Many of us enjoy keeping a list of the art we consume on an annual basis. Certain social-based websites have thrived on the notion, including Goodreads for bibliophiles and Letterboxd for cinephiles. Before the internet made it easy to log and store such lists, a handy word processor or pencil and paper would have sufficed, and in many capacities, still do: journal entries consisting of movies watched and books read sounds like a complete delight.

Famed director Steven Soderbergh has received some notoriety for obsessively keeping track of the films and television series he watches and the books, plays, and short stories he reads in a calendar year.


A constant consumer, Soderbergh (as evidenced by his list below) is often a fan of the thinly-related double feature, and it's a pleasure to skim through the list and see what he came across on an almost daily basis. She's Lost Control (female empowered) and Glengarry Glen Ross (testosterone-fueled) back-to-back on January 9th, 2018? Why not? A wintery double feature of Crazy Rich Asians and the director's own Unsane? Sure thing. Began principal photography on his latest feature on February 27th? It appears so. 

Before you dive into Soderbergh's list (which can also be found here) first, an index to help understand the groupings.

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
All caps: TV SERIES
Italics: Book
Quotation marks: "Play"
Italics, quotation marks: "Short Story"

01/01 NK3, Michael Tolkin, DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE BIRD REVELATION

01/02 “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe

01/03 ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLDADVISE AND CONSENT

01/04 NOTORIOUSYour Dad Stole My Rake, Tom Papa

01/05 US FEMALE FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

01/06 Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, Michael Wolff

01/08 Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

01/09 SHE’S LOST CONTROLGLENGARRY GLEN ROSS

01/13 Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, Matthew Walker, DATELINE

01/14 THE NARROW MARGIN(’52), THE CANDIDATE

01/18 The Perfect Nanny, Leila Slimani

01/19 KATT WILLIAMS: GREAT AMERICA

01/20 THE NAKED CITYWHISKY GALORE!

01/21 WHAT’S UP, DOC?

01/22 Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan, UNSANE

01/24 A Guide for Murdered Children, Sarah Sparrow

01/26 DIRTY MONEY: HARD NOX

01/27 Pachinko, Jin Min Lee, DIRTY MONEY: THE MAPLE SYRUP HEIST

01/28 DIRTY MONEY: DRUG SHORT, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

01/29 THE APARTMENT

01/30 A FANTASTIC WOMAN

02/01 “Bronze” Jeffrey Eugenides, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

02/02 THE MACINTOSH MAN

02/03 SUBURBICON, DIRTY MONEY: PAYDAY, 48 HRS

02/04 The Monk of Mohka, Dave Eggers

02/06 THE KREMLIN LETTER

02/07 THE HIT (’84)

02/08 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/09 THE LOOKING GLASS WARLOVELESS

02/11 In Every Moment We Are Alive, Tom Malmquist, 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/12 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE

02/13 GATE OF HELLTHE GODFATHER

02/14 The Red-Haired Woman, Orhan Pamuk. CHRIS ROCK: TAMBORINE, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

02/15 THE SOCIAL NETWORKTHE HUSTLER, “Stanville” Rachel Kushner

02/16 Doting, Henry Green, I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE, 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/17 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/18 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/20 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/21 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/22 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS

02/23 I’M ALAN PARTRDIGE (2)

02/25 “Trojan Women” by Euripides

02/27 Begin principal photography on HIGH FLYING BIRD

03/03 ALL ABOUT EVEBARBARELLA, DATELINE

03/10 VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL, DAS BOOT (restored director’s cut)

03/11 STORY OF A PROSTITUTE, “Mrs. Calthorpe” William Trevor, THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY

03/12 ATLANTA (3)

03/13 ATLANTA (2), ANNIHILATION

03/14 ATLANTA

03/15 ATLANTA (2), OCEAN’S EIGHT

03/17 HIGH FLYING BIRDHotel du Lac, Anita Brookner, ATLANTA, DATELINE, VERONIKA VOSSDUNE(’84)

