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SEEN, READ 2025

Mr/Dr Soderbergh @ 2026-01-02

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 The Possession, Annie Ernaux, AVIICI I’M TIM

01/02 The Making of Star Wars, A.J. Rinzler, THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (B&W)

01/03 THE AGENCY, 2025 WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP

01/04 HARD TRUTHS

01/05 THE GODFATHER

01/06 Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth Century Novel, Edwin Frank

01/08 SKELETON CREW (5), Artemisia Gentileschi, Jonathan Jones

01/10 Ready When You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe, Jerry Ziesmer, BFI Modern Classics: JAWS, Antonia Quirke, A DIFFERENT MAN

01/11 SKELETON CREW (2), THE AGENCY, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

01/12 Playworld, Adam Ross, BFI Film Classics: THE SERVANT, Amy Sargeant

01/14 THE SERVANT

01/15 DUEL

01/17 BFI Modern Classics: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, Dana Polan

01/20 Confessions of a Rock and Roll Name-Dropper, Laurie Kaye, THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP, SKELETON CREW

01/21 At Mrs. Lippincote’s, Elizabeth Taylor, THE AGENCY

01/22 BFI Film Classics: LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD, Jean-Louis Leutrat

01/24 LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD, THE AGENCY

01/25 AUSTRALIA OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL, THE STING, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE HAUNTING (’63)

01/26 AUSTRALIA OPEN MEN’S FINAL, Conversations with Peter Brook, Margaret Croyden

01/28 Bresson on Bresson: Interviews 1943-1983

01/29 PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE

02/01 I’M STILL HERE

02/07 Begin principal photography on THE CHRISTOPHERS

02/09 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

02/10 STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

02/15 STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

02/20 Caucasia, Danzy Senna

02/21 THE INTERNECINE PROJECT

03/01 The Talent, Daniel D’Addario

03/02 THE WHITE LOTUS (2)

03/12 THE WHITE LOTUS

03/13 THE CHRISTOPHERS

03/14 THE WHITE LOTUS, The Transformation of Philip Jettan, Georgette Heyer

03/15 Universality, Natasha Brown

03/18 THE WHITE LOTUS, The Dream Hotel, Laila Lalami

03/22 Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, CLEANER, A BODY IN THE SNOW: THE TRIAL OF KAREN READ (2)

03/23 A BODY IN THE SNOW: THE TRIAL OF KAREN READ (3), LEAVING NEVERLAND II

03/24 THE WHITE LOTUS, SCAMS & SCANDALS: THE GOLDEN TOILET HEIST

03/25 Changing My Mind, Julian Barnes

03/26 CON MUM

03/29 GOLD & GREED: THE HUNT FOR FENN’S TREASURE (3), Lucky Night, Eliza Kennedy

03/30 ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO

03/31 The Reluctant Widow, Georgette Heyer

04/03 Sister Europe, Nell Zink, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

04/04 “The Seagull” Anton Chekov

04/05 BLADE RUNNER 2049

04/07 THE WHITE LOTUS

04/08 Audition, Katie Kitamura, THE SOCIAL NETWORK

04/09 SE7EN, THE CHRISTOPHERS

04/10 BLACK MIRROR (2)

04/11 BLACK MIRROR (3)

04/13 Ultramarine, Mariette Navarro

04/15 The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight

04/17 HACKS (2), BLACK MIRROR

04/18 The Nonesuch, Georgette Heyer, BLACK MIRROR

04/19 HACKS, BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN

04/20 PANIC ROOM

04/21 Private Citizen, Tony Tulathimutte, CAST A DARK SHADOW

04/23 ANDOR (3)

04/24 CARLOS ALCARAZ: MY WAY (3)

04/25 HACKS

04/27 AHOY!*

04/28 Dream Count, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, HEAVY SPOILERS: JAWS

05/01 THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS

05/03 Searching for Novak, Mark Hodgkinson, HACKS, MADRID OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL, ANDOR (3)

