When I finish a book or a movie, I like to write down my thoughts about it, and I'm looking for an iPhone app to organize my reading and watching notes. My particular picky bookworm/filmgeek requirements inside.
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posted by yankeefog
on Apr 23, 2013 -
6 answers
Books/Movies about soulmates finding each other in each lifetime? I have some vague memories about at least one book or movie that centered around a couple, soul mates who kept having to re-find each other over and over in multiple different lifetimes. Ringing any bells? I know Cloud Atlas is a tiny bit like that, but it was much longer ago than that.
Also, suggestions of books/movies along similar lines?
Tried searching but maybe I searched the wrong terms.
Thanks in advance!
posted by bluesky78987
on Mar 24, 2013 -
30 answers
Last week I read David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (thanks to
this FPP), while in the middle of reading Moby Dick. I found them resonating together so well: the high tragedy mixed with low comedy, the elaborate descriptive asides, the playing with formatting, the casual authorial self-hatred, the obsession with morality, to say nothing of the mechanics of the ship and the sea. All this without a single over reference back to Melville.
What are some other great co-reads (or movies/TV/opera/album/etc.) to get that enriching resonance? Subtle is good: think tone, theme, shape more than plot or character. If you've caught Laurence Weschler's McSweeney's series of Convergences (published in book form
here), that's more what I mean. The reader/viewer makes the connections without being led by the author (So, for instance, King Lear & Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres are too overtly linked).
Bonus points for something that goes well with Cloud Atlas (the book, not the movie).
posted by rikschell
on Feb 18, 2013 -
17 answers
Spoiler filter - novels/scripts where the protagonist was in a coma/dead (etc) the whole time?
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posted by tzb
on Jan 18, 2013 -
46 answers
Help me remember this relatively recent story (movie? book?) a friend recommended to me. Vague details ahead!
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posted by rhiannonstone
on Nov 13, 2012 -
2 answers
Asking for a friend: "I'm looking for the equivalent of American Beauty the movie in a book. Any suggestions?"
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posted by dfriedman
on Oct 23, 2012 -
16 answers
Sometime before the summer of 2000,
Inquest Gamer magazine (the collectible card game/role-playing game offshoot of
Wizard, originally just called
Inquest) ran a pair of articles listing 100 movies you should watch and 100 books you should read in order to improve your DMing ability. I'd like to read those lists again. Does anyone know which issues had them?
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posted by themanwho
on Oct 1, 2012 -
7 answers
Searching for stories about infidelity. Specifically, stories about emotionally-involved affairs (not one night stands) where one party in the affair is married or in a long-term relationship and the other is single. Can you help?
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posted by houndsoflove
on Sep 15, 2012 -
22 answers
Is there a last.fm-esque website for movies? I want something that allows me to keep track of what I've watched (really, any media tracking website)
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posted by apip
on Aug 9, 2012 -
10 answers
Please recommend stories about mental battles. Specifically, people overcoming deep-seated fears or beliefs.
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posted by fix
on May 3, 2012 -
7 answers
moviefilter question: a film from probably the 80's. it takes place at a medieval university, i believe. a new initiate is taken to a hidden room, where the monks/professors/whatever they are have kept copies of all the texts that have been banned by the church or the powers that be. any ideas?
posted by camdan
on Apr 21, 2012 -
7 answers
In my fantasy life, I move to a remote area of the United States (like somewhere in New Mexico), buy a small home with a garden for tomatoes and herbs, wear long dresses, buy a faithful dog for a companion, write novels and take gorgeous, brooding young men for lovers. Please recommend to me some books with characters (real or fictional) who have lived this life.
posted by nubianinthedesert
on Apr 10, 2012 -
11 answers
Looking for good depictions of people or characters with truly foreign, alien, or mutually irreconcilable views of the world.
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posted by Bufo_periglenes
on Feb 14, 2012 -
29 answers
Excluding the Bible (which depending on your point of view is not a fictional tome) what book has (to date) had the most screen / theatre adaptations made from it?
