Watched Journal: January 2026

 What I watched in January.

1/6: Marty Supreme [AMC Madison Yards]
1/7: The Studio [Apple TV]
1/9: Stranger Things 5 [Netflix]
1/10: Wake Up Dead Man [Netflix]
1/11: Prison on Fire [Criterion]
1/15: Where the Day Takes You [Roku Channel]
1/16: The Life of Chuck [Hulu]
1/17: The Pitt Season 1 [HBO]
1/18: The Secret Agent (Filho, ‘25) [Landmark Midtown Art]
1/19: So Unreal [Blu-ray - Videodrome]
1/21: Goodbye, Columbus [FCE Blu-ray - Videodrome]
1/23: Rich and Famous (Cukor, ‘81) [TCM]
1/24: The Eiger Sanction [Kino 4K UHD]
1/27: Song of My City [TCM]
1/28: McCabe & Mrs. Miller [Criterion Blu-ray]
1/31: The Ice Storm [Criterion]

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