Middlebrow: every work ever mentioned · As Mentioned

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3 episodes indexed, 99 works, 104 mentions.

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Every work mentioned, A to Z

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2666 Roberto Bolaño

A

The Adventures of Tintin Hergé
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
All My Friends Are Dead Avery Monsen
All's Fair Ryan Murphy
American Love Story Ryan Murphy
Angels in America Tony Kushner
Aquarium Drunkard Justin Gage
Avatar James Cameron

B

Baltimorons Jay Duplass
Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Beowulf Anonymous
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
BrooklynVegan unknown

C

The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer
Challengers Luca Guadagnino
Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier
Crayon Shin-chan Yoshito Usui
Culture Espresso Culture Espresso

D

The Dead James Blish
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio
The Departed Martin Scorsese
The Disaster Artist James Franco
The Drama Kristoffer Borgli

E

East of Eden John Steinbeck
The Elephant Man Bernard Pomerance
The Epic of Gilgamesh Anonymous

F

Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans Ryan Murphy
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
Finnegans Wake James Joyce

G

Game of Thrones D. B. Weiss & David Benioff
Glee Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk
God's Plan Drake
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt
La Grande Illusion Jean Renoir
The Great Gatsby Jack Clayton
The Great Gatsby Baz Luhrmann
The Green Knight David Lowery
Grey's Anatomy Shonda Rhimes

H

Hamlet William Shakespeare
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
Herman Miller Aeron chair Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick
High Maintenance Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair

I

The Iliad Homer
Infernal Affairs Andrew Lau & Alan Mak
Innocence Antoine Tomé
Inside Llewyn Davis Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides
Iphigenia in Tauris Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? David Bellos
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything David Bellos

J

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg

K

A Knight's Tale Brian Helgeland

L

Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner
The Legend of Zelda Shigeru Miyamoto & Takashi Tezuka
Lisztomania Phoenix
Little Miss Sunshine Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien
Love Island ITV Studios

M

The Mask Chuck Russell
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Mr. Brightside The Killers
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh

N

Neighbors Nicholas Stoller
Nip/Tuck Ryan Murphy
No Country for Old Men Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

O

The Odyssey Christopher Nolan
The Odyssey Homer

P

Paper Planes M.I.A.
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Ryan Murphy
Pink Flamingos John Waters
Pink Trailer Mary Neely
Pitchfork Ryan Schreiber
Prometheus Ridley Scott

R

Le Roman de la Rose Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun
The Room Tommy Wiseau

S

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Pier Paolo Pasolini
Save the Cat! Blake Snyder
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Shards Bret Easton Ellis
Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead Leopold Aschenbrenner
Son of the Mask Lawrence Guterman
Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters
Stoner John Edward Williams
SubwayTakes Kareem Rahma

T

U

Ulysses James Joyce
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie

W

We Are Your Friends Max Joseph
What Makes You Beautiful One Direction
The White Album Joan Didion
White Teeth Zadie Smith
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron