Seen, read 2023

In the spirit of Steven Soderbergh’s
lists of books and films

2023 | 2022

In the spirit of Steven Soderbergh’s media list, SEEN, READ 2022.

  • FILMS IN ALL CAPS (C if in cinema)
  • Books, by author, on end date (with start date)

Here’s my list for 2023:

  • 01.01 THE CONVERSATION
  • 10.01 JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD
  • 12.01 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
  • 14.01 THE BATMAN
  • 19.01 LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
  • 21.01 THE MENU
  • 25.01 BLUE THUNDER
  • 29.01 The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham (18.01)
  • 30.01 THE CHINA SYNDROME
  • 01.02 HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION
  • 02.02 M3GAN (C)
  • 04.02 AFTERSUN
  • 06.02 SR.
  • 09.02 SUMMER OF SOUL
  • 11.02 WORLD WAR Z; DIE HARD
  • 14.02 SIBYL
  • 17.02 BULLET TRAIN
  • 18.02 JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
  • 23.02 FIRE OF LOVE; BARBARIAN
  • 26.02 JADE
  • 27.02 The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard (02.02)
  • 02.03 ORCHESTRATOR OF STORMS: THE FANTASTIQUE WORLD OF JEAN ROLLIN
  • 04.03 STARSHIP TROOPERS; THE GAME
  • 05.03 THE SWIMMER (1968)
  • 07.03 8½
  • 10.03 OFFICIAL COMPETITION
  • 11.03 WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR
  • 15.03 SPASMO
  • 19.03 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
  • 20.03 Weather, Jenny Offil (03.03)
  • 24.03 THE HAUNTING OF MARGAM CASTLE
  • 24.03 GLASTONBURY THE MOVIE IN FLASHBACK
  • 26.03 THE LAIR
  • 26.03 Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector (22.03)
  • 27.03 SAVAGE DAWN
  • 29.03 NIGHTMARE AT NOON
  • 01.04 THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
  • 03.04 BARTON FINK
  • 09.04 KING COHEN: THE WILD WORLD OF FILMMAKER LARRY COHEN
  • 10.04 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (C)
  • 11.04 A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle (23.03)
  • 12.04 LA NOTTE
  • 15.04 SAINT JACK
  • 16.04 RENFIELD (C)
  • 17.04 MOONAGE DAYDREAM
  • 18.04 PIECES
  • 29.04 STUTZ; TREMORS 2: AFTERSHOCKS
  • 01.05 JURASSIC PARK
  • 06.05 EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS
  • 07.05 DUNE (2021)
  • 12.05 BATMAN
  • 13.05 BATMAN RETURNS
  • 16.05 THE RELIC
  • 17.05 Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion (15.05)
  • 19.05 THE EQUALIZER
  • 20.05 THE EQUALIZER 2
  • 21.05 HEAT (C)
  • 28.05 FIGHT CLUB (C)
  • 29.05 LETHAL WEAPON; Dreams of Sleep, Josephine Humphreys (23.05)
  • 02.06 SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (C)
  • 03.06 HAYWIRE
  • 04.06 DÉJÀ VU
  • 10.06 CONFESS, FLETCH; PLUNGING ON ALONE: MONTE HELLMAN’S LIFE IN A DAY; The Bloater, Rosemary Tonks (07.06)
  • 11.06 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (C)
  • 12.06 THE OUTFIT
  • 15.06 No One is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood (14.06)
  • 17.06 CLUE
  • 17.06 THE FLASH (C)
  • 23.06 Scent of a City, Aki Gibbons (18.06)
  • 24.06 ASTEROID CITY (C); The Midwich Cuckoos, John Wyndham (21.06)
  • 25.06 THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (C)
  • 30.06 EXTRACTION
  • 01.07 EXTRACTION 2
  • 06.07 ASTEROID CITY (C)
  • 08.07 ELEMENTAL (C)
  • 09.07 INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (C)
  • 11.07 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (C)
  • 15.07 THE FUGITIVE
  • 16.07 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (C)
  • 20.07 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (C)
  • 22.07 BARBIE (C)
  • 23.07 BERGMAN ISLAND; What About Men, Caitlin Moran (23.07)
  • 24.07 LA DOLCE VITA
  • 30.07 SOME LIKE IT HOT (C)
  • 04.08 JAWS
  • 06.08 MEG 2: THE TRENCH (C)
  • 12.08 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
  • 14.08 ONE FINE MORNING
  • 15.08 DEEP BLUE SEA 3
  • 16.08 FATHER OF MY CHILDREN; SHARKSPLOITATION
  • 18.08 AFTER YANG
  • 19.08 [REC] 3: GENESIS; OPPENHEIMER (C); Eastmouth and Other Stories, Alison Moore (02.08)
  • 21.08 [REC] 4: APOCALYPSE
  • 25.08 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES; THEATER CAMP (C)
  • 27.08 Losing Track, Imogen Reid (25.08)
  • 03.09 THE EQUALIZER 3 (C)
  • 04.09 Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
  • 05.09 SMILE
  • 09.09 PAST LIVES (C)
  • 10.09 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (C)
  • 11.09 The Memory Police, Yōko Ogawa
  • 13.09 AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT
  • 16.09 A HAUNTING IN VENICE (C)
  • 17.09 THE CURSED
  • 18.09 THE BROKEN
  • 19.09 DIARY OF THE DEAD
  • 20.09 SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD
  • 23.09 EYE IN THE LABYRINTH; STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER
  • 24.09 THE EXORCIST III; THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (C)
  • 25.09 THE PALE BLUE EYE
  • 30.09 65
  • 02.10 RE-ANIMATOR
  • 04.10 THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE
  • 06.10 CASTLE FREAK
  • 07.10 SCREAM
  • 07.10 SCREAM VI
  • 08.10 THE CREATOR (C)
  • 09.10 DEATH SHIP
  • 10.10 SLUGS
  • 11.10 THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
  • 12.10 CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
  • 14.10 DON’T LOOK NOW (C)
  • 15.10 MESSIAH OF EVIL
  • 17.10 INFINITY POOL
  • 18.10 LIFEFORCE
  • 18.10 THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
  • 20.10 DUEL
  • 20.10 EVIL DEAD II
  • 21.10 INVADERS FROM MARS
  • 22.10 YOU’RE NEXT
  • 24.10 CLOVERFIELD
  • 27.09 Sea State, Tabitha Lasley (23.09)
  • 28.10 THE KILLER (C)
  • 29.10 ENEMY
  • 31.10 HALLOWEEN; Brother of the More Famous Jack, Barbara Trapido (27.09)
  • 04.11 THE SOUVENIR: PART II
  • 11.11 THE MARVELS (C)
  • 12.11 DREAM SCENARIO (C)
  • 17.11 SALTBURN (C)
  • 19.11 THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES (C)
  • 27.11 THE KILLER
  • 28.11 6 UNDERGROUND
  • 29.11 LAKE PLACID
  • 30.11 MICHAEL CLAYTON
  • 03.12 LOVE ACTUALLY (C)
  • 09.12 SIBERIA
  • 10.12 THE HOLIDAY (C)
  • 11.12 SHOWING UP
  • 15.12 WONKA (C)
  • 16.12 Children of Paradise, Camilla Grudova (15.12)
  • 24.12 PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
  • 25.12 SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)
  • 26.12 FERRARI (C)
  • 29.12 My Phantoms, Gwendoline Riley (27.12)
  • 31.12 RETURN TO SEOUL