The Intake 2026

The Intake of the films, TV, books and theater that is shaping my 2026.

TV, Film 2026

1. Marty Supreme

2. Bugonia

3. Alien: Earth

4. My Octopus Teacher

5. It’s Never Over: Jeff Buckley

6. The Little Drummer Girl

7. The Stringer

8. Sundance Film Fest: The Invite; Wicker Man; The Gallerist; The Musical; Union County; I Want Your Sex; Carousel

9. Lioness, S 1&2

10. Landman, S 2

11. Industry, S 3

12. The Rip

13. Mel Brooks

14. Night Agent, S 1&2

15. The Mastermind (Josh O’Connor)

16. Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

17. To Live and Die In LA

18. Dynasty: The Murdochs

19. The Nice Guys (2016)

20. LA Confidential

21. Crime 101

22. The Stringer, the Man who took the photograph

23. Mad Men, Seasons 1-7

24. Man on Fire (2007)

25. Dog Day Afternoon

26. Your Friends & Neighbors, S2

27. The Secret Agent

28. Thousand Blows, S2

29. One Battle After Another

30. Wuthering Heights (2011)

31. Spielberg jag:

32. Disclosure Day

33. Lincoln

34. Minority Report

35. Munich

36. Schindler’s List

37. The Agency S.2

38. The Godfather (remastered)

39. The Godfather II

40. The Bear, final season

41. Deli Boys, S.2

42. The Odyssey

43. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship

44. Lord of the Rings: Tower

45. Noah Kahan, Out of Body

46. Obsession

47. Lucky

Books 2026

1. Flesh,  David Szalay

2. R. Crumb, Dan Nader

3. Coyote, Sam Shepard biography, Robert M. Dowling

4. Streetwise, Lloyd Blankfein

5. Unplugged, Tom Freston

6. I Am Pilgram, Terry Hayes

Theater 2026

1. The Disappear, Erica Schmidt, Minetta Lane Theater

2. Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, Hannah Moscovitch, Minetta Lane Theater

3. Ragtime, book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Lincoln Center

4. Dog Day Afternoon, August Wilson Theater

5. Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Eric Bentley, MTC