05/04 RYAN’S DAUGHTER, MADRID OPEN MEN’S FINAL

05/05 BILL BURR: DROP DEAD YEARS

05/06 Cellar Rat, Hannah Selinger

05/07 ANDOR

05/08 ANDOR (2)

05/09 HACKS, A DEADLY AMERICAN MARRIAGE

05/10 JAWS

05/11 THE CHRISTOPHERS

05/13 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK, Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry

05/16 ANDOR (3), Service, John Tottenham

05/17 ANDOR (3), ITALIAN OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL, HACKS, CURE

05/18 The Siege, Ben MacIntyre, ITALIAN OPEN MEN’S FINAL

05/20 Straight From the Horse’s Mouth, Ronald Neame, THE HORSE’S MOUTH

05/21 Telephone, Percival Everett

05/23 JAWS @ 50: THE DEFINITIVE INSIDE STORY, THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS

05/24 HACKS, LD+R: “Can’t Stop”

05/26 I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Percival Everett, THE REHEARSAL (6)

05/28 FRED & ROSE WEST: A BRITIAH HORROR STORY (2)

05/30 FRED & ROSE WEST: A BRITISH HORROR STORY

06/01 COLD CASE: THE TYLENOL MURDERS (3), MOUNTAINHEAD, HACKS

06/02 The Doorman, Chris Pavone

06/04 Two Nights in Lisbon, Chris Pavone

06/05 The Tell, Amy Griffin, SINNERS

06/07 FRENCH OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL, BRIGHTON ROCK (’48), MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE GOOD LIFE

06/08 Parallel Lines, Edward St. Aubyn, FRENCH OPEN MEN’S FINAL

06/09 Montaigne, Stefan Zweig

06/11 “Good Night, and Good Luck” George Clooney and Grant Heslov

06/12 So Much Blue, Percival Everett

06/13 THE MORTICIAN (2)

06/14 SHIFTY (4)

06/15 SHIFTY, QUEENS TENNIS WOMEN’S FINAL, POLK: THE TRIAL OF PHILIP POLKINGHAM (2)

06/17 BLUE ROAD: THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (B&W)

06/18 So Far Gone, Jess Walter

06/20 Robert Shaw, Christopher Shaw Myers, JAWS

06/21 COCAINE AIR: SMUGGLERS AT 30 THOUSAND FEET (3)

06/22 Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right, Walter Mosley, IN THE ARENA: SERENA WILLIAMS (4)

06/23 IN THE ARENA: SERENA WILLIAMS (4)

06/27 ALTERED STATES

06/28 BAD HOMBURG FINAL, EASTBOURNE MEN’S FINAL, Building Champions, Molly McElwee

06/30 WIMBLEDON

07/01 WIMBLEDON

07/02 WIMBLEDON

07/03 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (’73), WIMBLEDON

07/04 WIMBLEDON

07/05 Finished draft of THE SOT-WEED FACTOR, WIMBLEDON, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (’74)

07/06 TOM JONES, WIMBLEDON, TRAINWRECK: THE CULT OF AMERICAN APPAREL, 48 HRS

07/07 WIMBLEDON, JOSEPH ANDREWS

07/08 WIMBELDON, TRAINWRECK: THE REAL PROJECT X

07/09 WIMBLEDON

07/10 WIMBLEDON, THE FOUR MUSKETEERS (’74)

07/12 FACES OF DEATH (’25), 48 HRS (3), WIMBLEDON WOMEN’S FINAL

07/13 WIMBLEDON MEN’S FINAL

07/14 The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton

07/15 Bring the House Down, Charlotte Runcie, Vera, or Faith, Gary Shteyngart

07/16 The Man Who Would Be King, Karen Elliot House

07/18 Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor

07/19 TRAINWRECK: BALLOON BOY, AMY BRADLEY IS MISSING (2)

07/20 48 HRS, AMY BRADLEY IS MISSING, A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

