Episode #190 - Our Favourite Films, TV and Books of 2022

We're back with our first episode of 2023! We begin by catching up on some recent Star Wars news, including:

The Mandalorian season 3 begins on 1 March/writers revealed

Daisy Ridley lunches at Lucasfilm

Damon Lindelof produced Star Wars film rumoured to begin filming in spring 2023

The Acolyte cast member Dafne Keen teases the crux of the plot

At around the half hour mark, we move on to discuss our media highlights of 2022, broken down by category:

Rachael's favourite films:

The Godfather Part II, dir. Francis Ford Coppola

Inferno, dir. Dario Argento

Decision to Leave, dir. Park Chan-wook

The Banshees of Inishiren, dir. Martin McDonagh

Kirsty's favourite films:

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Bound (1996)

Nope (2022)

To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Rachael and Kirsty's favourite TV:

Andor

Severance

Rachael's favourite books:

The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig

My Year of Rest and Relaxation & Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage

Kirsty's favourite books:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Jawbone by Monica Ojeda

Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanais

Many thanks to Christy Carew for the Scavenger's Hoard theme, and Nemling for our artwork.