03/18 RICKY GERVAIS: HUMANITY

03/20 Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday, OCEAN’S EIGHT

03/23 HIGH FLYING BIRD

03/24 Built, Roma Agraval, 48 HRS, ATLANTA

03/25 SILICON VALLEY

03/26 HIGH FLYING BIRD, BILLIONS

03/27Skin in the Game, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

03/28 Live Cinema and Its Techniques, Francis Ford Coppola

03/29 ATLANTA, KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE

03/30 MRS., Caitlin Macy

03/31 EVERYTHING GOES WRONG, THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING (PART ONE), SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON

04/01 YOUTH OF THE BEASTOTHELLO (’52)

04/02 SILICON VALLEY, THE LADYKILLERS (’55)

04/05 ATLANTA

04/06 WILD, WILD COUNTRY (3)

04/07 DATELINE, DAISIESSEVEN DAYS IN MAY (’64), PANIC ROOM, 48 HRS

04/08 SILICON VALLEY

04/10 BILLIONS, FORBIDDEN PLANET2001: A SPACE ODYSSEYDESISTFILM*,WEDLOCK HOUSE: AN INTERCOURSE*

04/11 DISOBEDIENCE

04/12 ATLANTA

04/14 DOG STAR MAN(’61-’64)

04/15 Trick Baby, Iceberg Slim, SILICON VALLEY, BILLIONS

04/17 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN(’81)

04/18 BEIRUT

04/20 ATLANTA, GREG DAVIS: YOU MAGNIFICENT BEAST, DATELINE (2)

04/21 BROADCAST NEWSBRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (’92)

04/22 Space Odyssey, Michael Benson

04/24 OCEAN’S EIGHT, “Travesties” by Tom Stoppard

04/28 ATLANTA, GRADUATION, BILLIONS

04/29 SILICON VALLEY, BILLIONS

04/30 THE SERVANT

05/01 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

05/05 Elastic, Leonard Mlodinow, 48 HRS, JOHN MULANEY: KID GORGEOUS

05/08 CHINATOWN

05/09 THE DENVER AIRPORT CONSPIRACY (by SEA)

05/10 The Sky is Falling, Peter Biskind, THE FIREMAN’S BALL, VANITY FAIR CONFIDENTIAL, LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD

05/11 REVENGE(’18), DATELINE

05/12 The Italian Teacher, Tom Rachman, ROOM 104, ANON, 48 HRS, APOCALYPSE NOW,CATCH-22

05/13 Tangerine, Christine Mangan, EVIL GENIUS (4), SILICON VALLEY, Fear of Dying, Erica Jong

05/15 BELOW DECK (2), BILLIONS

05/18 BELOW DECK (2)

05/19 BELOW DECK (2), WOMEN IN LOVE

05/20 BELOW DECK, TOBY DAMMIT

05/21 BELOW DECK (4), BARREN*, BOB & DALE*, DRIVING HOME*, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH*, ESTA NINA LINDA*, THE HERON*, MADRE MARIA*, ROSA’S ESPERANZA*, RUBBERNECK*, SNOWFLAKES*, SUCKER*, THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA* 

05/24BELOW DECK (3)

05/25 BELOW DECK (5)

05/26 BELOW DECK (3)

05/27 BELOW DECK (2)

05/28 SWEPT AWAY(’74), The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner, JE T’AIME, JE T’AIME, BELOW DECK (5)

05/29 JAWS

06/01 BELOW DECK (5)

06/02 BELOW DECK (2)

06/03 SEVEN BEAUTIES, BELOW DECK (4)

06/04 BELOW DECK (2), HIGH FLYING BIRD

06/05 BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

06/06 THE THICK OF IT

06/07 BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSESTHE _______ REPORT

06/08 DATELINE

06/09 BILLIONS, LADY MACBETHTHE ASPHALT JUNGLE

06/10 AMERICAN ANIMALS

06/11 BILLIONS, RIFFIFI

06/12 DIRTY HARRY

06/14 How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI

06/15 THE _______ REPORT

06/16 DATELINE, 48 HRS

06/17 THE _______ REPORT, THE FUGITIVE KINDGONE GIRL

06/22 READY PLAYER ONE

06/23 JURASSIC PARK

06/28 THOROUGHBREDSPSYCHO (’60)

