, I Saw the TV Glow, Blink Twice, Kinds of Kindness, and A Different Man.
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In 2024 I logged 373 films with over 70% being first time views. The most popular actors I watched were Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemon, Margaret Qualley, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robert Mitchum. 🎥
Every day I try to write at least 750 Words on the site of the same name. It’s been the place where I get most of my writing done and it’s where I write the reviews of all of the films that I watch.
My top albums of 2024 were: Only God Was Above Us, Wall of Eyes, Sunday Morning Put On, The Past is Still Alive, Soft Tissue, She Told Me Where to Go, Cutouts, Yoshime Battles the Pink Robots, Palomino, and Europe. 🎵
According to Apple Music my top artists of 2024 were: The Smile, Andrew Bird, Vampire Weekend, First Aid Kit, and Talking Heads. 🎵
Happy New Year! 🥳
I went to bed before midnight and slept in a bit which was a good choice.
Watching Frank Capra’s brilliant and complex 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life yet again. 🎥
I really like the rainbow wash of the updated Siri. It also seems to work better and understand and provide better information without as much confusion as before.
Signed up for the livestream of the generative Brian Eno documentary from Gary Hustwit and really looking forward to it. Stream the Eno documentary worldwide — Oh You Pretty Things