WATCHLIST :: MARCH 2024

1st

Metal Gear (PS5)

Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos)

2nd

Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Dune (Denis Villeneuve)

4th

Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve)

8th

Schmigadoon! (1 episode)

9th

The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro)

Stir (Stephen Wallace)

10th

Schmigadoon! (2 episodes)

11th

Schmigadoon! (3 episodes)

12th

Drive-Away Dolls (Ethan Coen)

15th

Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars

Green Day - Saviors

16th

Shark Tale (Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, Rob Letterman)

20th

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson)

The Swan (Wes Anderson)

The Rat Catcher (Wes Anderson)

Poison (Wes Anderson)

22nd

Men (Alex Garland)

23rd

Matilda (Danny DeVito)

24th

Vampire Weekend - Contra

Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)

21 Grams (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)

25th

Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)

Blonde Death (James Robert Baker)

27th

Green Day - Warning

Neil Cicierega - Mouth Moods

28th

New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies

30th

Death to Smoochy (Danny DeVito)

Always for Pleasure (Les Blank)

31st

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (Werner Herzog)

96TH ACADEMY AWARDS PICKS

Note: Missing categories means I haven't seen any of the films listed in them.

Picture - Oppenheimer

Director - Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Actor - Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Actress - Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Supporting Actress - America Ferrera (Barbie)

Adapted Screenplay - Tony McNamara (Poor Things)

International Feature - The Zone of Interest

Score - Robbie Robertson (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Song - I'm Just Ken (Barbie)

Sound - The Zone of Interest

Production Design - Killers of the Flower Moon

Cinematography - Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer)

Makeup and Hairstyling - Poor Things

Costume Design - Poor Things

Editing - Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer)

Visual Effects - The Creator

WATCHLIST :: FEBRUARY 2024

1st

 

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

2nd

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini)

3rd

Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman)

Silent Hill: The Short Message (PS5)

4th

Metal Gear (PS2)

5th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

The Fall (Jonathan Glazer)

6th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

Genesis - Nursery Cryme

7th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Hitchcock/Truffaut (Kent Jones)

8th

Johnny Mnemonic [William Gibson]

The Gernsback Continuum [William Gibson]

Fragments of a Hologram Rose [William Gibson]

The Belonging Kind [John Shirley, William Gibson]

Hinterlands [William Gibson]

9th

Red Star, Winter Orbit [Bruce Sterling, William Gibson]

10th

Enter the Void (Gaspar Noe)

Young Sherlock Holmes (Barry Levinson)

Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America (Douglas Buck)

12th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

13th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

14th

The Smile - Wall of Eyes

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

15th

Dune [Frank Herbert]

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

The People vs Paul Crump (William Friedkin)

16th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

17th

The Exorcist [William Peter Blatty]

18th

The Friedkin Connection [William Friedkin]

19th

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

20th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

21st

Red Dragon [Thomas Harris]

22nd

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

23rd

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (Glen Milner)

24th

Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro)

26th

The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode)

27th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

WATCHLIST :: JANUARY 2024

1st

 

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

 

2nd

 

Thief (Michael Mann)

The Keep (Michael Mann)

3rd

Manhunter (Michael Mann)

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Moby - Play

Fargo (1 episode)

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

4th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann)

5th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Batman: The Animated Series (3 episodes)

6th

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Joe Dante)

7th

Phil Collins - Face Value

8th

Ferrari (Michael Mann)

The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier)

9th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

10th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

Fargo (1 episode)

The X-Files (1 episode)

11th

The X-Files (1 episode)

12th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

Moonage Daydream (Brett Morgen)

13th

Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright)

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (Roy Rowland)

14th

The X-Files (2 episodes)

15th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

The X-Files (1 episode)

16th

David Bowie - David Bowie

17th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Fargo (1 episode)

Next Goal Wins (Taika Waititi)

Saltburn (Emerald Fennell)

18th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

19th

Massive Attack - Blue Lines

20th

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning: Part One (Christopher McQuarrie)

The Beatles - Please Please Me

21st

The Smiths - Meat is Murder

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

 

22nd

 

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask

The National - Boxer

 

23rd

 

Lou Reed - Transformer

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

Cleo From 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda)

24th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

eXistenZ (David Cronenberg)

25th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

26th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

27th

The Palace (Roman Polanski)

Permanent Green Light (Zac Farley, Dennis Cooper)

28th

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

29th

El Camino (Vince Gilligan)

