Soderblog

SEEN, READ 2020

Mr/Dr Soderbergh @ 2021-01-05

All caps, bold: MOVIE

All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*

All caps: TV SERIES

Italics: Book

Quotation marks: “Play”

Italics, quotation marks: “Short Story”


01/01 LES MISERABLES (’19)

01/02 Cassandra at the Wedding, Dorothy Baker

01/03 SERVANT

01/04 The Mills Bomb, Clive Egleton, THE LADYKILLERS (’55)

01/06 BELOW DECK

01/17 APOCALYPSE NOW (Theatrical)

01/08 WAVES

01/09 The Man in the Brown Suit, Agatha Christie

01/10 LE BONHEUR, AIRPORT

01/11 LET THEM ALL TALK

01/14 BELOW DECK, THE V.I.P.s

01/15 Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises, Jodie Adams Kirshner

01/16 Lookaway Lookaway, Wilton Barnhardt

01/17 DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB, SERVANT, CHINATOWN

01/18 Topics of Conversation, Miranda Popkey, KILLER INSIDE: THE MIND OF AARON HERNANDEZ (3)

01/19 Joe Alves: Designing Jaws, Dennis L. Prince, A long time ago in a cutting room far, far away…., Paul Hirsch, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, RASHOMON

01/20 ANIMA*, WHAT DID JACK DO?*, BELOW DECK

01/21 FORTUNE FEIMSTER: SWEET & SALTY

01/24 SHRILL (2), AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, OUR MAN IN HAVANA

01/25 SHRILL (2), A FACE IN THE CROWD

01/26 THE WORLD’S MOST EXTREME CONSTRUCTION, TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN

01/28 Vanishing New York, Jeremiah Moss, BELOW DECK, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW

01/29 SHRILL (2), TRIPLE CROSS (’66)

01/30 NORA IS AWKWAFINA FROM QUEENS, SHRILL (2), JAWS

01/31 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, HONEYLAND, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

02/01 OUR MAN IN HAVANA

02/02 SUPER BOWL LIV

02/03 BELOW DECK, FUGITIVE CEO: THE CARLOS GHOSN STORY, MCMILLIONS

02/04 Family Lexicon, Natalia Ginzburg, TOM PAPA: YOU’RE DOING GREAT, BELOW DECK: SAILING YACHT, GOLDFINGER

02/07 The Big Goodbye, Sam Wasson

02/08 Breakfast at Tiffany’s, “House of Flowers”, “A Diamond Guitar”, “A Christmas Memory”, Truman Capote, THE HOTEL INSPECTOR, AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, SEPARATE TABLES

02/09 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, THE HOTEL INSPECTOR, THE HAUNTING (’63)

02/10 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT, MCMILLIONS

02/11 THE PHARMACIST (4)

02/12 SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO: STAY HUNGRY, THE HOTEL INSPECTOR, FRENZY, AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, THE MALTESE FALCON

02/13 THE SLENDER THREAD

02/14 THE VERDICT, DATELINE

02/15 FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (2), THE BAD SLEEP WELL, THE INNOCENTS (’61), Weather, Jenny Offills

02/16 Dept. of Speculation, Jenny Offills

02/19 Boys and Sex, Peggy Orenstein, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, MCMILLIONS

02/20 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT

02/21 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS

02/22 An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison, FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (2), MAGNET OF DOOM, WILDER V FURY II, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

02/23 FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (4), CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, BETTER CALL SAUL

02/24 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT, MCMILLIONS

02/25 BETTER CALL SAUL, A MOUTHFUL OF AIR

02/27 “Kid Positive”, Adam Levin

02/28 KING CREOLE, FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (6)

02/29 SHAMPOO, FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (4), TOOTSIE

03/01 I’M YOUR WOMAN, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

03/02 Sometimes Brilliant, Larry Brilliant

03/06 BETTER CALL SAUL, MCMILLIONS, DEVS (2)

03/07 The Jetsetters, Amanda Eyre Ward, AWKWFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT

03/08 PLAYTIME

03/09 THE VANDAL*, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, SLOW BURN

03/11 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT, MCMILLIONS, Slow Horses, Mick Herron

03/12 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, DEVS

03/13 CICADA 3301: AN INTERNET MYSTERY, AMERICAN GREED

03/14 COLOR OUT OF SPACE, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

03/15 CITIZEN KANE, DIRTY MONEY: THE MAN AT THE TOP. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

03/16 THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT, DIRTY MONEY: DIRTY GOLD, The Velvet Rope Economy, Nelson D. Schwartz

03/17 BERT KREISCHER: HEY BIG BOY

03/18 GOODFELLAS

03/19 BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC, AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, DEVS

03/20 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2)

03/21 TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS, The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel, MANK

03/22 TOUCH OF EVIL (Theatrical), TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell

03/23 MANK, IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT

03/24 TOM SEGURA: BALL HOG, BETTER CALL SAUL

03/25 48 HOURS, VON RYAN’S EXPRESS, TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS, NORA IS AWKWAFINA FROM QUEENS

03/26 HEAVEN’S GATE: THE BUTCHER’S CUT REDUX, TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS (2), DEVS

03/27 TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS (2)

03/28 The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson, AN OFFICER AND A SPY

03/29 DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES, A LETTER TO THREE WIVES, THE FALLEN IDOL

03/30 Actress, Anne Enright, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT

03/31 ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE THICK OF IT (3)

04/01 THE HUNGER, THE THICK OF IT (2)

04/02 DEVS, A DANDY IN ASPIC, IF….

