SEEN/READ IN 2023
Inspired by one of my favorite filmmakers, Steven Soderbergh, here is a comprehensive diary of everything I watched and read in 2023.
All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
All caps: TV SERIES (# of episodes)
Italics: Book, Author
Quotation marks: “Play,” Venue (City)
01/01 DERRY GIRLS, PARTY GIRL (’95)
01/02 ROAD TO PERDITION
01/03 DOCUMENTARY NOW!
01/04 SKWERL*, WE OWN THIS CITY, DOCUMENTARY NOW!
01/05 WE OWN THIS CITY
01/06 38 AT THE GARDEN*
01/07 THIS PLACE RULES, WE OWN THIS CITY
01/08 WE OWN THIS CITY, DOCUMENTARY NOW!
01/09 MADOFF: THE MONSTER OF WALL STREET
01/10 WE OWN THIS CITY
01/11 A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, WE OWN THIS CITY
01/12 MADOFF: THE MONSTER OF WALL STREET, DOCUMENTARY NOW!
01/13 THE GOOD NURSE, DOCUMENTARY NOW!
01/15 DOCUMENTARY NOW!
01/16 WOMEN TALKING, THE LAST OF US, SOUTH SIDE
01/17 ANGELS IN AMERICA
01/18 MADOFF: THE MONSTER OF WALL STREET
01/19 ANGELS IN AMERICA, MADOFF: THE MONSTER OF WALL STREET
01/21 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (’22), SOUTH SIDE
01/22 M3GAN, THE LAST OF US, SOUTH SIDE
01/25 CAUSEWAY
01/26 ANGELS IN AMERICA
01/27 FIRE OF LOVE
01/28 INFINITY POOL
01/29 THE LAST OF US, SOUTH SIDE
01/31 ANGELS IN AMERICA
02/01 ANGELS IN AMERICA
02/02 KNOCK AT THE CABIN
02/04 LADY IN THE WATER, ANGELS IN AMERICA, POKER FACE
02/05 THE LAST OF US, POKER FACE
02/07 POKER FACE
02/09 ELVIS
02/10 MAGIC MIKE
02/11 YOUR FACE*, FOOTSTEPS*, ONE OF THOSE DAYS*
02/12 DICK TRACY SPECIAL: TRACY ZOOMS IN, SUPER BOWL VLII
02/13 THE LAST OF US, SOUTH SIDE
02/14 MAGIC MIKE XXL
02/15 POKER FACE (2)
02/16 POKER FACE
02/17 SECRETS & LIES
02/18 CLOSE
02/19 ALL THAT BREATHES, THE LAST OF US
02/20 SKINAMARINK
02/22 POKER FACE
02/25 THE BATMAN
02/26 SOUTH SIDE (2), THE LAST OF US
02/27 POKER FACE
02/28 A FLAMBOYANT DINNER WITH DEVON NIGHT*, LITTLE CHILDREN
03/01 EO
03/02 MOON
03/03 THE FABELMANS, POKER FACE
03/04 “The Phantom of the Opera,” Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, Majestic Theatre (New York, NY), CHRIS ROCK: SELECTIVE OUTRAGE
03/05 THE LAST OF US
03/06 BETTER THINGS (3)
03/07 BETTER THINGS (2)
03/09 POKER FACE
03/10 CONTAGION, BETTER THINGS
03/12 THE 95TH OSCARS
03/13 THE LAST OF US, BETTER THINGS
03/15 Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, Dark Money: The Hidden Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Jane Mayer
03/17 MY COUSIN VINNY
03/18 Hello, Molly!: A Memoir, Molly Shannon, I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING*
03/19 SUNSHINE (’07)
03/21 SIX FEET UNDER
03/23 SIX FEET UNDER
03/24 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
03/26 SUCCESSION
03/28 YELLOWJACKETS
03/29 Spilled Milk, K.L. Randis, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
03/31 THE LAST DETAIL
04/01 YELLOWJACKETS, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
04/02 THE QUEEN, SUCCESSION
04/05 SIX FEET UNDER
04/07 THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, YELLOWJACKETS
04/08 BEEF (2), THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
04/09 SUCCESSION
04/10 BEEF
04/11 BEEF
04/12 BEEF
04/14 HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE
04/15 The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
04/16 SUCCESSION, BARRY (2)
04/17 BEEF (2), MARC MARON: FROM BLEAK TO DARK
04/18 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN*, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
04/19 BEEF
04/20 BEEF (2)
04/21 AIR
04/23 BEAU IS AFRAID, SUCCESSION, BARRY
04/26 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
04/27 JOHN MULANEY: BABY J
04/28 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
04/29 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
04/30 THREE AGES, SUCCESSION, BARRY
05/01 BETTER THINGS (2)
05/02 NETWORK, BETTER THINGS
05/04 THE OTHER TWO (2)
05/05 Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels, Paul Pringle, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
05/06 The Man Who Heard Voices, Michael Bamberger, OUR HOSPITALITY
05/07 SHERLOCK JR., SUCCESSION, BARRY
05/08 JURY DUTY (2)
05/09 JURY DUTY (2)
05/10 JURY DUTY (2)
05/11 JURY DUTY (2), THE OTHER TWO
05/12 NBA WESTERN/EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
05/13 THE NAVIGATOR, DAYS OF HEAVEN
05/14 NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS, CHEF, SEVEN CHANCES, SUCCESSION, BARRY
05/17 THE PRINCESS DIARIES
05/18 Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century, Dana Stevens, THE OTHER TWO, NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
05/19 BLACK MIRROR: SAN JUNIPERO
05/20 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
05/21 SUCCESSION
05/24 I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE (3)
05/25 THE OTHER TWO, BARRY, GREENBERG
05/27 THE WRESTLER
05/28 GO WEST, SUCCESSION, BARRY
05/29 Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, Warren Zanes
05/30 COOL HAND LUKE, I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE
05/31 THE OTHER TWO, I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE
06/01 Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, Candice Millard
06/04 SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, THE IDOL, I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE
06/05 Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears, Michael Schulman, YELLOWJACKETS
06/06 THE EXORCIST
06/07 BATTLING BUTLER, THE MALTESE FALCON
06/09 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
06/10 COLLEGE (’27), YELLOWJACKETS, REALITY
06/11 SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
06/12 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (2), THE IDOL, THE OTHER TWO
06/13 YELLOWJACKETS
06/14 YELLOWJACKETS
06/16 SLEEPAWAY CAMP, THE OTHER TWO
06/17 I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE (3)
06/18 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON, THE IDOL
06/19 STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., THIS IS THE END
06/20 THE ACCIDENTAL WOLF (2), YELLOWJACKETS
06/21 YELLOWJACKETS
06/24 MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE
06/25 ARNOLD, WAITING FOR LAUGHTER*
06/26 THE BEAR (2)
06/27 THE BEAR
06/28 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
06/30 ARNOLD (2)
07/01 THE BEAR
07/02 THE IDOL
07/03 X
07/04 THE IDOL, THE BEAR, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, THE OTHER TWO
07/07 LONG SHOT, THE BEAR
07/09 THE BEAR (2), Pageboy, Elliot Page, THE BEACH BUM
07/10 THE OTHER TWO
07/11 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
07/13 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, “A Rehearsal for a Live-Action Adaptation of an Episode of ‘Tom and Jerry,’” Scottie Harvey, Pageant (Brooklyn, NY), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
07/14 “A Rehearsal for a Live-Action Adaptation of an Episode of ‘Tom and Jerry,’” Scottie Harvey, Pageant (Brooklyn, NY), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL
07/15 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
07/16 THE BEAR (2), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
07/17 FULL CIRCLE
07/18 FULL CIRCLE, SOUTH SIDE
07/19 SOUTH SIDE (2)
07/20 FULL CIRCLE
07/21 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, FULL CIRCLE
07/23 JFK, SOUTH SIDE
07/24 DAVE, SIX FEET UNDER
07/25 ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
07/26 SIX FEET UNDER
07/28 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON
07/29 FULL CIRCLE
07/30 OPPENHEIMER, BARBIE
08/01 STUDENT BODY, PAST LIVES
08/03 FULL CIRCLE
