SEEN/READ IN 2025
Inspired by one of my favorite filmmakers, Steven Soderbergh, here is a comprehensive diary of everything I watched and read in 2025.
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 HOURS, MR. & MRS. SMITH
01/02 MR. & MRS. SMITH, Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
01/03 DEAD CALM
01/04 MR. & MRS. SMITH (2), BETTER THINGS
01/06 HAMILTON HOUSE
01/07 BABYGIRL, BLACK DOVES (2)
01/09 BLACK DOVES
01/10 Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, BLACK DOVES (2)
01/11 MONA LISA
01/15 ERIN BROCKOVICH
01/16 PRESENCE
01/18 BLUE VELVET, SEVERANCE
01/19 A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
01/21 HAMILTON HOUSE, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
01/22 DIRTY POP: THE BOY BAND SCAM
01/25 DIRTY POP: THE BOY BAND SCAM
01/26 SEVERANCE, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, DIRTY POP: THE BOY BAND SCAM
01/27 SATURDAY NIGHT (’24)
01/29 THE FALL OF DIDDY, A DIFFERENT MAN
01/30 THE FALL OF DIDDY
01/31 SEVERANCE, THE FALL OF DIDDY
02/01 THE FALL OF DIDDY
02/02 BUNNYLOVR, SORRY, BABY, AN UPDATE FROM OUR FAMILY
02/03 AN UPDATE FROM OUR FAMILY (2), Ghosts, Dolly Alderton
02/05 THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
02/06 THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
02/07 SEVERANCE
02/09 SUPER BOWL LIX
02/10 INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
02/12 THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
02/15 SEVERANCE, FINAL DESTINATION
02/17 The Algebra of Wealth, Scott Galloway
02/19 THE WHITE LOTUS
02/21 SEVERANCE
02/25 THE WHITE LOTUS
02/28 INCIDENT*, SEPTEMBER 5
03/01 I’M STILL HERE (’24)
03/02 THE 97TH ACADEMY AWARDS, SEVERANCE
03/04 THE WHITE LOTUS
03/08 THE ACCOUNTANT
03/10 “Touch,” Lori Goodman, SEVERANCE, THE WHITE LOTUS
03/12 EVERYBODY’S LIVE WITH JOHN MULANEY
03/13 SNAKE EYES
03/16 THE WHITE LOTUS
03/17 SEVERANCE
03/18 HERETIC
03/19 SATURDAY NIGHT (’10)
03/20 LADIES & GENTLEMEN… 50 YEARS OF SNL MUSIC
03/21 SEVERANCE
03/23 THE WHITE LOTUS
03/24 THELMA (’24), ADOLESCENCE (2)
03/27 THE STUDIO (2)
03/28 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM
03/29 BLACK BAG
03/30 THE WHITE LOTUS
03/31 CROSSING DELANCEY
04/02 THE STUDIO
04/03 The Wedding People, Alison Espach
04/04 EVERYBODY’S LIVE WITH JOHN MULANEY
04/06 THE WHITE LOTUS
04/07 ANTHONY JESELNIK: BONES AND ALL, MICHAEL CLAYTON
04/09 THE STUDIO
04/10 HACKS (2), ADOLESCENCE
04/11 ADOLESCENCE
04/12 DROP, DYING FOR SEX
04/13 DYING FOR SEX (2), FINAL DESTINATION 2
04/16 THE DARK MONEY GAME
04/17 HACKS
04/18 THE STUDIO
04/20 SINNERS
04/22 MICKEY 17
04/24 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, Susan Morrison, HACKS, THE DARK MONEY GAME
04/25 INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
04/26 WARFARE
04/27 DYING FOR SEX (3), THE STUDIO, THE REHEARSAL
04/28 THE REHEARSAL, The Little Friend, Donna Tartt
04/29 The Sirens’ Call, Chris Hayes, FINAL DESTINATION 3
04/30 DYING FOR SEX (2), ANDOR (3), THE STUDIO
05/01 HACKS, ANDOR
05/02 12 ANGRY MEN (’57)
05/03 THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE
05/04 ANDOR, HAMILTON HOUSE
05/05 ANDOR, THE REHEARSAL, NBA PLAYOFFS
05/06 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/07 The Tell, Amy Griffin, NBA PLAYOFFS
05/08 HACKS
05/09 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/11 NBA PLAYOFFS, TOP FIVE
05/12 NBA PLAYOFFS, ON THE WATERFRONT
