Alexandria
Things I've come across and are worth revisiting. My antilibrary can be found here.
March
- TV shows
- One Day, 2024
- Books
- Vi Fødte aldri de barna, Ingvill Hekne, 2024
- Poems
- Songs
February
- Films
- Articles and Essays
- Youtube
- Songs
January
- Books
- Talent, Tyler Cowen, 2022
- For whom the bell tolls, Ernest Hemingway, 1940
- Far From the tree, Andrew Solomon, 2012
- Films
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001, Peter Jackson
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002, Peter Jackson
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003, Peter Jackson
- Å Seile Sin Egen Sjø, 2002, Øyvind Sandberg
- TV Shows
- Attack on Titan, 2013, Hajime Isayama (finished)
- Articles and Essays
- Stories
- Podcasts
- Where Should We Begin, Esther Perel
- Albums
- Songs
- Visual art
- Youtube
2024
December
- Films
- Crazy Rich Asians, 2018, Jon M. Chu
- Uncut Gems, 2019, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie,
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989, Jeremiah S. Chechik,
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005, Tim Burton
- TV
- Blue Eyed Samurai, 2023, Amber Noizumi and Michael Green
- Articles / Essays
- Jürgen Klopp, Ange Postecoglou and the Premier League’s era of charisma, Aaron Timms, The Guardian
- Camera, not an engine, Ventakash Rao
- On Mediocrity, Anna Gat
- Looking for Alice, Henrik Karlsson
- Loved, yet lonely, Kaitlyn Creasy, Aeon Magazine
- Thread: "I lost my wife to cancer last month —"
- RIP Culture War Thread
- Picking a purpose, DHH
- Youtube
- Songs
- Close to Me, The Cure
- Poems
November
- Books
- The Middle Passage, 1990, James Hollis
- Learn German, 2012, Paul Noble
- Boatlife Exploring the Freedom of Maritime Living, 2023, Katharina Charpian
- Films
- Snowpiercer, 2013, Bong Joon-ho
- Okja, 2017, Bong Joon-ho
- Provoked, 2008, Henry Rollins
- Past Lives, 2023, Celine Song
- TV
- A Time Called You, 2023, Kim Jin-won (ongoing)
- Articles / Essays
- Youtube
- Taking it one day at a time, The School of Life
- How Romanticism Ruined Love, The School of Life
- Why do most Most Relationships Fail? - The Myth of the Magical Other, Academy of Ideas
- Lost in Translation - What's the Point of a Doomed Romance? | Video Essay, Screened
- Alain de Botton on Sex, The School of Life
- Alain de Botton on Romanticism, The School of Life
- How the body keeps the score on trauma | Bessel van der Kolk for Big Think+
- Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life
- Podcasts
- Songs
Before November
- Podcasts
- Books
- Mating in Captivity, 2006, Esther Perel
- The Body Keeps the Score, 2014, Bessel van der Kolk
- The Wisdom of Insecurity, 1951, Alan Watts
- Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, 2022, Chris Miller
- Films
- Barbie, 2023, Greta Gerwig
- Oppenheimer, 2023, Christopher Nolan
- Before Sunrise, 1995, Richard Linklater
- Before Sunset, 2004, Richard Linklater
- The Matrix, 1999, Wachowski Sisters
- TV
- Dark, 2017, Baran bo Odar
- Articles / Essays