07/22 Fox, Joyce Carol Oates, “The Silence”  Zadie Smith

07/23 TRAINWRECK: P.I. MOMS

07/24 JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW

07/26 MATERIALISTS, Fresh, Green Life, Sebastian Castillo

07/29 THE NAZI CARTEL, TRAINWRECK: STORM AREA 51

07/30 28 YEARS LATER

08/02 The Making of ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, Charles Helfenstein, ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

08/04 THE NAZI CARTEL (2)

08/05 BARRY LYNDON

08/06 Flashes of Brilliance, Anika Burgess, Tart, Slutty Cheff, THE NAZI CARTEL

08/07 JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, finished draft of THE OTHER HAMILTON

08/08 STOLEN: THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY

08/09 THE NAKED GUN, HITLER’S SECRET ISLAND, MILLIONAIRE MURDER

08/11 Moderation, Elaine Castillo

08/12 Ready for My Close-up, David M. Lubin

08/13 GOOD FORTUNE

08/14 The Short Plays of Harold Pinter

08/17 The Ending Writes Itself, Evelyn Clarke, JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW

08/18 Vulture, Phoebe Greenwood

08/19 The Woman Who Killed the Fish, Clarice Lispector, I LOVE BOOSTERS, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—THE FINAL RECKONING

08/20 FINAL DRAFT (5)

08/21 FINAL DRAFT (3)

08/22 THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE

08/23 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

08/24 FINDING MR. FOX, HAPPY GILMORE 2, US OPEN

08/25 US OPEN

08/26 How Things Are Made, Tim Minshall, US OPEN

08/27 THE GREAT ART FRAUD (2), US OPEN

08/28 THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB, US OPEN

08/29 US OPEN

08/30 SUNSET BOULEVARD, US OPEN

08/31 US OPEN

09/01 THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY, US OPEN

09/02 THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, US OPEN

09/03 THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, US OPEN

09/04 THE COMEBACK: THE 2004 BOSTON RED SOX (3), US OPEN

09/05 My Last Sigh, Luis Bunuel, US OPEN

09/07 US OPEN MEN’S FINAL

09/08 John Willams, Tim Grieving, BELLE DU JOUR

09/09 PERFORMANCE

09/10 THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO, WEAPONS, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD

09/12 Finished draft of BLOODWORTH MANOR

09/13 Helen of Nowhere, Makenna Goodman, Byways, Roger A Deakins

09/14 The Shame, Makenna Goodman, BEAUTY AND THE BESTER (3)

09/18 Skepticism and Dissent: Selected Writings of Ambrose Bierce, Lawrence L. Berkove

09/20 The Spanish-American War: 1895-1902, Joseph Smith, CAUGHT STEALING

09/22 The Little War of Private Post, Charles Johnson Post

09/23 The Last Kings of Hollywood, Paul Fischer

09/25 CHANDRA LEVY: AN AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY (3)

09/26 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM, MISTRESS DISPELLER, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

09/27 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, BEWITCHED, HOW IT’S MADE

09/29 THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, DEATH IN APARTMENT 603, HOW IT’S MADE (4)

09/30 HOW IT’S MADE (3), HELL DRIVERS

10/02 THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

10/03 CON AIR

10/04 THE ESSEX MURDERS: WHO KILLED GOLDFINGER? (2)

10/05 THE ESSEX MURDERS: WHO KILLED GOLDFINGER?

10/07 COCAINE QUARTERBACK (3)

10/08 Without Reservation, Jeremy King, finished draft of ASCENSO

10/09 Epigrams, Ambrose Bierce

10/10 THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10

10/11 Pick a Color, Souvankhan Thammavongsa

10/12 Yossarian Slept Here, Erica Heller, WORLD GRAND PRIX DARTS FINAL

10/14 An Impossible Fortune, Richard Osman

10/15 TURN OF THE TIDE: THE SURREAL STORY OF RABO DE PEIXE, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

10/18 I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult, Drew Nierporent, THE CHAIR COMPANY

10/19 The Hour of the Predator, Guiliano de Empoli, THE BIG CONN (3)

10/20 THE BIG CONN, HAPPY HOURS, CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF THE IPCRESS FILE, THE CHAIR COMPANY

10/21 BARBARIAN

10/22 Tribal, Michael Morris, CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF THE LADYKILLERS, CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF BRIGHTON ROCK, MICHELLE WOLF: THE WELL

10/24 Ingram, Louis C.K.