05/13 Catching the Big Fish, David Lynch, NBA PLAYOFFS, THE STUDIO, THE REHEARSAL
05/14 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/15 NBA PLAYOFFS, HACKS
05/16 HACKS
05/18 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/21 THE FINAL DESTINATION, FINAL DESTINATION 5, NBA PLAYOFFS
05/22 THE STUDIO, THE REHEARSAL
05/23 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/24 HACKS
05/25 FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, NBA PLAYOFFS
05/26 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/27 NBA PLAYOFFS
05/30 HACKS, ED WOOD
06/02 THE REHEARSAL
06/03 FRIENDSHIP
06/04 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING, MOUNTAINHEAD
06/06 The Names, Florence Knapp
06/08 SETH MEYERS: DAD MAN WALKING
06/10 BRING HER BACK
06/12 ANDOR
06/14 THE SCOUT (’25)
06/15 ARE WE GOOD?, ANDOR
06/17 ANDOR
06/18 ANDOR
06/19 HAMILTON HOUSE
06/20 Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid, ANDOR (2)
06/23 MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE GOOD LIFE, DEPT. Q (2)
06/25 DEPT. Q
06/26 DEPT. Q (2)
06/28 FLIGHT
06/29 “Sunset Blvd.,” Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
06/30 DEPT. Q
07/01 DEPT. Q
07/02 28 YEARS LATER
07/03 Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
07/04 DEPT. Q (2), THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
07/05 HAMILTON HOUSE
07/06 HAMILTON HOUSE (2)
07/07 SARAH SILVERMAN: POSTMORTEM
07/08 COMPANION, YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
07/09 YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
07/10 YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (2)
07/13 SUPERMAN (’25)
07/14 TOO MUCH
07/16 TOO MUCH (2)
07/17 YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
07/18 The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong
07/20 YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (2), SICARIO
07/22 HAPPY GILMORE
07/23 KILLER JOE
07/25 SOUTH PARK, YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (2)
07/26 TOO MUCH
07/28 HAPPY GILMORE 2, MIAMI VICE
07/29 TOGETHER (’25), AMY BRADLEY IS MISSING (2)
07/30 AMY BRADLEY IS MISSING
07/31 MATERIALISTS
08/01 HAMILTON HOUSE
08/02 THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!, THE NAKED GUN (’25), MARC MARON: PANICKED
08/03 Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams, TOO MUCH
08/04 TOO MUCH
08/06 TOO MUCH
08/07 TOO MUCH (2), EDDINGTON
08/08 SOUTH PARK, TOO MUCH, THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY
08/11 SHIFTY
08/12 WEAPONS
08/13 SHIFTY
08/14 F1
08/16 HIGHEST 2 LOWEST
08/23 SOUTH PARK, SHIFTY
08/24 Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozdi Adichie
08/28 THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD: HOW COMEDY WAS DESTROYED BY AN ANTI-REALITY DOOMSDAY CULT
08/30 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
08/31 BRIDGE OF SPIES, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, Allison Pataki, CASINO, THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD: JERRY SEINFELD’S ENTIRE WORLD IS FALLING APART
09/01 THE PITT (2)
09/02 HAMILTON HOUSE
09/03 SHIFTY
09/04 THE PITT
09/05 THE PITT (2)
09/06 THE PITT (2), HIGH AND LOW
09/07 THE PITT (2)
09/08 THE PITT (2), SOUTH PARK
09/11 THE PITT, SHIFTY
09/13 JAWS @ 50, THE PITT (2), FREAKY TALES
09/15 SUNSET BOULEVARD
09/16 Cher: The Memoir, Part 1, Cher, THE PITT
09/20 CITIZEN K, TASK (2)
09/21 NASHVILLE
09/23 TASK, FIT FOR TV: THE REALITY OF THE BIGGEST LOSER, SE7EN
