to read

• almond - sohn won-pyung
• earthlings - sayaka murata
• tauhou - kōtuku titihuia nuttall
• the sluts - dennis cooper
• what my bones know - stephanie foo
• calling a wolf a wolf - kaveh akbar
• summer sons - lee mandelo
• the haar - david sodergren
• left hand - paul curran
• blood meridian - cormac mccarthy
• the good earth - pearl s. buck
• choke - chuck palahniuk

films to watch

• gattaca - andrew niccol, 1997
• titane - julia ducournau, 2021
• a distant place - park kun-young, 2020
• didi - sean wang, 2024
• aftersun - charlotte wells, 2022
• monster - hirokazu kore-eda, 2023
• mulholland drive - david lynch, 2001
• sinners - ryan coogler, 2025
• the banshees of inisherin - martin mcdonagh, 2022
• dogtooth - yorgos lanthimos, 2009
• decision to leave - park chan-wook, 2022
• look back - kiyotaka oshiyama, 2024
• past lives - celine song, 2023

tv shows to watch

• it’s always sunny in philadelphia - rob mcelhenney, 2005-
• my mister - kim won-seok, 2018
• haunting of hill house - mike flanagan, 2018