10/25 RELAY, THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE

10/26 DATELINE, VIENNA OPEN FINAL, JAWS, CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF THE GRADUATE

10/27 THE CHAIR COMPANY

10/28 CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF THE DAM BUSTERS

10/29 CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF BILLY LIAR

10/31 Gordon Willis on Cinematography, Stephen Pizzello, PARIS MASTERS QFs

11/01 PARIS MASTERS SFs, PORK CHOP HILL

11/02 PARIS MASTERS FINAL

11/03 Discontent, Beatriz Serrano, ATP FINALS, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, THE CHAIR COMPANY, “The Heroine” Patricia Highsmith

11/04 ORWELL: 2+2+5, WTA FINALS

11/05 WTA FINALS

11/06 WTA FINALS, DATELINE

11/07 WTA FINALS, PLURIBUS (2)

11/10 How to Lose a Country, Ece Temelkuran, THE CHAIR COMPANY

11/11 FRANKENSTEIN (’25), THE SMASHING MACHINE

11/12 ATP FINALS, The Silver Book, Olivia Laing

11/14 PLURIBUS, ATP FINALS, COVER-UP

11/15 ATP FINALS, NOUVELLE VAGUE

11/16 Finished draft of Production 02074, ATP FINALS

11/17 Reflections on Cinematography, Roger Deakins, THE CHAIR COMPANY

11/18 FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

11/19 THE CARMAN FAMILY DEATHS

11/21 One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, Omar El Akkad

11/22 PLURIBUS

11/24 AFTER THE HUNT, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

11/25 JAY KELLY

11/26 Anything Considered, Peter Mayle, CLASSIC MOVIES: THE STORY OF THE THIRD MAN, PLURIBUS, KEVIN HART: ACTING MY AGE, DATELINE

11/27 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN MORTICIAN MURDER (3), Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe

11/29 THE BALTIMORONS

12/01 THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN, THE CHAIR COMPANY

12/03 PATHS OF GLORY

12/04 THE SECRET AGENT

12/05 PLURIBUS, PREDATOR BADLANDS

12/09 BUGONIA

12/10 Sweet Heat, Bolu Babalola, Hot Air, Marcy Dermansky

12/11 The Red Car, Marci Dermansky, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

12/12 WAKE UP DEAD MAN

12/13 Hitchcock and Herrmann, Steven C. Smith, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, PLURIBUS

12/14 THE WRONG MAN

12/15 IS THIS THING ON?

12/16 DEATH CAP: THE MUSHROOM MURDERS (3), DUEL

12/17 MURDER IN MONACO,  THE SALT PATH SCANDAL

12/18 Anna Lapwood at Royal Albert Hall

12/19 PLURIBUS, DEAD MAN’S WIRE

12/20 HAMNET, DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE UNSTOPPABLE N****R

12/21 WARFARE, CITIZEN KANE, THE HEROES OF TELEMARK

12/22 CHINATOWN

12/23 Lorem Ipsum, Oli Hazzard

12/24 PLURIBUS, TOM SEGURA: TEACHER, REAR WINDOW (’54), ANTHONY JESELNIK: BONES AND ALL

12/25 STALAG 17, ZODIAC, SIRAT

12/26 Bad Marie, Marcy Dermansky, “The Mousetrap” Agatha Christie

12/27 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (’71), THE MASTERMIND, THE THING (’82), THE THICK OF IT (2)

12/28 ALL ABOUT EVE, Very Nice, Marcy Dermansky, THE THICK OF IT (2)

12/29 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (’56)

12/30 Twins, Marcy Dermansky, JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW

12/31 “End” David Eldridge, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE