Monthly Media — January 2026

Feb 1, 2026 · 2 min read

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In hopes of becoming more cognizant of the media I consume, I am going to begin documenting exactly that. In future months, I hope to add more kinds of media (such as YouTube videos), but for now, here are all the books, movies, and albums I consumed this previous month.

Books:

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Dec 27th - Jan 1st)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Dec 6th - )
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus (Jan 10th - )

Movies:

Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven (Jan 1st)
Nosferatu by Robert Eggers (Jan 4th)
Godzilla Minus One by Takashi Yamazaki (Jan 6th)
Close-Up by Abbas Kiarostami (Jan 8th)
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson (Jan 10th)
Superman by James Gunn (Jan 12th)
Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-Ho (Jan 12th)
Chungking Express by Wong Kar-Wai (Jan 12th)
Three Colours: Blue by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Jan 14th)
Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie (Jan 15th)
No Other Choice by Park Chan-Wook (Jan 17th)
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Jan 18th)
Sinners by Ryan Coogler (Jan 19th)
A Moment of Innocence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Jan 20th)
Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi (Jan 21st)
The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg (Jan 22nd)
12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet (Jan 23rd)
Chime by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Jan 23rd)
Decalogue I by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Jan 24th)
La Coupe Bernard Tapine by Céline Sciamma (Jan 24th)
Skyscraper Live (Jan 24th)
In the Mood for Love — Day One by Wong Kar-Wai(Jan 25th)
Pauline by Céline Sciamma (Jan 25th)
Locks by Ryan Coogler (Jan 25th)
Insomnia by Christopher Nolan (Jan 26th)
Linklater: On Cinema and Time by Kogonada (Jan 26th)
Castello Cavalcanti by Wes Anderson (Jan 30th)
Three Colours: White by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Jan 31st)
Happyend by Neo Sora (Jan 31st)
Cloud by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Jan 31st)

Albums:

Adventures in Paradise by Minnie Riperton (Jan 19th)
Kem Album II by Kem (Jan 19th)
Freudian by Daniel Caesar (Jan 24th)
TRAPSOUL by Bryson Tiller (Jan 27th)