Ava - dir. Léa Mysius ★★★
Rock 'N' Roll - dir. Guillaume Canet ★★★
The Structure of Crystal (Struktura krysztalu) - dir .Krzysztof Zanussi ★★★½
Phantom Thread - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson ★★★★
Lady Bird - dir. Great Gerwig ★★★★
The Stuff - dir. Larry Cohen ★★★
at ADIFF I saw:
Black 47 - dir Lance Daly ★★★★
Our Time Will Come (Ming yue ji shi you) - dir. Ann Hui ★★★½
Somewhere Beyond The Mist - dir. King-wai Cheung ★★★
Pickpocket - dir. Robert Bresson ★★★
The White Girl - dir. Jenny Suen, Christopher Doyle ★★★
Never Steady Never Still - dir. Kathleen Hepburn ★★½
Paradox (Sha po lang: taam long) - dir. Wilson Yip ★★★
Sweet Country - dir.Warwick Thornton ★★★
The Ballad of Lefty Brown - dir. Jared Moshe ★★½
The Bookshop - dir. Isabel Coixet ★★½
Thirst Street - dir. Nathan Silver ★★★
L'Atelier (Workshop) - dir. Laurent Cantet ★★★½
Madame - dir. Amanda Sthers ★★½
You Were Never Really Here - dir. Lynne Ramsay ★★★★½
The Summit (La Cordillera) - dir. Santiago Mitre ★★½
Isle of Dogs - dir. Wes Anderson ★★★★★
Red Sparrow - dir. Francis Lawrence ★★½
Short films:
Six Shooter - dir. Martin McDonagh
...also watched:
Black Mirror S4
The Good Place S1 and S2 Eps 1-4
Derry Girls S1
Call My Agent S1 & S2
University Challenge S2017/2018 Eps 26-29
Only Connect S13 Eps 25-28
...read Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe
...got the following music:
Ayalew Mesfin – Hasabe - My Worries (Vinyl)
Beck – Mutations (Vinyl)
Beck – Modern Guilt (Vinyl)
Belle & Sebastian – How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 2) (12" EP) (Vinyl/Download)
Belle & Sebastian – How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3) (12" EP) (Vinyl/Download)
Lawrence Arabia – The Sparrow (Vinyl)
The O'Jays – Ship Ahoy (Vinyl)
Betty Boo – Boomania (Vinyl)
The Stepkids – The Stepkids (Vinyl)
Madness – 7 (Vinyl)
Madness – The Rise And Fall (Vinyl)
Madness – Baggy Trousers (7" Vinyl Single)
Split Enz – I Got You (7" Vinyl Single)
Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (7" Vinyl Single)
Nilsson – Coconut (7" Vinyl Single)
Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love (7" Vinyl Single)
Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance (7" Vinyl Single)
The Osmonds – Crazy Horses (7" Vinyl Single)
Sparks – Beat The Clock (7" Vinyl Single)
Tears For Fears – Mad World (7" Vinyl Single)
The Vapors – Jimmie Jones (7" Vinyl Single)
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know (7" Vinyl Single)
...listened to the following podcasts:
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
EP.63A - PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
EP.63B - JONNY GREENWOOD
Elis James' Feast of Football
Episode 23: Footballers' wages and Jurgen Klopp
Episode 24: O Captain! My Captain!
Episode 25: "OutPulised by Warnock"
Elis James and John Robins on Radio X Podcast
Episode 206 – Braingasm, Dog Lick & Tired Of Twits
The Football Show on Off The Ball
Salah's genius, Penalty decisions and the end of Conte?
Football Weekly - the guardian
Spurs sweep Manchester United aside, plus deadline-day delights – Football Weekly Extra
Magical Mo Salah, marvellous misses and celebrity barracking – Football Weekly
Chelsea troubles, replays and a VAR flag fiasco – Football Weekly Extra
Tottenham take charge, super Salah and Derry goes – Football Weekly
English sides excel, Ronaldo's wane and the failing PSG project - Football Weekly Extra
Rochdale's road to Wembley, VAR shenanigans and taxi talk – Football Weekly
Messi at Chelsea, messy at Wigan and much more – Football Weekly Extra
Arsenal’s decade-long capitulation and Pardew on the brink – Football Weekly
Football with John Giles
Spurs shame United, British football culture, VARnage
Wes' bravery, footballing values, Munich remembered
John Giles: He's a genius made for the big stage
Hazard is around 75% of the player of Messi
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
The News Quiz 9th Feb 2018
The News Quiz 16th Feb 2018
The News Quiz 23rd Feb 2018
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Episode 2121 - Todd Glass
Episode 2122 - Michaela Watkins
Episode 2123 - Jeff Dye
Episode 2124 - Milana Vayntrub
Episode 2125 - Phil Rosenthal
Episode 2201 - Ralph Garman
Episode 2202 - Rachel Quaintance
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
RHLSTP 157 - Greg Jenner
RHLSTP 159 - Richard Osman
The Second Captains World Sevice
Episode 1081: Trick Or Dive, Brand Poch, How To Make Chelsea Interesting, Neymar's Big Year
Ep 1078: Step Off Salah and Wanyama, Step Up Moss and Smart - 05/02/2018
Ep 1088: Liverpool Put 5 On Porto, Madrid's Flash Mob, PSG's Pressure Problem, Classy Spurs, TV Money - 15/02/18
Ep 1094: Man United's Civil War Rumbles On, Matt Williams On Ireland XV, Welsh Chasing Tries - 22/02/2018
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
Karma, mystery tours and the Lepers v the Scoundrels
Conte on the rocks, cucumbers, and an ox on the brink of extinction
Hard hands, Pards goes deep and Old Trafford worms
Rifts, replays and robbery
Shot-stoppers, fisticuffs and an apology to Depeche Mode (and Rod Fanni)
Arsenal’s new nadir, McTominay dominates, and the ballad of Royston Drenthe
WTF with Marc Maron
Episode 880 - Richard Jenkins