Following the lead of Steven Soderbergh, I've been journaling every single piece of media I consume in 2018 including movies, tv shows, comics, books, screenplays, and podcasts. Seeing it all laid out is a little ridiculous and embarassing, (especially my movie:book ratio) but nevertheless, here it is.
WATCH
Movies
Key:
Bold = IN THEATERS
UPPER-CASE = FIRST VIEWING
Lower-case = Repeat viewing
JANUARY
20th Century Women
MUSTANG ISLAND
ATOMIC BLONDE
I, Tonya
THE POST
MOLLY'S GAME
Jackie Brown
7 DAYS IN HELL
Pacific Rim
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dumb & Dumber
MUDBOUND
John Wick Chapter 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
FEBRUARY
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Edward Scissorhands
BLACK PANTHER
Fantastic Mr. Fox (w/ commentary)
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Goodfellas
ANNIHILATION
Frances Ha
MARCH
ICARUS
Thor Ragnarok (w/ commentary)
PHANTOM THREAD
I, Tonya
COCO
THE DIRECTOR AND THE JEDI
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (w/ commentary)
MAN ON THE MOON
JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
ISLE OF DOGS
READY PLAYER ONE
APRIL
A QUIET PLACE
The Avengers
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
The Incredibles
BORG VS. McCENROE
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
MAY
Avengers: Infinity War
WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR
WOMAN WALKS AHEAD
FIRST REFORMED
Shrek
DEADPOOL 2
Black Panther
The Usual Suspects
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
High and Low
GAME NIGHT
Spider-Man
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
THOROUGHBREDS
JUNE
500 Days of Summer
OCEAN'S 8
HEREDITARY
INCREDIBLES 2
THE LITTLE HOURS
The Iron Giant
A Quiet Place
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Chef
VERTIGO
JULY
ANT-MAN & THE WASP
THE TRUMAN SHOW
NANETTE
Bottle Rocket
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mad Max: Fury Road
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
TV Shows
(Sorted alphabetically)
Key:
UPPER-CASE = First Viewing
Lower-case = Repeat viewing
Asterisk* = random episodes, not complete series
BARRY
BLACK MIRROR (S3)
COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE (S5)
THE CROWN (S1)
THE CROWN (S2)
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE (S2)
THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD
EVIL GENIUS
THE GOOD PLACE (S1)
THE GOOD PLACE (S2)
THE HANDMAID'S TALE (S1)
THE HANDMAID'S TALE (S2)
Jackie Chan Adventures*
JANE THE VIRGIN (S4)
JEAN CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON
LEGION (S2)
The Office*
MARVEL'S RUNAWAYS (S1)
Seinfeld (S4)
Seinfeld (S5)
Seinfeld (S6)
Seinfeld (S7)
Seinfeld (S8)
SILICON VALLEY (S5)
UGLY DELICIOUS (S1)
THE WALKING DEAD (S8)
WESTWORLD (S2)
WILD WILD COUNTRY
X-Men: The Animated Series*
READ
Comics
Key:
Bold = Trade Book
Not bold = Issue
CHAMPION'S, Volume 2
THE VISION, Hardcover
ROGUE AND GAMBIT, Issue #1
ROGUE AND GAMBIT, Issue #2
ROGUE AND GAMBIT, Issue #3
ROGUE AND GAMBIT, Issue #4
ROGUE AND GAMBIT, Issue #5
ROGUE AND GAMBIT, Issue #6
HAWKEYE: KATE BISHOP, Volume 1
HAWKEYE: KATE BISHOP, Volume 2
HAWKEYE: KATE BISHOP, Volume 3
DARK KNIGHTS: METAL, Issue #4
DARK KNIGHTS: METAL, Issue #5
DARK KNIGHTS: METAL, Issue #6
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS
BLACK PANTHER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (Priest)