04/03 48 HRS, THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2)

04/04 LOUIS C.K.: SINCERELY, THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2), NETWORK

04/05 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT

04/06 THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT, THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT

04/07 THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, BETTER CALL SAUL, CITIZEN K, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME

04/08 THE COUNTESS AND THE RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE, REAL CRIME: SUPERMARKET HEIST, TWIN

04/09 DEVS, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (’19), THE SACRIFICE, ACCIDENT

04/10 NOTES ON THE MAKING OF BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ: A MEGAMOVIE AND ITS STORY, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, 88 THOUSAND SUSPECTS, A DOUBLE TOUR

04/11 THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR, “Fleabag”, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

04/12 IT FELT LIKE LOVE, THREE WIVES ONE HUSBAND, RUN

04/13 QUIZ, BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT

04/14 QUIZ, BETTER CALL SAUL

04/15 QUIZ, THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS

04/16 ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T, DEVS, CHRIS D’ELIA: NO PAIN, MRS. AMERICA (3)

04/17 LAURA, DATELINE

04/18 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, HOME (2), GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT, CALL MY AGENT, 48 HOURS

04/19 NIGHT AND THE CITY (’50), BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2), CALL MY AGENT (2), WINTER KILLS

04/20 CALL MY AGENT (3)

04/21 CALL MY AGENT (3), BETTER CALL SAUL

04/22 CALL MY AGENT (2), BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ

04/23 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, CALL MY AGENT, THE LAST DANCE

04/24 CALL MY AGENT, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, THE LAST DANCE

04/25 CALL MY AGENT (2), SAINT JACK

04/26 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, THE BEASTIE BOYS STORY

04/27 THE LAST DANCE (2), HOME

04/28 Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami, HIDDEN AGENDA

04/29 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, THE ASSISTANT, DAVE

04/30 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, DAVE (2), CARLOS PART ONE, AFTER LIFE (2)

05/01 AFTER LIFE (2), FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, DAVE

05/02 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2), AFTER LIFE (2), MANK, ELECTION

05/03 DAVE, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ

05/04 THE LAST DANCE (2)

05/05 Forty-One False Starts, Janet Malcolm, JERRY SEINFELD: 23 HOURS TO KILL, DAVE, CARLOS PART TWO

05/06 DAVE, THE LODGE

05/07 DAVE, GREED (’19), If I Had Your Face, Frances Cha

05/08 DAVE, INCITEMENT

05/09 ACE IN THE HOLE, DATELINE

05/10 Nobody’s Looking at You, Janet Malcolm, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE LAST DANCE (2)

05/11 UNFORGIVEN

05/12 NEWGRANGE: IRELAND’S ANCIENT MYSTERY

05/13 The Sword and the Shield, Peniel E. Joseph, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE

05/14 GET CARTER (’71), REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE

05/15 WINGS (’66), HOUSE OF BAMBOO, GORILLA AT LARGE, DATELINE

05/16 THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS

05/17 THE HARDER THEY FALL, CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE, THE LAST DANCE (2), BREWSTER MCCLOUD

05/18 CAPE FEAR (’62)

05/19 MRS. AMERICA (3), Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth, Benjamin Taylor, THE VAST OF NIGHT, PATTON OSWALT: I LOVE EVERYTHING

05/20 FIRE (POZAR)*, THE CHINA HUSTLE

05/21 MRS. AMERICA (3), Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Cho Nam-Joo, EXTRACTION

05/22 BAD EDUCATION (’20), AKA JANE ROE

05/23 MRS. AMERICA (2), INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION, THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF

05/24 CORNERED, Then the Fish Swallowed Him, Amir Ahmadi Arian, HANG UPS (2), THE STAR (’52), LANCE PART ONE

05/25 DAISY MILLER, HANG UPS (2), THE OSCAR

05/26 HANG UPS (2), INTERPOL CALLING, EPISODES

05/27 EPISODES, JEFFREY EPSTEIN: FILTHY RICH (4), I’M ALL RIGHT, JACK

05/28 EPISODES (3)

05/29 The Motion of the Body Through Space, Lionel Shriver, EPISODES (2), HANNAH GADSBY: DOUGLAS, DATELINE

