uberlisting, January '16
Pacing myself, but 7 items off the list in the first month. Woo!
1. Read a book - Jan
Gonna count Murray Pomerance's book on MARNIE for BFI's Film Classics line, since all of the reading accomplished in January fell under other categories, below.
15. Read a non-fiction, NOT to do with movies or entertainment
Too rarely does my reading take in capital-I Important non-fiction. Happily. it was suggested I read Nate Silver's THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE for work, so I did. Quite a lot of technicalities, but fascinating anecdotes in every chapter, covering all things touched by statistics and prediction from baseball to earthquakes.
30. Read a film book
Went on a tear with BFI Classics volumes, and read the lively analysis of THE BIG LEBOWSKI by JM Tyree and Ben Walters, a rare but effective co-authored joint from this dependably fascinating and informative series.
35. Write a shorter piece
I'm going to let my participation in The Morrissey Plays count for this. It was a blast, and I'd love to ride the momentum of it and keep doing smaller pieces here and there.
61. See at least a something at Sketchfest
Preferably a non-movie something. Mission accomplished, as I got to see my friends perform in a sketch group within a nice variety format (two sketch groups, a stand-up comedian MCing, and an improv duo).
69. A movie by a new female filmmaker - Jan
I'm actually trying to average at least one movie by a female filmmaker per week, and I think splurging on short films by local experimentalist Kerry Laitala has me about even. I was thrilled, however, by the Oscar-nominated MUSTANG, by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, a Turkish coming-of-age story which gripped me through its documentarian stretches, and kept me as it turned into a jailbreak thriller.
81. Something off the Rosenbaum 1000
I usually get to scratch something new off the Rosenbaum 1000 thanks to our friends at Noir City. This time it was a nice print of Minelli's THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, a nice inside Hollywood yarn that snagged a mess of Oscars.
1. Read a book - Jan
Gonna count Murray Pomerance's book on MARNIE for BFI's Film Classics line, since all of the reading accomplished in January fell under other categories, below.
15. Read a non-fiction, NOT to do with movies or entertainment
Too rarely does my reading take in capital-I Important non-fiction. Happily. it was suggested I read Nate Silver's THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE for work, so I did. Quite a lot of technicalities, but fascinating anecdotes in every chapter, covering all things touched by statistics and prediction from baseball to earthquakes.
30. Read a film book
Went on a tear with BFI Classics volumes, and read the lively analysis of THE BIG LEBOWSKI by JM Tyree and Ben Walters, a rare but effective co-authored joint from this dependably fascinating and informative series.
35. Write a shorter piece
I'm going to let my participation in The Morrissey Plays count for this. It was a blast, and I'd love to ride the momentum of it and keep doing smaller pieces here and there.
61. See at least a something at Sketchfest
Preferably a non-movie something. Mission accomplished, as I got to see my friends perform in a sketch group within a nice variety format (two sketch groups, a stand-up comedian MCing, and an improv duo).
69. A movie by a new female filmmaker - Jan
I'm actually trying to average at least one movie by a female filmmaker per week, and I think splurging on short films by local experimentalist Kerry Laitala has me about even. I was thrilled, however, by the Oscar-nominated MUSTANG, by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, a Turkish coming-of-age story which gripped me through its documentarian stretches, and kept me as it turned into a jailbreak thriller.
81. Something off the Rosenbaum 1000
I usually get to scratch something new off the Rosenbaum 1000 thanks to our friends at Noir City. This time it was a nice print of Minelli's THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, a nice inside Hollywood yarn that snagged a mess of Oscars.