Seen, read 2022

In the spirit of Steven Soderbergh’s media list, SEEN, READ 2022, I decided to pull my own list together, seeing as I had the data in Letterboxd and Goodreads. I’ve tweaked the key of types of media he uses, since I don’t go to the theatre or watch any TV of note:

  • FILMS IN ALL CAPS
  • Books, by author, on end date (with start date)
  • “Short stories in quotes like this”, by author.

It was a fun hour reminding myself what I took in last year.

  • 03/01: THE SUICIDE SQUAD
  • 10/01: THE KID DETECTIVE
  • 11/01: SALT
  • 15/01: DON’T LOOK UP
  • 19/01: Saltwater, Jessica Andrews (16/01)
  • 23/01: WRATH OF MAN
  • 26/01: SAVE YOURSELVES!
  • 29/01: LICORICE PIZZA
  • 01/02: DEEP RISING
  • 02/02: THE EMPTY MAN
  • 04/02: THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN
  • 11/02: NOMADLAND
  • 13/02: A Patchwork Planet, Anne Tyler (20/01)
  • 16/02: Men, Women and Chain Saws, Carol J. Clover (02/02)
  • 17/02: FREAKY
  • 18/02: THE FRENCH DISPATCH
  • 20/02: A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS
  • 23/02: Diary of a Film, Niven Govinden (10/02)
  • 26/02: CLAPBOARD JUNGLE; APPLES
  • 28/02: THE SPARKS BROTHERS
  • 04/03: Heartburn, Nora Ephron (26/02)
  • 07/03: Uncanny Valley, Anna Wiener (26/02)
  • 09/03: KATALIN VARGA
  • 11/03: CONVOY; I Am Sovereign, Nicola Barker (07/03)
  • 12/03: ADVENTURELAND; JOHN WICK
  • 19/03: Paperbacks from Hell, Grady Hendrix (13/03); Can’t and Won’t, Lydia Davis (14/03)
  • 21/03: Things I Don’t Want to Know, Deborah Levy (21/03)
  • 25/03: COLUMBUS
  • 26/03: The Cost of Living, Deborah Levy (22/03)
  • 27/03: THE BATMAN
  • 31/03: THE CAVE
  • 01/04: THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE
  • 02/04: TITANE
  • 09/04: The Answer to Everything, Luke Kennard (06/04)
  • 10/04: 9: LIVES OF A WET PUSSYCAT
  • 15/04: Real Estate, Deborah Levy (12/04)
  • 17/04: Nod, Adrian Barnes (10/04)
  • 18/04: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
  • 23/04: ALLIGATOR; Exercises in Control, Annabel Banks (21/04)
  • 24/04: JAWS 3-D
  • 25/04: JAWS: THE REVENGE
  • 30/04: Dead Relatives, Lucie McKnight Hardy (25/04)
  • 01/05: PIRANHA 3D
  • 04/05: CROCODILE
  • 05/05: Hideous Kinky, Esther Freud (02/05)
  • 06/05: CRANK
  • 08/05: JAWS
  • 09/05: The Time Machine, H.G. Wells (06/05)
  • 11/05: THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH
  • 13/05: MORVERN CALLAR
  • 14/05: INTO THE NIGHT
  • 17/05: BLACK CRAB; A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit (14/05)
  • 18/05: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
  • 20/05: PALM SPRINGS
  • 21/05: THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
  • 28/05: OSLO, AUGUST 31ST
  • 30/05: RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY
  • 03/06: Seafood & Cocktails, Eygló Karlsdóttir (01/06)
  • 14/06: THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE; REQUIEM FOR A VAMPIRE
  • 15/06: VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE
  • 16/06: VIDEO NASTIES: DRACONIAN DAYS
  • 18/06: DEATH ON THE NILE
  • 24/06: A SNAKE OF JUNE
  • 25/06: SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
  • 30/06: UNDER SIEGE; Braised Pork, An Yu (28/06)
  • 02/07: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
  • 05/07: RESERVOIR DOGS
  • 07/07: DEATH SPA; TRANCERS
  • 08/07: BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION
  • 09/07: THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
  • 13/07: Material Girls: Why Reality Matters fo Feminism, Kathleen Stock (09/07)
  • 14/07: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