05/30 EPISODES (4), THE RED SHOES, Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original, Mitchell Nathanson

05/31 The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Sports, Ben Cohen, EPISODES (3), LANCE PART TWO

06/01 RICK AND MORTY (2), EPISODES (3)

06/02 RICK AND MORTY (2), BELOW DECK, EPISODES (2)

06/03 RICK AND MORTY (2), EPISODES (4)

06/04 MR. KNEFF, EPISODES (2)

06/05 LAUREL CANYON, EPISODES (4), 

06/06 MRS. AMERICA (3), THIS COUNTRY (2), EPISODES (2), ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ

06/07 EPISODES (4), OUT OF THE PAST, MAD MAX

06/08 BELOW DECK, EPISODES (2)

06/09 THIS COUNTRY, I MAY DESTROY YOU, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN

06/10 BE WATER

06/12 DA 5 BLOODS, THIS COUNTRY, DUCK SOUP

06/13 ON THE RECORD, HARDCORE

06/14 THE SALIBURY POISONINGS, THE DEVIL WITHIN HER

06/15 RICK AND MORTY (2), I MAY DESTROY YOU, THE SALISBURY POISONINGS, BELOW DECK

06/16 THE SALISBURY POISONINGS, MURDER IN THE OUTBACK (3)

06/17 MURDER IN THE OUTBACK

06/18 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

06/19 THIS WAY UP (2), YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT, A MESSAGE FROM THE FIRST LADY

06/20 PUSHOVER, THE WICKER MAN (’75)

06/21 Exciting Times, Naoise Dolan, STAGED, 7500

06/22 I MAY DESTROY YOU, STAGED (2), BELOW DECK, DATELINE

06/23 STAGED (2), IN A LONELY PLACE

06/24 ATHLETE A

06/25 GAMEFACE (2)

06/26 Made Men: The Story of GoodFellas, Glenn Kenny, THE OMEN (’76), PANIC ROOM

06/27 JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY, DOUBLE INDEMNITY

06/28 A Burning, Megda Majumdar, THE DAMNED (’61), GAMEFACE

06/29 I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, BELOW DECK

06/30 SWEET CHARITY

07/01 THE BUREAU (2)

07/02 I MAY DESTROY YOU, THE BUREAU (3)

07/03 THE TRUTH

07/04 Friends and Strangers, J. Courtney Sullivan, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2), LIBEL

07/05 What’s Left of Me Is Yours, Stephanie Scott, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2), I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK

07/06 BELOW DECK

07/07 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2)

07/10 THE LOST BOYS

07/11 TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM, PERFORMANCE, PALM SPRINGS

07/12 I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK

07/13 SEARCH PARTY (3), BELOW DECK, THE GODFATHER

07/14 Too Much and Never Enough, Mary L. Trump

07/15 LES RENDES-VOUZ D’ANNA, SEARCH PARTY (6)

07/16 SEARCH PARTY (3)

07/17 SEARCH PARTY (2), THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (’68)

07/18 SEARCH PARTY (3), THE GODFATHER PART II

07/19 SEARCH PARTY (3), I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK

07/20 SEARCH PARTY (3), BELOW DECK

07/21 STRASBOURG 1518*, Utopia Avenue, David Mitchell

07/22 FEAR CITY (2), THE BOSTON STRANGLER

07/24 THE SCHEME

07/25 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2), MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (’55)

07/26 Notes on a Silencing, Lacy Crawford, SECONDS, FEAR CITY, I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK

07/27 GILDA, BELOW DECK

07/28 Intimations, Zadie Smith, AMERICAN GREED

08/01 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2), BLACK IS KING, SMASH-UP: THE STORY OF A WOMAN

08/02 The Way the World Works, Nicholson Baker, WHERE DANGER LIVES, TOKYO OLYMPIAD

08/03 I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, BELOW DECK, EARTHQUAKE

08/04 HANNIBAL BURESS: MIAMI NIGHTS

08/05 TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN

08/06 THE WEIGHT OF GOLD

08/07 THE MATRIX

08/09 It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens, I MAY DESTROY YOU, ALL ABOUT EVE

08/10 I MAY DESTROY YOU, BELOW DECK

08/12 PEYTON PLACE

08/15 MRS. AMERICA, THE OUTRAGE, EXECUTIVE SUITE

08/16 TREAD

08/17 CHARADE, BELOW DECK

08/18 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2)

08/19 RED PENGUINS

08/20 Stanley Kubrick, David Mikics

08/21 DIRTY DANCING, THE VOW (2)

08/22 RICK AND MORTY, THE VOW (2), REDS

08/23 THE VOW (3)

08/24 BELOW DECK

08/25 COUP 53

08/26 THE VOW

08/27 No Room at the Morgue, Jean-Patrick Manchette, JOHN WAS TRYING TO CONTACT ALIENS*, WUTHERING HEIGHTS (’39)

