David Wheeler
@davidwheeler92.bsky.social
Writer | Film and Book Lover | Kurosawa and Tsai-pilled | MA in English (IP) | BS in Mass Media
📖 MY TOP TEN READS OF 2024 📖
December 31, 2024 at 10:30 PM
📖 MY TOP TEN READS OF 2024 📖
2024 Reading (71/?) [KAPPA]
Parts political satire, quasi-fable, and suicide note, in a manner of speaking, published in the final year of Akutagawa's life. A bit ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, strangers in strange worlds. At once, and darkly, comic and melancholy.
Parts political satire, quasi-fable, and suicide note, in a manner of speaking, published in the final year of Akutagawa's life. A bit ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, strangers in strange worlds. At once, and darkly, comic and melancholy.
December 8, 2024 at 2:49 AM
2024 Reading (71/?) [KAPPA]
Parts political satire, quasi-fable, and suicide note, in a manner of speaking, published in the final year of Akutagawa's life. A bit ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, strangers in strange worlds. At once, and darkly, comic and melancholy.
Parts political satire, quasi-fable, and suicide note, in a manner of speaking, published in the final year of Akutagawa's life. A bit ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, strangers in strange worlds. At once, and darkly, comic and melancholy.
#Top5FirstViews | November 2024
1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (D. Billy Wilder, 1944)
2. DOGFIGHT (D. Nancy Savoca, 1991)
3. ANORA (D. Sean Baker, 2024)
4. A SERIOUS MAN (D. Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
5. LOOK BACK (D. Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (D. Billy Wilder, 1944)
2. DOGFIGHT (D. Nancy Savoca, 1991)
3. ANORA (D. Sean Baker, 2024)
4. A SERIOUS MAN (D. Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
5. LOOK BACK (D. Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
December 2, 2024 at 8:25 AM
#Top5FirstViews | November 2024
1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (D. Billy Wilder, 1944)
2. DOGFIGHT (D. Nancy Savoca, 1991)
3. ANORA (D. Sean Baker, 2024)
4. A SERIOUS MAN (D. Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
5. LOOK BACK (D. Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (D. Billy Wilder, 1944)
2. DOGFIGHT (D. Nancy Savoca, 1991)
3. ANORA (D. Sean Baker, 2024)
4. A SERIOUS MAN (D. Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
5. LOOK BACK (D. Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
2024 Reading (70/?) [TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW]
An inconsistent read. Like READY PLAYER ONE (bad; references) + THE SOCIAL NETWORK (great), but it latched more onto the bad. Stale for much too long, and the allusions to Shakespeare + the game metaphors were awkward.
An inconsistent read. Like READY PLAYER ONE (bad; references) + THE SOCIAL NETWORK (great), but it latched more onto the bad. Stale for much too long, and the allusions to Shakespeare + the game metaphors were awkward.
December 2, 2024 at 8:24 AM
2024 Reading (70/?) [TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW]
An inconsistent read. Like READY PLAYER ONE (bad; references) + THE SOCIAL NETWORK (great), but it latched more onto the bad. Stale for much too long, and the allusions to Shakespeare + the game metaphors were awkward.
An inconsistent read. Like READY PLAYER ONE (bad; references) + THE SOCIAL NETWORK (great), but it latched more onto the bad. Stale for much too long, and the allusions to Shakespeare + the game metaphors were awkward.
2024 Reading (69/?) [TRAIN DREAMS]
A pocket-sized, perilous odyssey set during the slow death of the American Old West. Reads like Hemingway, if he were in love with forests rather than the sea, with a touch of Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Kelly Reichardt should adapt this.
A pocket-sized, perilous odyssey set during the slow death of the American Old West. Reads like Hemingway, if he were in love with forests rather than the sea, with a touch of Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Kelly Reichardt should adapt this.
December 1, 2024 at 3:06 AM
2024 Reading (69/?) [TRAIN DREAMS]
A pocket-sized, perilous odyssey set during the slow death of the American Old West. Reads like Hemingway, if he were in love with forests rather than the sea, with a touch of Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Kelly Reichardt should adapt this.
A pocket-sized, perilous odyssey set during the slow death of the American Old West. Reads like Hemingway, if he were in love with forests rather than the sea, with a touch of Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Kelly Reichardt should adapt this.
2024 Reading (68/?) [I AM THE WIND]
My fifth Fosse, and my first play of his. One-act play about two men, named The One and The Other, in a boat. The other asking questions, the one answering. Anxiety and fear on the icy sea, sharing drinks in the drink. Short, powerful, like much of Fosse's work.
My fifth Fosse, and my first play of his. One-act play about two men, named The One and The Other, in a boat. The other asking questions, the one answering. Anxiety and fear on the icy sea, sharing drinks in the drink. Short, powerful, like much of Fosse's work.
November 29, 2024 at 3:49 AM
2024 Reading (68/?) [I AM THE WIND]
My fifth Fosse, and my first play of his. One-act play about two men, named The One and The Other, in a boat. The other asking questions, the one answering. Anxiety and fear on the icy sea, sharing drinks in the drink. Short, powerful, like much of Fosse's work.
My fifth Fosse, and my first play of his. One-act play about two men, named The One and The Other, in a boat. The other asking questions, the one answering. Anxiety and fear on the icy sea, sharing drinks in the drink. Short, powerful, like much of Fosse's work.
Jumped ship from Twitter, but with a life-preserver. I think I'll cross-post between here and there, at least for now. If you already know me, Hi! If not, I post nonsense about films, books, and other things I like. Mostly, lately, as a kind of diary of what I see or read. Anyway, let's get to it.
November 20, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Jumped ship from Twitter, but with a life-preserver. I think I'll cross-post between here and there, at least for now. If you already know me, Hi! If not, I post nonsense about films, books, and other things I like. Mostly, lately, as a kind of diary of what I see or read. Anyway, let's get to it.