08/04 GLITCH: THE RISE & FALL OF HQ TRIVIA, SIX FEET UNDER
08/05 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON
08/07 How Music Works, David Byrne, WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
08/08 ASTEROID CITY
08/10 SIX FEET UNDER
08/11 SIX FEET UNDER, BILLIONS
08/12 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON, SIX FEET UNDER
08/14 GRAVITY FALLS
08/17 WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
08/19 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON
08/20 OPPENHEIMER, HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON
08/21 WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
08/24 SIX FEET UNDER
08/25 SIX FEET UNDER, HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON
08/27 BOTTOMS
08/30 NATHAN FOR YOU, SIX FEET UNDER
09/01 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON
09/02 SIX FEET UNDER
09/03 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
09/07 LOST IN TRANSLATION
09/08 GONE GIRL, THE SOPRANOS (2)
09/09 THE CRAFT, THE SOPRANOS
09/10 THE FACULTY
09/13 PEARL, SIX FEET UNDER
09/14 WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
09/15 HEARTBURN
09/16 WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
09/17 WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
09/18 THEATER CAMP, WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY
09/19 TALK TO ME (’23)
09/20 SIX FEET UNDER
09/21 SIX FEET UNDER
09/23 BOTTLE ROCKET
09/24 SIX FEET UNDER
09/25 GASLIGHT
09/26 MAN ON FIRE, SIX FEET UNDER
09/28 SIX FEET UNDER (2)
09/29 SIX FEET UNDER
09/30 SIX FEET UNDER
10/02 SIX FEET UNDER (2), ALL OF US STRANGERS
10/04 SIX FEET UNDER
10/05 SIX FEET UNDER (3), THE TASTE OF THINGS
10/09 THE ZONE OF INTEREST, SIX FEET UNDER
10/11 SIX FEET UNDER
10/12 BLUEY, SIX FEET UNDER
10/15 SIX FEET UNDER
10/18 SIX FEET UNDER
10/19 SIX FEET UNDER
10/20 CRONOS, THE KING OF COMEDY
10/21 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
10/23 MIMIC, SIX FEET UNDER
10/24 A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (’84)
10/26 The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, Michael Wolff
10/28 THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE
10/30 SIX FEET UNDER, ROSEMARY’S BABY
10/31 THE TICK (2), Tom Lake, Ann Patchett
11/01 NOW AND THEN – THE LAST BEATLES SONG*
11/02 YELLING FIRE IN AN EMPTY THEATER
11/03 SUSPIRIA (’77)
11/04 ANATOMY OF A FALL
11/06 BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
11/10 THE CURSE, BURN AFTER READING
11/13 In Pieces, Sally Field, THE KILLER
11/14 SIX FEET UNDER
11/17 All About Me!, Mel Brooks
11/18 SALTBURN
11/19 THE CURSE
11/21 SIX FEET UNDER
11/22 SIX FEET UNDER, THANKSGIVING, PLEASE DON’T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN
11/23 STEP BROTHERS, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin
11/25 SIX FEET UNDER
11/26 THE CURSE, AMERICAN GANGSTER
12/02 ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE, THE CURSE, THE HOLDOVERS
12/03 GRAVITY FALLS (2), BLUEY
12/04 SIX FEET UNDER
12/08 ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET.
12/09 MAY DECEMBER, SIX FEET UNDER
12/10 THE CURSE
12/11 SIX FEET UNDER
12/12 LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, PASSAGES
12/14 GODZILLA MINUS ONE
12/15 THE CURSE
12/16 SIX FEET UNDER
12/18 Devil Makes Three, Ben Fountain
12/19 POOR THINGS
12/20 SIX FEET UNDER (2)
12/21 SIX FEET UNDER
12/22 THE CURSE, SIX FEET UNDER
12/23 SIX FEET UNDER (2)
12/24 SIX FEET UNDER (3), MAESTRO, TERRIFIER 2
12/25 VERTIGO, SIX FEET UNDER
12/26 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, AMERICAN FICTION
12/27 SIX FEET UNDER (3)
12/28 SIX FEET UNDER (2)
12/29 SIX FEET UNDER (2)
12/31 The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, The Stolen Coast, Dwyer Murphy, THE CAMERAMAN, SIX FEET UNDER (2)