In January I...

...watched the following films:
A Bay of Blood (‘Ecologia del delitto’) - dir. Mario Bava ★★★
Stay Tuned - dir. Peter Hyams ★★½
Priscilla - dir. Sofia Coppola ★★½
The Day of the Beast (‘El día de la bestia’) - dir. Álex de la Iglesia ★★★
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael - dir. Rob Garver ★★½
Godzilla Minus One (‘ゴジラ-1.0’) - dir. Takashi Yamazaki ★★★½
Showing Up - dir. Kelly Reichardt ★★★
Sleuth - dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz ★★★★
Where's Poppa? - dir. Carl Reiner ★★
The Firemen's Ball ('‘Hoří, má panenko’) - dir. Miloš Forman ★★★½
Age of Panic (‘La Bataille de Solférino’) - dir. Justine Triet ★★★½
Targets - dir. Peter Bogdanovich ★★★★
The Bank Dick - dir. Edward F. Cline ★★★
Rollercoaster - dir. James Goldstone ★★★½
Reality (‘Réalité’) - dir. Quentin Dupieux ★★★½
I Wish (‘奇跡’) - dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda ★★★
The Holdovers - dir. Alexander Payne ★★★½
Little Murders - dir. Alan Arkin ★★★
Female Trouble - dir. John Waters ★★★½
Something Wicked This Way Comes - dir. Jack Clayton ★★
Quackser Fortune Has A Cousin In The Bronx - dir. Wassir Hussein ★★★
To Die For - dir. Gus Van Sant ★★★½
Wish You Were Here - dir. David Leland ★★★★
Charles and Lucie ('Charles et Lucie') - dir. Nelly Kaplan ★★★
The End We Start From - dir. Mahalia Belo ★★★
The Iron Claw - dir. Sean Durkin ★★★
All Of Us Strangers - dir. Andrew Haigh ★★★½
Wonka - dir. Paul King ★★

...watched the following short films:
Extinction of the Species (‘Extinción de la especie’) - dir. Matthew Porterfield, Nicolasa Ruiz
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays (‘La herida luminosa’) - dir. Christian Avilés
Tavern Man (‘O Tasqueiro’) - dir. Aki Kaurismäki
Radical Hardcore - dir. Thomas Hardiman
Peel - dir. Jane Campion
A Radiant Life (‘Une Vie Radieuse’) - dir. Meryll Hardt
Blue Jeans - dir. Jacques Rozier
Standby - dir. Charlotte Regan
Fry Up - dir. Charlotte Regan
Drug Runner - dir. Charlotte Regan
Little Monster - dir. Charlotte Regan

...also watched:
8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown S25 Eps 1-3
Chateau DIY S4 Eps 1-8
The Great British New Year's Bake Off 2024
Gogglebox S22 Ep 16 (Festive Special)
Greek Salad S1
Only Connect S19 Eps 24-28
Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Christmas Special 2023
Phil & Kirstie's Love It Or List It S9
Room to Improve S15 Eps 1-4
Taskmaster Champion of Champions 3
Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2024
University Challenge S2023/24 Eps 23-27

...saw David O'Doherty (w/Sam Campbell) at Vicar Street

...got the following music:
Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free (Vinyl)
Jonathan Richman - I, Jonathan (Vinyl)

...read the following books:
Frank Skinner - A Comedian's Prayer Book
Jeff Tweedy - World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
Felix White - It's Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket

...listened to the following audiobooks:
Harry Hill - Fight!: Thirty Years Not Quite at the Top
Sam Neill - Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir
Jimmy Carr - Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book
Richard Herring - The Problem With Men: When Is It International Men's Day?

...listened to the following podcasts:
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.203 - TASH DEMETRIOU
EP.204 - JESSE ARMSTRONG
EP.205 - SAM BAIN
EP.207 - BILLY BRAGG
EP.208 - NATALIE WYNN aka COUNTERPOINTS
EP.209 - BRIDGET CHRISTIE
EP.211 - GUZ KHAN
EP.213 - WILL SHARPE
EP.214 - MIKI BERENYI
EP.216 - JOE LYCETT
The Frank Skinner Show
A Shabby Year
Mellow Frank
Flintstone's Gown
Salisbury Rat
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Andy Daly
Murray Valeriano
Gary Gulman
Kliph Nesteroff
The News Quiz
Best of 2023
Series 113 Episode 2
Series 113 Episode 3
Series 113 Episode 4
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
RHLSTP 486 - Robert Bathurst
RHLSTP 487 - Steve Pemberton
Springleaf
Season1 Episode 1
Season1 Episode 2
Season1 Episode 3
Season1 Episode 4
Season1 Episode 5
Season1 Episode 6
The Taskmaster Podcast
Ep 150. *New Year's Treat Winner*
Ep 151. *Champion of Champions #3 Winner*
U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean?
Working on a Dream
High Hopes
Western Stars
Letter To You