30th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

The Smile - Wall of Eyes

Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation

Genesis - Trespass

WATCHLIST :: DECEMBER 2023

2nd

 

A Better Tomorrow (John Woo)

3rd

Green Day - Warning

Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky)

6th

Fargo (1 episode)

7th

Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)

8th

Leave the World Behind (Sam Esmail)

9th

Kids (Larry Clark)

12th

Barry (1 episode)

13th

Fargo (1 episode)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (1 episode)

14th

Warcraft (Duncan Jones)

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Barry (1 episode)

15th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

16th

Gremlins (Joe Dante)

18th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

To Die For (Gus Van Sant)

19th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

20th

The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie)

Snatch (Guy Ritchie)

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Fargo (1 episode)

21st

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

22nd

Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire (Zack Snyder)

24th

Silent Night (John Woo)

25th

The Simpsons (1 episode)

26th

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5)

27th

Fargo (1 episode)

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Swept Away (Guy Ritchie)

Revolver (Guy Ritchie)

28th

RockNRolla (Guy Ritchie)

Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie)

Better Call Saul (2 episodes)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie)

29th

Better Call Saul (1 episode)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Guy Ritchie)

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Guy Ritchie)

30th

Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow)

WATCHLIST :: NOVEMBER 2023

1st

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

2nd

The Departed (Martin Scorsese)

3rd

Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

4th

John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese)

Cheers (1 episode)

Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke)

5th

Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

John Lennon - Imagine

Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese)

The Company of Wolves (Neil Jordan)

6th

Halloween (John Carpenter)

7th

John Lennon - Mind Games

A Letter to Elia (Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones)

8th

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Martin Scorsese)

Hugo (Martin Scorsese)

9th

The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

10th

Silence (Martin Scorsese)

11th

A Haunting in Venice (Kenneth Branagh)

12th

Cheers (1 episode)

Riki-oh: The Story of Ricky (Lam Ngai Kai)

13th

Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Cheers (1 episode)

14th

The Killer (David Fincher)

15th

Monty Python's Flying Circus (2 episodes)

16th

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton)

 

18th

 

The Irishman (Martin Scorsese)

19th

Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese)

The Smiths - Meat is Murder

20th

Trash Humpers (Harmony Korine)

21st

Climax (Gaspar Noe)

22nd

Beetlejuice (Tim Burton)

23rd

Fargo (2 episodes)

Vortex (Gaspar Noe)

24th

Batman (Tim Burton)

25th

Lou Reed - Transformer

Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton)

26th

Threads (Mick Jackson)

27th

Batman Returns (Tim Burton)

29th

Fargo (1 episode)

Swimming to Cambodia (Jonathan Demme)

WATCHLIST :: OCTOBER 2023

1st

Body Melt (Philip Brophy)

2nd

Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas)

3rd

After Hours (Martin Scorsese)

The Color of Money (Martin Scorsese)

4th

The Creator (Gareth Edwards)

The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese)

7th

Frankenstein (James Whale)

Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale)

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (Matthew Bright)

8th

The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola)

9th

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (SNES)

Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)

10th

Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese)

11th

The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson)

14th

Green Day - Nimrod

15th

Fear Itself (Charlie Shackleton)

16th

Casino (Martin Scorsese)

17th

Kundun (Martin Scorsese)

18th

My Voyage to Italy (Martin Scorsese)

19th

Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese)

20th

Lisey's Story (2 episodes)

21st

Dracula (Tod Browning)

Lisey's Story (2 episodes)

22nd

Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo Switch)

23rd

Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese)

24th

Future Islands - Singles

25th

Metal Gear (PS5)

Lisey's Story (2 episodes)

27th

Castlevania (NES)

Super Castlevania IV (SNES)

Lisey's Story (2 episodes)

28th

The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)

Sparks - In Outer Space

29th

Gothic (Ken Russell)

30th

Silent Hill (PS1)

31st

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Martin Scorsese)

WATCHLIST :: SEPTEMBER 2023

1st

Russian Doll (1 episode)

Poker Face (2 episodes)

2nd

The Social Network (David Fincher)

The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)

3rd

Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)

4th

The X-Files (2 episodes)

5th

The X-Files (3 episodes)

6th

Poker Face (2 episodes)

7th

The X-Files (1 episode)

Poker Face (2 episodes)

8th

What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Martin Scorsese)

It's Not Just You, Murray! (Martin Scorsese)

