2011
MUSIC
Biosphere: N-Plants
Destroyer: Kaputt
James Blake: James Blake
Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo
Loscil: Coast/Range/Arc
Mark McGuire: A Young Person’s Guide
M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica
The Rapture: In the Grace of Your Love
Washed Out: Within and Without
CINEMA
01 Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn)
02 Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)
03 Small Town Murder Songs (Ed Gass-Donnelly)
04 Weekend (Andrew Haigh)
05 Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols)
06 Bridesmaids (Paul Feig)
07 Road to Nowhere (Monte Hellman)
08 Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
09 Terri (Azazel Jacobs)
10 Le Havre (Aki Kaurismäki)
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The Catechism Cataclysm (Todd Rohal)
Cold Weather (Aaron Katz)
Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Kaboom (Gregg Araki)
The Trip (Michael Winterbottom)
There’s a handful of movies I haven’t seen, but that’s invariably the case until at least Valentine’s Day or so.
BOOKS
Maybe when people ask me what my favorite book is, instead of feeling confused and overwhelmed, I should just say House of Holes by Nicholson Baker. If they didn’t like it, we can argue, if they are unfamiliar with it, I can give them a lurid description, and if if it’s their favorite book as well, then we can just congratulate each other on a job well done.
I also enjoyed Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding very intensely. Actually, there’s a whole list if you want.
