Another year has come to a close. While it wasn’t anything special for reading/watching/listening, those activities did happen. Without any ado at all, here are some of the books, movies, and albums A New Orpheu came across in 2023.

Five Books

Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marias

The Splendor of Portugal by António Lobo Antunes

Submission by Michel Houellebecq

My Struggle (Book 1) by Karl Ove Knausgård

Budapest by Chico Buarque

Five Movies

2046 directed by Wong Kar Wai

Un Film Dramatique directed by Eric Baudelaire

Ghost in the Shell directed by Mamoru Oshii

We directed by Alice Diop

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Five Albums

From the Leaves of Your Garden by Modern Color

We’re Not Here To Be Loved by Freshwater

Sounds of Acceleration by Riot Stares

Mouth Full of Glass by Macie Stewart

Two of Me by Momma