SEEN/READ IN 2024
Inspired by one of my favorite filmmakers, Steven Soderbergh, here is a comprehensive diary of everything I watched and read in 2024.
All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
All caps: TV SERIES (# of episodes)
Italics: Book, Author
Quotation marks: “Play,” Author
01/01 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (’11)
01/02 THE IRON CLAW
01/03 THE CURSE
01/04 THE MASK*
01/05 The Defining Decade, Meg Jay
01/07 INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, THE CURSE
01/08 BLACKBERRY
01/09 BETTER THINGS (2)
01/10 SCENE*, BETTER THINGS
01/12 THE CURSE
01/13 BETTER THINGS
01/15 BETTER THINGS
01/16 THE GRIFTERS
01/19 HUSBANDS
01/20 The Bee Sting, Paul Murray, INDUSTRY
01/21 AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
01/22 INDUSTRY
01/26 FANTASTIC PLANET
01/27 A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, INDUSTRY
01/30 INDUSTRY
02/01 THE IMMIGRANT, INDUSTRY
02/03 Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, Robert M. Sapolsky, FALLEN LEAVES
02/04 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
02/05 INDUSTRY
02/06 Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
02/07 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, INDUSTRY
02/10 GLORY, THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP
02/11 SUPER BOWL LVIII, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
02/12 INCEPTION, INDUSTRY
02/15 Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar, INDUSTRY
02/18 Hits, Flops and Other Illusions, Ed Zwick
02/19 BIRTH
02/24 INDUSTRY
02/25 PRISCILLA, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2)
02/26 RORY SCOVEL: SEX, RELIGION, AND A FEW THINGS IN BETWEEN
02/27 INDUSTRY
03/03 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, BLUEY (3)
03/05 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
03/09 INDUSTRY
03/10 THE 96TH OSCARS
03/11 Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris, I’M NOT THERE
03/12 GREEN PORNO: WHY VAGINA?*, MAMMAS: HAMSTER*, BLUEY, CRUISING
03/16 LAST ACTION HERO
03/17 DUNE: PART TWO
03/18 INDUSTRY
03/19 Burn Book, Kara Swisher, HANNAH HA HA, ACTUAL PEOPLE
03/22 THE MASTER
03/23 QUIET ON THE SET: THE DARK SIDE OF KIDS TV (4)
03/25 INDUSTRY
03/26 FREE TIME
03/27 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/28 James, Percival Everett, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2)
03/31 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
04/02 INDUSTRY
04/05 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
04/06 THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (’99), MIKEY AND NICKY
04/08 ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US
04/13 BASQUIAT, BLUEY (2)
04/16 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
04/17 INDUSTRY
04/20 RIPLEY, DAVE HILL: THE PRIDE OF CLEVELAND
04/21 OUT OF SIGHT, YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
04/23 RIPLEY
04/26 BABY REINDEER
04/27 BABY REINDEER (3)
04/28 BABY REINDEER (3), Mike Nichols: A Life, Mark Harris, RIPLEY
05/01 RIPLEY, BLUEY
05/02 CHALLENGERS
05/03 HACKS
05/04 HACKS, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story, Sam Wasson
05/09 LEGALLY BLONDE
05/10 HACKS
05/11 HACKS
05/12 JOHN MULANEY PRESENTS: EVERYBODY’S IN L.A.
05/13 THE ARTIFICE GIRL, ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
05/16 HACKS (2)
05/17 JOHN MULANEY PRESENTS: EVERYBODY’S IN L.A.
05/18 Begin principal photography on HAMILTON HOUSE (First leg)
05/22 JOHN MULANEY PRESENTS: EVERYBODY’S IN L.A.