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posted by Faintdreams
on Jan 23, 2012 -
27 answers
What fiction-genre books/movies are the most accurate in their depiction of the CIA and/or CIA-related activities?
posted by KChasm
on Oct 25, 2011 -
9 answers
I'm really good at predicting the end of most movies and books. I easily see foreshadowing, symbolism, and archetypes. How can I parlay this skill into a creative job?
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posted by dchrssyr
on Oct 2, 2011 -
27 answers
I'm looking for novels or movies that feature teenage protagonists suffering from depression, schizoid tendencies or similar psychological defects.
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posted by Senza Volto
on Sep 9, 2011 -
48 answers
The story builds dread about a certain location throughout the narrative and climaxes with the protagonist going there. Please recommend more scary movies and books like this!
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posted by Willie0248
on Jun 29, 2011 -
32 answers
Question for men: Which books or movies have resonated with your private inner thoughts or feelings?
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posted by Ashley801
on Jun 20, 2011 -
94 answers
I'm looking for book and/or movie recommendations that portray survival during the (emotional) worst case scenario that in reality, isn't all that bad.
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posted by anonymous
on May 12, 2011 -
18 answers
Looking for TV shows, books, and movies where a smart, sharp comedic sensibility masks a deeply sentimental core.
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posted by mellifluous
on Mar 15, 2011 -
47 answers
I remember seeing a movie as a kid and I'd like to see it again but I don't know what it was called or who was in it.
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posted by notmydesk
on Feb 10, 2011 -
6 answers
In what English movies or books would I most likely be exposed to new words? Any genre and time-period.
posted by keith0718
on Feb 3, 2011 -
34 answers
What great movies (or TV shows) did you find to be infinitely better than the book on which they were based?
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posted by Sidhedevil
on Dec 27, 2010 -
93 answers
This weekend, I saw
True Grit. I loved it so much that I bought the book. The book is fantastic. (Why is this not considered a classic?) I'd love to discover other books that have been eclipsed by the film adaptation, but which deserve attention in their own right — books like
True Grit,
Cool Hand Luke,
To Kill a Mockingbird (okay, everyone knows that's a good book), and so on.
Help me find great (but lesser-known) books that have inspired great (and well-known) movies.
posted by jdroth
on Dec 27, 2010 -
92 answers
I am looking for movie / book ressources that broach topics related to Speech therapy as well as speech /writing difficulties, that would be available to anyone (i.e not necessarily professional ressources, though they could be useful). Thanks so much
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posted by Jireel
on Dec 26, 2010 -
16 answers
I'm looking for examples of charming but ultimately stoic and otherwise unflappable characters in print or film.
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posted by blahtsk
on Nov 2, 2010 -
58 answers
I want to be a sharper, wittier writer and conversationalist like the O.G. Dorothy Parker or, hey, even Coketalk. I admire funny, confident women, and while I think I'm moderately funny in person (years of low self-esteem will do wonders for your self-deprecating humor skills once you come out of it, go figure), I'd like to beef it up a bit, as well as learn how to express that more in my writing.
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posted by themaskedwonder
on Oct 24, 2010 -
19 answers
Looking to compile a list of movies/books/TV that have either the reputation for, or have actually been seen to have a negative influence on people's behavior.
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posted by Burhanistan
on Oct 10, 2010 -
37 answers
What are some mature, well-written books/films/etc. about mankind's bond to animals/nature?
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posted by Echobelly
on Oct 2, 2010 -
26 answers
What movies and books should I introduce to my kids as they move towards adulthood? I would like to give my kids a solid foundation in books and movies outside of what will be thrown at them by the media and their friends. I turn to Mefi to give me a list of the literary and cinematic signposts that would broaden and round out a toddler, tween, or teenager.
posted by jasondigitized
on Sep 14, 2010 -
36 answers
Please suggest media (books, films, other types) that might help me construct a non-religious, "Why all of life and existence matters" narrative.
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posted by GnomeChompsky
on Sep 6, 2010 -
26 answers
Recommendations for thought-provoking books or essay collections that analyze horror movies, please.
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posted by ifjuly
on Aug 17, 2010 -
18 answers
