My favourites viewed or read in the past year. Films are all new. Books are new to me this year and mostly not published in 2024 (given my preference for paperbacks, and the long delay before these appear, I rarely read books the year they\u2019re published). Not necessarily in any rank order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Films<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Zone of Interest<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anatomy of a Fall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n All of Us Strangers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monster<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I Saw the TV Glow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Mars-Jones trilogy, Pilcrow <\/em>(2009), Cedilla<\/em> (2012), Caret<\/em> (2023) (not finished the latter yet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n John le Carr\u00e9, \u2018Karla\u2019 trilogy, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy<\/em> (1974), The Honourable Schoolboy <\/em>(1977), Smiley\u2019s People<\/em> (1979). Hadn\u2019t realised what a good writer in general le Carr\u00e9 was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jennifer Egan, Candy House <\/em>(2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jon Fosse, Septology <\/em>(2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Non-fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Naomi Klein, Doppelganger <\/em>(2023). I think everyone should be required to read this, to understand the contemporary political\/cultural scene<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Durham Peters, The Marvelous Clouds: Towards a Philosophy of Elemental Media <\/em>(2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judith Butler, Who\u2019s Afraid of Gender?<\/em> (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality<\/em> (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carol Smart, Personal Life: New Directions in Sociological Thinking<\/em> (2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeffrey Weeks, The World We Have Won: The Remaking of Erotic and Intimae Life <\/em>(2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Timothy Snyder, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graham Robb, The Discovery of France <\/em>(2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My favourites viewed or read in the past year. Films are all new. Books are new to me this year and mostly not published in 2024 (given my preference for paperbacks, and the long delay before these appear, I rarely … Continue reading