09/24 Broken Country, Clare Leslie Hall
09/25 SOUTH PARK
09/26 HAMILTON HOUSE
09/27 FIT FOR TV: THE REALITY OF THE BIGGEST LOSER (2), BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
09/28 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
09/29 TASK
09/30 The Correspondent, Virginia Evans, THE LONG WALK
10/02 THAT MOMENT: MAGNOLIA DIARY, THE LOWDOWN (3)
10/03 THE DARK MONEY GAME
10/05 ANEMONE, TASK
10/06 HAMILTON HOUSE
10/07 HAMILTON HOUSE, BURN AFTER READING
10/08 THE OTHERS
10/09 HAMILTON HOUSE
10/10 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10/12 Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult, TASK, THE CHAIR COMPANY
10/13 HAMILTON HOUSE, THE FLY (’86)
10/14 THE FOG (’80)
10/17 SOUTH PARK, THE LOWDOWN
10/18 ROOFMAN
10/19 Who Knew, Barry Diller, THE DARK MONEY GAME, TASK, THE CHAIR COMPANY, THE LOWDOWN, THE BLACK PHONE
10/21 AFTER THE HUNT
10/22 BLACK PHONE 2
10/24 SHELBY OAKS, MR. SCORSESE (2)
10/25 MR. SCORSESE
10/26 THE CHAIR COMPANY
10/27 SORCERER, WORLD SERIES
10/28 THE MASTERMIND, WORLD SERIES
10/29 WORLD SERIES, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
10/30 MR. SCORSESE (2)
10/31 The Sisters, Jonas Hassen Khemiri
11/01 WORLD SERIES
11/02 SOUTH PARK, I LOVE LA, THE CHAIR COMPANY
11/03 BREWSTER MCCLOUD
11/04 IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
11/05 Future Boy, Michael J. Fox and Nelle Fortenberry, TANGO*
11/06 DON’T TRIP
11/08 NUREMBERG (’25), PLURIBUS (2)
11/09 INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, I LOVE LA, THE CHAIR COMPANY
11/10 THE RUNNING MAN (’87)
11/11 BLUE MOON
11/15 PLURIBUS, SOUTH PARK
11/16 FRANKENSTEIN (’25)
11/17 BUGONIA
11/18 I LOVE LA, THE CHAIR COMPANY, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
11/21 The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, PLURIBUS, THE LOWDOWN
11/23 The Devil in the White City, Erik Larsen
11/26 THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
11/27 WICKED: FOR GOOD, HAIL, CAESAR!, THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
11/28 THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY (2), PLURIBUS
11/29 It Never Ends, Tom Scharpling, THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY (2)
11/30 THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY (3)
12/01 I LOVE LA (2), THE CHAIR COMPANY (2)
12/03 TRAIN DREAMS
12/04 ALL WE CAN DO*
12/05 JAY KELLY, PLURIBUS
12/08 I LOVE LA, LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ (3)
12/09 SENTIMENTAL VALUE
12/11 LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ (3), DEATH BY LIGHTNING (2)
12/12 DEATH BY LIGHTNING
12/13 DEATH BY LIGHTNING
12/14 PLURIBUS
12/15 I LOVE LA, THE PRINCESS BRIDE
12/18 HAMILTON HOUSE, THE SURE THING
12/19 THE LOWDOWN (2), HARD BOILED, DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE UNSTOPPABLE…
12/20 WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
12/21 HAMNET, The Director, Daniel Kehlmann
12/22 HAMILTON HOUSE, PLURIBUS, I LOVE LA
12/23 ETERNITY (’25), MEGADOC
12/24 MARTY SUPREME, PLURIBUS
12/25 NBA BASKETBALL, SONG SUNG BLUE, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
12/26 THE APARTMENT
12/27 SOUTH PARK (2)
12/28 A Marriage at Sea, Sophie Elmhirst, SKIT
12/29 BREATHLESS
12/30 THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes, SARAH SQUIRM: LIVE + IN THE FLESH
12/31 ROBBY HOFFMAN: WAKE UP, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, WITNESS