08/28 GLITTER

08/30 SKYJACKED

08/31 LOVE FRAUD, BELOW DECK

09/01 I HATE SUZIE (2), THE HAUNTING (’63)

09/02 I HATE SUZIE

09/03 ZERO ZERO ZERO

09/04 I HATE SUZIE

09/05 Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen, 1941, I HATE SUZIE (2)

09/06 I HATE SUZIE, LOVE FRAUD

09/07 THE WAY OF ALL FLESH, BELOW DECK

09/09 CABARET

09/10 ALL THAT JAZZ

09/12 PARANOIC, DATELINE

09/13 LOVE FRAUD

09/14 CAST A DARK SHADOW, BELOW DECK, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS

09/17 CUTIES

09/18 PEN15 (3)

09/21 BILLY LIAR

09/23 The Disaster Tourist, Yun Ko-Eun, OUR MAN IN HAVANA, THE HUSTLER

09/27 IN COLD BLOOD

09/28 Begin principal photography on NO SUDDEN MOVE

10/08 BIGGER THAN LIFE

10/09 PEN15 (4)

10/10 THE PHENOMENON, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Theatrical)

10/11 TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL

10/14 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

10/17 THE OSCAR

10/23 THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

10/24 THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE

10/31 NOTORIOUS

11/01 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2)

11/13 BELOW DECK

11/14 NO SUDDEN MOVE

11/16 The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, Christopher Beha, MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH

11/17 Monogamy, Sue Miller

11/18 ON THE ROCKS

11/19 THE BILLION DOLLAR ART HUNT, THE SECRET HISTORY OF WRITING—FROM PICTURES INTO WORDS, THE NI’IHAU INCIDENT

11/21 The Death of Vivek Oji, Akwaeke Emezi, HAROLD PINTER: ART, TRUTH & POLITICS, RUN, OLD BOYFRIENDS

11/22 Borges and Me, Jay Parini, MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH

11/24 ANTONIO GAUDI (’84), THE MIDNIGHT SKY

11/25 WILD IN THE STREETS, ASSASSINS (’20)

11/26 THE MYSTERY OF DB COOPER, SEINFELD, TROUBLE IN PARADISE

11/27 WEREWOLF (’16), THE NEST, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

11/28 DATELINE, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT,  A Fine Romance, Candice Bergen

11/29 INDISCREET

12/01 WHEN THE CITY SLEEPS

12/02 THE DISSIDENT

12/03 CARMEL: WHO KILLED MARIA MARTA

12/04 MANK

12/05 CARMEL: WHO KILLED MARIA MARTA (3), HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (SMALL TALK)

12/06 MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH, THE DAMNED DON’T CRY

12/08 ROOM 2805 (4)

12/09 Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads, David Rundell, HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (PUT UP SCAFFOLDING), MOTHER (’09)

12/11 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY, PROTECT YOUR FURNITURE), COLLECTIVE

12/12 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (SPLIT A CHECK, COOK A PERFECT RISOTTO), THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

12/13 Far From Respectable, Daniel Oppenheimer

12/14 THE PUMPKIN EATER, THE GAME

12/15 CHERRY, THE FORTY YEAR-OLD VERSION

12/16 ANOTHER ROUND

12/17 Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life, John Gray, DIEGO MARADONA

12/18 AUTUMN LEAVES, NOMADLAND

12/19 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyan, TIME, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, JACQUELINE SUSANN’S ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH

12/20 FRENCH EXIT, THE SHOOTING PARTY

12/21 Mantel Pieces, Hilary Mantel, SMALL AXE: LOVERS ROCK

12/22 PIECES OF A WOMAN, THE BRONZE

12/23 TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD

12/24 A Certain Hunger, Chelsea G. Summer, THE HOSPITAL, #GEORGEWASHINGTON*

12/25 L’AVVENTURA, WONDER WOMAN (’75), MYSTERY SUBMARINE, WRITTEN ON THE WIND

12/26 FOLLOW ME, DIE HARD, THE LEOPARD

12/27 DEATH TO 2020, The Searcher, Tana French

12/28 THE NAKED TRUTH, DATELINE

12/29 MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, The Nine Lives of Pakistan, Declan Walsh, BRITAIN’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES, SMALL AXE: EDUCATION, COLLATERAL

12/30 PSYCHO (’60)

12/31 Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, SUNSET BOULEVARD


VINYL 

CAN YOU DIG IT? VOLUME TWO  Various Artists

SYMPHONY NO. 9  Gustav Mahler

THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER  J.S. Bach/Glenn Gould

THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR  Soundtrack Herbie Hancock

THIS YEAR’S MODEL  Elvis Costello and the Attractions

MERRY CHRISTMAS  Mariah Carey