SEEN/READ IN 2020
Inspired by one of my favorite filmmakers, Steven Soderbergh, here is a comprehensive diary of everything I watched and read in 2020.
All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
All caps: TV SERIES (# of episodes)
Italics: Book, Author
Quotation marks: “Play,” Venue (City)
All caps, underline: CONCERT/SHOW, Venue (City)
01/03 DON’T THINK TWICE
01/04 MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE NEW ONE
01/05 WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
01/06 Performed SOLO ACOUSTIC, Pianos (New York, NY)
01/08 Performed SOLO ACOUSTIC, The Late Late (New York, NY)
01/10 MARON (2)
01/11 MARON, 1917
01/12 JOJO RABBIT
01/15 PERFORMED SOLO ACOUSTIC, The Late Late (New York, NY)
01/19 DON’T F**K WITH CATS: HUNTING AN INTERNET KILLER (3)
01/20 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
01/22 Performed SOLO ACOUSTIC, Barbula (New York, NY)
01/24 Performed with THE NEUROTICS, The Bitter End (New York, NY)
01/28 NEAL BRENNAN: 3 MICS
01/31 COLOR OUT OF SPACE
02/01 TOO FUNNY TO FAIL: THE LIFE & DEATH OF THE DANA CARVEY SHOW
02/02 THE ASSISTANT, SUPER BOWL LIV
02/07 PLUS ONE
02/08 MARRIAGE STORY
02/09 THE IRISHMAN, HARRIET, THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARDS
02/16 THE FAREWELL, LADY BIRD
02/22 PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
02/28 BEANPOLE
02/29 SNL: JOHN MULANEY/DAVID BYRNE
03/01 FUNNY PEOPLE
03/08 MAGNOLIA
03/10 LOVE IS BLIND
03/13 ENOUGH SAID
03/16 MARC MARON: END TIMES FUN
03/18 SEINFELD (3)
03/19 SEINFELD
03/20 ON THE WATERFRONT
03/21 KICKING & SCREAMING (’05), RASHOMON
03/22 THE SEVENTH SEAL, SEINFELD (2)
03/23 THE GENERAL, SEINFELD (2)
03/24 MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, SCHOOL OF ROCK
03/25 SEINFELD (2)
03/29 DOUBLE INDEMNITY
03/31 SEINFELD (3)
04/03 TIGER KING (5)
04/04 TIGER KING (2)
04/05 WHIPLASH
04/06 SUCCESSION (2)
04/07 GUMMO
04/10 SUCCESSION
04/11 SUCCESSION (2), CITY OF GOD
04/12 OBVIOUS CHILD, SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE
04/13 FRANCES HA
04/14 BREAKING THE WAVES
04/15 WATERMELON MAN
04/19 CITY LIGHTS
04/22 FUNNY GAMES (’07)
05/01 BAD EDUCATION (’20)
05/02 SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE, ANNIE HALL
05/03 MURIEL’S WEDDING
05/04 BIG
05/06 JERRY SEINFELD: 23 HOURS TO KILL
05/07 MIDDLEDITCH & SCHWARTZ
05/08 CHRIS ROCK: TABMOURINE, TOP FIVE
05/10 PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, BEST IN SHOW, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
05/13 THRONE OF BLOOD
05/15 DAVE (2), ATLANTA (4)
05/16 ATLANTA (4)
05/17 GOODFELLAS, A MIGHTY WIND
05/19 ATLANTA (2)
05/20 THE SKIN I LIVE IN
05/21 LAGGIES
05/22 CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
05/23 THE SOUND OF MUSIC
05/24 SUNSET BOULEVARD
05/25 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
05/26 THE LOVEBIRDS
05/27 LA CHINOISE
05/28 ATLANTA (2)
05/29 ATLANTA
05/30 AFTER HOURS
05/31 MAD MEN (4)
06/01 MAD MEN
06/04 MAD MEN
06/06 DOCUMENTARY NOW!
