*repeat reading/viewing
December 2009
Films
The Station Agent (Tom McCarthy, 2003)*
Holiday (George Cukor, 1938 )
Tell No One (Guillaume Canet, 2006)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009 )*
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009 )*
Theatre
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
November 2009
Films
The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960)*
King Corn (Aaron Woolf, 2007)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott, 2009)
Breach (Billy Ray, 2007)
Up (Pete Doctor, 2009)*
Food Inc. (Robert Kenner, 2008)
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)
Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932)
Books
Getting the Love You Want (Harville Hendrix)
October 2009
Films
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922 – Live VSO accompaniment)
Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)*
Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941)
Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)
The Major and the Minor (Billy Wilder, 1942)
It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008 )
Facing Ali (Pete McCormack, 2009)
Tyson (James Toback, 2008 )
Capitalism: A Love Story (Michael Moore, 2009)
Wagon Master (John Ford, 1950)
The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1970)
Books
The Big Sleep (BFI Classics: David Thompson, 1997)
Making the Best of It (John Stackhouse, Jr, 2008 )
Red River (Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues, 2000)*
John Ford (Peter Bogdanovich, 1978
Theatre/Live
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922 – Live VSO accompaniment)
U2: 360d Tour
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stephen Adley Guirgis)
September 2009
Films
Pieces of April (Peter Hedges, 2003)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gavin Hood, 2009)
Lorna’s Silence (The Brothers Dardenne, 2008 )
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)*
American Gangster (Ridley Scott, 2007)
Books
Lead Over a Wall (Eugene Peterson, 1998 )
“Zeal for Thy House” (playwright: Dorothy Sayers, 1957)
August 2009
Films
Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948 )*Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)*
To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)*
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)*
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)*
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008 )*
District 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 2009)
Charlie Wilson’s War (Mike Nichols, 2007)
Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings, 2007)
The Thaw (Mark A. Lewis, 2009)
Knowing (Alex Proyas, 2009)
Books
Rio Bravo (Robin Wood, 2008 )
Directors Close Up (ed. Jeremy Kagan, 2006)
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell, 2005)
In Bruges (Screenplay: Martin McDonough, 2008 )
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell, 2008 )
July 2009
Films
The Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)The Girl at the Cafe (David Yates, 2005)*
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009)
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)*
About a Boy (The brothers Weitz, 2002)*
L’Enfant (The brothers Dardenne, 2005)
Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)
I.O.U.S.A (Patrick Creadon, 2008 )
Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)*
Theatre
All’s Well That Ends’s Well (William Shakespeare, 1604)
Books
Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Eugene Peterson,1980 )*
Walking on Water (Madeleine L’Engle, 1982)*
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Patrick O’Brian, 2004)*
Blue at the Mizzen (Patrick O’Brian, 1999)*
The Hundred Days (Patrick O’Brian, 1998 )*
June 2009
Films
Mission Impossible III (J.J. Abrams, 2006)*
Mission Impossible III (J.J. Abrams, 2006)*
Hancock (Peter Berg, 2008 )
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)*
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008 )
U23D (Catherine Owen and Mark Pellington, 2008 )*
The International (Tom Tykwer, 2009)
The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)
Up (Pete Doctor, 2009)
Books
Never Eat Alone (Keith Ferazzi, 2005)
The Yellow Admiral (Patrick O’Brian, 1996)*
The Commodore (Patrick O’Brian, 1995)*
The Wine-Dark Sea (Patrick O’Brian, 1993)*
Clarissa Oakes (Patrick O’Brian, 1992)*
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Patrick O’Brian, 1991)*
Theatre
You Still Can’t (Ron Reed)
May 2009
Films
Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks 1938 )
I Was a Male War Bride (Howard Hawks, 1949)
Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008 )*
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” – The Crooked Man (Alan Grint, 1984)
The Incredible Hulk (Louis Leterrier, 2008 )
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Carl T. Dreyer, 1928)
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009 )*
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009 )
Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, 2003 )
Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008 )
Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008)
In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington, 2007)*
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)*
JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2008 )
Books
Thirteen Gun Salute (Patrick O’Brian, 1989)*
The Letter of Marque (Patrick O’Brian, 1988 )*
The Reverse of the Medal (Patrick O’Brian, 1986)*
The Far Side of the World (Patrick O’Brian, 1984)*
April 2009
Films
State of Play (Kevin MacDonald, 2009)
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)*
Personal Effects (David Hollander, 2009)
Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)
The Wings of Eagles (John Ford, 1957)
Murder on the Orient Express (Sidney Lumet, 1974)*
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Scott Derrickson, 2008 )
Books
Treason’s Harbour (Patrick O’Brian, 1984)*
The Ionian Mission (Patrick O’Brian, 1981)*
March 2009
Films
Bella (Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, 2006)
All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)*
Body of Lies (Ridley Scott, 2008 )
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008 )
Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2008 )
Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008 )
Books
The Surgeon’s Mate (Patrick O’Brian, 1980)*
The Fortune of War (Patrick O’Brian, 1979)*
Desolation Island (Patrick O’Brian, 1978 )*
The Mauritius Command (Patrick O’Brian, 1977)*
H.M.S. Surprise (Patrick O’Brian, 1973)*
Walking on Water (Madeleine L’Engle, 2001)
February 2009
Films
The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008 )
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008 )
Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie, 2007)
Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940)
Books
Post Captain (Patrick O’Brian, 1972)*
January 2009
Films
Front/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008 )
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, 2007)
Adam’s Apples (Anders Jensen, 2005)
The Station Agent* (Thomas McCarthy, 2003 )
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 2008 )
Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008 )
December 2008
Films
Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1969)
Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936)
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)*
The Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)
Some Came Running (Vincente Minnelli, 1958 )
Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008 )
It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)*
Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008 )
Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948 )
Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007)
A Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
Wanted
Notting Hill*
Love Actually
Books
Pictures at a Revolution (Mark Harris)
Shooting to Kill (Christine Vachon)
November 2008
Films
Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges, 1944)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Open Range
Kung Fu Panda
The Orphanage
The Lost Patrol (John Ford, 1934)
Get Smart
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Books
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
The Shack (William Young)
Discipleship on the Edge: An Expository Journey Through the Book of Revelation (Darrel Johnson)*
Theatre
Mourning Dove
Le Damnation do Faust (Live at The Met; HD Broadcast)
October 2008
Films:
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Disc 1)
The Lady Eve (Preston Stuges, 1944)*
Recount
Miracle at Morgan’s Creek (Preston Sturges, 1944)
Ugetsu
12:08 East of Bucharest
Constantine
The Secret Life of Words
Theatre
Salome (Live at The Met; HD Broadcast)
September 2008
Films:
John Adams (Miniseries)
Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks, 1934)
Field of Dreams
The Great McGinty (Prestong Sturges, 1944)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938 )
Juno*
Books:
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA (George Tenet)
August 2008
Films:
Sherlock Holmes and the Last Vampyre
Red Belt
In the Shadow of the Moon*
The Man Who Planted Trees (short)
The Right Stuff*
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Disc 1)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time*
Ryan*
Lady in the Lake
The Band’s Visit*
Double Indemnity*
Murder My Sweet
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Disc 3)
Five Easy Pieces
The Dark Knight*
The Last Waltz
Books:
The Final Days (Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward)
On the Incarnation (St. Athanasius)
July 2008
Films:
The Dark Knight
Goldfinger*
In Bruges*
Ryan*
Lost in La Mancha*
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
East of Eden
In Bruges*
Juno*
June 2008
Films:
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Iron Man*
Such a Long Journey
His Girl Friday*
The Lives of Others
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*
All the President’s Men*
Rio Bravo*
Brick
High and Low
Binta and the Great Idea (short)
Red River *
Theatre:
You Can’t Take it With You
Books:
Healing the Shame that Binds You (John Bradshaw)
May 2008
Films:
Eve & the Fire Horse
Into the Wild
Indiana Jones 4
Iron Man
Raiders of the Lost Ark*
The Conformist
Batman Returns*
Bad Timing
I’m Not There
Don’t Look Now
Gone Baby Gone
Last Round Up (short)
Reunion (short)
Chichester’s Choice
Directed by John Ford
Everything’s Gone Green*
The Dark Hours*
3 Godfathers
Theatre
No Exit
La Fille du Regiment (HD Broadcast)
Books
Tally’s Folly (a play by Lanford Wilson)
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Screenplay by William Goldman)
April 2008
Films:
Door to Door
Everything’s Gone Green*
After Life
Gunga Din
Hitch
Ace in the Hole
Cat People
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Yellow Sticky Notes (short)
The Thin Blue Line
Rushmore*
Day of Wrath
Books/Scripts:
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Who Killed Hollywood? (William Goldman)
The Celtic Way of Prayer (Esther De Waal)
Theatre
Where’s My Money? (John Patrick Shanley)
The Woodsman
March 2008
Films:
The Mist
In the Shadow of the Moon*
In the Shadow of the Moon*
Good Bye Lenin!
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Band’s Visit
U2 3D*
In Bruges
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada*
Ratatoille
Books/Scripts:
Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler)
Twigs* (George Furth – which I’m also acting in)
The God Who Believes: Faith, Doubt, and the Vicarious Humanity of Christ (Christian D. Kettler)
February 2008
Films:
Ordet
A Man For All Seasons*
Shane
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Juno*
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
Longford
Books/Scripts
Across All Worlds (C. Baxter Kruger)
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies (Blake Snyder)
Juno (Diablo Cody)
Winter Falls (Matt Chandler)
Refuge of Lies (Ron Reed)
Twigs (George Furth – which I’m also acting in)
Audio:
Romans 8 (N.T. Wright)
January 2008
Films:
Happy Feet
Juno
3:10 to Yuma*
There Will Be Blood
In the Shadow of the Moon*
Books/Scripts:
Prayer (Hans Urs von Balthasar)
Mysteries of Ice Fishing (Paul Fox)
Audio:
Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing—the Life and Thought of Michael Polanyi
“Rethinking the Categories of Theological discourse..”* (Rikk Watts)
Theological Instinct (Thomas Torrance)
The Mediation of Christ (Thomas Torrance)
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