05/23 HACKS (2)
05/24 Knife, Salman Rushdie, THE INSIDER
05/27 Wrap principal photography on HAMILTON HOUSE (First leg)
05/30 JOHN MULANEY PRESENTS: EVERYBODY’S IN L.A., HACKS
06/01 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
06/02 CIVIL WAR
06/03 HARDCORE
06/07 Blood, Sweat & Chrome, Kyle Buchanan
06/09 BLUEY (2)
06/11 HIT MAN
06/14 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
06/15 FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
06/20 RIPLEY (2), BLUEY (2)
06/21 RIPLEY
06/22 RIPLEY
06/24 RATATOUILLE
06/28 THE BEAR (2)
06/29 THE BEAR (3)
07/01 RIDE (’24), THE BEAR
07/02 ADAPTATION., THE BEAR
07/03 BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS
07/06 THE BEAR
07/07 THE BEAR (2)
07/12 EILEEN
07/17 SHOGUN
07/19 TWISTERS
07/20 THE FIRST WIVES CLUB
07/26 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
07/30 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS
08/01 SHOGUN
08/02 25TH HOUR
08/03 STATE AND MAIN
08/05 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS
08/07 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS
08/08 SIMONE BILES RISING
08/09 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS
08/10 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS, JACK GOES BOATING
08/11 ONE HOUR PHOTO, INDUSTRY
08/12 SHOGUN (2)
08/16 Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead, SHOGUN
08/18 LONGLEGS
08/24 INDUSTRY
08/31 THE GODFATHER
09/02 THE GODFATHER PART II
09/06 INDUSTRY
09/07 INDUSTRY
09/08 SHOGUN
09/10 In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado
09/11 INDUSTRY, SHOGUN
09/12 I USED TO BE FUNNY
09/13 SING SING
09/14 SHOGUN, BLUEY
09/15 INDUSTRY
09/16 THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE
09/18 SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
09/19 When the Clock Broke, John Ganz
09/20 SHOGUN
09/22 INDUSTRY
09/23 REBEL RIDGE
09/24 THE SUBSTANCE
09/25 MR. MCMAHON (2)
09/26 MR. MCMAHON
09/27 MR. MCMAHON
09/28 MR. MCMAHON
09/29 MR. MCMAHON
10/01 The Sellout, Paul Beatty, MEGALOPOLIS
10/02 INDUSTRY
10/03 SHOGUN
10/04 HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
10/05 SIMONE BILES RISING
10/07 “Caveman in a Spaceship,” Dave Hill, WISE GUY: DAVID CHASE AND THE SOPRANOS
10/12 Begin principal photography on HAMILTON HOUSE (Second leg)
10/13 WISE GUY: DAVID CHASE AND THE SOPRANOS
10/15 IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE
10/17 WILL & HARPER
10/21 The God of the Woods, Liz Moore, LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
10/23 BETTER THINGS (2)
10/25 BETTER THINGS (2)
10/28 BETTER THINGS
10/31 I SAW THE TV GLOW, BLUEY
11/01 BARTON FINK
11/02 THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
11/04 Wrap principal photography on HAMILTON HOUSE (Second leg)
11/05 Sonny Boy, Al Pacino
11/09 PANIC ROOM
11/11 LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
11/12 ANORA
11/15 CONCLAVE
11/16 EMILIA PÉREZ, BETTER THINGS
11/19 SAY NOTHING (2)
11/20 64 DAYS, SAY NOTHING (2)
11/21 SAY NOTHING (3), BETTER THINGS
11/22 JEOPARDY!, SAY NOTHING (2), BETTER THINGS
11/23 A REAL PAIN
11/24 A MOST WANTED MAN, DISCLAIMER
11/26 WICKED: PART ONE
11/27 DISCLAIMER
11/29 QUEER
11/30 DISCLAIMER
12/01 My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante, Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
12/02 BEATLES ’64
12/03 POWAQQATSI
12/06 BETTER THINGS, DISCLAIMER
12/08 DISCLAIMER
12/09 Health and Safety, Emily Witt
12/10 ANTHONY JESELNIK: BONES AND ALL
12/11 BETTER THINGS
12/12 TRAP, BETTER THINGS
12/13 MULHOLLAND DRIVE, BETTER THINGS
12/14 TWIN PEAKS (2), JAMIE FOXX: WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS…
12/16 Good Material, Dolly Alderton
12/17 DISCLAIMER
12/18 DISCLAIMER
12/20 BETTER THINGS
12/21 BLACK DOVES
12/22 MR. & MRS. SMITH
12/23 MR. & MRS. SMITH
12/24 THE BRUTALIST, JUROR #2, MR. & MRS. SMITH
12/25 DIE HARD, THE HOLIDAY
12/26 NICKEL BOYS
12/28 Viewfinder, John M. Chu and Jeremy McCarter, MR. & MRS. SMITH
12/29 THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, NEAL BRENNAN: CRAZY GOOD
12/30 HAMILTON HOUSE
12/31 YOUR FRIEND, NATE BARGATZE, NOSFERATU (‘24), APOCALYPSE NOW