...watched the following films:
Hereditary - dir. Ari Aster ★★★★
Bohemian Rhapsody - dir. Bryan Singer ★★★
Widows - dir. Steve McQueen ★★★★
Juliet, Naked - dir. Jesse Peretz ★★★
Malevolent - dir. Olaf de Fleur Johannesson ★★
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) - dir. Dario Argento ★★★
The Foreigner - dir. Martin Campbell ★★★
Dementia 13 - dir. Francis Ford Coppola ★★½
Filmworker - dir. Tony Zierra ★★★½
Carnival of Souls - dir. Herk Harvey ★★★
...at the IFI French Film Festival:
Sink or Swim (Le Grand Bain) - dir. Gilles Lellouche ★★★½
Our Struggles (Nos Batailles) - dir. Guillaume Senez ★★★
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (L'Empire de la Perfection) - dir. Julien Faraut ★★★★
At War (En Guerre) - dir. Stéphane Brizé ★★½
Knife+Heart (Un Couteau dans le Coeur) - dir Yann Gonzalez ★★★½
The Trouble With You (En Liberté!) - dir. Pierre Salvadori ★★★
....short films:
The Sunday Friend (L'Amie du dimanche) - dir. Guillaume Brac
From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances - dir. Jon Wang
...also watched:
University Challenge 2018/19 Eps 15-18
Only Connect S14 Eps 3-6
Why Does Everyone Hate The English? Eps Germany
Grand Designs S12 Eps 3-7
Taskmaster S7 Ep 10
Great News S2
Catastrophe S3
Grand Designs: Home of the Year S3
...got the following music:
Bangles – Different Light (Vinyl)
Brinsley Schwarz – Brinsley Schwarz's Original Golden Greats (Vinyl)
Rick Danko – Rick Danko (Vinyl)
John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Vinyl)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band – Loose Salute (Vinyl)
O Emperor – Jason (Vinyl)
O Emperor – Lizard EP (Vinyl)
O Emperor – Vitreous (Vinyl)
Queen – A Night At The Opera (Vinyl)
The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (Vinyl)
The J. Geils Band – Freeze-Frame (Vinyl)
The Rutles – The Rutles (Vinyl)
Tomorrows – Another Life (Vinyl)
Toto – Toto IV (Vinyl)
Various – Streets Of Fire - Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Vinyl)
Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life (Vinyl)
...listened to the following podcasts:
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
EP.67 - AISLING BEA
EP.68 - JON RONSON
EP.77 - TIM KEY
EP.78 - LAURA DAVIS & MAC DEMARCO LIVE @ END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2017
EP.80 - DESIREE BURCH
EP.81 - LOUIS THEROUX
EP.82 - TASH DEMETRIOU
EP.83 - SIMON PEGG
EP.84 - ROISIN CONATY
The Cinemile
Episode 90 - Coco
Elis James' Feast of Football
Episode 58: 'Chris Gunter is a freak of nature'
Episode 59: Part One - Assessing Giggs' first year in charge
Episode 59: Part Two - "I always wanted to play in goal"
Elis James and John Robins on Radio X Podcast
Episode 243 - Let's Give It Feet, Sexy Tailor & Final Resting Place
Episode 244 – Bum Health, Dusty Ghost & Our Longest Link Ever
Episode 245 – Victorian Twaddle, Spooky Juice & You're Sacked
Episode 246 - The House That Blunders Built, Dan Kitson & lovelyjohntheman
Football Weekly - the guardian
Real Madrid in crisis, the Spurs rollercoaster and a Superclásico – Football Weekly Extra
All square at the Emirates, young debutants and bollards – Football Weekly
Football Leaks, Champions League and a chat with David Squires – Football Weekly Extra
Manchester City dominant while giants are killed on the continent – Football Weekly
Rooneypalooza, Scudamore, coins and Ranieri's return – Football Weekly Extra
England make the semis, Irish pain and Swiss on a roll – Football Weekly
Nations League, Qatar 2022 and the Superclásico – Football Weekly Extra
A Pochettino masterclass, a mess in Buenos Aires and Alan Hutton – Football Weekly
Liverpool, Neymar, Mr Blobby and faking death – Football Weekly Extra
Football with John Giles
Pitch battles, timing and technique, faux stats
Mourinho's antics and European Super League
Ireland vs Northern Ireland memories
Giles on O'Neill's doomed reign and Ireland's next boss
The Horne Section Podcast
John Kearns
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Episode 2311 - Paula Poundstone
Episode 2312 - April Richardson
Episode 2313 - Lauren Ash
Episode 2314 - Fahim Anwar
Episode 2315 - Caissie St. Onge
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
RHLSTP - Manchester special - Toby Hadoke
RHLSTP - Manchester special - Glenn Wool
R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE: ME?
53. R.E.M. at the BBC
Spooool.ie Podcast
Pod #79 – Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’, plus Bohemian Rhapsody, Mandy, Rosie & more
The Second Captains World Service
Ep 1303: Another Loss For Real Madrid And A Near-Certain End For Julen Lopetegui, A Decline In Sergio Ramos And The Leicester City Helicopter Disaster - 29/10/2018
EP 1305: Rice, Rangers, Real - 31/10/2018
EP 1306: Davy Fitzgerald On Why He Feels The Need To Answer Critics, And Mellowing With Age; Stephen Cluxton Snub, Neil Lennon Hit By Coin - 01/11/2018
Ep 1312: Comeback United, Sterling Trips, Happy Jose, One Star Liverpool, Thierry Tanks - 08/11/18
Ep 1314: City Bring the Hammer Down - 12/11/2018
Ep 1317: Martin O'Neill And The Art Of Persuasion, How Basketball Coaching Influences Gaelic Football, All Blacks In A Pub, UFO Update - 14/11/2018
Ep 1320: Gareth Southgate's Fun House, Throw Like An Englishman, Is This.... Rugby Country? 19/11/18
Ep 1322: Supporting Ireland, Banners And Calls For Change, Ronald Coup-Man, Griezmann's Boots, Fergie Folklore - 21/11/18
Ep 1324: FAI Part Ways With Martin O'Neill And Roy Keane, Who Should Take Over? - 21/11/18
Ep 1325: Managerial Update, Matt Doherty Burn, Joe's Future, Ireland V USA, Shane Horgan On Handling This Seasons 6 Nations - 22/11/2018
Ep 1327: Hello Optimism - Mick McCarthy, Stephen Kenny, Robbie Keane Mix Just Might Be Crazy Enough To Work? - 26/11/2018
Ep 1328: Irish Managerial Merry-Go-Round - Schmidt Out, Farrell In, Stephen Kenny In (In A Couple of Years) - 26/11/2018
Ep 1329: Sadlier On McCarthy-Kenny Succession Plan, Argentinian Identity, David Luiz Facts, Chess Armageddon - 27/11/18
Ep 1331: Neymar Makes It Rain, Henderson Handbrake, Spurs Spirit, Fergie V Jose, Ramos Douche, Robbie's Years - 29/11/18
The Stand with Eamon Dunphy
Ep 266: Premier League with Didi Hamann and John Giles
Ep 272: Mourinho a busted flush
Ep 278: O'Neill's Ireland Hits Rock Bottom
Ep 281: Who is going to pick the next Ireland manager?
Ep 283: Mick McCarthy & the Premier League
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
A long, dark teatime of the soul
Vindication
Pumped
That looming bonce