06/29 CALIBRE, DATELINE

06/30 A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL (3), HARPER

07/01 When Einstein Walked With Godel, Jim Holt

07/02 The Fixer, Bradley Tusk

07/06 THE _______ REPORTGAUDI’S MESSAGEPANIC ROOM

07/07 HANNAH GADSBY: NANETTE, THE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX

07/08 THE TENANTTOMMY

07/10 LOVE & FRIENDSHIP

07/11 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATHTHE _______ REPORT

07/12 Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh

07/13 JIM JEFFERIES: THIS IS ME NOW, DATELINE

07/14 My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh, THE SCARLETT EMPRESS, MARLENE DIETRICH IN DENMARK 1971

07/18 JAWS

07/19 “Now More Than Ever”, Zadie Smith

07/20 AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY

07/21 BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAYTHE DEVIL IS A WOMAN

07/27 ILIZA: ELDER MILLENIAL, ILIZA: CONFIRMED KILLS, THE BREAKING POINT

07/28 THE DAY OF THE JACKAL

07/29 THE SILENCE (’63)

07/31 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF BRUCE WILLIS, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

08/01 CALIFORNIA SUITE

08/04 War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence, Ronan Farrow

08/05 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

08/06 ARMY OF SHADOWS, BETTER CALL SAUL

08/07 THE _______ REPORT

08/08 The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner, The Incendiaries, R.O. Kwon

08/09 PETULIA, SUCCESSION 

08/10 DEMETRI MARTIN: THE OVERTHINKER

08/11 OUT OF THE PAST, THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (PARTS 1, 2, 3)

08/12 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT

08/13 THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (PART 4), CRUEL GUN STORY

08/16 YOUNG MAN WITH A HORNMichael Curtiz: A Life in Film, Alan K. Rode

08/18 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, THE THICK OF IT (2)

08/20 My Struggle: Books 6-9 The End, Karl Ove Knausgaard, BETTER CALL SAUL, PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE

08/21 Hits and Misses,Simon Rich

08/23 FILMWORKER

08/24 HEREDITARYTHE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD(’51)

08/25 Caught, Henry Green, THE MAYFAIR SET (PARTS 1-4)

08/26 ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE (PARTS 1-3), ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (3)

08/27 BETTER CALL SAUL, THE ELEMENT OF CRIME

08/28 THE _______ REPORT, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (2)

08/31 MARWENCOL, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (2)

09/01 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (2), FLAMINGO ROAD

09/02 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (2), TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAMTHE GOODBYE GIRL

09/03 AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE CLOONEY, BETTER CALL SAUL

09/04 Party Going, Henry Green

09/07 DEMON SEED

09/08 DOUBLE INDEMNITYKING KONG (’76)

09/09 THE RIDER, THE THICK OF IT (2)

09/10 LOVE*REMIND ME*, BETTER CALL SAUL

09/11 IT FELT LIKE A KISS,NANCY 

09/12 Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata, Crudo, Olivia Laing

09/13 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN(’71)

09/14 THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS

09/15 Concluding, Henry Green, FOREVER, ALVAREZ VS GOLOVKIN, OUR MAN IN HAVANA

09/16 Babylon, Yasmina Reza, FOREVER (2), THE CHILDREN ACT 

09/17 70TH ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS, BETTER CALL SAUL

09/19 EVIL UNDER THE SUNFABERGE: A LIFE OF ITS OWN

09/20 READY PLAYER ONE

09/22 Cherry, Nico Walker, THE PROFESSIONALS(’66), DATELINE, PORTRAIT OF JASON

09/23 MANDY

09/24 BETTER CALL SAUL

09/26 MANIAC (2), THE LONG VOYAGE HOME

09/27 MANIAC

09/28 D.L. HUGHLEY: CONTRARIAN

09/29 MANIAC (3)

10/01 Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology, Lisa Margonelli, MANIAC (2), FOX AND HIS FRIENDSJIMI PLAYS MONTEREY

10/03 MANIAC (2)

