2015 - My Year In Review
This past year I kept track of all of the books/magazines/journals I read as well as all of the movies I watched. It is my own needy way to show that I am productive with my time and I am doing things without having to actually do anything of depth or meaning. So, here is my list of productivity for 2015:
Lets start with books:
Academic:
Discipline and Punish – Michel Foucault
The Reenchantment of the World – Morris Berman
From Dissertation to Book – William Germano
To Save Everything, Click Here – Evgeny Morozov
Fiction:
Lost Horizon – James Hilton
The Minority Report – Philip K. Dick
The Cellist of Sarajevo – Steven Galloway
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
White Oleander – Janet Fitch
In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way – Marcel Proust
Memoirs
The Color of Water – James McBride
The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe
Technical (work related)
Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There – Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff
Reinventing Sunday – Brad Berglund
African American Christian Worship – Melva Wilson Costen
History/Biography:
The Wright Brothers – David McCullough
Out Of My Life and Thought – Albert Schweitzer
Journals/Magazines:
The Atlantic – October, 2013
- September , 2013
- July/August, 2013
The Christian Century (28)
- September 3, 2014
- August 20, 2014
- August 6, 2014
- July 23, 2014
- July 9, 2014
- June 25, 2014
- June 11, 2014
- May 28, 2014
- May 14, 2014
- April 30, 2014
- April 2, 2014
- March 19, 2014
- March 5, 2014
- February 5, 2014
- February 19, 2014
- January 22, 2014
- January 8, 2014
- December, 2013
- December 11, 2013
- November 27, 2013
- November 13, 2013
- October 30, 2013
- October 16, 2013
- October 2, 2013
- September 18, 2013
- September 4, 2013
- June 26, 2013
- August 21, 2013
So I did a little reading this past year.
Now onto the movies:
AFI 100:
Annie Hall
The Godfather, Part II
High Noon
To Kill a Mockingbird
It Happened One Night
Oscar 2009:
Tropic Thunder
Kung Fu Panda
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Oscar 2012:
Pina – Documentary
Footnote (Israel)
A Morning Stroll (animated short)
Rango
Undefeated (documentary)
In Darkness (Poland)
Oscar 2013:
Life of Pi
Kon Tiki
Hitchcock
Lincoln
Chasing Ice (documentary)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Adam and Dog (animated short)
Asad (short film)
Skyfall
Django Unchained
Marvel’s The Avengers
Flight
The Impossible
The Sessions
Frankenweenie
Mirror Mirror
Oscar 2014:
Philomena
Dallas Buyers Club
Before Midnight
The Croods
Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
Oscar 2015:
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Judge
Two Days, One Night (France)
Birdman
Other:
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Iron Man 3
Dracula Untold
Chef
Thor: The Dark World
DCU: Son of Batman
Hot Fuzz
Inside Out
Alladin
Hitman: Agent 47
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
Dear White People
Batman Begins
Aeon Flux
Kung Fury
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As you can see it was a good year that was steeped in 2013. I'm only two years behind!