...watched the following films:
Boy - dir. Taika Waititi ★★★★½
Call Me by Your Name - dir. Luca Guadagnino ★★★½
Sorcerer - dir William Friedkin ★★★★
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) - dir. Noah Baumbach ★★★★
Blade Runner 2049 - dir. Denis Villeneuve ★★★★
The Death of Stalin - dir. Armando Iannucci ★★★½
Spider-Man: Homecoming - dir. Jon Watts ★★★
Battle of the Sexes - dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris ★★★
The Florida Project - dir. Sean Baker ★★★★½
Ingrid Goes West - dir. Matt Spicer ★★★½
Paddington 2 - dir. Paul King ★★★★½
Daddy's Home 2 - dir. Sean Anders ★½
The Disaster Artist - dir. James Franco ★★★★
The Drummer and the Keeper - dir. Nick Kelly ★½
Molly's Game - dir. Aaron Sorkin ★★★
...at the IFI French Film Festival I saw:
The Price of Success (Le prix du succès) - dir. Teddy Lussi-Modeste ★★½
Endangered Species (Espèces menacées) - dir. Gilles Bourdos ★★★
Redoubtable (Le Redoutable) - dir. Michel Hazanavicius ★★★½
A Woman's Life (Une Vie) - dir. Stéphane Brizé ★★½
Ismael's Ghosts (Les fantômes d'Ismaël) - dir. Arnaud Desplechin ★★
...also watched:
University Challenge 2017/18 Eps 15-19
Only Connect S13 Eps 15 & 16
Stranger Things S2
Bojack Horseman S3 Eps 10-12
Have I Got More News For You S54 eps5-7
QI S15 Eps3-5
...saw Sean Lock at the Olympia Theatre
...saw the Republic of Ireland get hammered 5-1 by Denmark (yes that's a Thor reference) at the Aviva Stadium
...got the following music:
No Monster Club - Samoyed - Tragiverse (Download)
Mark Geary - The Fool (Vinyl)
Euros Childs - House Arrest (Vinyl)
Rob Corcoran & the Necessary Evils - Inverse Alchemy - (CD/Download)
Grandaddy – Under The Western Freeway (Vinyl)
Desmond Dekker – You Can Get It If You Really Want (Vinyl)
St. Vincent – Masseduction (Vinyl/Download)
...listened to the following podcasts:
The Adam Buxton Podcast
EP.51 - JOHNNY MARR
EP.54 - BILL BURR
EP.55 - SIMON AMSTELL
The Cinemile
Episode 77 - Blade Runner 2049
Episode 80 - Thor: Ragnarok
Episode 82 - Paddington 2
Elis James' Feast of Football
Episode 11: Caretaker Managers and a Lamentation of Swans
Episode 12: Partnerships and Getting On
Episode 13: Graham... Graham... Graham
Episode 15: The Candidates
Football Weekly
Super Spurs, Sunderland in a state and David Squires – Football Weekly Extra
Slaven Bilic gone while Manchester City cruise on – Football Weekly
World Cup play-offs, Moyes is back in town and vexatious VARs – Football Weekly Extra
Football with John Giles
Spurs' Memorable Night, Wages and Christian Eriksen
Giles on Ireland v Denmark and a worried Mourinho
Danish destruction, Irish approach, O'Neill's future
The News Quiz
The News Quiz 03/11/17
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Episode 2113 - Danielle Koenig
Episode 2114 - The Sklar Brothers
Episode 2115 - Erin Foley
Episode 2116 - Paul Reiser
Quickly Kevin; will he score? The 90s Football Show
Mark Lawrenson: S02E05
James Acaster: S02E06
USA 94 with Matt Lorenzo: S02E07
Matt Forde - England in the 90's: S02E08
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
RHLSTP 145 - Julian Clary
RHLSTP 144 - Katy Brand
RHLSTP 152 - Armando Iannucci
Second Captains
Ep 1000: It's Our Very Special 1000th Episode with George Hamilton!
Ep 1002: This Is Chelsea, Man United’s Bumpy Road, McClean’s Revenge, Have A Go Hammers
Spooool.ie
Pod #66 – Adam Sandler’s best film in 15 years!
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
Tottenham’s Champions League coming of age, chickens, and Comic Sans
City sensational (again), Bilic sacked (at last) and Seagulls soar (of course)
An ode to Pirlo, racketeering, and a big beautiful German man.
End of the road for Northern Ireland, end of the nightmare for Blackpool, and why Silva is gold
Everton’s non-holistic approach, the Hertfordshire Globetrotters and a derby for the ages
WTF with Marc Maron
Episode 855 - Tracey Ullman
Episode 857 - Willem Dafoe
Episode 863 - Kim Deal