10/05 Flights, Olga Tokarczuk, BETTER CALL SAUL, THE GOODBYE GIRL

10/06 CALIFORNIA SUITEPLAZA SUITETEA WITH THE DAMES, MACGREGOR VS NURMAGOMEDOV

10/07 NO STONE UNTURNED

10/08 BETTER CALL SAUL

10/09 Inadvertent, Karl Ove Gnausgaard, FOREVER (2)

10/10 NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH, FOREVER

10/11 BLACK ‘47

10/12 THE ROMANOFFS (2)

10/13 THE SUNSHINE BOYS

10/15 Begin principal photography on THE LAUNDROMAT

10/19 THE ROMANOFFS

10/20 TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW, THE ALPS MURDERS

10/25 THE ROMANOFFS

10/27 TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW

10/31 EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY (2)

11/01 THE ROMANOFFS

11/02 THE SPY WHO WENT INTO THE COLD, MARATHON MAN

11/03 TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW, DEUTCHLAND ’86 (3), THE TERMINAL MAN

11/06 THE HEADLESS WOMAN

11/10 THE ROMANOFFS, OPERATION ODESSA

11/11 CRAZY RICH ASIANS

11/14 SALLY4EVER

11/17 “Show Recent Some Love”, Sam Lipsyte, The End of the Moment We Had, Toshiki Okada, THE ROMANOFFS, SALLY4EVER, THE GETAWAY(’72)

11/18 ENEMIES: THE PRESIDENT, JUSTICE, AND THE FBI, SALLY4EVER, BETRAYAL: THE PLOT THAT WON THE WHITE HOUSE

11/21 SEARCHING

11/22 Lake Success, Gary Shteyngart, THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEADCOLD WAR, THE ROMANOFFS, ALL ABOUT EVE

11/23 TIGER VS PHIL, The Feral Detective, Jonathan Lethem, MINDHUNTER (2), THE KNACK…AND HOW TO GET IT

11/24 SALLY4EVER (2), LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOLOGNE

11/25 SHIRKERS

11/27 The Witch Elm, Tana French, A STAR IS BORN (’18)

11/30 THE ROAD WARRIORKEY LARGO (bye FilmStruck!)

12/01 HAPPY AS LAZZARO

12/02 Transcription, Kate Atkinson, SALLY4EVER, THE RIVER WILD, INSIDE SYRIA’S DEADLY DYNASTY

12/03 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, John Carreyrou

12/09 SALLY4EVER, VOX LUX

12/10 PATHS OF GLORY

12/13 THE LAUNDROMAT

12/14 WE ARE NOT DONE YETTHE FAVOURITE

12/15 WIDOWSROMAAT ETERNITY’S GATE

12/16 GAGA: FIVE FOOT TWO

12/20 THE LAUNDROMAT

12/21 VILLAIN(’71)

12/22 SHAME (’68), ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, THE INCREDIBLES 2, CIVILIZATIONS (3)

12/23 A NEW LEAF2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

12/24 The Great Eastern, Howard A. Rodman, STALAG 17THE TOWERING INFERNO, CIVILIZATIONS

12/25 MINORITY REPORT

12/26 THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. TIn Our Mad and Furious City, Guy Gunaratne, BELOW DECK (6)

12/27 BLACKKKLANSMAN, BELOW DECK (6)

12/28 EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY, BANDERSNATCH, BELOW DECK (2), DATELINE

12/29 CIVILIZATIONS, BELOW DECK (4), THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, 48 HOURS

12/30 BELOW DECK (10)

12/31 IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK21 Lessons for the 21stCentury, Yuval Noah Harari, CIVILIZATIONS, BELOW DECK (2), THE SOCIAL NETWORK

VINYL

ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS  Soundtrack Miles Davis 

LOW SPARK OF HIGH-HEELED BOYS  Traffic

GAUCHO  Steely Dan

AN EVENING WITH NICHOLS AND MAY

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR  The Beatles

TRUST  Elvis Costello & The Attractions

TAKING LIBERTIES  Elvis Costello & The Attractions

LOVELESS  My Bloody Valentine

MERRY CHRISTMAS  Johnny Mathis