NIMONA
BLACK PANTHER, Volume 1 (Coates)
BLACK PANTHER, Volume 2 (Coates)
The Infinity War
The Infinity Gauntlet
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014), Volume 1
NOVA, Volume 1 (Origin)
NOVA, Volume 2 (Rookie Season)
NOVA, Volume 3 (Nova Corpse)
Man of Steel #1
Man of Steel #2
ANT-MAN: SCOTT LANG
Screenplays
Upper-case = FEATURE
Lower-case = Short
LADY BIRD, GRETA GERWIG
Out of Step, Matt Bastos
Ballistic, Ryan Connolly
JURASSIC PARK, DAVID KOEP
I, TONYA, STEVEN ROGERS
Abducted, Ben Joyner
GET OUT, JORDAN PEELE
BABY DRIVER, EDGAR WRIGHT
Stalled, Matt Black
BETHESDA, MATT BLACK
THE WORLD'S END, EDGAR WRIGHT AND SIMON PEGG
Guest of Honor, Justin Robinson
Books
Directing Actors, Judith Weston
21st Century Screenplay, Linda Aronson
LISTEN
Scriptnotes 331 - We Had the Same Idea
Scriptnotes 65 - The Next 117 Pages
Scriptnotes 344 - Comedy Geometry
Scriptnotes 348 - All About Family
Scriptnotes 349 - Putting Words On the Page
Scriptnotes 352 - Infinite Westworld
Scriptnotes 355 - Not Worth Winning
Scriptnotes 356 - Writing Animated Movies
Scriptnotes 357 - This Title is an Example of Exposition
/Filmcast Ep. 448 - I, Tonya
/Filmcast Ep. 451 - An Evening w/ Rian Johnson
/Filmcast Ep. 455 - Black Panther
/Filmcast Ep. 456 - Annihilation
/Filmcast Ep. 460 - Pacific Rim Uprising
/Filmcast Ep. 461 - Ready Player One
/Filmcast Ep. 462 - A Quiet Place
/Filmcast Ep. 463 - The Summer Movie Wager 2018
/Filmcast Ep. 465 - Avengers: Infinity War
/Filmcast Ep. 468 - Deadpool 2
/Filmcast Ep. 469 - Solo
/Filmcast Ep. 470 - American Animals
/Filmcast Ep. 471 - Hereditary
/Filmcast Ep. 472 - Incredibles 2
/Filmcast Ep. 473 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
/Filmcast Ep. 474 - Mission: Impossible Retrospective
The Film Riot Podcast Ep. 1 - David Sandberg
The Film Riot Podcast Ep. 2 - Evan Schiff
The Film Riot Podcast Ep. 4 - Daniel James
The Film Riot Podcast Ep. 5 - Lucas Harger
The Director's Cut - Meet the Nominees Feature Film Symposium
The Director's Cut - A QUIET PLACE
Soundtracking w/ Edith Bowman - Ryan Coogler on the Music of Black Panther
Soundtracking w/ Edith Bowman - Greta Gerwig on the Music of Lady Bird
Soundtracking w/ Edith Bowman - Duncan Jones and Clint Mansell
Soundtracking w/ Edith Bowman - The Russo Bros
Soundtracking w/ Edith Bowman - Ron Howard on the Music of SOLO
Soundworks Podcast - The Sound of Shape of Water
Soundworks Podcast - The Sound of Blade Runner 2049
Soundworks Podcast - The Sound of Baby Driver
Soundworks Podcast - The Sound of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Village Church Denton - Luke (Part 7): The Preparer
The Village Church Denton - Luke (Part 14: The Upside Down Kingdom
ID10T - Paul Thomas Anderson
ID10T - Danai Gurira
ID10T - John August
ID10T - Natalie Portman
ID10T - Peter Serefinowicz
ID10T - John Boyega
ID10T - John Cena
ID10T - Alan Alda
ID10T - Duncan Jones Returns
ID10T - Louie Anderson
Song Exploder 126 - The Roots
Song Exploder 131 - Black Panther
Song Exploder 134 - Arcade Fire
The A24 Podcast - All the Way Home with Barry Jenkins & Greta Gerwig
TIFF Long Take - The Art of Film Editing
TIFF Long Take - Steve Buscemi's Unconventional Path To Acting
TIFF Long Take - MoviePass
Twenty Thousand Hertz - Muzak
Twenty Thousand Hertz - Six 'o Clock Soundtrack
Twenty Thousand Hertz - Ultrasonic Tracking