The Big Shave (Martin Scorsese)

Who's That Knocking at my Door? (Martin Scorsese)

Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand)

9th

The Rocketeer (Joe Johnston)

The Chemical Brothers - For that Beautiful Feeling

Marquis (Henri Xhonneux)

10th

Boxcar Bertha (Martin Scorsese)

Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese)

Italianamerican (Martin Scorsese)

11th

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese)

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)

New York, New York (Martin Scorsese)

13th

The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese)

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Martin Scorsese)

14th

The X-Files (1 episode)

15th

Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)

17th

Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (George Lucas)

Barbie (Greta Gerwig)

18th

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)

19th

Neil Cicierega - Mouth Dreams

22nd

Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones (George Lucas)

23rd

Barbie (Greta Gerwig)

24th

El Conde (Pablo Larrain)

27th

Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)

29th

The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)

30th

Night of the Lepus (William F. Claxton)

WATCHLIST :: AUGUST 2023

1st

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Celine Sciamma)

Petite Maman (Celine Sciamma)

2nd

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

3rd

THX 1138 (George Lucas)

5th

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (Robert Rodriguez)

Moonage Daydream (Brett Morgen)

7th

Barbie (Greta Gerwig)

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 [Vinyl]

American Graffiti (George Lucas)

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

9th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

10th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

11th

Taylor Swift - 1989

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon [Vinyl]

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico [Vinyl]

The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat [Vinyl]

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground [Vinyl]

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

12th

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

David Bowie - David Bowie

The Velvet Underground - Loaded [Vinyl]

David Bowie - Space Oddity [Vinyl]

Aphex Twin - Windowlicker [Vinyl]

The Avalanches - Since I Left You [Vinyl]

Spy Kids 3: Game Over (Robert Rodriguez)

David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World [Vinyl]

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

13th

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Queen - A Night at the Opera

14th

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

David Bowie - Pin Ups

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs [Vinyl]

David Bowie - Young Americans

David Bowie - Low [Vinyl]

Tool - Undertow

15th

David Bowie - "Heroes"

The Avalanches - Wildflower [Vinyl]

16th

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Autechre - Tri Repetae [Vinyl]

The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You [Vinyl]

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

18th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

19th

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (Robert Rodriguez)

20th

Red Dead Redemption (PS4)

Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks)

23rd

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

24th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

25th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

26th

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton)

Star Wars (George Lucas)

29th

Columbo (1 episode)

30th

Poker Face (2 episodes)

31st

Poker Face (2 episodes)

WATCHLIST :: JULY 2023

1st

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay)

Andor (3 episodes)

2nd

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Michael Bay)

Pain and Gain (Michael Bay)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay)

3rd

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Transformers: The Last Knight (Michael Bay)

Moonage Daydream (Brett Morgen)

Memento (Christopher Nolan)

Insomnia (Christopher Nolan)

4th

Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson)

5th

Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

6th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

7th

Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

Breaking Bad (1 episode)

The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)

8th

The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir)

The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)

9th

Inception (Christopher Nolan)

10th

Super Mario Bros (NES)

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 

Massive Attack - Blue Lines

Super Mario Bros 2 (NES)

The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)

Massive Attack - Protection

11th

Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land 

Tool - Laturalus

Super Mario World (SNES)

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

12th

Castlevania (NES)

13th

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (SNES)

14th

Breaking Bad (1 episode)

15th

Fast X (Louis Leterrier)

Andor (3 episodes)

17th

The Fall (Jonathan Glazer)

L'Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni)

18th

The Player (Robert Altman)

19th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

20th

Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

21st

Cowboy Bebop (1 episode)

Freeway (Matthew Bright)

22nd

Spy Kids (Robert Rodriguez)

Metal Gear (PS2)

Andor (3 episodes)

23rd

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

24th

Cheers (6 episodes)

25th

Cheers (2 episodes)

Histoire(s) du cinéma (1 episode)

Cheers (4 episodes)

Histoire(s) du cinéma (1 episode)

Cheers (6 episodes)

Histoire(s) du cinéma (1 episode)

26th

Histoire(s) du cinéma (1 episode)

Cheers (1 episode)

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

27th

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

28th

Water Lilies (Celine Sciamma)

Breaking Bad (2 episodes)

29th

Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760

Andor (3 episodes)

30th

Kanye West - Ye

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

31st

Tomboy (Celine Sciamma)

Girlhood (Celine Sciamma)