06/09 ATLANTA (2)
06/10 ATLANTA (3)
06/11 ATLANTA (3)
06/12 DA 5 BLOODS
6/13 DAVE CHAPPELLE: 8:46
06/17 VICTOR/VICTORIA
06/19 MALCOLM X
06/20 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
06/21 THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND, THE INVISIBLE MAN (’20)
06/23 THE VAST OF NIGHT
06/24 THE RIVER NIGER
06/26 SHIRLEY
06/27 MIDSOMMAR, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
06/28 BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, THE LIMEY
06/29 BOYZ N THE HOOD
07/02 JAWS
07/03 CATS
07/05 Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
07/06 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
07/10 THE SOPRANOS
07/11 DISCLOSURE, PALM SPRINGS
07/12 MOONSTRUCK, BONNIE AND CLYDE
07/16 SHIVA BABY
07/17 A SERIOUS MAN
07/18 MAD MEN (3)
07/19 MAD MEN (3)
07/22 THE NAMESAKE
07/24 THE LAST DANCE
07/25 MAD MEN
07/26 MAD MEN (2)
07/27 MAD MEN (3)
07/28 MAD MEN
07/29 THE LAST DANCE (2)
08/02 THE LAST DANCE
08/04 THE LAST DANCE
08/05 WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
08/06 MAD MEN
08/07 AN AMERICAN PICKLE
08/08 8 1/2
08/09 MAD MEN (3)
08/16 MAD MEN (3), BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
08/21 MAD MEN (3)
08/22 MAD MEN (3), SUPERBAD
08/26 YOUR SISTER’S SISTER
08/27 MAD MEN (2) YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
08/29 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, MAD MEN (3)
08/30 TOUCHY FEELY
09/07 MODERN ROMANCE
09/08 I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
09/09 AMERICAN SPLENDOR
09/10 HOST (’20)
09/13 UNPREGNANT
09/16 LOCKE
09/19 MISTRESS AMERICA
09/20 MAD MEN (2)
09/26 MAD MEN, ATYPICAL (2)
09/27 ATYPICAL, MAD MEN
10/01 ATYPICAL, TINY FURNITURE
10/03 SNL: CHRIS ROCK/MEGAN THEE STALLION
10/06 MAD MEN (2)
10/08 MAD MEN (2)
10/10 HUBIE HALLOWEEN, SNL: BILL BURR/JACK WHITE
10/11 THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
10/16 SEX AND THE CITY (3)
10/17 SNL: ISAA RAE/JUSTIN BIEBER
10/18 DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA
10/22 BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
10/23 SONG EXPLODER: R.E.M., “LOSING MY RELIGION,” SUCCESSION
10/24 TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL, SNL: ADELE/H.E.R.
10/25 SUCCESSION
10/27 MAD MEN, ON THE ROCKS
10/29 READY OR NOT
10/30 MAD MEN, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
11/01 MAD MEN, ZODIAC
11/06 MAD MEN
11/07 MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, SNL: DAVE CHAPPELLE/FOO FIGHTERS
11/08 VEEP (4)
11/09 INDUSTRY, VEEP (2)
11/10 THE UNDOING, VEEP (2)
11/11 THE UNDOING (2), VEEP
11/13 SUCCESSION, VEEP (2)
11/14 SUCCESSION (2)
11/15 THE UNDOING, VEEP (2)
11/16 INDUSTRY, SUCCESSION (2)
11/17 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2)
11/18 VEEP (2), ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
11/19 INDUSTRY, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (3)
11/20 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2), ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, SUCCESSION
11/22 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, THE UNDOING, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2)
11/23 FREAKY, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (4)
11/24 SUCCESSION, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
11/25 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2), ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
11/26 RUN, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
11/27 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2)
11/28 HAPPIEST SEASON
11/29 30 ROCK, THE UNDOING, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
12/01 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
12/03 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
12/04 AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER
12/05 CITIZEN KANE
12/06 BELUSHI, THE COMEDY STORE (3)
12/07 MANK
12/08 THE WAY BACK, SMALL AXE: MANGROVE
12/11 LET THEM ALL TALK
12/12 UNSANE, SNL: TIMOTHEE CHALAMET/BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND
12/14 TED LASSO (2)
12/15 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (2), SMALL AXE: LOVERS ROCK
12/16 MAD MEN, SMALL AXE: RED, WHITE AND BLUE
12/18 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (2)
12/19 MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, SNL: KRISTEN WIIG/DUA LIPA
12/20 SMALL AXE: ALEX WHEATLE
12/22 SUCCESSION
12/23 MAD MEN (2), SUCCESSION (2), FIRST COW
12/24 SUCCESSION (2), I MAY DESTROY YOU (4)
12/25 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2), SMALL AXE: EDUCATION
12/26 MAD MEN (2), YES, GOD, YES
12/27 MAD MEN (2), MISS STEVENS, BOMBSHELL
12/28 STATH LETS FLATS (3)
12/29 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2)
12/30 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2), WONDER WOMAN 1984
12/31 Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen, I MAY DESTROY YOU (2), STATH LETS FLATS (3)