# everything read watched (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover everything read watched. Page: Feed: --- ## [2025 in reading, watching, listening, etc.](https://blog.madelinepritchard.com/blog/2026/01/2025-media/) _2026-01-09 · Madeline Pritchard_ No time for intros! Welcome! Usual drill except with no art or theatre sections because I've been to neither since I moved back to Glasgow. Books I read Giovanni's Room at the beginning of February and — to be honest — it feels like that was five years ago. I do remember telling a guy at the end of a (good) date that I was excited to get the bus home because it would give me more time to read… ## [INT. Lumon Industries](https://blog.madelinepritchard.com/blog/2025/03/severance/) _2025-03-09 · Madeline Pritchard_ An innie is born fully clothed, lying on a conference room table, the voice of God (their manager) coming to them from a speaker. The table is pleasantly ovular, the walls padded — perhaps sound-proof, in case they scream and disturb their fellow employees. They wake up with knowledge and without memories, able to name a state but not the colour of their mother's eyes. The world they are born into… ## [How perfectionism ruined Star Wars](https://blog.madelinepritchard.com/blog/2025/03/rereleases/) _2025-03-07 · Madeline Pritchard_ In 1988, George Lucas went with Steven Spielberg to the US Senate and delivered a speech in favour of the rights of artists to protect their work from alteration. Railing against the trend at the time for colourisation of black and white films, he said: Today, engineers with their computers can add colour to black-and-white movies, change the sound track, speed up the pace and add or subtract… ## [What can the 21st century's Best Picture races tell us about this year's hopefuls?](https://blog.madelinepritchard.com/blog/2025/02/oscarsdata/) _2025-02-23 · Madeline Pritchard_ It's less than a week until the 97th Academy Awards, but the race for Best Picture is still wide open. As of 23rd February, The Brutalist tops the list on GoldDerby at 6/1, while Anora sits just behind on 13/2, followed by Conclave and Emilia Pérez on 7/1 each. Pole position was previously held by Emilia Pérez — it received the most nominations, with 13 — but scandals surrounding bigoted Tweets by… ## [2024 in reading, watching, listening, etc.](https://blog.madelinepritchard.com/blog/2025/01/2024-media/) _2025-01-18 · Madeline Pritchard_ It's generally not a good idea to complain about making the sausage while you're serving it, but I think you can see the strain in this thing — for some reason writing this was like pulling teeth. I should save this for a separate post sometime but I've spent a lot of this past year thinking about work and process and wondering why I love starting projects and loathe finishing them — maybe it's…