  • 16/07: PULP FICTION
  • 18/07: THE RUNNING MAN
  • 22/07: THE GRAY MAN
  • 23/07: OCEAN’S TWELVE; THE NIGHT HOUSE; Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, James Hollis (21/07)
  • 25/07: BULL; The Spirit of Science Fiction, Roberto Bolaño
  • 26/07: FOOTPRINTS
  • 27/07: DEEP BLUE SEA
  • 28/07: All the Dark Places, Eygló Karlsdóttir
  • 29/07: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
  • 31/07: Steering the Craft, Ursula K. Le Guin (30/07)
  • 01/08: STOP MAKING SENSE
  • 02/08: BLACK BEAR
  • 04/08: I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reid (02/08)
  • 05/08: NIGHT TIDE
  • 09/08: Climbers, M. John Harrison (04/08)
  • 10/08: THE QUIET EARTH; UNDINE
  • 11/08: DEAD SET; Demon, Matt Wesolowski (10/08)
  • 12/08: LUX ÆTERNA
  • 13/08: NOPE
  • 16/08: PREY
  • 23/08: Juliet, Naked, Nick Hornby (15/08)
  • 28/08: THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
  • 29/08: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
  • 30/08: RATATOUILLE; A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway (23/08)
  • 31/08: JASON BOURNE
  • 02/09: THE BOURNE LEGACY
  • 03/09: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; Every Song Ever, Ben Ratliff (15/08)
  • 06/09: THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX
  • 11/09: NOBODY
  • 14/09: EYES WITHOUT A FACE
  • 16/09: SECONDS
  • 17/09: TARGETS
  • 18/09: NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
  • 19/09: THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
  • 24/09: VIRUS:32
  • 25/09: DAVE MADE A MAZE
  • 25/09: DON’T HUG ME I’M SCARED
  • 26/09: LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
  • 27/09: FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON
  • 30/09: Vernon Subutex 1, Virginie Despentes (18/09)
  • 01/10: STAR WARS; THE BAY
  • 02/10: KILL, BABY… KILL!
  • 03/10: SEOUL STATION
  • 04/10: CANDYMAN (1992)
  • 05/10: CANDYMAN (2021)
  • 06/10: HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
  • 08/10: OFFSEASON
  • 13/10: THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS
  • 16/10: KING KONG (1933)
  • 16/10: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
  • 17/10: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT
  • 18/10: CHOPPING MALL
  • 20/10: STAGE FRIGHT
  • 25/10: COME TRUE
  • 26/10: SPIDER BABY
  • 27/10: NEW NIGHTMARE
  • 28/10: HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
  • 05/11: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
  • 07/11: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
  • 09/11: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
  • 11/11: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (01/11)
  • 15/11: THE KINGDOM
  • 16/11: REAL LIFE; CLERKS
  • 18/11: SPEED
  • 19/11: AMBULANCE; Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook (12/11)
  • 26/11: BUGSY MALONE
  • 01/12: LOGAN’S RUN
  • 02/12: THX 1138
  • 11/12: MAD MAX 2
  • 15/12: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
  • 19/12: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION
  • 20/12: SPIRITED
  • 21/12: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (05/12)
  • 24/12: TOP GUN: MAVERICK
  • 25/12: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
  • 31/12: The Rats, James Herbert (29/12)
Cover of The Complex

The Complex

My debut novel, The Complex, available direct from Salt Publishing, from Amazon in the UK, and Book Depository worldwide, and in all good bookshops.

Cover of Signal

Signal

A short story chapbook published by Nightjar Press.